New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-21
THE SOUTH AND THE TARIFF.
MANUFACTURES OF SOUTHERN AND
NETWORK CITIES FURTHER
CONTRASTED.

FRAMING OF THE WILSON
BIL1-UTICNs HUNDREDS
OF FACTORIES.
lpY TT EGr,pH To TIE TRIBUNE,
Washington March 2O--By ove rsght Utica was
omitted from the list OF cities in the State OF New
York containing population OF 2O000 or more. the
manufacturing statistics OF which for the year 1890
were gwen in these dspa ches and published in The
! Tribune yesterday The figures for hai city as
! follows:
Number of manufacturing establishments 565 total
amount of capital invested therein $li%52.J0: aver
| age number of employees, l2,5ss; total amount OF
wages paid. Sis157l; total cost OF material used.
$780, G6; total value OF manufactured products. 3d.,
| Glj.7lj
Adding these figures to the totals for the other
seventeen cities in the Empire State which have
2JOtJ more inhabitants gives the following az
gregaes for the eighteen cities. including the city
OF New York:
Aggregate number Of establishments. 1892: agGre-
gate capital invested therein $500 9sJ: average
| number of employees, G7S.Gi; aggregate amount OF
wages paid. 1896 ld'222 aggregate cost OF material =
used S1O7,4S,Wl: aggregate value OF manufacturer
products $5l7.S4lH.
For convenience of comparison the corresponding
statistics for the nineteen Southern cities In seven
Southern States which furnished two. thirds ot w."
Democratic membership OF the Senate committee
or Finance and majority OF the Dc"1cTt1le mel
Means are herewith given Total number Oh na',u
featuring establishments l19n total amount OF ohp
ltil invested therein, Mii,-bt"-i dNtlhb'
OF employees. 215S; total amount OF Wtgss pat!i.
$O9ylill total cost of materials used SZ,;o,.:.o'
total value of manufactured products. si1oNl.e"l
Here is another interesting suggestive ana IN
structive comparison: in the nineteen cities eaSh
seven Statcs-Arkansds Georgia. Kentucky. Mis-
souri,. North Carolina. Tennessee ana West Nir,
the preparation and dictated the provisions OF inc
nnm i or OF mannfactnring Ssabllshmcns found
p Oo6 or more inhabitants in 1879: in the eighteen
New Ork cities 40 per cent OF the toldl
Der Of establishments were found. M,
Other items OF comparison are as follows: me
capital invested manufacturing establishments IN
the nineteen southern cities amounted 10 pvi cen
amounted 10 p G-io per cent. the nineteen South,
cities the average number employei amoHntrd
to per cent OF tn total ana IN eigh'enn cem,
York cities 1t was more IMAM ~ per E'n.
Gr the total in the nineteen vas so",neI prr cent
Of the total. and In the eighteen sew orA ci e
nineteen southern cities the OF materials used
was g. per cent OF the total and In the eighteen
teen southern cities the value OF manufactured
products was about per cent OF the t9,; ' 81 ~.
according 70 a census bulletin recently published
the complete statistics OF manufactures In the
seven southern States mentioned show h.-e ns
mcnis SD. total capital Invested therein s2ld
IS a5G average number OF employees. 36l.so. total
amount OF wages paid s6O2l2 G2i: total cost OF ma
iSI5. 5ss e Used S'''''''''' '0'l' s''
The complete figures for the State OF Ncw-York
are as follows: Total number OF establishments;
c SO total capital s3oi6lsi average N number o
employees SOOsi: total wages paid 500 $40 a.? to'a
cost Of materials used. s7l26iOsj; total value OF
For PtnnsyIvana the figures follows: To-
tai number OF establishments 1855: total capi ss
invested. S99o9@S5' average nu s o, ros, ~
materials used S773.5jo Oj; total value OF manufac'
Drg' vii be Observed that the manufactures Of either
Of these two states far exceed In iinp0riancs ,he
hIh 'yrnahed four Of the six Democratic mem
bors Of the Finance Committee ana SIX OF me
and Mems Pennsylvania has one representative III
The WAYS and Means Committee; but as ne - =
he Wilson bin Mr.. Payne the Republican me,nn.r
Of the Ways and Means committee IRON r,',o"
cratic member from the Empire state Hourke E3ck
ran-was about powerless as MS hepup"c'"
The statistic show that in Illinois twice as much
ments that more money was paid In vases Una,
~ per more was paid l1r inae'i 'aIS -, a,
that the total value Of manufactures ptplucts w
40 per cent greater than In the seven southern nas
WAYS and Means Committee. but he IL hepuo-
rh average yearly wages per hand for the entire
country amounted to s'i In 1880 the aVerase H.,
IN" seven southern States mentioned was ony
ss or 5 eG and Sf"i T ' he ave was $50
more than II per cent above the general avrIas'
r I'M seven southern states In Arkansas the AVER,
,e US only $50 or $3.50 less than in New or, OK
an soig I~ss than in Ncw-York and Illinois. and III, IN
North Carolina the average Was o's ~ IN chair.
