Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-06-20
BEGINNING TO BOOM.
Mississippfs Era of Prosperity Be-
coming Plainly Manifest.
MARVELLOUS RESOURCES OF WEALTH
Yields Only to the Lone Star State In
Cotton Production-Her Lumber and
Manufacturing Interests Coming
Rapidly to the Front-Won-
full Influx of Capital.
Hcnry Yerger. IN CommercIal AppeaL.

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90 o. ~ D,ll7 an6.ns of 1a0o NIississinni
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Second in cotton ginning,
Fourth IN cotton oil products
Fourth IN turpentlne ana roSlh prod-
ucts.
Thlrte@th IN lumber ana tlmDer
products
Eighteenth IN gross agricultural
products
Seventeenth IN cotton goods put
out. .,. ,-,
l"ehly-elshlh III piaHlh5 HlIIl pIou'
ucLs. o, .,,
Forty'"ecohd IN HouI ana sIIS' MN
pTQuucls' o -
IN poPuiaIoh Ihe olaVe SlanuS -
the t"ehueIh pace
Prominence OF Ginning
Cotton ginning naturally occupies
first place, cotton being the principal
crop of the State In cotton ginning
she is behind Texas only whose area
is many times larger than Mississippi
Cotton oil products and turpentine
and rosin come next, the State being
well to the front in cotton production
and pine lumber output During the
three years since the census report
was made there has been the most eX-
traordinary increase in both the cot
ton oil and lumber business Of the
State, aud while no data has been
compiled to show the exact extent Of
the increase in these two great indus
tries. the report of Secretary of State
Power recently made public, throws
some light on the question
According to Secretary Powers re-
port thirty-lour cotton oil mills have
beel chartered in the State since Janu-
airy /. 1901. with an aggregate author
ized capital Of S2,255,0J0 Nearly ail Of
these mills are known to have been
established and are in operation In
1900. according to the census figures,
there were forty-one oil mills III OPP
eratlol' WIN an aggregate capital. III
vested OIL @'''ll''1"'
Lumber Manufacturing
More marvellous still is the growth
Of the lumber business since the cen
sus figures were compiled. According
to Secretary Powers report there
have been eighty-twO lumber compa-
nies chartered to do business in the
State with an aggregate capital au-
thoriZed Of $3,373,0Oo. All but few
Of the most recently chartered mills
are now in operation, and the others
are preparing to organize. The tre-
mendous showing is unparalleled, ana
it is doubtful if there is any other
State in the Union that can make a
similar showing.
In 1880 the census figures gave the
State Tf4 establishments, with COM
bined capital Of Sl7337,53S.
In cotton goods manufacturing the
census figures fail absolutely to give
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