Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-09-20
VERMONT INDUSTRIES.
Census Bureaus Report on Manufacture,
In, TIic

The United States census bureau has
Just issued statement, preliminary to
the bulletin on the subject, which will be
published in due time, relative to manu-
featuring statistics for Vermont. The
figures in this statement will come as a
surprise to most people, because the adj
vance in manufacturing which Vermont
has made during the last decade is not
generally realized. As matter of fact
one-half the wage earners in the state are
employed in manufacturing enterprises,
increasing, while the number employed in
agriculture and kindred pursuits is sta
tionary or decreasing.
There were in 1900 4071 manufacturing
concerns with a product of more than
$500 each in the state, being an increase
of 1910 since $780, The capital invested
was S4S,547 1854, being an increase of
almost SlG,000000 in ten years. The
wage-earners, exclusive of salaried Of
ficials, clerks, etc., numbered 29,i55 and
they earned that year Sl2, 231 ,GSi, repre-
seDting increases of 1886 and $3.50, l3l,
respectively, over 1890. The materials
used cost S29, $50, IA and the total value
of products was S57,GiG.7l5. The figures
show an increase since 1890 of 50.4 per
cent in product and 45.2 per cent IN
wages paid.
There was.an addition to the above Gj3
manufacturing concerns with product
of less than $500 each and one govern
mental establishment. These G5I con-
Germs bring the total number of manu-
featuring establishments up to 1925, of
which l470 are hand trades. The capital
invested amounted to SIS, $50, S94, 29,5I9
wago-earners, exclusive of salaried Off
cials, clerk. etc, earned, S12, 244 ,22l, ma
terials cost 500, 95S, 6lS, and the total
value of products, including custom
work and repairing, was S51,S47, 500.
OF the industries Cos were for lumber
and timber products, 6l3 for blacksmith
ing and tombstones, 255 for cheese and
butter, 2l1 for Touring and grist mill
products,sGl for foundry and machine
shop products, 81 for marble and stone
work. 46 for lumber and planning mill
products. including sash, doors and
blinds, % for paper and wood pulp,
% for wooden goods, II for hosiery
and knit goods. Excluding blacksmith
ing and wheelwrighting shops, the above
10 selected industries turned out S34, JIG,
~ in products, paying 1892 wage
earners Sc, 654 ,054, or more than one-half
the total products and total wages in the
state.
The value of the products in urban
me NJ, 70 ptu
POS, l7,6l7 wage-earners receiving in
wages 81 ,G65, 220, showing that little
more than one-half of all the manufact-
uring In the state is done in the larger
places.
DR.. w. 5. Webb. Loses a Valuable Collie.
DR.. w. 5. Webb of Shelburne lost
$4,000 collie dog which was being taken
with lot of others en- route for the
Burlington exhibition from the Webb
kennels at Ne-ha-sa-ne Park in the
Adrondacks, recently. The dogs were
placed In special car for the journey.
Somewhere between Malone and Rouses
Point this dog jumped through an open
door and escaped. Although the train
was Immediately stopped and efforts
were made to find the lost canine they
were fruitless. \ man was left behind.
however, for the express purpose of
finding it. DR.. Webb has offered
reward of $50 for the recovery of the
beast, Although among the Webb
kennels there are some famous dogs,
the one lost was among the best. Her
name was Ivy" and she was born Dec.
/, 1899. Her direct ancestor was CHI.
Balgregge Hope and Quarter Ivy. 1t
Is understood that the foxhound jasper"
of the Webb kennels is also missing.
Gold Mining in Moretown.
Excitement is high in Moretown over
the development of two important Indus