The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-06-29
Delawsre's ploasck.

WAyhinstun, o. o., jude a6.r-The Cen
,us butsss, e dsy fssusd Sbuilssia giving
satisfied OF man dfActureg tor tho State OF
Delaware. Itplsces the t0thl gross value
Of manufactured products for the State
at t45. 81, $50 al increase Of EOS Per cent
over value Of such products for 1880. Tho
number Of sstabl,shments In 1900 was lat
capital invested, al, 203. 1870; average mum
Der OF WACO earnsrs, " BOB; total wares
paid %. e6s ISL; cost Of material ussd, 70.
652, col. The net or true value OF products
Is given at SEQ 673 49, the value Of mater.
ial purobased In . partly manufactured
form being SIS, S64. 04l.
Chief Statistician North, who makes
the report, says; The statistics tndicAte q
healthy growth In man nfactures of Della.
ware, although decline is observable In
cotton manufacturers, in which the num-
Der OF mills hiss decreased from Seven to
three; the manufacture OF fertilizers, IN
which tho number OF establishments has
fallen from II to H. and the carriage and
wagon manufacture. In which the mum
bsr has fallen from A to &c. On the other
hand. iron and stsel manufaotures, ship
building, foundry and machine shop
products, and the tanning and finishing
Of leather, show large and gratifying in
creases
Tho percentages Of increase between
1850 and 1890 and 1880 and 1900. as shown
In detailsd report are In avery instance
much larger IN the fotiner decade than In
the latter.
1t does not necessarily follow, however,
that the rate of growth In the lnanufnct
"ring industries of the State has fallen
OF In any such degree as these figures
would indicate. ills mere probable that
the canvass OF 1881 was deficient at Ger
tain points. as compared with the two
more recent censuses.
The report shows acapital OF al, 292, 267
invested In manufactures and mschani
cal industries In the 1888 establishments
of Delaware.
This sum represents the value OF land
buildings, machinery, tools and nipple
Inents, and the 1.-Two capital utilised bun
d0esn include the capital stock Of any
OF tho manufacturing corporations OF she
State.
The value Of produces Is returned at
As 437, 400, to produce which involved an
outlay OF s., 422, 1881 or the salaries Of en-
ployes 80 267. 6i7 for wages paid, a. 1885,
1873 for miscellaneous expenses, including
rent, taxes, etc. aud s26, 66s. 8S3 for mater
ials used mill supplies. freight and fuel.
II 10 not to be assumed, however,, thtt
the difference between the aggregate Of
these sums and the value Of the product
Is In any sense measure OF manufaCtur
Ing profits In Delaware during the census
year. The value Of the product given Is
The value az obtained or fixed at the shop
or factory.
Tho value ef products for the State,
$45. 4S7. 400, Is the gross value. and not the
net or true value. The difference between
these two should be carefully noted. The
gross value is found by adding the values
Of products In the separate establish
ments. But the finished product Of one
10 often the raw material
for another, In such cases the value Of
the former reappears In the latter and
thus the original cost of certain materials
may be included several lines in the gross
value. The net or true value IL found by
subtracting from the gross value the val
lie of all materials purchased in q partly
form. In this way the
the Implications In the gross value are |