man o Ns SEQ or Size less than Illinois and New
YORK fhesc figures to imply one OF the rs s,,
cons for the fam OF Chairman WliSo, a',a III,
southrTn Colleagues that reduction OF rates oi
1vtv on Manufactured articles VIII not reduce
wages In the United states oo,,,,,y o,vs these
nrres Total number Of manufacturing esta q! n
mcnts 35 4ol total capital lnETs co. 90 wsges
ayfraSe 90 5i e, total cot OF materials used. g.
lis sGs 2,S: total value Of manufactured Droiuc'S'
%$Sc%cHynr to the figures the largest mannfacT
ing INDUSTRY the United stats ~ b,nd 10 em
nm0nI' , the lumber and sAwnill interest The
ssn,lres adj mr. chlneshos ana Judging from '"e
value Of tn oupu Tni States fourteen Industries
,ll,i,r more than 100000 invested as capital; anl
they Are as follows Lumber .na ,s Siw so SnirIrs
F o3: nurr shots S,s9 7G}g7: cotton goods sat-
96 siS: gas works. 80 11l'. hrrw.iS
r,, nils S20s 800: agricultural imPitn"ht''
!, ~ az ea. v,oollen factories. s309.99iO m colt
ng s2S23r ncw panS c "a h aa '' sIashiering and
"co, prcking SIGSs750i carriages and wagons
NT TGa FLOWING Industries have more than 10000 20;
hands employee iTmb.r ana or ~ h' no,on foc
iou' 99I ~; iron and steel 2l2Gso mems clothing
,.r au, Iron ana steel mills. 49, 80 carreniering;
1907: boot ana lrT %n' loG 'S w.
tir; Tvs; ,lloyyinr pav wages exceeding sooeoCoo
t me Fomniries and machine chops, slS.3S9o63:
ir@n ana twcnty-two different industries having
. rrnTpct Of more than $locn,co year. which
& ~ f"ows: Iron and steel. So! "a BAG: Slaughter
ng and meat packing. sjGiel cis TOURING mil rs
90 az IA. foundrlcs and machine shops N27VlsI2;
nbar and saw mills. SO36G7s5; carpen,cring.
s2si Iqi IcS: cotton goods SC79l 72i mems clothing
fSr,",i.e, s9il Olo COO boots and shoes. $2O.6r3S;
nasonrv .lg6 7oisis planning mills. sls.cs 552 brew
cries Ns2 n Co2 printing. Sl79 ~ 100 tannerles sS-
90 O0,. woollcn goods, $l3|J13I: t1gars ana cra-
re,tes 500 coz 275; shops. Sl4GlGS; bakeries.
sl2S f2i III: mems clothing Custom made) $l@s@i',
III: sugar and molasses. sl2hllA29 carriages ana
wagons ma 30 S55; distilleres. Noi.ls7G9.
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR ~ SESSION AT DiNBURY
Danbury. Conn. March 2o-The Grand Com
mandery. knights Templar. Of Connecticut. In
animal accession here to-day, elected the following
officers: Grand Commander. G. ierrick Wilson,
Of Merlcn: Deputy Grand Commander ingh Stir-
IT, n.,,,,a,or,. Grand Ceneralismo, J.. II. John
enn Hew raven: Grand Captain General. Samuel