The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1902-01-09
MIssouRI STATE NEWS.


Tie industrial growth OF Missouri
during the past year WAS little SD Jri
of remarkable.
Tho total figures of capitalization OF
sprpOrat,pns, as shown from Btatcmentn
ficu In the once OF Secretary ~ state
sam 10, Cook, as fxed by law. viii exceed
ali the totals OF previous yoars by wide
Wargte.
By far the greatest amount Of the
money which has gone into the capital
stock figures % the corporations IN tho
past u months has been Ia the clhsa of
mercantile tnduNtry. Vet Missouri, which
has become known ns u miainB state, has
seen several millions % dollars Invested
ln mining during the pag' year other dts
tricts ihan the great Jrtiin region, whlch
produced = y.VyluO wOrtn Of ore Aimee the
beginning of the new century, are. be-
coming noteworthy fof their IMMORAL re-
sources. and are beinI inv satigated with
Missouri cash. The discovery Of oil Ia
several counties of the state last summer
led 10 the formation Of large oil conpa-
niles for the exploitation Of these Heids
There has TlaO been some railroad huitd-
inE IN Missouri recently, Rs the lnrEc In
crrareH Of capital stock of the esiah-
llshed companies VIII shDV. The number
OF state hanks has been greatly augment
ed and at the cloEe OF The paat year there
Was more money IN The ha-iks than there,
That Missouri has prospcred IN the past
year IN the trades ana possessions other
than agricultural there can BE- no dgabt,
as every evidence tends to show, accord
INK 10 the sworn stntcmcr e. OF the cor
poratlons themselves on ile In the state
departments
81 Louis has ahown the greatest awak.
enlng Ia business circles IN the past few
months. due, perhaps, to the vast ilrld
for future pnsaihilltieh which viii be af-
fnrdcd business concerns IN that city at
the cuminE af the Louisiana pIrchoso eel
ehration, e. be held iu the year iBsN The
entire total OF trust company iigureH be-
longs 10 st Louis alone and presents m
exhibit ws!Ss - 'h@ average hissourian
r. phenomenal.
The following matter relative Co curpo-
r1tlons formed IL s..s=sgfi CURING the past
Y months has been obtained from official
documents Alcd IN tho cite OF the secrs-
iary Of state for Missouri and In a ma.
jofity Of instances shows an Increase
vastly In eNccaH ~ any previous year
More than t9oa aeoo0oo has gone into cor.
porations IN the way of new c0mnaaics
and increases In capital stock Of 0ld-oH-
tahiishsA ones within the past year The
.S':"wiuE tabular statement for :hc year
1901 Is interesting:
Total number OF certificates Of
Incorporation issued ........... los
Total capital stock OF r1eican-
tile corporations ......-.........f 8 81. 80 go
Total canithi HIuSa of mining
corporations .... .,s. .....--... Alih 70
porntiohs - -, - 7ssom
corporations 80, .,....',...,. 1sas.50o
poratons -, 49, ''..', -. $1,000
porationS -. ' ,'....''........ ,', u.socp
Notal capital stock Of telephone
corporations -. 49,. ...... 5,z3B
Increases of capital stuck
Mercantile corporation ircrehsrH
over Asrreascs -. ' " -. Isg77 OD
Mining corporation Increases
over decreases ................ i.Iar.D
over docrsa,es ~ '..,,. -. si.t6o oo
Telephone corporation incrrHa~s
over drcr~ascs ................... s6i2 10
Totsl ...... ......................sE sEii. isi s.5