The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-31
INCREASE IS LARGE
IN MANY BRANCHES
Labor Report to Show Indus
trial Gains of Several
Million
TANNERlES DO WELL
AND EXTEND PLANTS
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Manufactured Tobacco, Wooden
Ware and Cotton Also Among
the Lines in Which There
Has Been Improvement.

The credit side of the report very
shortly to be issued by Commissioner
James r. Doherty, OF the State depart
ment of labor, viii show an increase
for the year Of d good many million
dollars, which Ia considered excellent
IN view OF The fact that number OF
INDUSTRIES In Virginia suffered falling
on During the year. due In large meas
urc 10 the recent panicky conditions
from which busiresa In general has
not vet entirely recovered.
This report-showing the operations
az the department for itT thirteenth
year~-wa1 be delivered to the printer
early III October, and wilt be publish
cd az soon thereafter as possible. II
win contain about 400 pages, and viii
give in detailed statistics the exact
condition of every branch OF the in
dustry In the state
Marked Improvement.
Among the most marked improve
nlents which the report will indicate
are In the manufacture of leather, to-
oacco. wooden ware and cotton
BY reason of the fact that Virginia
,anneries are practically surrounded
by every article required for The man
afacture of leather. and on account Of
the recent impetus which cattle rails
srs have received from an advance in
the price OF raw hides the tanneries
have found material in abundance. and
with an excellent market. have In sew
erat instances doubled their annual
output. the total Increase over the
products OF last year being valued at
well over a million dollars.
The value NJ the increase Of manu-
featured tobacco is roughly estimated
AZ 81 100000 and Indicates that the In
crease was not In the nature of fuc-
tuatton. but rather q steady advance
nAnt. the factories I'm many parts Of
the state installing permanent I'm
proyepenta which will enable them to
stsli further increase their products
which the present demand indicates
viii steadily increase.
Wooden ware has increased from
100000 tn value TO Sc. e0o, 900. the
*sact fEare. being not vet olstafaRsle
as the totals received from the vari-
,ns factories have not been tahuiated
and added.
The manufacture % cotton goods
shows a like increase. and this. &C
sordng TO Commissioner Dohsrty, IS
particularly gratifying 10 the depart
nlent. as ii indicates that Virginia as
well as other Southern States is forg-
Ing to- the front in the manufacture of
The finished product from it's own raw
England factories for the manufactur-
ed goods,
Few to Show Loss
The number OF plants which will
show loss in business for the year
are said 10 be relatively small when
the conditions under which they were
compelled 10 operate are considered.
In one or two individual instances
these losses are large. hat the gen
eral average Is So good that the report
when issued will be recognized as one
of the best printed by the department.
ana viii forecast business conditions
Ia which even those who failed to show
great gains vii tind considerable sat
tsfaction.
About four thousand copies Of tho
report will be printed. copies being
sent to all the larger libraries in the
United States and 10 all important bu-
reaus OF labor.
In addition 10 those mailed to In
situations In this country. number
will be sent to Europe. several OF the
leading universities In England. France
and Germany having especially re-
quested that they be placed on the
regular mailing list of the department.