The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-01
THE GROWTHO OF THE
TEXTILE INDUSTRY
Vast Increase of Capital in
the South.
HE STORY OF TEN YEARS
From Sixty Two Millions to One Hun.
dred and Thirty Seven.
HE STORY OF TEN YEARS
TEN YEARS AGO GEORGIA WAS LEADER
Today Both North and South Carolina Have
leaped Ahead of Her and Are in
Line With Old Northern
States,
CBy the Associated Press)

Washington, D.. c.. June 27.-The Cen
sus Bureau today issued a report of the
combined textile industry of the United
States for 1900. The branches included
IN the industry follows:
Cotton manufacturers, including cotton
goods and cotton small wares; WOODEN
manufactures including wooden goods,
worsted goods, carpets and rugs, other
IMAM rag, felt goods and wool hats; silk
manufactures, hosiery and knit goods;
cordage and twine; linen goods; jutC
goods, and dyeing and finishing tex
tiles.
Inc census shows a capital Of 81 ,042,-
99n37 invested in the 1912 establish
ments represented in the industry. This
sum represents only the live capital util-
lied and the value of the lands. build
lngs, machinery, tools and implements
The value of the products is returned
at 1891, i9f, 566 to produce, which involved
an outlay of $23,2S ,162 for salaries OF
officials, clerks, ETC.. $209, 022. 44S fol-
wages: S63, 122, 916 for miscellaneous ex-
peESes, and 1921 ,345, 300 for materials
used, mill supplies, freight and fuel. The
value now reported for hosiery and knit
SOods cannot be divided between cotton
and wool; but if it be added to the re-
ported homo production the total value
OF the textiles consumed in the United
States in 1900 is 1895, 5S7, 5S1 and the per-
centage imported is only 9.1S.
The report says the census tables
seem to indicate that the United States
in 1900 was the leading country of the
world in the manufacture of cotton but
quotes other authorities and adds:
"h1thnIOh tho amount cnnc,r,o5 Nv
the countries of the European continent
exceeded that of the United States The
consumption in the latter country greatly
exceeded that of any one of the coun-
tries-France, Germany, Austria, Russia
ard others.
1t is. however, universally known
that Great Britain is far in the lead il
the cotton manufacture. The fact is
brought out in the special report of the
cotton industry that an immense proper
ton Of the spinning in the United States
is coarse or medium yarns, whereas Tho
ayerage spinning on the other side o.
the Atlantic is much finer
The report concludes:
The sudden s%pringing of the South
ern States into prominence in the cot
ton industry is shown strikingly by tho
total increase of capital from $20,413, Al
in 1880 to 500, 623, 729 in 1890, and tc
$127, H. sol in 1900.
Ten years ago and also in 1880, Geor-
gia was easily the leader among the
Southern States, but it has now beer
surpassed by both South Carolina and
| North Carolina, in each State of which
the value of products was not much less
| than in the States of Maine and New
Hampshire. where the industry has beer
- =. y 80 L. &c - ao,t 49, nd IN h
number of hands employed both Ncrtf
| and South Carolina surpass both OF
these two New England States. The
, growth in Alabama has been also yer!
| great. the amount of capital having al
| most exactly quadrupled in ten years.