The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-05
VIRGINIA fAClO.Y
CAt HAL IhCRE'.SE
teoHttauou IruTa .-ITs1 passsJ

ftoHtTH1cu rroIsi IItsS pess1
average rae OF increase Tor the Whole
soutn.
I Horse Power. III
Primary hu1Ae- y ul4tc-lo- the South
more lnt4il ooupieu III tne ten years,
me Iacl ease Dclns NON I,aIe,VsI 20
A,+.s.-', eF-.s =Jtrvy==o ttrtfttt to
I1tz.- per cent. "iru4 me mt ve - ~
me reaI Oh the coeltIy m;ss ~ Lie
! la.o OF too per coIi.., ifoli -o,i'9,-
80 10 t,OVc,of1, u ~ V,t-0,9"0.
/ .NtJlLu eai Oltna, IN the ce4Atcf oI "A. ut9
e,cetfic u1,t.UPnI1ll,, n"u .4@ l-sl ,,ssL
lHtae azS a444oHs Lie i-auelsAl ial-4~sa,
| -4s,Voy, NI,u IS-.~s accVItI, Wagon,
tAiapanla thiid, los, V-3i ooa.n Cal
J o4lna fourth, loo,ooJ, ana ntvl Id
j hItn, 1nI. f42.
! snIuc of Products.
! The value uI ptV4u..o uI factories
Z al, rUaseu 40 isSr cSAL. In AlIc sJatn
ana go per ceat. iii Tue ione u lac
.ounIy. ANS rate oi i4eT,aae, uvtn
III ,ne soouta anu IA tue reot Ol tie
county. was less 1Aan 1ue latu q
! tIsiS etse ~ tnu tt-4-oa-4t ol capital, IN
| Tue Aa..1ef of eataiIcu PERSONS ana
/ III lAS ally vi At1A &C 20 -
! Was kr,tpcr tnan tue rae of in
crease IN the nalnver OF wase-eArn-
| ers, 40 tuat taete 4vete s-,ovz murtIi
/ OIL prouuct III 1oV9 20 each @ase-
estntGr. as compared with sos IN
80 IN lnr oOetn, y hue III tua same
time the -ross returns Iol every Goiiar
I in este4 nad GeCrtaseu from LOO TO
/ Sl.0S, and tho gross returns for
every primary horse-pO yer had de-
1 creased Ieo11i 5t9 70 : 1 ! y. m tuG
rest OF the country In the Sane
/ period, the gross value of products
| per each wase-earner increasing from
! 81, $50 to s5,211, that Yalue de-
I t-.ssfsetI from 3f.zsf 70 ST II per Each
dollar OF capital invested. and from
Sl.z03 to s1,lss per each primary
horsepower.
! The amount OF industrial power
represented in farm capital including
j the value of lands, buildings, live
stock. implements and machinery, IN
| the South increased at the rate Of
1852 per cent. between 1900 aud
il9l0. from s5.262.27S.962 to s1O,-
961, S6o.l76, or $500, $50. 2I5, and
1 the increase In the rest Of the com
/ try was from SIS, 251 ,723 ,03S to $50,
!, 029, 134.s24. or b. St4, I411.9S6
4equnf to 96,9 per cent. In that pc
Rod the power represented in the
nun her OF operators of farms, in
GLIDING owners, managers and ten
ants, increased in the South from
2.sa5,59e to 3.363.955, or by 46S,-
/ 365, equal TO 6 per cent.
There IL, of course. nothing finally
increases In the several lines If ar
tiyities represented in manufacturing
and agriculture For that it would
/. be necessary to reduce money. muscle
and mind 10 some common term as
primary horsepower. which Is mani
testify an impossobility. and, more
: t>4t-taffs- 70 fta5 - intimate KNOWLEDGE or
the various grades Of mind and mus
Gle represented In industrial actiyi-
ties. But one or two general con
clustons present themselves The
greater returns in the rest OF the
| country than in the South per each
| dollar OF factory capital reflects the
F, fact that the South is not yet making
the most OF its raw materials for
manufacturing and has still a great
/ opportunity In the field or finished
/ products. Likewise. though the
! number OF wage-earEers In the South
/ has increased more RAPIDLY than In
/ the rest of the country. there is still
/ large room for an increase In the
I number OF skilled workers These
| TWO facts make more significant, how
ever, the difference III the rates of
increase in the value OF products in
the South and in the rest of the coun-
try. a difference in favor OF the South
T oY ~ per cent. suggestive of the in
dustrial progress RON pnGsrMay y IN
/ that section.