The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-06
North Cardinals Progress.

North Cardinals Progress.
we have received from Hon. H. B
Warner, commissioner, tho nineteenth
annual report Of the Bureau Of Labo,
and Printing Of the State Of North
Carolina. W.; q
The first chapter is devoted to the
| progress Of agriculture, and the COM
missioner says that 1t Is refreshing to
note tho marked Improvement along ngrl-
cultural lines in North Carolina during
recent years. s,.ss .5 Il .s5
Farming" says he, "has, indeed,
come to be q great and growing indus
try; science and not mere process.
Improved methods are being rapidly III
times Is now only memory in the
mind Of the Tarheel agriculturlst. The
increased demand for the product Of the
farm has rendered the introduction Of
modern methods an absolute necessity.
and given new impetus TO. the farming
industry in the State. The campaign
of education begun few years ngo is
growing In interest and magnitude. Tie
realization that q more extended knoWl-
edge Of agriculture itself was needed
led to a spirit Of investigation, which is
lifting this important industry out of the
old rlits and placing It upon q modern
basis. Farmers are becoming educated.
and manifest an increasing interest IN
the preparation Of their sons for the
fields Of broad acres that now lie out
before them"
Agriculture lies at tho basis Of all
industry and prosperity. and as agricul-
ture In North Carolina is prospecting, It
follows as a corollary that other branches
of Industry are prospecting also. The re-
port shows that In the year 1905 there
were 212 cotton mills, with capital Of
s57.4la,41s, employing 1886 hands, be-
sides 9B officials, clerks, ETC., with an
output valued at s47,254054. This exhibit
4 is all the more impressive when COM
pared with that of 1900. In that year there
were III mills. with a capital, in round
numbers, OF s33 10000 and an output val
ued at S2s,372,7oS This shows an in
crease in capital and in the value of out
put Of nearly 100 per cent. In five years.
North Cardinals next greatest indus
try Is tobacco. The capital invested IN
tobacco factories in 1905 was s3GO76,977,
against s7,044sSs in 1900. an Increase Of
800 per cent; the value of product was,
in round numbers, s2soo,0N1 as against
s13, 900 900 in 1900. Other industries noted
are -four and grist mills, furniture and
lumber tile whole number Of all indus
tries aggregating 3,272, with capital OF
sl4,oo0.ooo, employing over 10000 persons,
and with total output of s14252o,77G
The percentage of increase over 1900 IN
capital Is LOG and in output, g..
The report also shows that North Caro-
lima is making great progress In educa-
tion and Mr.. Warner. who Is an editor
devotes one chapter to North Carolina
newspapers. The report shows that there
are ten morning dailes, twenty evening
dailics and one hundred and seventy-four
weeklies North Carolina has some Of
the best daily newspapers in the South.
and there Is no State, we think, which
can show a larger number Of able and
progressive weekly papers. The joint
meeting last year Of the North Carolina
and Virginia editors was so agreeable
that another such meeting will be held
this year, and the two associations will
have summer outing together. a most
cordial relationship has thus been estab
lished between the press in the two
States, which we believe is MS agreeable
to the North Carolina brethren as we
know 1t to be to Tho Virginia brethren.
But we dIgress. Mr.. Warner devotes
one chapter to 1.-THE Resort Industry of
North Carolina In which he enumerates
the various summer nsd winter resorts
Of the State. and also shows what they
are worth In dollars and cents to his
State. lie has dcne wisely to advertise
this feature, and we renew our sugges.
ton that Virginia follow the example.
Virginia possesses unsurpassed attrnc-
tons as a summer and winter resort, and
II they were properly advertised. the
number of pleasure-seekers In all sea-
sons could be materially Increased. to
their pleasure and to our profit.
We congratulate North Carolina upon
the splendid exhibit which the commits
sioner has made, and we congratulate our
Brother Warner on his splendid work.
s--=--------------------=-
Il i