The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-13

Richmond. But Virginia, with it,
hktN-one Inhabitants to the square
mile. Is denser than North Carolina
with its forty-five and even South
Carolina. though containing less
number OF inhabitants and only three
f0urths as many square miles as North
Carolina. has four more people to the
square mile than the Old North State.
Further. North Carolina with over a
quarter million farms has a far greater
number than either Virginia or south
Carolina with their less than 100000
each And though North Carolina has
a greater number OF acres In farm
land, yet Virginia has the largest
farms, the average number OF acres
in the latter State numbering 1859.
while in the former the average Is
sS.4 and in South Carolina 1S.6 acres.
When the value OF land in dollars.
however. is considered. the Old Do
mi MON outranks the two Caroiinas.
the figures fer the most southernly
Of the three States being s26s,774,s5i,
for the middle State $3i3.164.945, and
for the most nOrthernly $3StS5S.Sl2.
Both Virginia and North Carolina
produced ever 45.e0.o00 bushels off
corn each in 1911. with the latter ex-
ceedins the former by 100000 bush
els. but in every other principal crop
North Carolina is surpassed by W.
ginia. In the production OF wheat
in 1911 Virginia measured even o.
900 900 bushels. while North Carolina
harvested only 6.s36.O00; Of hay North
Carolina produced 10000 tons. and
Virginia 100000; of tobacco the Tar
heels raised S9.4O0.000 pounds and the
Virginians 12s.000.000. while Of apples.
the raising Of which fruit North Caro-
lima boasts, Virginia gathered 5,o00.-
900 more bushels than North Varoiina,
the figures being i.sS2.751 and $685.
9s2-
In manufacturing. Virginia slightly
takes the lead of the old North State.
the former containing $685. Industrial
esta blishments to North Carolina
1891; but tn. number engaged in in
dustry, the capital invested. wages
paid. cost Of materials. and value OF
products are nearly equal in both
States.
In the production Of distilled spirits.
however, there is a striking differ
ence. In 1911 North Carolina produced
only SAT gallons. (Which was quite a
decrease from the 533.227 she produced
in 1906. while Virginia in 1911 dis
titled 1,310.4S5 gallons, or more than
half a gallon for each one of her
Inhabitants. or enough to give over
six gallons to every man. woman. and
child. white and black. in the city of
Richmond. And yet. strange as 1t
may seem, nearly as much internal
revenue tax was collected in North
Carolina in 1911 as was collected In
virginia. the amounts being. respec-
lively. $7,272.11s and $S.205.2S7. And
still stranger. perhaps. not only die
Virginia produce 1,40O times as much
distilled spirits In 1911 n did North
Carolina, but she produced twenty
eight and a half millions pounds more
Of tobacco.
To return to agriculture again: In
the increased production OF hay and
forage. Virginia, in street parlance,
puts ii all over" North Carolina
During the last decade the fields OF
Virginia in the production Of hay and
forage increased 33.7 per cent. while
the increase in North Carolina was
only 1911: the value Of this crop I'M
1910 In the former State was $l0.266.-
9ss. and in the latter $4.7Sl,56 North
Carolina. however. has quite suficlent
revenge in her 774.752 bales OF cotton
as compared with Vtfgtnia's 1905, al
though South Carolina. as small as
she is, outdoes them both in producing
1,24O,540 bales. Still this 10 only
matter Of climate.
But the mileage OF PUBIC ROADS -
not altogether a climatic affair. and
in this respect too. Virginia falls
little below North Carolina, the f1g- |
ures for 1909 being 1889 and 4s.2Ss, !
and even In railroad mileage North !
Carolina leads with 1882 against /
virginia's 1885. The taxes and as
sessments of these miles Of railroads. |
however, is greater in Virginia. the f!
figures in 1910 for this State being |
81 ,75s,oe2, and for North Carolina !
Sss1,7s1. And in miles Of street rail- !
way the comparison is decisively In |
favor OF virginia. there being in 1910, !
in this more northernly State, 4S1 !
miles OF electric railway trackage. and
in North Carolina only 1856. OF course
these figures have materially increased !