The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-20
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Figures Show Her Far Ahead Of
n. .8 West Virginia and
Carolina.
SURPRISING STATEMENTS I 4 :, 4 !
Capital Involved in Manufacture
ing Enterprises rs Various
Virginia Cities.
SURPRISING STATEMENTS
Capital Involved i'll Manufactt
Cl,rom our Regular correspondcnt,)

# Clrrom our Regular Correspondcnt.)
NV4AsHrN GTON 4 p {. G., u July 1D.-The
synopsis OF n the bulletin issued by the
Census Bureau yesterday. presenting fig
Eures relating to the development OF the
manufacturing industries In Virginia since
the census OF 1000, which I wrote In this
correspondence yesterday, was not com
#plete for lack OF space md time. w lille
there Is enough In tho bulletin to fur-
must be clininu ted. Isl But 1t would be \ q
gross oversight 10 fall to present figures
showing the development Of Virginia an
StcrprIses, as compared WI tn 8 those All OF
8neighbOrlnE States. a. Nh }i{!i5
Sister States c Compared.
The bulletins covering North Carolina
and West Virginia We're also issued yes
sterdny. y LIS i3 =. u !. IA.
manufacturing establishments in North
Carolina, as against 3.466 In 1870, q de-
crease Of So but the capital invested
In all manufacturing enterprises In North
Carolina last year was 5$$f Sal, 90 90. tis
against only sos, 2S3, 005 in 1900, an Increase
9of g106 s per cent. The total number or
enterprises in Virginia in 1906 was 3, 1s7.
a decrease OF one; but the capital Invest
ed was SAT, 9S9,1s2, an lncrease OF CO.'S per
cent. over 1900 SO that, while North
Carolina developed more rapidly in the
sflye-yenr period than did Virginia. she IL
still behind In the matter OF amount or
capital Invested. Il
West Virginia Disappointing.
. The number OF manufacturing plants
In West Virginia in 19o5 was :, lO9, 58 as
against 1924 In 1000, ! an increase OF 1b.6 per
cent While the total capital invested Y IN
1905 was only $50 $40. s23, still the Increase
over 1900 was 1913 per cent. The figures
relating to West Virginia are surprising,
not to say disappointing. est iVi r
|. giniansS have been the most persistent
!, booimcrs " Z their State, and while the
charlottesville enthusiasm OF the average
West Virginia citizen, dis clissing the pro-
5gressGof the State and Its future, Is re.
freshing for g time, It is Es compare
( OF It, and especially Is this true y
Il the listener happen to be a Virginian. for
West Virginians are all too prone TO be-,
little the progress and ENTERPRISE OF the
Mother State. Yet, II to the total capi-
talizatlon OF the manufacturing enter
Eprlses OF Virginia there be Il adfee the
share OF the State debt OF Virginia which
ftyestt Virginia should have assumed when
She seeded "A from " irg lnia, and which
3sheg1nay have to- assume yet. X the pend
Ing suit to that end In the Supreme
Court E OF the United States be decided
as Virginians hope. the capital Invested
in Virginia manufactures will ~ double
the capitalization OF West Virginia enter
1,rIses. And II, atSthe same time, West
5;Virginia's share OF the debt be sub
tracted from the total capitalization OF
her manufacturing enterprises, the COM
@parison Is all the more unfavorable to
the la tier state; AIN Of whict5is submit
tea solely 1.-The interest 5of truth and 9
I coIrec view! IL 81 Ja Js Its n ms.