Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-01-13
The GOVERNORS MESSAGE
Continued from Page Ffve).

(COntlnQeQ rage rlNSI.
even the insurance companies would
Withdraw their investments from
South Carolina, and that they would
leave the state. In 1910 the total IN
vestmenIs in state, county ana munlc
ipal bonds, first mortgage Donos oI
real estate, and first mortgage bonds
of domestic corporations whose prop
erty is situate entirely within the
state, by life, fire and miscellaneous
companies of other states, not includ-
ing Investments made by South Carroll
ma companies, were $2,443,0SS. That was
the year preceding the first year OF
NV administration. In 1911, the hrst
year / was governor, the total invest
ments of this character on December
81 were $4,630,669, an increase OF
more than two million dollars, ana al
most one hundred per cent. On De-
cember 81. 1912, these investments
amounted to $S,095,561, and on June
80, 1918, to $9,S45.963. A conserva-
tive estimate of increase In invest
ments Of this character between June
so and December 81 would De SS0o'-
900 to $1,000 900, increasing the totai 10
nearly eleven million dollars, an IN
crease of more than eight million DOL
lars during the three years or my au-
ministration, the increase ouTlng the
three years being more than tnree
times the entire amount invested III
1910. The premium income or me-
fire and miscellaneous companies eA
elusive of the premium receipts OF
South Carolina companies, IN lSiV'
was s6,5s5,265; in 1911, $7,!sS,5l4;
and in 1912, $7,591,441. At the time
this message is written the hgures Ior
1913 are not available. r.. -
The corporation license fees In
1913. were $13S,S16, as compared WIN
$122,613 the preceding year.
The assessment Of railroad proper
ty for taxation was increased py the
state board Of assessors, In 1sio, W
$799,S23, and the increase In assess
ment of express, Pullman palace car
telegraph and telephone companies,
amounted to $533,3S2, total increase
Of $1,333,155. !.
Figures compiled by the state de-
nartment of agriculture, and Iurnlsn-
ed me at my request, show that no
state in the Union, perhaps, mas even
approached South Carolina In oeVel-
opment during the past year along
agricultural and Industrial lines. me
value Of all agricultural prouucls y.
the state Jumped in the last census
decade from $51,324,000 to $141,93S,-
000 During the year 1913 the value
of the corn, cotton, tobacco, wheat'
oats hay and potato crops alone
inst seven, without considering rlce'
truck. fruits, or anything else en-
braced i'm the above decade totals, ag-
gregate $154,51S,119, as against SlIo,
219,O43 for the same crops ourins
1912, and Sill, 1883 (census) IN
1910. The increase in 1918 over IsIL,
in these seven crops alone, measureu
in dollars. was $31,299, 9,076-a sum
on,v 600 000. 600 less than the total
vaIuation of all farm products in 1900.
The corn crop for 1918 was 4,566,0oo
bushels greater than in 1912, the aV-
erage WELD per acre at last naVlns
reached twenty bushels, or within TWO
bushels of the average for the Uniteo
States, representing an increase IN
dollars of $10,4S4,SS0. During 1918
S.962,000 more pounds OF topacco
were produced than in 1917, lot "hich
the growers received $4,6 ,3Ss-S1,
93O,S96 more than in 1872. The grow
Inc Tendency to raise food supplies at
home is shown by the fact that IN
1918. 245.O00 more bushels of wheat
were produced than in 1912, repre-
senting an increase Of $101,4OO over
the 1912 wheat crop. The cotton crop
of 1918 was perhaps the second larg-
est the state has ever raised, and was
the best ever marketed IN QuailIy'
bringing to the farmers ABOUT Sse,-
100000. The gross income TO the peo-
pie from agriculture during 1913 may
be conservatively estimated, accorolhs
to the department OF agriculture,
approximately $160,000,0OO, or more
than three times what 1t was In l90O.
This is without regard to the live
stock industry, which is also increas-
ing steadily and rapidly. AND even
yeI according to those who have stud
led the possibilities and conoltlonS,
the agricultural opportunities In Soutn
Carolina have as yet only been pareIy
touched.
value of manufactured products In
South Carolina jumped from S53,SS6'-
900 (exceeding agriculture at that
time) to S113,236,000. In 1912 the
manufactured products amounted TO
S124,544,OS0. The tigures for all man.
ufacturing are not available 1or 1919
at the time this message is written,
but the increase was almost as SUD-
stantial as was shown for agriculture.
The figures, however, for the prln-
cipal item in our manufacturing IN
dustry-the textiles-are aVallaple.
The textile plants in money-Value our
Ing InS year 4o1o luA hSo SSS 0NS~
most to the value Of the cotton crop
of the state and nearly to the amount
OF the capital employed. There was
an increase of s4,9U5,OS2 in capital In
vested over 1912. The increase In
value of annual product over 1917 at
the midsummer census was S5S9, lS,
while it is estimated that the final
figures now being compiled by the de-
partment of agriculture will show an
increase over 1912 in this regard Oh
more than $10,000,000. The value OF
the product during 1913 will approx
mate sS4,500,OO0, and the capital in
vesled is now $SS,674,73s. The aver
age number of persons employed is
1885, an increase of 1888 during the
past year. There was an increase or
s1,242,S10 in the amount paid to OPP
eratives in 1913 as compared with
1912. The spindleage was increased
during the year by 1885, the total
number of spindles now being 4,52I-
43O. There was an increase OF 4,Sl3
looms, the total now being 111,4S
The mills are consuming S00,29S bales
of cotton annually. Direct water
drive has decreased 2,29S horse pow
ar ubila there has been an increase