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. [Illustration: FOURTH NATIONAL BANK BUILDING.] 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 6,385,336.51 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 -------------- 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: