The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-03-26
.R0UT TAR HEEL
TEXTILE MILLS
|orth Carolina Now Ranks as
Second Only to Massachu-
sets = Valuable Figures
Taken from New Census
Bulletin
NV T.. \. BROWN.)

kaf+ n carolina StOOu SeCOuU III VI uSi
liz inuortance among the cotton man
L. .fDring states in value OF products,
e. in number Of establishments ana
{hird in number OF producing SPIN
r. while In 1889 it ranked out
{erth in value Of products, fourth in
rnmber of establishments and tenth
n number Of spindles.' This state
ncnt Is taken from "a bulletin just
c lod hy the Bureau of Census,
Ebfch gives the statistics for manu-
t@aiujrS IN North Carolina as gained
b. thc thirteenth census.
eol.rtrd pa~ragrauhs from the bull
etin follow:
General Character of the state
<orth Carolina has d gross area OF
u4.5 SQUARE miles, of which 3,6S5
.prr4-nt water surface. It's popula-
liz. I'M 1910 was 2,2O6,2S7, as COM
bared with 1.S93.S10 in 1900 and l.
k1Iq44 iii 1890. 1t ranked sixteenth
luorg the a. States and territories Of
kontiucntal United States as regards
bopulation in 1910 and fifteenth in
geo. The density of population for
b. state is 45.3 per square mile, the
Corresponding figure for 1900 being
&.9. The population Of North Car
lima IS mostly rural, only 14.4 per
ent of the entire population of the
tat residing in Incorporated clteS
rd towns having q population OF q
foo inh&bitatnS. or over as against SO
er cent in 1900.
The State has seven cities having q
ppulation Of over 10000: Charlotte,
Wilmington, Raleigh, Asheville, Dur
am. Winston, and Greensboro.
hcse seven cities contain 6.S per
BIZ If the total population Of the
kate aud are credited with 2S.2 per
ent If the total value of its manu-
lctureS. The harborS. rivers, n
lilWay systems of the State are i'm
brtant factors in f%urthering it's man
acturinG and commercial interests.
l. streams also furmis.. abundant
btcr power. the use Ct which in the
auufactUres Of the safe has decid-
~ Increased durin" recent years.
DC large local supply Of FUEL also
Dis greatly to the possibilities of the
htc for manufacturing.
Mp" .tan"c and Growth OF Manu-
features.
lts recent growth IN manufac-
h.s has placed North Carolina
noMG the leading manufacturing
ates Of the South.
Textiles. The combined products
|til textile manufactures. exclusive
four Establishments engaged in
md}Wfacture of silk goods, stats
S for which could not be shown
fhoVt disclosing individual opera
iS. "nro nted in 1909 to S1%S.507,.
ir value. OF So per cont Of the
;l value OF all manufactured pro
tts IF the State.
=" :: large extent, it's manufactur.
j. dustries depend upon the pro
cts OF its soil. Each succeeding
hsu5 from 1890 to 1909 Ia,
pwn 2 large increase in the valu'
the manufactured products ?
rth Carolina. From a total Of SO,
200 in lSaa-o0. it had increased Il
H9-90 to $40,373,O0O. while he in
aAe during the last two decade
been even more rapid. The valu
(orted for 1899 was $s5,274,0oC
flusive Of the hand trades an
g'horhood industries; for 1904
Sl42.521, 600; and for 1905
lt,Gob, 600. During 1S49-50 an az
&c Of 1901 wage farmers repre-
tlnS IL per cent Of the total pop
ZION. were employed in manufao
es, while in 1903 an average {
800 wage carriers, or SIS per eel
the total population, were SO eT
geo. During his period the Sros
ue of products per capita Of tn
al population Of the State increa:
from SO TO SOS. From 1S49-J
l'o". however, the prOpOrtlO
Hen the manufactures of the Sta
present of the total value Of pr,
Gus 81 manufacturing industries
| nlted States has increased b
'ie. MS proportion was min
llhS OF per cent in 1S49-50 and
/ cent in 1909. In the former We:
{ state Was twentieth in the CniC
respect to value of manufacture
Pa IN 1909. twenty-third.
re following tables gives the mo
h1'"i}ant figures relative to all elias
'l manufactures combined for II
att as returned at the censuses
p'. 1908. and 1909, together wi
e Percentages Of increase from ce
aS To census.
'oiton goods, including colt
hall wares" in North Carolina 20,
~ mis- primarily engaged IN I
''n"I"'iNre Of cotton goods, no
IS rN'nt* being reported IS maj,
h''&cd IN the manufacture Of co.:
az N1fcs. The ~cotton-guod4
"NtfN occupies first place anton.r :
tI -.