Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1900 — GROWTH Of THE SOUTH’S COTTON MILL INDUSTRY. [ARTICLE]

GROWTH Of THE SOUTH’S COTTON MILL INDUSTRY.

New Factories doing Into Operation and Others Projected. —~-=— The following thble, prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture, illustrates the growth of the cotton mill industry in the South during the past three years. The figures include only such mills as were actually in operation and not mills that were idle: Mills in Operation. States. 1897. 1900. Alaban>g 37 41 Arkansas 2 - 5 Georgia 77 84 Kentucky 11 8 Louisiana 3 - 4 Mississippi 7 7 Missouri 3 3 North Carolina 161 188 South'Carolina 7(5 93 Tennessee 5... 29 29 Texas "' ® Total .425 479 The mills actually under construction and those projected compare as follows: Under States., construction. Projected. Alabama 5 6 Arkansas ......,.... 1 Georgia 20 24 Louisiana 2 Mississippi' , ■ 6 1 North Carolina 25 . 8 South Carolina .... .16 10 Tennessee 5 2 Texas 4 2 Total .84 53