Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-29
South Carolina Manufacturers

art in the South, although that seem
to be the notion entertained some
sections Of the country. The census
bureau has just issued bulletins show
ing that millions of dollars are invest
ed in manufacturing plants in Charles
ton, Greenville, Columbia and Spartan
burg.
i Columbia leads in the capit.h in
vested-$7,705.00O, an increase OF G.
per cent in five years. The cost OF
materials used in 1909 was $3,57S,OoO
wages and salaries amounted to 81,
1S5, 900, miscellaneous expenses were
$462, 900, and the value Of products
was $5,S72,O00. The average number
of officials was 233. and for employees
|2,522.
Spartanburg had sc manufacturing
establishments in 1909, a gain OF but
one in five years, but the capita! in
creased from $2.S69.000 to s4,41. O0O
and the output from $2'12S,O00 to 3d.
276.000. With an increase Of only ~
per cent in wages, the value added by
the process of manufacture increased
lO4 per cent over that of IL years ago.
In Charleston 116 establishments
with a capital of 6,573,0O0 used ma.
terals worth $4,229,0O0, paid salaries
and wages amounting to s',4OS,000,
and turned out products worth $6S51, :
900. There was little expansion In
the five years, the increase in capital
being thirteen per cent, and in value
of output sixteen per cent. The av-
erage number of officials and wage
earners in 1909 was 5000
Greeville has made considerable
gains in manufacturing since 1904.
1t had in 1909 Al establishments em'
ploying an average of 1925 persons.
who received $464,OOO. The capital
ization was $1,930,00O, a decrease Of
per cent. but the output was $2.112,-
900, a gain of % per cent while the
value added by the process Of manu-"
facture was 914,000, or SO per cent
more than in 1904.
Missouri Crop Statistics
The census bureau has found that
Missouri produced in 1909 .$147,771,-
224 worth of cereals, 33,SO6,75S
worth OF hay and forage, and potatoes
to the value of $4413,911. To show
that the census was carefully taken
such items of brown corn seed, 500;
durum wheat, $545; alfalfa seed,
$117; hops, Sal; are included. If
Missouri had to depend on home
grown hops for its beer, it's evident
that Mr.. Adolphus Busch would not
now be spending millions on his win
ter home at Pasadena, CAL. Still the
statistics demonstrate that agriculture
is a noble science.
Agriculture as Science
Hail to the tiller of the soil. He
has won the respect of the world.
Perhaps you have noticed that it isn't
so common to decry his occupation an
it used to be before Uncle Sam dis
covered it to be a science. Now
young men are>tlocking to the agricul
tural schools and colleges, and many
of them are graduating into professor
ships, or into positions as experts with
the government. One of the latter has
just returned to Washington after
spending two months in Spain and
Sicily investigating lemon growing.
He is G. Harold Powell, whose work
for the department of agriculture in
the investigation of causes of fruit
decay, in cold storage and in transit,
attracted such wide attention. The
citrus fruit growers of California held
his talents in such esteem that they
tried to get him to go out there
When they got up to an offer of $780,
300 a year salary he succumbed, and
he is now secretary and manager OF
the Citrus Protective League of Cali !
fornia. a model business organic cation
Of agriculturists, which has been fight |
ing for a tariff on lemons that will
permit the industry to survive. Hav !
ing secured that tariff the organization
S now combating the organized com
Daign of the Sicilian importers to have
t reduceu.
President will Assist.
An event of international Signifi
canoe will occur July 10, when Presi
lent Taft will assist in breaking