Annual Report Of The Commissioner Of Commerce And Labor, State Of Georgia, Dept Of Commerce And Labor, 1919 December 31 1930 December 31 Digital Library Of Georgia

By 1899 solely thirteen States r eported no ice manu- fa cturing vegetation; in 1904 solely 9; by 1909 solely 7, in 1914 only four, particularly, Maine, Now Hampshire, Vermont and North Dakota. In 1914 there wer e within the United States 2,543 ice manufacturing establishments with 23,011 wage earners, a capital of $174,308,511 and merchandise valued at $60,386,267. Georgia had in 1914 seventy-four such e tablishmonts, a capital of $8,342,247 and merchandise valued at $2,065,000.

There is some cause to hope that conditions in 1922 shall be very inuch higher than in 1921. The depression in industry began within the latter part of 1920 and continued via the 12 months 1921. As bedrock apparently has been reached there should be an enchancment through the 12 months 1922. The Ochre deposits of Georgia are confined to a narrow restaurant logos with a cactus belt about eight miles in length and fewer than two. Ochre mining in the Cartersville district started in 1877. The most in depth workings are these of the Georgia Peruvian Ochre Company on the left bank of the Etowah River, two and a quarter miles east of Cartersville, which started operations in 1890, and three different ochre vegetation have been later put in operation.

The variety of fuel plants was 22 with a capital of $13,593,709; spent for repairs and new equipment, $815,287; worth of uncooked supplies used $6,978,560; amount paid to wage earners $1,521,499; amount paid to officers and clerks $488,659; complete of the foregoing expenses $9,804,007; worth of manufactured products $12,959,624. The canning plants in Georgia quantity 46 with a capital of $1,562,357; price of latest machinery and repairs $47,362; worth of raw materials used $4,013,264; quantity paid to officers and clerks $225,676; amount paid to wage earners $1,402,675; whole of the foregoing expense $5,688,977; worth of the manufactured products $7,097,683. The machine, foundry, iron, steel and common restore retailers, together with railroad shops, was as follows; number of vegetation 182; capital invested $29,874,397; quantity spent for repairs and new equipment $3,465,376; value of raw materials used $36,272,354; number of tons 8,841,673; quantity paid to officers and clerks was $6,947,396. The total of the foregoing items was $79,427,820. The worth of the manufactured products of various kinds was $165,342,746. The quantity of- wage earners employed was whites, 14,252; negroes, 2,121; whole sixteen,373.

Among the whites he was lmo,,n as George Guess, or Gist, as he was additionally known as. 13rown Whitehead Memorial Hospital and a big addi-tional shop constructing. On the campus there stands a marble drinking fountain, the gift of the class of 1903. The electrical seniors of .the category of 1911 erected two electric gentle standards facing the doorway of the electrical constructing.

Leather goods, tanneries and saddlery number 25 with a capital of $8,108,962.00; quantity spent for repair! And new equipment, $115,000.00; value of material used $4,982,214.00; paid to officers and cle_rks, $850,692.00; quantity paid to wage earners, $1,488,568.00; total of foregoing expense, $6,881,474.00; value of manufactured merchandise, $8,682,581.00. Brooms-Number of crops, 26; capital, $250,000.00; money spent on repairs and new equipment, $11,775.00; eost of fabric, $201,207.00; amount paid to officers and clerks, $26,744.00; amount paid to wage earners, $107,045.00; worth of products, $785,956.00; variety of wage earners, whites, 55, negroes, ninety, whole, 145. Clerks $1,784,624; amount paid to wage earners $12,121,630; complete of the foregoing items $31,669,314.

In September a great many laborers started leaving the State. Of course, any person who needs to take action has a right to vary his residence. The state, nevertheless, has an emigration regulation and it has, therefore, devolved upon this Department to make each attainable effort to implement that law. While a person has the right to maneuver if lie needs to, it is fairly one other matter for an agent to come into the State and persuade him to maneuver.