The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-04
TRADEsMAN,s WEEKLY REVIEW
New Industries and Industrial Devel-
 0pment In the south.

 New Industries and Industrial Devel-
 opment fin the South.
 Chattanooa, May B. Especial. )-A person is travelling some" when he undertakes to keep up with sin,o the in The Tradesman. in it's review for the short period of one week. ending to- day. gives list of 1S7 new industries ing the week. The capitalization of 112 of these Is reported as an aggre- gate of $13,2S7,000. or an average of about $12o.ooo. Apply the same aver grand total for the week of fS7 new industries capitalized at $16,237,000. If this Is not industrial progress a new definition of the term Is needed. The Tradesman's list for the week Is given herewith, classified according to States and cities, and stating the na- ture of the new industries. It Is an looking for reliable evidence that di- versifed manufacturing is already a reality In the South. While the lists from the Cotton States contain re- ding cotton and its products, there is no evidence that the fieecy staple has anything like monopoly on the busi- ness of the South; in factfi, present, in dustrial conditions are such that more than a cotton crop failure would be needed to retard the strenuous cam paign of development upon which the entire South has entered. The Trades mans list for the week is as follows:
 Alabama.
 Birmingham $10,0o0 manufactur- ing company; land company; $5O,o00 manufacturing company.
 Decatur -Bottling works.
 Selma $20,000 packing plant. Mobile-S5, 900 lumber company. Columbia-$6,0o 900 hardware compa- Gadsden-$5 900 development com pany: $5,000 lumber company. Albertville- -$50,000 electric power company.
 tory.
 Vandorn- Cement works.
 Arkansas
 Little Rock-s15,o ,o00 carriage and implement company.
 Yellville--$ -$300.000 mining company. ForemaE--Gas plant.
 Mena-DeVelopment company Charleston$2 $20 900 lumber compa- Hot springs--s25.o 900 lumber com pany.
 England Saw mill. Georgia. Augusta-s12,00 wagon factory; Tallapoosa-S200,00 900 cotton mill. Indian Territory. Hugo--$z50,ooo creosoting plant. Wagoner, -Oil company.
 Kentucky.
 Nicholasville-$15.00 900 Jumher com pany; $l0,O 900 hardware company. Louisville-$20,O 900 hardware compa- ny; $67, 900 development company. Fullerton--Planing mill.
 Henderson-$2O,o medicine facto- Monterey -$7Ooo warehouse compa- CoMngton---s5OOO warehouse conn cany. Lake Charles-Cod storage plant. Mansfield Flaming mill.
 Houma- Canning factory. Lake Charles-Saw mill.
 Mississippi.
 Meridian $16.0OO manufacturing company; $5O.0O0 telephone and tele- Hattiesburg- 900 lumber com panY.
 Jackson -$2O, coo lumber company: $10.0OO land company.
 Missouri.
 St. Louis-- $S0, 900 chemical compa- ny; $65 900 investment company; $lOO,- 900 lumber company; $l5,OQQ construc. tion company; $2o.000 buihing ana any; $300,000 coupling company;$56, 900 regulating appliance company; conn struction company; $25,Oo0 lumber company
 Caruthersville-$40, ,0OQ lumber com Dany.
 Butler Telephone system. Maiden Bottling works.
 Clinton $10,000 milling company. Joplin-$16.0 .000 mining company; $20000 lead and zinc company Kansas ity-Woodworking plant; $6O,O00 construction company; $l0,OOO Woodworking plant; $250,000 refinery. Cape Girardeau-$40o0 o00 cooperase company.
 St Joseph-s25O 900 foundry and ma chine shops
 Monroe Notwithstanding com pany.
 North Carolina
 Charlotte-$5O, 900 brick and tile works.
 Washington-$25,o ,oOO navigation com pany.
 Elizabeth City-Lumber mil. Newton-$25, ,000 paper box factory. Leeksville-$125, 900 furniture fac Durham-s5O. 900 lumber company.