per cent. in the value of the product. Applying these
percentages of increase to the Census figures of 1900, gives the following
for April, 1904 in contrast with 1890 and 1900:

Wage Total Raw Value
Capital. Earners. Wages. Material. Product.

1890. $9,508,962 7,957 $3,206,285 $5,914,571 $13,074,037
1900. 16,045,156 9,356 3,103,989 8,563,524 16,707,027
1904. 25,309,937 15,267 5,079,385 14,185,935 28,985,476

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Atlanta's principal manufacturing establishments are in cotton, iron,
machinery, lumber, sheet metal, terra cotta, brick, fertilizer, wagons,
carriages, furniture, candy and crackers, cigars, coffins, chemicals,
printing, lithographing, electrotyping, stamping, paper and paper bags,
flour and meal, paints, varnish, cottonseed oil and cake, ice, harness,
belts, hosiery, underwear, neckwear, woolen goods, gins, engines, sash,
doors and blinds, mantels, iron beds, spring beds, trunks, desks, tables,
pickles, condiments, baking powder, bread and cakes, clothing, overalls,
millinery, suspenders, picture-frames and moulding.

In money value, cotton goods and fertilizers lead the list. There are
three large cotton factories, and Atlanta is headquarters for the
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company, the largest producer of fertilizers in
the South. It is also the headquarters of several large sawmill
companies.

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Atlanta Banks.

The clearings and deposits of the associated banks of Atlanta are reported
as follows by Mr. Darwin G. Jones, manager of the Atlanta Clearing House
Association:

CLEARINGS BY YEARS.

1894 $56,589,228.04
1895 65,318,254.71
1896 69,026,033.17
1897 72,005,161.52
1898 71,964,809.03
1899 83,058,397.11
1900 96,375,251.22
1901 111,755,849.98
1902 131,200,457.25
1903 144,992,037.59

These reports show that business has doubled in seven years.

Deposits December 1st Each Year.

The deposits of the Clearing House banks of Atlanta at the end of the week
nearest December 1st of each year, are reported by Manager Jones as
follows:

1893 $3,977,930.98
1894 4,779,640.99
1895 6,672,006.87
1896 5,957,634.51
1897 6,385,33