New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-11
INDUSTRIES IN NETWORK.
AN IMPORTANT CENSUS REPORT.
GREAT GROWTH OF THE CITY's MANUFACTURE
AND LARGE INCREASE IN AVERAGE
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WoslinUton Oct iO-The preliminary report
of the Superintendent Of The census on III"
mechanical and nanufacturing industries OF
the city OF New-York for the year ended May
81, 1890, conta.n- some important fac,s Oh
spocial interest; and the general results sao"h
will be found extremely gratifying 49,,
Certain Industries eight In NUMBER WIZ"
were not covered ny the census investlga'ioh "a
1880. were included in that OF ls9o. ihe" ~,
clude 1880 establishments with 'o'ai o"p'.'
Of &c., COO Og, employing 1928 hands, 10 "'on.
WINS maid S7,A1o31 ih wages in ls9O. Inc oo,'
% materials used vas $9909,400; the mi~e'
,a,eous exnenss amounted to $2,7S9,l71, ana
tho total value OF product at the works amount"
10 S25IO7l05 Subtracting these items ''-
the returns for 1900 except miscellaneous "a
peDses. which were not reported In an! o'o' l
1880. the following comparative 'o'""'
obtained: .ooo ooo. n
Numho, Of industries reported in 1850, 200; IN
1890 2s2 increase, 90 number OF eatao'is"ue"''
N 1880 1888: in 1900 25,399; increase, 49,,
nco. .otol canital in 1880 mot including hired
nrou.rtv,. $751; ,2oe,356: in 1890. S42o'25e''o-'
increase Sa3a032. 2A6: number OF hands en-
nIoved in 1880 227352: in 1890, 3ol,'3'' ~
.roaoo 12i4O5: total amount paid In wages III
1880. S07 900. Oh: in 1890, S22e,o0 'z"' 'n-
cressc. Sl3l,5 ,274; cost OF ma'ef'ais use" III
1880 S2ss.44l, COL; in 1890, S3o7,oso'ooo iu-
crease. SOS. 644,614; miscellaneous expenses ieso'
no; reported in 1890, $6o,2?3,42'; tot', Da'"c
of product at works in 1880 -. 2'vXo,4''' ~
,sao S763s33.e23: increase, S20o,9O7,4eo; pop
ulation of city in 1850, l,2o6.29S; III 'e'"'
l5l530l; increase 100000; assessed Vaiua''""
of property in 1880. $1,000 69,o33; IN 1857
81 .Sis. sos increase. S524,6'l.47o: municl'
nal debt met in $50, $I"9,425,9l4; IN 'o'''
S,0e.4se,O1S: decrease, S6,o39,S4l'
In some comments on these figures Snperinten-
dent Porter says;
4 striking feature Of these returns IS tne sa,is,
factory increase in the number Of establishments
reported Still more gratifying Is the l1c'eu ,s
during the decade in the NUMBER 81 the waaes
ployed and tho amount OF wages paiu ,nc , "aS
have increased not only actually. but rcla'iye e,
the average wages per hand increasing iron, . @f-
In 1880 TO $3.50 in 1890 or 52.93 per- c d .. the
Part OF this increase Is undoubtedly que 10 .a'e
fact that in many industries, relatively more Mleu
were employed in 1890 and less chiui"m ."a -
the percentage of increase in the number 81
women employed has been less in many lhous
tries than in the number Of adult males: anu
also TO the fact that in ten years many ora.Ints
products, and for this reason require more skliie1
and HIGHER paid employees. After making an
possible allowance for these changes. Tor me
more thorough enumeration OF lseo anu ,os 10y
we have decided relative increase IN the amount
paid in wages between $50 aud iseo ,.,o,
and wace statistics The average wages pa'i
10 ali classes employed has always proved a
stumbling block in census reports It is oe'lSveu
the Eleventh Census in obtaining data to show
the classification of labor employed. the average
term of employment. the various rates OF wages
per week. and the average number OF men, women
and children RESPECTIVELY employed at eaci rare
in the various classes, has taken step IN an,
vance which will I've shown in detail IN maj
reports and appreciated by students OF these
data.
The total value of product" is the reported
value AZ the factories, and does not include any
allowance for commissions or expenses OF selling
The difference between the apparent cost Of pro-
ductiou and value of product at present cannon
Re taken as correct indication OF manu-
facturers' net profits because many items OF ex-
renses enter into the mercantile portion OF the
business which are not within the scope OF a
census inquiry.
The report gives the statistics Of ten classes OF
industries in which are employed l0l,'6l lahd''
to whom was paid in wages in 1890 the sum OF
S59I70,75e; being an average OF S36o 10 each
uerson. including women; children and piece
workers. as we'll as men. OF the toral number OF
hands thus reported, 4s,5ls wcro males above l6
wears l7.237 were females above 16 years, ! 10
were children. aud 3s,s6G were piece workers or
the whole number OF piece workers, ?l,7OJ were
employed by 1854 wholesale establishments ELL
oaqed in the manufacture Of mems clothing 9,J03
in ,4O like establishments for women's clothing.
end 1902 by 800 establishments for the manu-
factum of mems furnishing goods. or the 1887
women, 1896 were employed on mems clothing,
s2s5 on women's clothing, 3404 on mems fur
nishine goods and l,592 In 232 establishments for
the manufacture of fur goods or the 4e,5lS
men, i264l were employed in 1854 establish
nents for the manuiacture OF mems clothing;
G,ss9 in 740 like establishments for women $
.r1 -tv,1
ing coffee and spices, 1891 in 342 establishments
for the manufacture of foundry and machine shop
products, 2,24O in 232 fur goods manufacturers,
2l55 in 900 manufactures of mems furnishing
GOOD, 6l5l in 20l furniture factories. 1894 in
so malt liquor manufactures, 4,oss in ~ musical
instrument manufactures: and LEE in 60 slaugh-
tering and meat packing establishments
In the manufacture of mems and womens clotii-
ing, foundry and machine shop products, fur goods
and the roasting and grinding of coffee 1929
perfons were employed, and the average yearly
wages paid to each person amounted TO Jj9s.
The average yearly wages Of each person-man
woman child or piece-worker-in the several
classes of industries reported. were rs follows
Mems clothing, $500; womens clothing, Sjl4
grinding and roasting coffee and spices, S7la;
foundry and machine-Shop products $io7 fu'
goods, S645: mems furnishing goods, $40
furniture factory products. S2Sl; malt liquors
Sl.O73: musical instruments. pianos and ma
terials. 1928: wholesale slsughtering and meat
packing. 1886
In future reports the statistics Of labor and
wares in the various industries will be given in
detail.
inasmuch as an attempt may be made by Demo
cratic psrtisaus to attack these figures AM other
reports which will soon appear in regard to tht
mechanical aud manufacturing industries OF Other
cities il may not be amss 10 say that Spccia
Agent Williams. who obtained the information
end compiled the figures for 1890, is the same
official who did the work for the census OF $50
that in 1890. as in $50, he was stanch Demo
crat. and that he has never tried 10 conceal hi
political preferences II any error shall b. foYr'
In his figures which Is altogether unlikely. he vii
Inc responsible for il. and nor any Republican.