The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-05-03

steel pipe, and structural iron work.
The industry was really of greater
Importance in the state than is indi-
Gated by the statistics, the machine
shops which manufacture a distinct
I've product were assigned to other
classifications. The number of es-
Establishments engaged in the industry
increased from 100 in 1904 to 124 in
1909 During this period the value of
products increased SOL per cent and
the value added by manufacture 41.6
per cent.
Tennessee's Leading Industries.
Printing and Publishing All estab-
lishments engaged In book binding
and blank-book making, steel engrav-
ing and plate printing, job printing
and the printing and publishing of
newspapers, periodicals, books and
music are included under this head.
This industry has had a substantial
growth during each of the two Ave
year periods.
Cars and general shop construction
and repairs by steam railroad compa-
nies-This industry is peculiar among
the manufacturing industries of the
country. 1t represents the work done
III the car shops of steam railroad
companies and is practically confined
to the repairs to the rolling stock
equipment of their own roads, al
though to a limited extent, there may
oe some new construction of rolling
stock. The statistics are exclusive of
minor repairs in roundhouses. The
principal shops are located at Mem
phis, Nashville, Jackson and Chatta-
nooga.
Oil cottonseed and cake-The sta
tisti,s include those of all establish
nents engaged primarily in extract
ing oil from cotton seed or refining
crude cotton seed oil. The industry
is entirely dependent upon the pro-
dution Of cotton, as it utilizes the
seed, of which, prior to 1870, compar-
atively little was made. In this in
dustry very decided increase in val
ue of products is shown from 1904 to
1909, accompanied by an increase of
Is per cent in number of wage earn
ers. The establishments are located
principally in the Middle and West
ern, or cotton growing sections of
the state.
Iron and steel, blast furnaces. The
industry shows a decrease of ~ per
cent in value of products from 1899
to 1904 During the period from 1904
to 1909, however, the industry felt the
stimulating effect of the increased de-
nand for pig iron, and with the de-
velopment of extensive ore beds the
industry has nearly recovered from
the depression of 1904.
Textiles-the textile industry of the
state-consisting of the manufacture
of cotton goods, including cotton
small wares; hosiery and knit goods;
and wooden and worsted goods-is an
important branch of the states. man
ufacturing interests. Combined, the
three allied branches gave employ
nent to an average of 7,S49 wage
earners during 1909, and the value of
their products amounted to $10,56S,-
900, these figures representing 1916
Fer cent aid SO per cent respectively
of the corresponding totals for all
manufacturing industries of the state
Measured by value added by manu-
facture, only four of the industries
presented separately held the same
ronk as when measured by value of
products. Interesting variations in
this respect are shown for some of
the industries. Printing and publish
ing and the -four and grist mill ex-
change places, the former taking Sec
ond place the latter going to fourth
place. The manufacture of patent
medicine and compounds displaces
| the cotton seed oil industry from
sixth place, the latter industry drop
ping to twelfth place. Blast furnaces
drop from eighth place in value of
products to fourteenth in value Of
ADDED by manufacture. Still greater
variations are shown for the leather,
distilled liquor, slaughtering and
.neat-packing, and malt liquor indus
tries