The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-25

SOUTHERN GROWTH.
/ Continued from First Page
! lands merchandise valued at sig.S59,.
T2?.oio and received through them from
obroad merchandise valued at sa,o14,-
G7l.Sl2.
Its exports have constituted nearIY
Z 81 per cent. OF the total exports Of
merchandise from the country. and of.
that total s9,l2l,63o.360. or nearly %
per cent. represent the alue OF the
- sports OF raw cotton alone Th..
value Of those cotton exports was; 81
:i'25i,o6p greater Khan the vnlu. OF
he worlds output OF gold in the thir-
, 1.-TWO years, and the value OF the
thirty-two cotton crops with their
/ seed. which was Sl5,jli,000 600, was S..
| OVl.J5O,i3S greater than the worlds
production Of gold ana silver in the
/ same period.
| Cotton Miil Progress
! Though there has been cornparatiyelv
I little chance in the propor,ionate cN-
F, ports of cotton, tho difference being
oniy that between 5S per cent OF tho
! total American crop OF 1850 and eli
per cent. in 1911. there has been At
radical shift in the relative positions
Iof the southern mills and Of those in
4 y. L
under review mills in the rest Of the
country consumed sl.9i6.g3s bales Of
/ the commercial crops and Southern
/ mills 37.o32,613 bales. But whereas in
| 1880 the $4,000 bales consumed hy
Southern mills were but a little more
IMAM 10 per cent. Of the American con.
| sumption Of cotton. in 1911 Southern
mills used OIL. per cent. OF the Ameri-
can consumption. meanwhile having
used III three other Year, more cotton
iEan the mills In the rest OF the coun-
! Try.
| IL rs not surprising that such achieve
nicnts have been recorded in an addi-
ZION of sls.323,o04, 900 to the estimated
truc value of Southern property. that
increase actually being in amount 50
l6o,0Oo.0o0 greater than the wealth Of
the whole country in 1860 and near
~ twice the value of Southern prop
erty In 1880.
Facts and Eiaures
II he strides that the South has made
| In performing these deeds Of material
progress were optic niaed statistIcally.
IN an interesting statistical table in
the manufacturers Record 4 review
OF 'nis table OF figures will suffice. and
me increases are especially worthy OF
note. The increases, summarized arc
as follows:
Population from lS,6i4.s25 to 49,.
ntys"o. or by li.4a4a55, equal to 775
Capital invested in manufacturinr
from sa2a. $4,000 TO sa.s9I.ooo, 600. or
| ny sJ'od',2i'.O00, equal to 930.l per
Value OF products of manufacturing.
| from $G22. Sio,oo9 to sa,S 500, 900, 600. or
oy s$i71,i6oo0O, equal to SOL per
Capital invested in cotton mills from
| S2iooo.o0o TO s295,oo0. 900. or by s274.-
| 100000. equal to l.3047 per cent.
Nn.noer of spindles, from 6S7, to
i,i::S3o'sss. or by 1o6i9,s32, equal 10
-, Spmbsr Of looms. from la,754 to
5Ss,i or by 2ei,4s2, equa! 20 l.a21.i
from lll.ilI,177 to l.l4S, o83, 633, or by
! 1897 $3.50, equal to e2a.6 per cent
mills, from i3,soooo6 to $4,000, 600, or or
oy $4,000, equal TO 2,452.7 per
Value Of products of cotton-seed oil
lniils, from s6.I37,26l to xI.5.000. 900.
or BY SlSs,202.739, equal to 2,033.2 per
ad nF ison ,o made a. fre on .s7s tons
oa Coke made, from 575,ase tons TO a.
TO $685. per cent.
Value OF lumber products, from SAL
100000 TO S'5o.ooo,oo0, or BY s4oa 300
600. equal TO 1916 per cent.
| Lumber cut from 3,S10,03S. 900 feet
coo feet, equal to i5i.e per cent.
,o Iapi Ia INVESTED ed In fisheries. from
sot. equal TO as.e per cent.
fro value e, = Of The products Of fisheries,
s9,i6S,7i', equal to s4;7 per cent.
Value Of farm products. from 1885,
100000 to s3.ooo.ooo,o0o, or 10y so.2i4,-
! 100000, equal to 2a6.S per cent
| Value of farm lands with improve
| ments. from s2.2l2.l73.tsl TO SS,aI1,-
9sa,o0o, or by .a,i5s sSs,51e. equal isi 10 TO
| $3.50 per cent.
70 ls.l2o,os5 bales or by By : 5.a5 ISIS
bales; equal TO llo.+ per cent
from sae5, 100000 TO 81 $50 600 30 seer or
by sos, 100000 equal TO 2l6.p per
~, $50 900 busheis to l.s! RS; 100
| bushels. or b. 4S1,l6S00o, equal to so.
| per cent.
Number. OF cattle, sheep and swine.
| from .5,6s6,0o0 10 %, 900. 600, or by a.
$4,000. equal to i6 per cent.
Nale to Of ns oo o 6rodets from SIS
4e2: equal 70 l.9ao.l per cent.
Coal mined. from 1,o0e254 tons to
$4,000, 600 tons: or by 1c7,sa7,7lS tons.
| equal to l.jic.3 per cent.
Iron orc mined from 10o,5l5 tons to
| 5000 900 tons or by 5,297,iS5 tons,
equal TO 75+.1 per cent.
barrels to s5.ooo.oo @" barre e or r''y by
Si.S2l.o00 barrels, equal TO 1855 per
| cent.
Phosphate mined. from lao,76s tons
| TO 100000 tons. or by ..50?.237 tons,
equal TO l,2l6.a per cent.
| Length OF railroads. from 2.,sss
miles TO. sS,903 miles. or by 64.o37
| miles. equal 10 1915 per cent.
Value OF exports. from so6a,9O5,7Es
! TO S7a7.S22.3tS. or by ,4S2.916,5a5, equal
| to 1922 per cent.
Resources of national banks, from
| $lsi,0S+.45a 10 si925.1S4,e27. or by
! Sl.73i.lO0,lGS. equal to SSH per cent.
! Capital Of nat ionnl banks, from Sb3.-
/ SSS.930 to S2aG. s53,S6o. or by SiS2.2si,-
! 92o. equal TO $500 per cent
! Individual deposits In national
| ba nks. from SISlc4,523 to so5T, 42S.51o.
| or BY $SSi,50S.9S1, equal 10 l.209.3 per
| cent.