The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-20

Shown In tho number OF Norfolk en-.
lbtcrprlscs lin 1905 over 1oCOS the n,ip,bet
or enterprises being 40 In tic latter year
3nnd 123 In tho former. th amount OF
|scnpltnl Invested Inns Increased 10 st.b75.-
702 In 1906 from si,4is.03l In 1900 salnrled
officials and clerks Increased from 2si
to 30 and their salaries from s1sc,ssI
70 s2ds,sSs5, or aO.5 per cent. The number
OF wngc-earncrslin 1900 was 263S, recely-
Istng 1904 1854, and In 1905 the number hnd
Increased to 8 0e3 and the aggregate wages
to slice, Cos. Miscellaneous expenses In.
creased from $2ss,2i0 to $i45o52, or 57.7
per cent, which is regarded ts extrcnie-
" large. ana Is not accounted for by thn
census bureau Cost of mntcrials used
increased from s2,54i,s6s to s32eosa,
which was about 2s.3 per cent.
Tho total value OF all Norfolk products
IN 1900 was 81, 69i 770. and in 1906 1t way :
SG9O0,129. an increase of 25.s nor cent
TINS total includes custom work and re-
pairing.
General Statistics.
Flour and grist mills. lumber mills
and tobacco manufactures arc given M
the principal industries OF yirginia Tha
number of flour and grist mills In tha
State was 3G5. an increase of @ over 1870
The capital invested was s5,5o3.1Ot M
against $3.10s,207 in 1900. The cost of
material for these mills in 1900 was 81
4S3.7S7, and in 1905 II was $l211O.e29. 1'be
total value OF the flour and grlst mIliA
products IN 1900 was sS,942io3. nH against
$l3, 81, 800 In 1905. II remarkable Increase
There were MA lumber mills In the
State in 1900 with an invested capital OF
81, s[6, 1863. In 1905 the number OF mills WI.
reduced to 92l. but the capital represented
lad Increased to 312,527S5s. The total
value OF the productof the lumber mills
OF 1900 was s14,31s, 4s7. and In 1905, $i7,-
2Gi.912.
The number of tobacco factories In tho
State decreased from 15s. in 1900 to 1i3 In
1906. But the total amount invested In the
manufacture Of tobacco Increased from
SO, COS. 6ls In 1900 to $23,477,64g In 1906. But
the number OF salaried officials had been
reduced to 52l in 1906. MS against 635 In
/ 1900. The salaries paid these officers und
clerks In 1900 aggregate $6s2,2y7. In 1905
[ the aggregate of the salaries was $685..
t The average number OF the wage earn
ers In 1900. {, Go6. receiving 81 ,GGs 81 But In
1906. the number OF wage carriers had
been reduced to 1902. receiving sl,se9.2so.
Tobacco Industry.
The cost OF materials in the tobacco
industry in 1900 was S5,27i.S74. and In 1906
1t was a ss.6S35s5. Miscellaneous expenses
in 1905 were s5,t09,96s, and In 1906 they
we're 1854, 707.
The total value OF the output Of the
tobacco factories In 1900 was $i5.o5l, ioI.
and in 1906 siC.76s.eo4.
Some other time i am going to give
In this correspondence the figures rela.-
Ing to the manufacturing industries Of
other towns in Virginia, and also tho
figures relating to other industries. II
should he remembered that the bureau
did not attempt TO sivs-Jhe figures con-
corning any establishment where the caD-
sital invested did not reach 800. thus
eliminating from the calculation all
small neighborhood industries The fig
surcs taken together, Indicate the re-
markablc growth OF the State in ths
past half decade.