Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-17
NONE CAN DOUBT III
Benefits of Protection Shown
by Census Reports
OUR TEXTILE INDUSTRIES
Enormous Increase in Value Of Slk, Cot
ton and Wool Prodness-Fsgures
That VIII Sicken Democrats.

WAsHrSGros, Oct. l6.-The census
bureau has issued q bulletin on the
combined textile industries Of tie
United States for the census year 1880
which Will attract generel attention.
The increase Of silk manufacturers
IN 1890 wac most striking, being LIS
per cent ia the value of products. The
increase IN common manufacture
ranked second. being 39.5l per cent; IN
the wool manufacture third, beng
2o.S9 per cent. The increase IN the
entire textile industry Was 2s.5l per
cent. The relative rank IN Importance
OF these industries has been changed.
The wool manufacture IN al Its
branches Including all descriptions of
knit goods now stands first with gross
value at $685.. .673, ,52i. Cotton Is second,
with products valued al Se67 .9sl, ia,
and silk manufacturers third with pro-
ducts valued al Ss7, ,2yS, ,454. The
actual increase IN tie value of pro-
ducts was S7o,7l5,6ll IN wool, S75, ,ssI,-
Ola IN cotton. and Ss6, ,265. .4o9 IN six.
The total increase being without par
aleli IN any country. There were 2ss
establishments engaged IN dying and
finishing textiles, separate and apart
from establishments which dye and
tn!sh the products.
Increase OF Ninions
The capital invested Ia these was
$40 ,270, ,57s, employin. 2o,257 hands,
and paying S9,7l7, OH in wages. The
value added 10 the product of the tex
"A. 81. a.f.
amounted TO SIS. 900. 500. a decrease OF
80 1896, SEQ. az compared with 1850. The
decrease WAS on account of 8 great re-
duction in the cost of dying aud finish
ing through improved methods, and
limited TO be equal 10 25 per cent. A
table presenting the general facts at
tending the increase OF the combined
industries during the past decade ls as
follows:
Number of establishments, 1890. s.
Sos; 1880, 1897; per ercentage OF increase,
.99; capital invested, 1890, s79, ,552. Sol,
1880, 1886, 1877 $50; per cent OF increase,
Sl.5l; number of hands employed mot
including officers and clerks IA cotton
noustry,l 1890. ass, ,92l; 1850. 365. 4Ss;
per cent Of increase, 1878; amount OF
wages paid mot including wages paid
officers and clerks IN cotton industry,
1890. 4.l62. .365 ,59s; 1880. S93, ,576, SOP;
per cent OF increase, GAL. Mlscellan-
eous expenses, 1890. s4os. .32s, ,226; 1850,
$3.50 ,045, ,599; per cent OF increase, Az.
A Wonderful showing.
Value of products, 1890, SECS, o4s, ,7o2;
1880. $500 ,cS76 ,06S; per cent of increase
1851. The great increase in the cap
ital invested is largely due 10 the fact
that the 1850 returns did not take cog
niZance of all items which are properly
embraced IN the current census inquiry
under the head OF Give assets"
The report of 1880 showed that there
were 2, ll5 officers and clerks engaged
in cotton manufactures, but the wages
paid were not given. For 1890 the
officers and clerks reported wac 2,709,
receiving S33. .464, 134 IN wages. The IN
crease in the amount of wages PAID be-
| ing 64.7l per cent. The average an
nual earnings was s340.Ss in the wool
manufacture compared with S2s3.SS IN
1850, an increase of 1926 per cent;
| SS0l. .65 IN the cotton manufacture as
compared with S2s3.65 IN 1880, an H.
crease of $3.50 per cent and SSSe.55 IN
the silk manufacture as compared
with S29l.ss in 1850, an increase of
32.42 per cent.