The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-11
NORTH CAROLINA
AMONG THE FIRST
The Census Report on Cotton
Manufactures.
C0llTH MlNEc IOpMApn
SOUTH MOVES FORWARD
The Capital Invested in This State
S33,011,5I6.
THE VALUE OF PRODUCTS s2s, SIP, 1893
We have Is, Icons. In The United States
There Are 968 Large Establishments,
With CAPITAL OF $780,
Qdo 10
(By the Associated Press.)

Washington. Feb. S.-The Census Blu
reau today issued preliminary report
on the cotton manufactures of the United
States. The. following is a summary of
the figures for the manufacturers ex-
elusive of the small ware: Establish
ments, 969; capital, $3.50, ,772;; average
number of wage earners, 297,929; total
wages, $S5,126,510; cost of materials used,
$l73, AL 800: cotton consumed, 3,660613
bales, costing 1924 ,905 075; value of pro-
ducts. 1882, S04,455; total spindles. 1905.
S52: looms. 4506S2.
The figures for the United States for
the cotton small wares alone which with
the above figures made the grand total for
looms, 1910.
cotton manufactures in the United
States as follows: Number of establish
ments, 50; capital Sc, 397,3S5; wage earn
ers, average number, 1892: total wages,
$l,563,i42; cost of materials used, $3,110.-
l37; cotton consumed, bales, 1913 cost,
$264,541; value of products, 1894, 1874:
number of spindles, 42,600; number of
ioom, 500.
The figures for cotton small wares by
States include the following:
MASSACHUSETTS Capital, 1928. 25S.
Rlue of products $646,S4S, looms 302;
1W JERSEY--capital $409.917, value
products S990.i77 looms so; NEW
ORK-capital $550,93S value of pro-
bets S2.026,227, looms 1854; RHODE
sLAND-eapital $2,S76,699, value of
roducts $2,379,5OO. looms 1925. All
Their States capital $S5,729 products
i11095, looms, 16
The summary of cotton manufactures
10y States exclusive of cotton small
war es follows:
ADVANTAGEOUS s11 ,63S,575 value
Of products ss,153, 1856, looms S,549; CON
.IICUT-capital $27,S51 $50, value of
PRODUCES ), 4sa. 1876. looms 1855; DEL
AWARE capitaa s4S4,S5S, value of pro-
ducts ss72,089, l2chs 73S.
GEORGIASISpital $24,l5S,15e, value of
products $18 ,457 ,645, looms 1898; INDI-
ANA--capital $1,67S, 141, value of pro
ducts 81 1886, 007, looms 2.7t2: KEN
TUCKY-capital $1.S67 sos, value of pro-
ducts 81 500, 7l2, looms 991 MAINE-cap-
ital $21 ,0S7 100. value of products $14,6S1,-
OS6. looms 1866.
MARYLAND $7,709,2 56. value
of products $5,421 $50, looms $50: MAS
SACHUSETTS--cap $155, 761 1913,
value of products $110,478, looms 179, $50:
MISSISSIPPI-capit s2,20s,749, value
of products SLAP, $3.50. looms 2,464; NEW
HAMPSHIRE--capita s29 POI 1885, value
of products $2299S,249. looms 35,12s
NEW JERSEY capitalist, 9S9.374 value
Of products $3.50, 2s9, looms 2.226
NORTH CAROLINA-eapita $33,01t.-
SIC, value Of products s2S,372, 1893, looms
5,469; NEW YORk--eapital s14,509 211.
value of products $9,947 1886, looms A.,
545; OHIO--capital $t6S,492, value of
products 1921, 045, looms 15S; PENNSYL-
vANIA-capital s22, .12l, value of pro-
ducts s23, AL, 470. looms 1885; RHODE
ISLAND-capltal $37,274125. value of
PRODUCTS $25056,175, looms 3e,472.
SOUTH CAROLINA-capita $39,25S,
946, value of products $29, 72S,919, looms
1858 TENNESSEE $3,I67,726,
value of products s1,994,935, looms 1895;
ExAs-capital 1927, 1s4, value of pro-
ducts 81, 19s. $780, looms 1,01S; VERMONT
capital 81, 9S29S3, value of products
1899 1886, looms 2.099.
yIRGINIA--capital $4,403,206, value Of
products s2,655,OO2. looms 1905 WIS
CONSIN-capital $467.S0s value of pro-
ducts $316.061. looms 591. All other
Statas--capital $4,2S7 .71+s, value Of pro-
ducts $2,S71.S2i, looms 4,O52.