The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-04-21

as average stock s5Is 500, or an average TO each
Oh 1lsoabS The whole number or establish.
for the state. ava. These, multiply cd BY the
average stOck TO each, and the rela ton TO
stock OF the other elements OF the business, adj.
Justed as In those giving full answers, slI ows
Tor the whole State rs follows: Number of ~
Adjustments AZ; average value OF stock, ss65,
IA annual purchases, 81, 534 Sl3: annual sale s.
s3,s 4,3n; annual wages paid. s2,Y676: other
annual expenses, Sl64 374. Total number OF
e s1 pioyss reperted-male AIS female, =; total,
sos; female, 2; total, SIS.
LUMBER DEALERS.
Niuety-one dealers, giving full answers.
snow as follows: Average stock, s7ll, 100: an
nual purchase, 81 5O0,03i; annual Sales s3O2S :
U.s.; number of employees, 39I; annual wages
1855 4. Representing The stock by slOO, the
purchases were 1852, the sales 1926 the wages
were ga, and the other expenses We're si4. An
employe to every 81 SlS.72 of stock. Average
wages paid for the year, S432.l2.
one hundred and iorty. six dealers, includ-
Ing those before mentioned, show as follows:
STOCK, SSO2,4sO purchases, 81, sly 934: sales S3-
469,936. Representing the stock by SlO0, the
purchases were $751; and the sales si32, the ratio
OF purchases to stock almost unchanged. and
that of sales to stock increased only "a per
cent.
Five hundred and twenty-three dealers. in
Guiding all before mentioned, show 81 ,3SS, $50
OF average stock. or s6 ,227 TO each. The whole
number of establishments reported is 33f. The
proportional number for the state is 407,
to each. and adjusting the other elements of
the business on this product, per those Civ
Ing 1uu answers, shows follows: Whole
number OF dealers in the state, 4O7; average
stock, s2, 53i, 3Sy annual purchases, 81, 900 sS;
annual sales. SlO,19l ,42S; number of employees,
males, SiS; females, 3; total S5l; wages paid,
1857 ,7S4; other expenses, 1854 8l4.
sADDLERY AND HARNESS.
One hundred and seventeen establishments
giving full answers, show as follows: Aver
age value OF stock, s207 200; annual purchases
500, 32l annual sales, S743,06S; number OF en-
ployes, 10 annual wages paid, Sl20,5lS; other
expenses, Si2,5 an employe TO every S702 81
of average stock average yearly wages, SiOS53
would be represented by S267.7i the sales by
$3.50, the wages by S5s.l7, and the other ex-
penses by SO.4S.
Two hundred and fifty establishments, in
Guiding those before noted, show as stock
S2SS,t77, purchases S75i9II, and sales 81 l2l l23
will be represented by S26I.2S, and the sales by
sSl9.l9 The ratio of purchases TO stock re-
mains almost unchanged, while that of sales
to stock decreased II IS per cent. from those
giving full answers.
The whole number reporting stock, includ-
Ing all those before mentioned, is 1872, with an
aggregate STOCK of 1861 ,272 an average OF 81 l06
"a TO each. The whole number of establish
ments reported is AS; estimated for the State,
522, which, multiplied by the average amount
to each. and the other elemen Is of the business
adjusted on this stock as per those giving full
answers, shows as follows: Estimated number
OF establishments in the State, 622; average
5l2, 9S; annual sales, S2t73,07O: number OF
male employees, 543; number OF female en-
plOyes, Ii; total, 557: wages, 1927 ,557, and the
other expenses of the business SllS,4T9.