Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-06-04
STANLEY CALLS ATTENTION
TO STATE LABOR SHORTAGE
Commissioner Recommends
the Passage of a COmpuI-
sorry Work Law

summary or his annual report 10 the
governor which has just been com
pleted.
He directs special attention TO the
distressing labor shortage in Georgia.
and recommends the passage by the
legislature of a compulsory work law
requiring every able-bodied man to work
at least five days in the week.
The report also deals extensively with
the subject of home and commercial can
ming of fruits and vegetables. which is
interesting the people great deal at
this time in the general movement for
food conservation. --
Commissioner Stanley's summary is
as follows'
The report shows that Georgia is
in a splendid condition industrially and
ranks well with the other states of
the Union in industrial enterprises.
There were in Georgia at the close of
1917 one hundred and forty-one cot
ton mills, two silk mills, five wooden
mills, seventeen knitting mills and six
mills that knit and spin. They are cap
italized at $50, 3,9S0.76, used 414,249,-
967 pounds of cotton, wool, yarn and
shoddy and produced sheeting, duck,
dills,, wooden goods, including towels,
lap robes, Irvine, hose and knit I'M
derwear, to the value of $l47, 4O5, 1898.
Their total capital and investment rs
s163436,963.7 The output incrt ased
for 1917 over 1916 approximately SO 1-5
per cent. There were in operation 3
44S,26O producing and 29S,144 twister
spindles and 46,05S looms during 1917.
rT,l,.
ing machines, 4,21S knitting machines,
619 looping machines, and Lilo ribbing
machines. OF these mills, p bleach. "a
dye and 81 finish. Water furnishes the
power for "a, steam for 81 and electric
ity for ~ textile mills. 1t is obser we'd
that a gratifying increase in output is
shown, especially in view of the short
age of textile workers as we'll as other
classes of labor.
"A total of 42,011 employees weEa con-
tinuously given employment in the tex
tile mills throughout the year. of whom
"a, $50 were males and 17,151 females.
The officers and clerks received. in
wages, $2,193, 490.46, while the oper-i
atives received $1S,577,577 a fetal
of $40, III, O6S.9O paid in wages.
There were So mills allied TO textile
mills producing clothing. pants, over
alls, shirts and garments for women and
children, also such specialties as avn
ings, tents, mattresses, etc, capitalized
at S2,050, 900, expanding SO, 500. They
operated 1880 sewing machines and en-
ployed 1900 wage earners. The principal
power for this class CT manufacturers
is electricity.
Cotton Congresses s--.- .
Located at important functions of
railroads and concentration points in
- Srkv -,
capitalized at s1,200,00O, employed 275
white workers and 500 negroes, total
of 1,775. The average capacity. of these.
presses is 100 bales per hour.
The fertilizer factories. of Georgia
show a capital investment of $4,000
900, used $35, 100000 in raw materials
which included phosphate, cottonseed
meal, fish scrap, blood and bone, kainit,
sulphuric acid and potash. The manu-
featured products consisted of COM
mercial fertilizer to the value of SAL
$40, 900. They employed 1000 wage.
earners in addition to a number of skill
ed operatives, such as superintendent,
clerks, foremen, electricians, etc.
The oil mills numbered 1856, capt.
talized at $2l,O0O,O00 and producing cot
tonseed- meal, hulls, linters and hull
fiber to the value of $52, 200, 600. They
utilized raw material valued at $49,-
49, $3.50, paid S1,376, 600 in wages and
spent $425,02l. for repairs and new
machinery. The average prices for the
commodities used and manufactured by
oil mills were: Cotton seed, $6S.42. per
ton; cottonseed meal, $4,000 per ton;
cottonseed hulls, $500 per ton; cotton
seed oil, $1.25 per gallon including
crude oil, refined oil and by-products;
linters. cents per pound, and hull
fiber, s "a cents per pound.
THE clay products industry shows a
good value of business. There are III
of these industries making brick of all
classes, tile, sewer pipe and numerous
articles. They are capitalized at $4,74S,-
351.44, consumed $3.50, 400 in raw ma
terials and produced finished products
valued at S2,494,000. They employed
$500 wage earners and paid them $685.
ga The raw materials were clay,
stone, sand, shale and cement
Foundry and machine shops, includ-
ing iron and steel works, which could
not be given separately without dis
closing private business, number 233,
are capitalized at s12,S5OOO and turned
out $12,5SS,S65.53 worth of finished
products, using $4,000 tons of raw ma
terials valued at S5,542116 employing
5000 workers and paying $3,O49,74O in
wages.
Marble and granite quarries and
marble yards show 112 plants, capitaIiz-
ed at s4,15O,00O, using raw materials
valued at $1,114,00O and manufacturing
all Classes of marble and stone products
valued at 1852 900. The average daily
number of wage earners. is 5000 and
they received for 1917 S1,54O, 900. the
officers and clerks receiving S145.6OO
The BottHng Industry
The bottlers and manufacturers of
soft drinks numbered 262. with a capt.
tai of S4,67s,450, utilizing S2,515. 400
worth of raw material and manufactur-
ing products valued at $496O.77S.O5
Their expenditures to helpers amount
ed to S26l,S paid to officers and clerks
and S56S,OOO paid to wage earners
"Buggies and carriages were made by
7S plants in Georgia capitalized at So
100000. They used 81 1854 900 worth of
raw materials and manufactured prod
ucts valued at S2,942 600 Their Off
GERS and clerks received $4,000. while
wage earners were paid 1851. 00l.'
Electric power. plants number 131
with A capital OF. 500, 100000. They
paid officers and clerks $500. 900 and
wage earners $4,000. 900 They furnish
power for electric cars operated in 20
cities. towns, villages. stations and ru-
raj retreats Of Georgia, and light for
175 cities and towns.
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