The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-03
THE CITYS INDUSTRIES.
THE CENSUS OF MANUFACTURE
IN PROGRESS

Special Agent Rice's Work OF Collect
ing the Data Of Ssvannah's Growing
Industries-The Questions That
VIII be Asked-savannah's Chance
for a Fine Showing.
Special Census Agent L. c. Rice Of the
Department Of manufactures has begun
collecting the data for the manufacturing
census Of Savannah. The census of
manufactures includes every productive
| industry, from a blacksmith shop to the
largest mandatory, by which anything is
produced, either fIon raw material or
manufactured material.
Mr.. Rice will make a canvass of the city
and will visit every industry. While not
strictly a manufacturing town, Savannah's
productive industries have largely increased
in the last few years, and it is important
that every industry be enumerated, and
that full return be made.
The proprietors and those connected with
manufactures can aid in giving the city q
correct position in the census by furnish
ing carefully the information desired by
assured that their answers to the questions
asked them will be held strictly confideu-
tlal, and will not be disclosed to any I'M
authorized person. The special agents and
enumerators are sworn officers of the gov
eminent, aud severe penalties are imposed
by law for a violation of their obligation.
The data will not be used by the census
Office as the basis of any system of taxation
or license. or in any way to affect adversely
the interests of manufacturers. No publ
cation will be made In the census reports
whlca will disclose the names or the opera
tons of individual establishments.
The principal questions, to which full and
complete answers are desired, are:
l. Name of corporation, firm or indi-
vidual.
2. Date when the establishment COM
menced operation.
If not now operated by original founders
give ta) name of immediate predecessor of
present operators, and (b date when pres
ent operators commenced operations,i if since
June l. 1890
3. Name Of business or kind of goods
manufactured.
4. Capital invested, both owned and bor-
rowed; value Of plant 1.-THE value should be
estimated at what the works would cost in
1890. If then TO be erected with such allow
ance for depreciation as may be suitable in
the individual case). Value Of land, build
ings, machinery, tools and implements.
Also the valuation of raw materials on
manu- obOCh III pEOC6so anu uulSubQ
on hand; cash on hand, bills receivable, I'M
settled ledger accounts aud sundries not in
cluded In any of the foregoing items.
3. Miscellaneous items: including amount
paid for rent, power and heat; amount paid
for taxes; amount paid for insurance;
amount paid for repairs, ordinary. of build
ings, ETC.
e. Labor and wages: including wages of
engineers, operatives and other skilled
Torkmen, and general labors.
z. Materials used which means the class
and cost of materials at factory, including
freight charges.
s. Goods Manufactured. - Great care
| should be exercised in answering question
eight, especially in tue case of small shops,
| where no book accounts are kept. The
value Of the product means the price
charged at the shop or factory, not includ-
ing commissions or expenses of sales depart
| ment.
y. How many months in operation.
lO. Number of hours in the ordinary day
| of labor
II. Power used in manufacture.
IL. If any colored persons have capital
| invested III this establishment: state how
many and the amount of capital
| The period to be covered by the data is
the census year beginning June l, 1899, and
ending May 81, 1890. Ii, however, the
fiscal year of the establishment covers b
different period, the return may be for the
fiscal year which most nearly conforms to
the census year.