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produce 75 to 100 bushels of oats, or 1J bale of 

 cotton, or 50 bushels of corn." 



Manufactures. The year 1901 served to put 

 Georgia in the front rank in manufactures in 

 the Southern States. In the construction and 

 operation of cotton factories and cottonseed-oil 

 mills since 1898, and particularly during the past 

 twelve months, Georgia leads. The rapid con- 

 struction of cotton factories has in fact been so 

 rapid as to cause a setback to this industry. It 

 is a fact not generally known that the trade 

 which the Georgia cotton factories, in competition 

 with Eastern factories, had built up was the trade 

 with China and the Orient, and the recent trou- 

 bles in China practically put an end to trade 

 relations for the time being, and the Georgia 

 factories were forced to seek other markets. 



A table based on that of the Census Bureau 

 shows the following manufacturing totals for 

 1901: Number of establishments, 7,504; capital, 

 $ 8,789,656; wage-earners, average number, 83,842; 

 total wages, $20,344,071; miscellaneous expenses, 

 $5,321,330; cost of materials used, $53,232,203; 

 value of products, including custom work and 

 repairing, $106,648,677. 



The latest statistics show that the cotton fac- 

 tories of the State already built and in operation 

 number 75. Their total value is placed at $20,- 

 689,000. The number of spindles in operation is 

 estimated at 927,346, and the number of looms at 

 26,645. In September, 1901, there were 52 active 

 cottonseed-oil mills in the State, with an approxi- 

 mate capital of $2,500,000. These mills paid last 

 year $5,000,000 for cottonseed alone, and the value 

 of their products was approximately $14,000,000. 

 Seven new mills are in process of construction. 



The lumber, tar, and turpentine business has 

 brought into Savannah and Brunswick a vast 

 quantity of material for shipment, and has made 

 the former city the largest lumber and jiaval- 

 stores market in the world. 



The pig-iron industry in Georgia, which re- 

 mained dormant from 1890 to 1895, has suddenly 

 moved forward again, and several large plants 

 are being constructed in the northern part of the 

 State. Georgia consumes more chemical fertil- 

 izers than any. other State in the Union. In 1901 

 there were 112 fertilizer plants in operation in the 

 State. The consumption of fertilizers in 1901 

 amounted to 478,000 tons. 



The last Legislature amended the fertilizer laws 

 and placed rigid restrictions around the sale of 

 the article. 



Confederate Soldiers' Home. The home for 

 indigent and helpless Confederate veterans, which 

 was built through the influence of Henry W. 

 Grady a few years before his death, was finally 

 opened for the veterans on July 1, 1901. On 

 Sept. 30, 1901, the institution was destroyed by 

 fire, and the same day a temporary home was 

 rented in Atlanta, and the veterans still live there, 

 waiting for their home to be rebuilt. In addition 

 to the insurance secured on the building, the 

 people of the State added liberally by popular 

 subscription, and enough money is now on hand 

 to build a finer home than the original one. 



IDAHO, a Northwestern State, admitted to the 

 Union July 3, 1890; area, 84,000 square miles; 

 population in 1890, 84,385; in 1900, 161,772. Cap- 

 ital, Boise City. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year: Governor, Frank W. 

 Hunt; Lieutenant-Governor, Thomas F. Terrell; 

 Secretary of State, Charles J. Bassett; Auditor, 

 Egbert W. Jones; Treasurer, John J. Plumer; 

 Attorney-General, Frank Martin; Adjutant-Gen- 

 eral, J. L. Weaver; Superintendent of Public In- 



FRANK W. HUNT, 

 GOVERNOR OF IDAHO. 



struction, Permeal French ; Mine Inspector, Martin 

 H. Jacobs; State Engineer, D. W. Ross; Chief 

 Justice of the Supreme Court, Ralph P. Quarles; 

 Associate Justices, I. N. Sullivan and Charles O. 

 Stockslager; Clerk, Solomon Hasbrouck. 



The State officers are elected in even-numbered 

 years, the term beginning in January of odd- 

 numbered years. The Legislature holds biennial 

 sessions, beginning in January of odd-numbered 

 years. Sessions are not limited, but members 

 draw pay for only sixty days. 



Finances. The report of the Treasurer shows 

 that at the beginning of 1901 the State was in 

 a strong financial 

 condition. County 

 delinquencies have 

 been corrected, and 

 as a result of 

 the law requiring 

 counties to remit 

 promptly, the 

 amount of out- 

 standing warrants 

 has been greatly 

 reduced. The 

 amount of these, 

 Jan. 1, 1899, was 

 $204,649.64, and 

 Jan. 1, 1901, it was 

 $95,499.45. The in- 

 terest paid on gen- 

 eral fund war- 

 rants, which in 

 1895 amounted to 

 $20,737, had been 

 reduced to $4,261 

 in 1900. Of the 

 outstanding bonds, 



the State held, Jan. 1, 1901, $73,000, and on $340,- 

 500 it was paying interest. The general fund re- 

 ceipts for 1899 and 1900 were $613,507.26, and 

 the disbursements $613,376.29, leaving a balance 

 Jan. 1, 1901, of $130.97. The sale of $205,000 of 

 State bonds in June was made to a single bidder, 

 and brought $10,865 premium. The bonds carry 

 interest at the rate of 4 per cent., but the premium 

 reduces this to 3|. 



Valuation. The State Auditor's computation 

 of the assessed valuation by counties as equalized 

 in 1901, exclusive of railroads, telegraphs, and 

 telephones, presents a total of $52,195,486.39, 

 against $47,545,905.82 in 1900. The amount of 

 State taxes levied for 1901 was $245,000. Accord- 

 ing to the State Auditor, the assessment for mines 

 and mining improvements for 1899 was $1,482,- 

 679; for 1900, $1,533,406. The railroads of Idaho 

 were assessed in 1901 $9,032,260, against $8,893,- 

 415 in 1900. There are now more than 1,300 miles 

 of railroad in the State. Special levies upon the 

 counties for wagon-road funds in 1901 raised the 

 total revenues of the State from $245,000 to 

 $270,715.38. 



Education. The State University has had an- 

 other year of growth and prosperity. At its sixth ' 

 commencement in June 24 degrees were conferred 

 upon graduates 16 in the department of arts 

 and letters, 2 in agriculture and horticulture, 2 

 in civil engineering, 3 in mining engineering, and 

 1 in music. A girls' dormitory and an engineering 

 building were added in the year. Under a law 

 passed by the last Legislature, reducing the num- 

 ber of regents of the university from 9 to 5, the 

 Governor appointed a new board in March. 



The State Normal School, at Lewiston, is also 

 rapidly growing in equipment and attendance. 

 New buildings and new departments were added 

 in 1901. 



