The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-19
tRURAL aDlSTRIC CTS lIsl
ST,RIKING FIG RES
Number of s. Wage Farmers Err,-
ployedin Rural Estab ablishments q
Increased in Five Y ears s
!. Near; Nearly One One i EHalfAgain.
I'll Value all'1 cfs i ducts
I s5s35 Increased. .Esl
\ /. , 1
'!3I9fli ~

,S56, The total capital invested iilyyaa
creased $55 6S9, $50 In five years, which Al tss
bout co. per cen I. A curious fact IN con-
anec On sgW tn y the g manufacturing sinter.8
ests Eof the State Is tina while here was
4 Ssu CHI an emo rmOus increase In the$capital@
$en ployed, and the Sv value 81 The outp pu t,5s
| the number Of est blishments In f9C5 was
only one grea ter than IN 800, @ The Sin-9}ss
crease Sl In the value Of the products In
the flve years was $40 212, SIS, Tor 4 81 per-
cent lille the average Snumbe OF wage.
earners9 Increased Il o62 OR 21.2 per cenf ..f
the total wages paid Increased u, ,ySy lBys IS
437.s per cent. .g$T The 10 ter figures are ex-.
1 tremely significant t, b as ss indlct ting that
/ the employers Of the State are Improving;
the conditions among heir mployes. s,5
! S These figures are taken from a. bulletin
| issued II to-day 81 By ys the II Census "A Bureau
last year by special re representatives. a Or
the bureau; and ii q VI bulletin. 81 Wing the
Figures on the manu- fac turing nterestsl lot
the tiles ofs Richmond. Peter ersburg.f Nor
folk and Roa noke. ya g Issued fas sonpls
months ngo, n and revia Nv ed sinS tl,is coYre.
l&spondence.S T he bull TIM issued S to- day
refers to the entire State. 9ss
Rural District Develo opmeit. 81 Nj Nj
a3lS The development q Of manufac turin II til9
the rural istrip pts II ~ he five years stree
the census OF 1900 was taken Isl a stSikin8
lecture OF the bull tin. If The number aoe
factories reported for the rural fcommun Va
titles In 1906 was 78. g per cent. 81 tlSsS
total, and iES 1900 til per- cent; was y.
But II the d propo rtion5 or 81 thu number ofyS
swag e-enrners emp Dyed Iii the rural eat al'-
|$lishments Increased In the years rou1s
cent pe "A eell.s
ssss ssa
10, per cen a pef2s XII
Sbes seen from this t1ia t; Will there
little change { In the Sdist ribution aof man.
|@ufacturing establishments s sbetweenN tliesss
rural and the urban "a Isl ricts, /, the schanGs
in the proportion OF i'm portan at items .Wax
9eunlcient 4 to raise the ru raj dis trlcts To-
FIRST place In sos.
8bnlletln for the Ssnt tire State appears al
be In the number Of chill dren emplo Dyed d.$s
IN sone industrie there was n decrease
Sdns@ the number OF 81 estahlls lanent ], butt
none In he value of the uct.
284lt some OF n the stfg ures IN; detail regard
ling the State II dust les are full &of
8terest. II The first place N given N
are classified under two heads, chewing v
and smoking tobacco h and fS snu n 4 and !
cigars and cigar cites The combined s3
value OF the products NAL e the: tobac ccbs N
Industry the most impo tart In the statesst 4
For the industry as a whole the invested II
capital increased $18 ,969 OBJ or 26O perl
cent. and the value OF the products 81. \
16,797, or rs per cent. w Nhilet the average
number OF ofwage-earners In the t0bacC0s III
factories decreased g. per cent. \, those
who remained Z at work e were s paid an
increase of $1GO sos. or 9.e per cent. OF Y
a the two branches Y OF the; Ind ustry. II The SI
amount; OF capital invested d ave rage nunis
Der Of Wage-ea rne rs, IN and wa gess pa y X
were larger in the manufacturer Of cigars I
and cigarettes, wllile 81 the value OF fSprod-3.
$ucts was greater IN the 3manufa faoture q q;
chewing and smoking tobacco and smut. |
The Tobacco % Industry.
Il The manufacture OF chewing tobacco
and smoking Increased $5.269, 1T !, or & 90 4
per cent. In capital. but decreased $45.-g
.40S, or four-tenthsf OF one per cont II ISL
value OF products. 4. In the anufacturalf
OF cigars and &clga ties. there st was 81 @
very large increase in the amour shown
for capital invested .giS This increase, hoW-ss
ever, 3 was confined largely 4 to- the item FFsg
OF live capital, which SWas psota bly, not
fully reported at he census Of 1900. ac-S
ccrdng to the bulletin. 8l The value NJ OF 3S
products In the industry Increased 81. .:- al
26s S95, or AL per cent, tn g average NUNS,
ber of wage-earners, ,4tS, or b5.S per 9s
cent; $39s,1ls. or $40 per cent VI
The most surprising figures OF the bul-s6
letin, / probably, are Nose which show 4,
the wonderful Increase in the amount Goc an
capital invested In Touring and griat &
mills In Virginia In the last five years.
The Increase was $9,SO4.s or 72.1 per sssi
cent; tho value Of products. 34,S90, or se
64.7s per cent; the average number Of @
Wnge-earners, 844, y or 56,1 per cent. q nd sSs
the wages, $sB, ,642, or 1871 per cent, s
n The mills for the most part, are very s,sss
generally distributed throughout tha 81 Il
State, but Augusta, Henrico, and Roc X sYSyS.
inghnm counties, In the order named, are VII
the most important centers OF product on. g5 g5t
Mills located In the urban district res u
turned less than is per cent. OF the "a;
total value OF products. g{s "
THE quantity Of wheat used Increased ss
enormously, l,SS3.6lS bushels more being h
ground in 1907 than In 1900. an Increase of ssis
1879 per cent, and the cost Increased $S,- ~
627, ,429, or III per cent. For corn, the
increase was 629.177 bushels. or Ill per A8sg
cent. and the cost increased $sii.7S6 or
1870 per cent, y sSsfs
& The quantity OF flour produced rs, 2Q 20
barrels. or IT'S per cent. and the val 81 sBi
s3 ga, $780, or 5S,7 per cent. Rye flour show #
sd a decrease of 7l,5 per cent, In quantity.
and 69.7 per cent. In value, Il ss 3S
II Lumber and Timber.
The lumber Industry had to give way 4 a8Es as2
a the hourlug industry in point OF im-
ortance Ia the fiye-year period from 1900 g5s "a
3 1905, The change In rank is said to M
e due to the growth OF the latter RAJ NJ 8
han 10 tho falling off In the value Of
t,e lumber output. The capital Invested sa
4 lumhprlng enterprises Increased 49, 4 4S
5s,s4l tr SOL per cent. although re-
orts were received from ighty-two less M
Establishments In 1905 than IN 199os AZ u ~