The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-17
INTERESTING FIGURES
SHOW STATES GROWTH
BY Martin v. Calvin.

The Constitution deserves the thanks OF
thousands OF people for printing the full
text OF the address delivered by Major
j. F. Hanson. before the Georgia Statr
Agricultural Society at Athens On the
evening of the 18th inst, his subject
being Industrial DEVELOPMENT in Georgia.
While styled an address. the deliver
ance was really a great speech. had
'Ae pleasure Of hearing Major Hanson
on the occasion referred to. He was al
! his best. He made a deep and Iasffn.
IMPRESSION on his large and intelligent
audience.
Major Hanson gave a batch OF strts-
ing facts and figures in support of the
advanced position he assumed and main.
talned on the controlling elements Ia
the industrial progress made and max
ing ny his state. lncidentally ne re
marked he believed THAI, if comparison
were instituted between the gross value
VI all farm products and All products
OF manufactures the latter you'd be
trund to be III excess Of the former. l
determined. at first opportunity. 10 make
mat comparison. The results OF ny ILL
qulfy surprised me somewhat XIV.
tnehI TO you as follows
IN 1890 over manufactured products.
e4osS' amounted $lVb, bo4,ozl; our agrI
$lVi, 3O4 476.
They We're running nip and .l,k-.
manufactures being only e. per cent
Z head. '~"s
Wondrous, indeed. when one reeaYs IN,
t ,''e! liess difficulties and embarrassneata
Ia ~ ieosset our farmers on every hand.
~ 1919, Georgia's manufactured f,rgd
lcls, gross, amounted to s6S.qt7 ara 80
~ zen years, they increased 547 ner
anount}d our agricultural i III products gross.
iH 1i+,'t 80 TO 1891, 483, SO. during the
ireaue Just past, they increased u I .er
'eHt MAYOR Hanson paralla.e3 aprie.il-
~ ana railroads. [ have drawn the
=. ontidst between agriculture ana mann
on Is 60 II VIII he seen that. during the
en- years friendly race. manlfact1}reTs
ed agriculture by s.. per cent
wv, heSe facts may look 10 be terri
r .3 urE; but they ara valua5le-welI
y, ~ MY ,itE me study Of farmers as well as
iiIuIacturersi worthy the stud, af
10y 10y person who is DESTROYS 10 keen
breast the times While on THIS innorr
inI subject, 1 wish to direct attention
"a :" lev 1eM facts equally Interesting.
III 1853, the railway property Of Gaor
I'd amounted TO $9.S66.t29 IN 1902 it stood
90 per cent
IN !, 1879 ;G gu our cotton factories were valued
, SI,Iio' zoo; in 1902 they We're worth s23-
800 a gain of 1890 per cent. Wonder
i. is it not?
IN 1s19 our city and town real estate
sleSdted $49, 1901, 2S6; in 1902 $l22, 672 1876
! increase of 1903 per cent
In 1879 our lands. live stock and farm
= PIGMENTS were valued at sl23, $50, 232; in
4 they stood at $Iz3 100. S07. an increase
4o2 per cent
summary:
700. manufactured products, gross, OK
eded Agricultural products in value 20
cent.
Decade 1S90-19o0 manufactured products
.feased 547 per cent; agricultural prod
Us increased 81 Der cent
s'9-I9G, railway property increased 1865
cent; cotton factories Increased 1898
cent; city and town real estate in
ased 1908 per cent; lands. live stock
l farm implements increased 40.2 per
It.
paradeful array of facts and figures.
| say. Yes. and the array is history
motion. Respectfully,
MARTIN V CALVIN.
use Of Representatives, Atlanta, Au-
list IL. 1903.