The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-03-19
OUR MANUFACTURING
AND OTHER INDUSTRIES
The Progress Made in South
Carolina During Ten Years of
Industrial Activity.

The Progress Made in South
Carolina During Ten Years of
Industrial Activity.
The revelation of the tenth cepsu
as shown by bulletin just issued
ought to prove interesting to every
citizen of South Carolina, for all are
concerned in one way or another in
the development of our manufacturing
and mechanical industries. A valua-
BILE compilation of these statistics and
summary of comparisons has been
made by the Columbia State, from
which we make the following extracts:
The manufacturing prosperity of the
State in 1900 is shown by the fact that
while there were 1890 active estab-
lishments with a capital of $40, ,056 200
there were only 5S idle ones, with a
capital of $115,115.
The eight leading industries of the
State were cotton goods, fertilizers,
Touring and grist mill products, lum-
Der and timber products, planning mill
products, including sash, doors and
blinds, cotton seed products, rice clean
ing and polishing and naval stores.
These embraced $40 establishments
or 436 per cent. of the total number
in tho State; used capital Of $685.
53S 1878, or 500 per cent of the total /;
gave employment to 30,0G6 wage-earn-
ers, or S1.2 per cent. of the total num-
Der; and paid $6,965 ,935 or 1877 per
cent. of the total wages. The value
of their products was $4S, ,041 $40 or
81.8 per cent. of the total. Some de-
tails are rs follows:
The number of establishments in
creased during the decade 1S90"100O
from ,169 to 1,640; the capital in
creased from $21,77I ,113 to $5S $685.
373; the average number of wage
earners increased from 1856 to 80.
O66; the total wages paid increased
from $3,008,722 to $G,9G5, ,035' the
miscellaneous expenses increased from
81 ,27S, ,679 To $2,472, ,2G3; the cost OF
materials used increased from $14 .301 :.
042 to 1926, 0,272 ,774; and the value OF
products Increased from $21 ,027 .O0s
to $48, ,041 $40. The percentages OF
gain (excluding the numbers of estab
lishments) ranged from 033 in mis-
cellaneous expenses TO 1859.
| During the decade the capital in
vested in The manufacture of cottor
goods increased from s11,i4I,833 t.
$39, ,259 ,046; the average number o.
wage-earners from 8,O71 to 30. .2O1
the wages from 81 ,510,4 ,404 to Sc. .OG6.
$40; the cost of materials nsed from
$6,S10, 1920 to $17,263, ,SS2; and th,
value of products from 80 800 ,709 3,
| 29,723 ,910.
The fertilizer industry showed onl,
a small increase except in capital. th,
enlargement here beng from S5. 800.
218 to $10,505 ,O43. The number O
wage-earners increased only from / 10:
to 1,772 and the value of product
from "a AIT ,658 to Sd 1892, ,508.
} Tho Touring aud grist mills shove,
! contrary tendency as to capital, th
reduction in this direction being owe
0ne-third and the number of wage
} earners increasing nearly two.thirds
: while the value Of products increase,
) from S2,083, ,126 to $2, ,247, 700.
The number and timber product
/ showed these increases: Number O
establishments, from 352 to 720: capits
from 81 ,348 ,155 to SO, 1877 ,727; wage
earners from $500 to 1856: wage
from $420,588 to S89T 500, cost q
materials from 5000, $50 10 So ,602, 500
and value of products from S2,148 rs
TO $6,2O7 ,1S4. The value of planin