The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-05-26
GEORGIA MANUFACTURES
. BRING A HALF BILLION
OUTPUT FOR YEAR IN STATE
FACTORIES is SHOWN BY
DEPARTMENT REPORT.
IA BIG GAIN In COTTON MILLS
Cotton and Other Textile Mills Pro-
duced Goods to Value of 1854, 49,
ol0. Value of Products of All Man
ufactories of State $510,360,728.

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ufactories of State $510,360,728.
Georgia manufactures, employing
approximately 100000 persons, pro-
duced products valued at $5l0360,728
during the year 1924, in addition to
electricity, gas and other commodities
on which a manufactured value was
not placed, according to the annual
report of H. NJ. Stanley, state COM
missioner OF commerce and labor.
The total capital invested in Georgia
manufactures was given as $3.50, 1867
COL. Although the capitalization APP
pears to exceed the value OF manu-
featured products this is accounted
for by the fact that there is in the
state an investment of $121 1884, 685 in
electric light and power plants on
which no estimate of the value OF the
manufactured product was made.
Cotton, silk and wooden mills led
other groups OF industries both in
capitalization and value of products,
with a combined product value of
$254,119,910. These industries also led
in the number of employees, with co.
422.
Cotton, silk, wooden, brick, tile, sew
er pipe, cement, clay products and
other mills showed good records for
the year, while many cotton oil and
fertilizer plants did not operate, &C
cording to the report.
Mills Numerous.
THE number of cotton, silk and
wooden mills was given as follows;
Cotton and silk mills, Isl; wooden
mills, g. mills that knit and spin, 7;
mills that knit, 81 total, 1872 mills.
The capital in each class was as fol-
lows: Cotton and silk mills, $l67, 096,
SAP; wooden mills, $2,128,568; mills
that knit and spin, $5,l53,007; mills
that knit, $3,987 ,684; total capital,
$178, 1865, sol.
The amount of money invested Ill
lands and buildings and equipment is
given as follows: Cotton and silk
mills, $73,6S6,271; wooden mills, ST.
462 100; mills that spin and knit, S.,
525,67S; mills that knit, $3,856,32l; to-
tai, $82, ,020
The manufactured products OF the
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kinds of cloth, such as sheeting, ducks,
drills, denims, khaki, towels, ticking,
laprobes, bedspreads, tire fabrics, hose,
! knit underwear Irvine, sash cord,
thread and many kinds of wooden
goods The total value OF these prod
ucts was $254,l19,910.
There are used in the textile mills
the following machinery: 2,980,073
ring spindles, 313,016 mule spindles,
345, 440 twister spindles, 55,353 looms,
12165 cards, 234 sets of cards, l,130
sewing machines 6,689 knitting ma
chimes. 874 looping machines, l,103
ribbing machines. Ninety-three OF the
mills bleach, dye and finish, 81 use
water power, SO steam 70 electric.
Some Of these have both steam and
electrical power and some have water
and electricity. The cost of the new
materials was $13l, 54S.951; amount
paid to officers and clerks, $4,839,77o;
amount paid to wage earners was
$2684l 416. The total of these eXpens-
es was $39784940.
Number of Employees.
"The number of white male en-
ployes under 10 was 773; female, 1858;
male over 10 years, 29,963; females
over 10 years, 24,522. There we're g.,
$50 negro males and l,478 females;
total number of negroes, 1890. The
negro help is mostly used as draymen
and porters; the women are mostly
used as scrubbers and floor cleaners.
Other industrial enterprises in Geor-
gia, such as cotton oil mills, fertilizer
plants and bottlers, gave employment
TO many thousands of people and
marketed products valued at millions
OF dollars.
Industries allied to textile mills are
those that manufacture pants, overalls,
shirts, hats and garments for women
and children; also awnings, tents,
mattresses and back bands There are
rs establishments i'll Georgia that
come under this class. They use 2,S52
sewing machines. The capital invested
! in these plants was $3.S02,565
The value of the manufactured prod
ucts was S10,023,654. Employees num-
bered 1884