Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-04-26
special Statistical Letter.

lht luuuSlTldl COnultlOnS OF lne va
rious states of the union, the one con-
tanning statistics Of manufacture ard
mechanical industries Of the state of
Mississippi contains much interesting
information, not only for the people
of that state, but throughout the en-
tire south.
When we glance through the tables
and notice the wonderful increase that
has taken place in this state during
the last ten years in the number of
manufacturing establishments, in the
amount of capital invested in the va
rious industries and in the number of
wage earners, the fact at once makes
itself apparent that at least this state
has awakened from the lethargy in
which its business body had practical
ly lain since the beginning of the re-
bellion. The revival shows every sign
of being genuine and at the present
rate Of increase before another census
shall roll around, Mississippi bids fair
to be among the foremost Of produc-
ing states of the south,
We must remember in this connec-
tion that Mississippi is properly an
agricultural state and possesses few
Of the natural advantages which fos,
ter manufacture. 1t possesses no inn
portant harbor, little waterpower and
few mineral resources, although hav.
ing cotton lands of inexhaustible fer
tility and extensive forests Of pine and
hard wood
Mississippi's industrial history dates
back to the early years Of the century
Among the manufacturing establish.
ments reported at the census of 181C
were 90 cotton factories, ten tanneries
and six distilleries. There was q
steady increase until the opening OF
the ChicEasaw cession to settlement
in 1892, when a period Of gigantic spec.
ulation terminated in the financial
panic of 1887 But this is strayinq
from the subject; it may be stated
though, that ii was not until 1860 that
the state had entirely recovered from
these enrculotivo indrpncoe Tho in.
dnstria, staonation tbrougbont tbe
so,,tb drrirm tbo rovf On ve,rs is veal,
known This b,inrs rs to trc rcor
1850, and during the following decade
the industrial development of the
sto+o ,no,. ,,ronorI,. ho eoid 70 bovo ho.
crr and tbe last canene shows with
v,ho+ cnoro,, tho nconIe bova coptip.
nod +bo ,yo,,1,
7, 40 ,.oo,. ICON ,horo r.oro + 20,
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taI,,i.bmonte had increased IN 4 --o
an ircrooeo of - a nor, cont with y,
frros+od coni+o1 of sq5 eo7 sto an IN
anooso af f3ot mon cont ond orn1o,.
inr y,ro earpers 70 tbc r,mbcr q.
os ,o ~ inorooso of 60 g ,,or conf
80 na,. nont ~ ,ho nonr,d,for 7,
oa,,norirc tboeo forroe tbo reYda,
should remember tbot The fpures fo,
800 show n substantial impr,yemepl
oror +bosa or 1sSo. bv doino son bette,
ideo Of fine deyelopment that has talcr
nIoco mov no had The fouros of in
rnstod cSnito1 docs not incIude tb,
canitol stocl, Of anv of tbc corpora
tions Of the state.
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n,ea .t5.i T,,4 Wv ~ Iohnr a,iro, ,,ool,ir
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s"o" d ,I., ".''eIl l', N',,, - . Wv, ',, t.o ~,
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cent "i''|9' u y"',I' " I,'o ny, w 5I3 ,'l
ptr u c'' '0S - "',u % ~, l,, ,,',,' ,,r,
me ,%'"e ot '"s ~, r. sato,.;,. oo"o' '1f 4b,
out by me S,!pS anu anu, aag'",Ies 60 - ,o' .''
sIa'e III I'oU - % ito%' o,,od 'rS" "o o,It
5oo' 10 PIou"ee M'','r r ~ ,,, Yi,,, y, WV
lay oI SlU'ilo''oi iol ~ SUI ''9, a., "'s 5,
ana lllscelIdHeu"s "a NPSl'seo' 'l,0
OF materlalS was @.l'o'-'O',, ~, ~ ~, ,''uI ,.,
not be assumed po"e,'', .a.. .".. ,,,e VI, -.
ference between '"e aye. .e y t,
these sums ana 'ne Falue VI .'e p y, ""