Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-28
THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY
STATISTICS COMPILED BY THE
CENSUS BUREAU.
Increased Prominence of Southern
States in. Cotton Manufacture
Agriculture in Various States.

| the combined textile industry of the United
States for 1900. The branches included in
| the industry follow: Cotton manufactures,
| including cotton goods and cotton small
wares; wool manufactur including wooden
goods. worsted goods. carpets and rugs
| other than rag. felt goods and wool hats;
| silk manufactures; hosiery and knit goods;
tcordase and twiae; linen goods; jute goods
and dyeing and finishing textiles.
The census shows capital of Sl,of2.1I,-
511 invested in the 4,3l2 establishments re-
| porting fer the industry. This sum repre-
| sents only the live capital utilized and the
| value of the lands, buildings, machinery.
tools and implements. The value of the
| products is returned a. S93l i9i JG6, to pro-
| duce which involved an outlay of s25,2>9,-
To- for salaries of officials, clerks. etc. S2fl-
G2o 441 for wages. S,ii .122.9l6 for miscella-
neous -eNpenses and SOL $1,000 for ma
| terials used, mill supplies. freight and fuel
The@ra lae how reported Tor hosiery and
knit goods cannot be divided between cot
ton and wool; but If il be added to the re-
ported home production, the total value or
| the textiles consumed in the United States
in 1900 is SSa5.5S1 3sl, and the percentage
imported is only =. Is
The report says the census tables seem
to indicate that the United States in 1880
was the leading country of the world in the
manufacture of cotton, but quotes other au-
| thoTitieS ard adds:
'AlthOugh the amount COISulfltu Dt lf4t
| countries of the European continent eX-
ceeded that consumed in the United States
the consumption in the latter country great
| ly exceeded that of any one of the coun-
| tries, France, Germany, Austria, RUSSIA
and others.
| TT is However universally known that
Great Britain is far in the lead IN the cot
ton manufacture. The fact is brought out
| in the special report of the cotton industry
| that an immense proportion of the spinning
| in the United States is coarse or medium
yarns, whereas the average spinning on the
other side of the Atlantic is much finer
The report concludes:
THE sudden springing of the southern
states into prominence in the cotton indus
try Is shown strikingly by the total in
crease of capital from So, 4l3, Ala in 1850 to
S62 623 729 in 1889, and to Sl3l, 2.561 In
1900. Ten years ago, and also in 1880
Georgia was easily the leader among the
southern states but ii has now been sur
passed by both South Carolina and North
Carolina in each of which states the value
of products was not much less than in the
states of Maine and New Hampshire, where
the industry has been established for half
a century: and in the number Of hands
employed both North and South Carolina
surpass both of these two New England
states. The growth in Alabama has been
also very great, the amount of capital hav-
ing almost exactly quadrupled in ten
years.
Agriculture in Illinois.
A census report on agriculture in Illinois
shows that the farms of Illinois June 1,
1900, numbered 264, 151, and We're valued at
81 165 5S1 $50, of which amount SIS per cent
represents the value of the land and i'm
proyements other than buildings. The
value of farm implements and machinery
was sf4.971 $40, and live stock, $l9',toS,GSt
The total value of farm property was s.
Goa, BIG ST The total value of farm pro-
ducts for 1899 was S,i5.64a.6l1. of which g.
per cent is in value of crops, including for
est products cut or produced on farms
The farm product value for 1873 exceeds
that for 1889 by 81 per cent, in part doubt
cess due to a more detailed enumeration in
1900 The gross farm income for 1899 was
S2ti3 49,, 431 and gross income on invest
ment Ii per cent.
Fruits and Vegetables.
| The census bureau issued report on
fruits and vegetables fish and oyster can
ming and preserving, showing capital of
s4S. 4g7, y7S invested in the industry in the
2195 establishments reporting for the
United States. The value of the products
is returned at So, ST. 9s; wages, s12,910-
$3.50; for materials used. mill supplies,
freight and fuel -3,36a,0o5.
Pens and Pencils.
The census bureau issued a report on
the manufacture OF pens and pencils in
the United States for 1899. 1t shows that
total of x3,OIl,ttl was lnNesteu III l1as
manufacture in the % establishments re-
porting for the United States. The value
OF the products is returned at $i.222l4
wages 81 49, tB5; materials used, mil sup
plies, freight and fuel, 81. So.
West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Census bulletins have been issued on
the agriculture of West Virginia and
PENNSYLVANIA. That on West Virginia in
dicates that on June L. 1900, the farms in
that state numbered 81, S14 and were valued
at s16S 295, $50. OF this amount so per cent
represents the value of the land and i'm
provements other than buildings. The
value of farm implements and machinery
was 6a4a 80 and of live stock S305I1 ,259.
The total value Of farm property was
500 S07 $40.
The total value of farm products for 1889
was s44, 16S 49, of which 81 per cent rep
resents the value of crops. including forest
products cut or produced IN FARMS The
total value of farm products for 1880 is
more than twice that for 1889. but a part
of this increase Is probably due to more ,
detailed enumeration in 1900