Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-22

Buffalo, n. Y...-................ 42,sSI, 1Ol
Providence. r. L................ 42.597.5l2
Louisville hy.-.-...---.-..-.--- 80 -, 2OS
LoWeu, Mass. ...-....-...-...... $500 q.
Detroit Mich. 30,lsl, il6
The tables in this bulletin do not include IN
dividual reports which show a value Of product
during the census year of less than ESQ. IL Is
developed by the report that there are sew
enty-eight distinct industries having three or
more establishments. and for each OF these IN
dustries detailed tabular statements are pre-
sented. In order to prevent the disclosure o:
the private business affairs Of individual manu-
facturers. which disclosure Is strictly inhibited
by census rules. thirty-six distinct industries,
embraced in reports of ffty-one establish
ments. have been tabulated in single group.
In 1850 the number Of industries reporting
less than three establishments engaged in each
was forty-two, embracing fifty-six establish
ments.
Deductine the sum Of sI7.ls7,752. reported
as paid for materials used. and the further sum
OF els, SI6, reported as expended for power and
heat. from the total of $50. 296, $50, value Of
goods manufactured, the actual produced
value" OF goods manufactured is found TO be
s2209S. ISL. which sum represents the amount
added to the wealth Of the District by its manu-
featuring industries during the census year.
HAND TRADES.
The great increase shown by the reports for
those industries coming under the head Of
hand trades is largely attributable to the
fact that no previous census inquiry embraced
the full production of hand trades, such as
mason, carpenter, blacksmith, cooper painter
plumber and others of less importance The
dressmaking and millinery Industries hereto
fore omitted in census inquiry, now show
product in the District Of nearly million of
dollars.
The building trades obtain peculiar impor-
lance in the District. Grouping the trades of
carpenterlng, marble and stone work, masonry
lorick and stone), painting and paper hanging,
piasterlng and stucco work. plumbing and gas
hitting. and roofing and roofing materials, the
total value OF product for the census year is
Slu6lS, 232. According to the report of the in
spector OF buildings for the year ended June So
1881, the total value of brick buildings erected
including repairs ana additions, was y, O62, 666,
and OF frame buildings $3.50, 967; gross total OF
both, S7,752, 1873.
Inc industry of printing and publishing"
employs the greatest number of hands-3, Og9
ana the greatest sum of average annual earn
inSs 10 wage workers is reported for the art of
steei engraving, both industries, however, be-
ing affected by the reports of government es-
Establishments
The total value Of product OF the printing
and publishing industry (book and Job is re-
ported at s3,9i4,5i7. Newspapers and periodi-
Gals report the value of product at 81 lis. 567,
being total for printing. publishing and the
periodical press of S50SS,l ia.
WAGE STATISTICS
The wage statistics are stated In detail in
tables Tor twenty-five principal industries.
treating these as a group the average weekly
wages are found to be SIS. 76 for males above
sixteen years; the average daily term Of en-
pioyment is nine hours and the average an
nuai term OF employment is forty-eight weeks.
lhe longest daily term of labor. IA hours is
reported by the Touring and grist mill in
dustry and the shortest. s. 26 hours for marble
and stone work. The highest average rate of
weekly wages, Sl955, for males above l6 years
OF age Is reported as paid to brick and stone
masons, and the lowest, 1927, paid by brick
and tile manufacturers. These averages in
clude all CLASSES Of labor.
These statistics evidence not only a very
creditable rate of wages, but shorter hours of
LABOR and longer term of employment prob
ably far in excess in all these par ticulars of the
average in other sections
Another table shows for each Of the principal
industries the cost of manufacturing SlOO
worth of product. Excluding those industries
wherein the items Of miscellaneous ex pense are
abnormal the cost Of miscellaneous expense is
found to be highest in the printing and pub.
hshing industry newspapers and periodically
and the lowest in building industries such as
carpentering and brick and stone masonry
The highest cost Of labor, considered In rela-
ton to gross cost Of product. is found in the
art OF steel engraving and printing, while the
lowest is In the Touring and grist mill industry,
but this condition is exactly reversed in con-
slderlng cost Of material used.
The nearest approach of cost to value of
product, excluding industries affected by
reports from government establishments, is
found in iron work, architectural and orua-
mental, and the lowest In the manufacture of
malt liquors
Table shows for each of the TWENTY-FIVE
principal industries the average capital per
establishment, the average number OF hands
employed per establishment. the average
amount of capital invested for each hand en-
ployed, the gross value of product per hand,
the net value of product per hand and average
wage earnings per hand.