Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-30
NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS is 2,754
Over $4,000 Employees Are Paid
Over $l4,00O,OOO.
CENSUS BUREAU BULLETIN


PAS; the number Of employees. 24,6sS, and
the aggregate Of annual wages. s14,643.-
ia The cost of the materials used in the
local establishments is given SIG. &c.,.
81; miscellaneous expenses, "a, 4S3. 652 and
the value of the product including Gus
tom work and repairing, SAT, 667 go.
The bulletin says:
washington is not manufacturing
city in the general significance of the
term and 1t follows that nearly all the
industries reported in 19O0-123 in num-
ber-were Of the kind which may be de-
scribed as neighborhood industries, 1. e.,
industries embracing establishments
engaged In the production or repairing
of articles for local consumption solely,
| including the so-called hand trades.
such as carpentering, masonry. paint
ing, repairing of every description, dress
making, custom tailoring, ETC.; and also
industries carried on in connection with
mercantile pursuits; all of which are not
manufactures in a large sense, but rather
the mechanical industries, contemplated by
the census act. 1t is doubtful IL any con-
siderable proportion of the products of
the establishments in the District. valued
at $47,667 800, is shipped outside of Wash
1ngton for consumption elsewhere. The
percentage of increase shows a healthy
and gratifying growth. and indicates that
the number of small shops in which the
various mechanical industries are pursued
has increased in keeping with the general
increase in population"
The bulletin contains a comparative state
ment of the manufacturing and mechan-
ical industries of the District returned
at the censuses Of 1880 1890 and 1900. Ger
tain industries reported at the census of
1890 were omitted N the census of 1900,
namely: Electric light and power. mechan-
ical dentistry, dresSmaking when done by
dreSsmakers who work at their homes and
bpl he tri ing fipjS
of collins and burial cases carried on in
connection with an undertaking business.
and the manufacture of druggists prepa-
rations by retail druggists For the pur-
pose of comparison, the totals in these in
dustries returned in the censuses of
1880 and 1890 were excluded from the table.
Capital Invested.
The following table shows an investment
of SAL ,9S1. 245 in carrying on the manufac
| turing and mechanical industries of the
District for the census year, divided as
| follows:
Land NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. S5,634,9 5s
| Buildings 1881, 349
Total. ................S 2S. 66l .oso
Live capital. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 13.320.1o9
Grand total. SAL. 9s1 .o45
It IS reported In the bulletin that in addi-
| tion to the figures in the foregoing table
100000 was invested in three establish
ments that were idle during the census
| year. One of these a paper mill, one a
! brick yard and one an Opaque glass-blow
ing works. The live capital includes cash
| on hand. bills receivable, unsettled ledger
! accounts. raw materials, stock in process
of manufacture, finished products on hand
and other sundries.
Percentage of increase Falls OFF.
The comparative summary for the years
1900, 1890 and 1880 shows a heavy falling
/
decade. as compared with the preceding
| ten years, although there was a steady
| growth
| In 1900 there We're 3 75i establishments;
in 1890. 2.210: in 1880, 81. The per cent of
| increase from 1850 to 1890 was 1924; from
! 1890 to 1900 it was 246.
The capital invested in 1900 was S41 $751;
%; in 1890. SIS, 1864. 1;s2; in 1880. 54S6 1916.
! The per cent of increase from 1880 to 1890
was 422.3; from 1890 to 1900 49,
| The average number of employees in 1900
was 2i,693; in 1890. 20,334: in 1880 Ties.
| The per cent of increase from 1880 to 1890
was 1861; from 1890 to 1900, PA.
| The wages paid in 1900 amounted to S14-
643.I14; in 1890 So 224, 752; In 1880, s. aO2-
$40 The per cent of increase from 1850 10
| 1880 was 2l33; from 1880 to 1900, 1913.
Governmental Establishments.
OF the 2754 establishments, eighty-five.
| with a capital of $17,652, 10. were govern
mental. Over 20 per cent of the total value
| of the products of the manufacturing and
mechanical Industries of the District of CO.
lumbia was the product of the government
establishments and institutions.
These elghty-ffve establishments conduct
ed by the government employ 1885 persons
receiving in wages $6,357,377, and producing
goods valued at 50 SS7 355 The penaI eIea.
mosynary and educational institutions are
forty in number, having a capital of Sal 351
employing lO1 persons, paying $42OS9 I'm
wages ana having an income of $133 178.
Leading Industries.
The leading industry of the District is
that classified under the head Of building
trades. embracing carpentering, 1856 estab-
lishments; masonry, brick and stone, II:
painting, house, sign, etc, 132; paper hang
ing. 80; plastering and stucco work, IA:
plumbing and gas fitting 1856: roofing and
roofing materials. ii. making a total Of 61s
establishments. The capital invested is
s1.9OO.3Io, and during the census year an
average number of 1892 persons were en-
ployed, receiving in wages $295S 49, The
$40. 135, 4e5.
The second industry in Importance esti-
mated from the value of its product was
the printing and publication of newspapers
and periodicals. There were sixty estab-
llshmentsA with an invested capital of
y, 2233. S97. In the business 600 people were
employed, receiving wages amounting to
$.'93, 20. The value of the product was
$l.S19, $50.
Next in Importance is the manufacture of
malt liquors. there being four establish
ments, with capital of s2,29S. 704. The
business employed 191 persons. who were
paid in wages s1O955S. The value of the
product was s1,174,937.
Seventy-tWo establishments We're en-
gagged in book and job printing and pub
fishing business. The number of people en-
ployed was 6S4. who received in wages
$40. 495. The value of the product was
$73S,275.
There were sixteen foundries and Machine
shops, with an investment Of 81 431 754
They employed 3D7 people, who received in
wages s1I5214. The value of the product |
was s725, 49,.
Cost of Production.
The bulletin continues:
1.-The capital of SAL .9S1245 was utilized !
In the manufacture of a product of the |
value of 81, 661 .622. There was expended |
to obtain this product. $1i CAS- ia for wages
$l3, 1863, 5T1 for materials, and 81 433 652 for |
miscellaneous expenses, such as rent taxes |