A hand book of Virginia . of factory products was $108,644,-150. By 1904 the factory capital increased to $147,989,182 andthe value of factory products to $148,856,525. By 1909 thefactory capital increased to $216,392,000, and the value offactory products to $219,794,000, so that the capital in allmanufacturing should now be in the neighborhood of $240,-000,000 and the value of products $250,000,000. That sum, addedto the value of the products of the farms, the fisheries and the minesmeans an annual production in Virginia between $360,000,000 and$375,000,000. The manufacturing production of Ma
A hand book of Virginia . of factory products was $108,644,-150. By 1904 the factory capital increased to $147,989,182 andthe value of factory products to $148,856,525. By 1909 thefactory capital increased to $216,392,000, and the value offactory products to $219,794,000, so that the capital in allmanufacturing should now be in the neighborhood of $240,-000,000 and the value of products $250,000,000. That sum, addedto the value of the products of the farms, the fisheries and the minesmeans an annual production in Virginia between $360,000,000 and$375,000,000. The manufacturing production of Massachusetts is about $1,-500,000,000. Massachusetts has an area about one-fifth that ofVirginia and its population is only 300,000 greater than that ofVirginia. Its agricultural production is hardly equal to one-thirdof Virginias and its forest and mineral resources for industry mayhardly be compared to Virginias. What Massachusetts is doing inmanufacturing, Virginia can do. Richard H. Edmonds,Editor Manufacturers Virginia to the Front Remarkable Agricultural and Industrial Developmentin the Old Dominion State During the Past Decade By E. Johnson,President Norfolk & Western Railway During the past ten years Virginia has witnessed a degree ofdevelopment of both its agricultural and industrial resourcesthat will surpass any other like period in her history. The pro-ducts of our Virginia farms and factories have more than doubledwithin this period and notwithstanding this, we believe that weare on the eve of a still greater development which bids fair tocontinue for years to come. It is the same broad-gauged expansion that is characteristicof the West, and it is going to continue until our millions of acresof idle farm lands are again brought under cultivation, and thelarge resources of our forests, our mines and our water powersare developed systematically, economically and efficiently. It is only within a comparatively recent period that the farmerand the business
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