Evening star., 1901-12-31
STATISTICS REGARDING TRUSTS.
Combinations Number 1S3, With
Capital of Nearly Four Billions.

S0p1t0i OF Nearly
Special bulletins were issued from the
census bureau late yesterday afternoon
which presented the amount of capital In
vested in the various combinations of capi-
tai commonly known as trusts" Disre-
garding the so-called steel trust, 1sS COM
binations are reported, with a capitaliza-
ton of S3,607 .539, 200 and capital stock is
sued of s3Os5, ,2Oo, ,s8S OF the authorized
capital s2T0, ,127,250 has been issued In
bonds, 81, ,259. SAC, 800 in preferred stock and
s., or s71 $50 in common stock.
The 1s3 corporations employed an aver
age of 399 1872 wage earners, who received
s194, ,534, ,115 in wages. Employment was
given also to 24.5S5 salaried officials. clerks,
ETC., who received a total of $S2.d53,62s In
salaries. The miscellaneous expenses of
these combinations aggregated Sl5l,sol, ,0II.
The total cost of material used was 81 .0S5,-
,s2S, and the gross value OF the products
less the value of material purchased IN
partly manufactured form, gives the net or
true value of products of these combina-
tions 81 051 ,ySl $50.
The 1873 corporations reported control OF
2029 plants that were active during the
census year and 1f4 reported as idle during
that period. The returns show an average
of IL active plants to each corporation. OF
all these industrial combinations 63 were
organized prior to 1897 and in the years
1897 1898, 1899 and prior to June 30, 1900,
there were organized Z, 20, 40 and IL cor
porations, respectively. Over 80 per cent of
the total number of such corporations were
chartered during the eighteen months from
January 1, 1899 to June 30. 1890. The re-
turns show that the iron and steel industry
is at the head of the list, with a gross
product of S5Os. .626, ,4S2, which is more than
double the value of the product OF any
other group, except food and kindred prod
ucts. and represents nearly one-third of the
total gross value of products of all the in
dustrial combinations. The capital in
vested and value of products in the various
classes of industrial combinations, respect
lively, follow:
Iron and steel and their products-Forty
combinations; Az plants; S341, 779,954 capt.
tai.
Food and allied products-Twenty-o
combinations; 273 plants; S246. .623. .623 capi-
tai.
Chemicals and allied products Fourteen
combinations; 21s plants; S175,002, Ss7 capt.
tai.
Metals and metal products other than
iron and steel-Eleven combinations; 80
plants; Sis. .519. .401 capital.
Liquors and beverages-Twenty-ei
combinations; 2l9 plants; Sis, AS, ,15s capt.
Vehicles for land transportation-Six COM
binations; 60 plants: $50, ,965 $50 capital
Tobacco-Four combinations; Al plants:
SIG 191 SIS capital.
Textiles-Eight combinations: ~ plants:
$92, 46S COG capital.
Leather and it's finished products-Fiye
combinations; 100 plants; S62 734, oil capt.
tai.
Paper and printing-Seven combinations:
116 plants; $59, ,271 .691 capital.
Clay, glass and stone products-Fifteen
combinations; 1S0 plants; SAG. 92s capi-
tai.
Lumber and its manufactures-Eight
combinations; 81 plants; $24 47O, 2sl capital
Miscellaneous industrfes-Sixteen combi-
nations; lis plants; $45. .40S. 500 capital.