. The Southern States. ensus. The following figures show theproportion of Augustasgrowth in manufactur-ing in the ten years:Percentage of increasein number of establish-ments— Augusta, 595;Atlanta, 64; Nashville,27; Savannah, 52; Chat-tanooga, 3S8. Percentage of in-crease in capital in-vested—^Augusta, 241;Atlanta, 215; Nashville, 99; Savannah 169; Chattanooga, 388. Percentage of increase in number of handsemployed—Augusta, 247; Atlanta, 92: Nash-ville, 43; Savannah, 43; Chattanooga, 140. Percentage of increase in wages paid—Augusta, 320; Atlanta, 235; Nashville, 134;Savannah, 88; Chattanooga,
. The Southern States. ensus. The following figures show theproportion of Augustasgrowth in manufactur-ing in the ten years:Percentage of increasein number of establish-ments— Augusta, 595;Atlanta, 64; Nashville,27; Savannah, 52; Chat-tanooga, 3S8. Percentage of in-crease in capital in-vested—^Augusta, 241;Atlanta, 215; Nashville, 99; Savannah 169; Chattanooga, 388. Percentage of increase in number of handsemployed—Augusta, 247; Atlanta, 92: Nash-ville, 43; Savannah, 43; Chattanooga, 140. Percentage of increase in wages paid—Augusta, 320; Atlanta, 235; Nashville, 134;Savannah, 88; Chattanooga, 325. Percentage of increase in materials used—Augusta, 121; Atlanta, 58; Nashville, 40; Savan-nah, 5; Chattanooga, 128. Percentage of increase in value of product—Augusta, 174; Atlanta, 117; Nashville, 51;Savannah, 31; Chattanooga, 31. Augusta has twelve cotton mills, with 4,500hands, spinning 80,000 bales of cotton annu-ally into products worth f6,000,000. Thereare four lumber companies, producingannually. Pen sketches of Georgia cities. JIl,000,000 of manufactured jiroducf, nmlfertilizer works whose product is wortlifi,000,000 per annum. The business infertilizers runs close up to 12,000,000. Thereare two large ice factories, and another is incourse of erection. Beyond these there arelarge iron foundries, car shops, flour and gristmills and many smaller industries. Augusta sells 275,000 bales of cotton andconsumes in her own mills 80,000 bales, raisingprices by her home competition for the staple,and thus always furnishing a steady rivalbuyer in her own home demand. Englishbuyers come to the Augusta market, increas-ing her importance.
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