6.51
1898 6,756,991.36
1899 7,764,990.85
1900 9,011,902.85
1901 11,080,127.68
1902 12,935,639.60
1903 13,080,098.35

[Illustration: SWIFT FERTILIZER WORKS.]

[Illustration: JEWISH ORPHANAGE.]

Government Receipts in the Southeast.

One of the facts indicating the greatness of the territory, of which
Atlanta is the center, is the Government receipts in the Southeast.

The receipts of the Federal Government through internal revenue, customs,
duties and Presidential Post offices is stated as follows, in the latest
official reports:

Alabama $ 1,039,341.83
Florida 3,139,624.55
Georgia 1,812,239.10
Tennessee 2,942,593.17
North Carolina 4,933,641.99
South Carolina 1,063,063.17
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Total $14,930,503.81

Growth of Postal Business.

The growth of business is strikingly shown by the postal receipts for the
year ending June 30th, 1890, 1894 and 1903:

1890 $159,262.61
1894 201,649.92
1903 477,047.45

Comparison with other cities, by various barometers of trade and industry,
indicates that Atlanta does more business than any city of 100,000
population in the United States. As a newspaper center it is phenomenal.
The receipts from second-class mail matter at Atlanta were $55,658.83
during the year ending June 30, 1903. This shows that on newspapers and
periodicals Atlanta pays the Government more than Brooklyn, Baltimore,
Buffalo, Washington, Omaha, New Orleans, Louisville, or Indianapolis.

The receipts of the Atlanta Post-office for the year ending June 30, 1903,
were $477,047.45, an increase of fourteen and four-fifths per cent. over
the receipts of the preceding year.

Insurance.

Atlanta is the third insurance center of the United States, and easily
first in the South.

The receipts of premiums reported to agencies here are estimated at
$8,000,000, about equally divided between fire and life insurance.

Atlanta is the headquarters of the Southeastern Tariff Association. There
are no burdensome insurance laws in this State and taxes are reasonable.

[Illustration: JEWISH TEMPLE.]

[Illustration: FIRST METHODIST CHURCH.]

Cotton.

Atlanta is the center of large cotton operations, and recei