Georgia, historical and industrial . re 32 mills with a capital of $180,733, and productsvalued at $239,390. In 1890 the number of establishments engaged inthe manufacture of woolen goods in Georgia was 18, of which 4 wereequipped with machines for making hosiery and other knit goods, andthe rest with spindles and looms for the production of woolen cloth, suchas jeans, doeskins, kerseys, satinets, cassimeres, and cheviots. Thoughthe number of mills was less than in any other decade since 1860, thecapital invested, $420,033, was larger than that reported at any censusexcept that of 1879, and th
Georgia, historical and industrial . re 32 mills with a capital of $180,733, and productsvalued at $239,390. In 1890 the number of establishments engaged inthe manufacture of woolen goods in Georgia was 18, of which 4 wereequipped with machines for making hosiery and other knit goods, andthe rest with spindles and looms for the production of woolen cloth, suchas jeans, doeskins, kerseys, satinets, cassimeres, and cheviots. Thoughthe number of mills was less than in any other decade since 1860, thecapital invested, $420,033, was larger than that reported at any censusexcept that of 1879, and the value of the product, $340,095, is clear be-yond that of 1880. Labor.—By reason of her climate the cost of living in the South ismuch less than at the ISTorth. In Georgia the laborer can live in comfortfor less money. Hence he can, without injustice to himself and family,work for smaller wages. According to the report of the United States Commissioner of Laborin 1891, the average expenditures of each individual amounted in Geor-. GEORGIA: HISTORICAL AA^D INDUSTRIAL. 347 gia, to $, and in Massachusetts to $ The detailed statementof the Commissioner as to the condition of families and their indulgencesin the comforts of life proves that the difference in the cost of living wasnot due to the failure of the Georgia operative to provide healthful foodand the comforts of home, a^either does Georgia labor under any dis-advantage from lack of ability on the part of the native Southern milloperative. The factory hands employed in the cotton and woolen-millsof Georgia are nearly all American, mostly natives of the SouthernStates. They have up to this time shown great aptitude for their work,and soon become skilled and proficient laborers. Although of late years there has been a wonderful groAvth in Georgiain the manufacture of higher grade fabrics, the improvement of thenative workman has kept pace with this giowth. The marvelous increaseof the number of mills and spindle
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