The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-04
SOUTHERN PROGRESS
CAPITAL AND VALUE OF MANU-
 FACTURED PRODUCTS.
Figures of Factory Census of the Uni- ted States show This sec- tfOns' Per CentaEe of la
 crease Leads Country.

Baltimore, August S.--(specisL)- Both in the amount of capital invest ed in manufacturing and in the value of manufactured products, the South has advanced during the past five years at greater speed than the rest of the country. Commenting upon this the, Manufacturers Record says
 "Figures of the factory census of the United states, those for New York and Pennsylvania being estimated, in capital invested in factories increased from $9,019. .s03,01S to$12.s2s.13s,60S. pr by $3,90s. .286, ,4sO. equal to 42.4 per cent. srsased srd the from yalSi Iss eS
 443,330, or by $S.5S3,346.760, equal to sf:S per cent. A table is published comparing the South with other great ing the territory including the four teen States and the District of Colum- bia lying between Mason and Dixons
 line and the ki0 tbs gron ne of Rreat misunderstanding states between the At iantic Ocean and the Mississippi river, exclusive of New Eanglla,nd. aigGla,HL. and and the, the teen states and four. territories be- not including Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. but incIudins IUdia arysforI MSso1 wSich s with some reason might be aligned with the South.
 the greatest actual increase in capital Invested. from $5,5sS, 767, s35 to $7.S87.- 921,813, or by $2,348, ,154.178, and in the value of products from $7,oe4s4.SSl1, $,es S e ,SOS t s1sTS2SSs or second Sg iS tbs tn crease in amount of capital invested. from $967, 7,701, ,S65 to $1,697,51S,2l7. or by s6Gs, ,Sll 1852. and third, in the in- sfease sfss4ss9ss7 sS tae to SS' 4ass9 or by S550,lsT,l27. The trans Mississippi section ranked third in the increase in s9PtS7 by %s5s1s55Ssissl ana second in the increase in value of pro- duets, from $1,53S,203,497 to $2,11l,l5S.- Sl0, or by $572,94s,9l3. New England invested. from Si,5O6,14S,I94 to S1.S7O,- 964,942 or by $364, 4,S15.74S, and fourth in the increase in value of products from s1.659. 1892, 100 to $2,O26'sS7'4S7'
 "The tendency in manufacturing ad- vanced Is indicated in the facts that within the five-year period the percen- tages of increase In the South in .capi- tai 65. and in the value of products, 44.4, were greater than In any other division, and that there was approach by the south nyeStsG to Se% SnSand sng in ac,ae values of products The lowest per centages of increase both as to ,capi- tai and as to the value of products, were in New England. being 24.2 and 22.1 respectively, while the trans Ms sissippi division, surpassing New Eng land in the value of products, showed a greater rate of increase than the crease must be studied by separate States States T' for a comprehension Of their fun significance and also in a. knowl- edge of the equipment of the States as to the material for manufacturing industry. the conveniences for a dis tribution of the finished product and the availability of labor:
 figures of hand trades and neighbor- hood industries. If in. the five years the the rate of Increase Tor the omitted items items was tS Sgine sqiHa of ali mSnufaetured products in 1905 was close to $2,l50,- 600, ,00o in the south and close to ST. 6OO,0OO 900, in the whole country"