Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-16
PROTECTED INDUSTRIES.

Below we present our working-men
readers with list of all the industries
protected by the present tariff laws.
together with the amounts of capital
employed in each, paid out in wages,
paid out for raw materials. the value
of the man ufactured products, the
profit of sales over and above the cost
of wages and material, and the per
centage of profit on the capital invested
by each firm or corporation
Iron and Steel-Capital, $3.50, 971,-
1874; wages paid. $50. 476, 785; cost of
materials. $191, 271, $50; value of prod
ucts, 1926, 557. 6S5. Profit. $40, 800. $50.
Per cent. profit, 21.7.
Boots and Shoes-Capital, $54, $685.
3O1; wages paid, $50. 995, IA; cost of
materials. $114, 966, $50; value of prod
ucts, 1896, 920, 481. Profit, $50, $685.
762. Per cent. profit, 80.
Mems Clothing $79, 861, 500;
wages paid, $40, $40, 953; cost of mate
rails, $131, 1868, 2SS; value of products,
5000, 548, 461. Profit, $32, PA, 826. Per
cent. profit, Al. -r
Woman's Clothing Capital, So, 2O7,-
273; wages paid, Sc, 6S1 ,005; cost of
material, 1859, 227; value of prod
ucts, So, OO4,794. Profit, 5.764, 562.
Per cent. profit, Il.
Cotton Goods Capital, $219, 5O4, 1874;
wages paid, $45, GA, 419; cost of mate
rials, $113, 765, 537; value of products,
S210, $685. 1888. Profit, s51, $40, 427. Per
cent profit, %.
Foundry and Machine Workshop
ital, 1854, 519, 4S4; wages paid. sos, $780,
1873; cost of materials, SOB, 345, OS3;
value of products, $214, 1873, 46S. Profit,
$45, 051, 1852. Per cent. profit, 80.
Tanned Leather-Capital. $50, 222,-
O54; wages paid. S9,2O4, 243; cost of
materials. $50, 40. 2O7; value of prod
ucts, $113, 348, 1856. Profit, $18, 1884,
$50. Per cent. profit, SO.
Sawed Lumber-Capital, 1881, 1885,
122; wages paid, $31. 845, 974; cost of
materials, $146, 155, 1856; value of prod
ucts, $233, 269, 729. Profit, $50, 267 $40.
Per cent profit, 81.
Mixed Textiles Capital, $37, 996. O57;
wages paid, $13, 316, 1853; cost of mate
rails, $37, 227, TAI; value of products,
500. 221, 7O3. Profit, $15,677, 2O9. Per
cent. profit, 80.
Paper $40, pa POP; wages
paid, $S,525, 355; cost of materials,
$33, 951, 297; value of products. $50, 109,-
GA. Profit, $12. 633,26 Per cent.
profit, As.
Silk and Silk Goods Capital, $19.-
125, 800; wages paid, SO, 146, 7O5; cost
of materials, $50, 467, 7O1; value of
products, $41 ,033,045 Profit, $9,418,-
$50. Per cent. profit, 16.
Sugar and Molasses-Capital, $27,-
432, 800; wages paid. e2.875, O32; cost
of materials. $114, 698, 499; value of
products, 1856, 84S,915. Profit, $685.
275, 1884. Per cent. profit, 50.
Wooden Goods = Capital, $96, 095,-
564; wages paid, $25, 1886, 1872; cost of
materials, 800, 845, GIL; value of prod
ucts, $3.50, $685. 23. Profit, $33, 1924, 720.
Per cent. profit, 35. ..--.
Sash, Doors and Blinds-Capital,
$50, 457, $40; wages paid, So, $40, $50;
cost of materials, $20,7S0, 919. Profit,
81, 2S9, 476; Per cent. profit, 40.
Marble and Stone Work - Capital,
$40. 498, POI; wages paid, SO, 238, O85;
cost of materials, $12,743, 345; value
of products, $31, 415,1 Profits, 49,
43a, $50. Per cent. profit, so.
Curried Leather-Capital, Sic, 876,-
$40; wages paid. $4,845, Alb; cost of
materials, $50. 3O6, 500; value of prod
ucts, $71,351, 297. Profit, $7,199, 375.
Per cent. profit, so.
Planned Lumber-Capital, $17, 612,-
923; wages paid, 1880, 724; cost of
materials, $24, AIT ,543; value of prod
ucts, $50, S03, $50. Profit, Sc, 435, OS9.
Per cent. profit, 80.
Ship Building Capital, $50, 979, 874;
wages paid, $12,713, 813; cost of ma
terials, $40, 736. 358; value of products.
$50, 800, 1927. Profit, 81, 350,156. Per
cent. profit, 20. ~ r.. 4 80
Linseed Oil Capital, s5.s72, $50;
wages paid, 1851, 697,f cost of materials.
$12.874. 294; value of products, $15,-
1913, S12. Profit, 81, 837, S21; per cent.
profit, 81.
Glass-Capital, $40, 1859; wages
paid, SO. IA, 100; cost of material. S.
ops, 621; value of products, $21, 154 81.
Profit, $5,981, $50. Per cent. profit,
1875.
Hosiery and Knit Goods-Capital,
$15, 579, 591; wages paid. $6,7O1, AIS;
cost of materials, $15, 21O, 951; value of
products. $29, 167, 227. Profit, 81, 254,-
8O1. Per cent. profit, As.
The per cent. profit on the protected
industries enumerated above is OBJ
tanned after deducting the amounts paid
for wages and raw material from the
value of the manufactured articles, the
Wholesale va1ne alone haiun oivaD
1t requires no politician, no party
organ, to tell the average working-man
where the protection comes in and who
is benefited by it. He can see with
half an eye that he is not the one bene-
flied. Furthermore, the Government
statistics from which we obtained the