St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-06-14

cost Of raw materials, SIG, 731, 900: annual
products, $56, 539 712.
Iron and Establishments, 725; cap
ital, s5so,0A,710; employees, 6.161; wages,
$l2,7 1893; cost of raw materials, $549, 49,
cs2; annual products, $S35, 759,OS4
Leather. tanned, cured and finished-Es-
adjustments. 1896; capital. Sta, ST. ,421; en-
ployes. 81 100; wages, 81, 539, COL: cost of raw
materials, $l5o.6S,O04; annual products,
s2O4, OeS, 127.
establishments, 1850; capital
$aoh64.@7; employees. A.4l7; wages. $2S,O6,-
4S4; cost of raw materials, SO, 512, OA2; annual
products, $34O.615 466.
Lumber and timber bl1sh-
ments, 33,O35; capital. $611 GIL 1874; employees,
"a, 1tV wages. $lO4, 64O, 59l; cost of raw mate
rails. $S17. ,54S; annual products, $685. S32,-
1884,
Paper and wood pulp Adjustments,
76S; capital. $l67, sol, 713; employees, 1856;
wages, $50, TAG, 1926; cost of raw material. $7O.-
30; annual products, $127, 2S6, 49,
Refining petroleum-Establishm 81;
capital invested, So, 327, S92; employees, IT,
l99; wages, $6,717 ,OS7; cost of raw materials,
$lee,sos,3l; annual products, $l23, 929.3S4
Newspaper and periodical printing and
blishing-Establishme 1886; capital,
sl92 4G,7oS; employees, 94,6O4: wages. $50, $685.
0l; cost of raw materials, $50 PA 9O4; annual
products, 1922, 9sa3, 500.
Ship Establishments. ZIG; cap
ital, SH. S62 70l; employees, 46,7Sl; wages. s24.-
e39, 1865; cost OF raw materials, SO 49, 772; an
nual products, S14.57S,15S.
Strengthening and meat packing-Estab-
us hments, 92l; capital s1S9 1875, 264; employees,
o., o34; wages. $33. 4o7 ,O13; cost Of raw mate
rails $3.50, 5S3,571; annual products, 1856, 6OS,-
Wool NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. lishments, p
40; capital, 1898 IA, 405; employees, 245 14:
W wages, SS1s,99s; cost Of raw materials, $780,.
III ,5t; annual products, 500, O93, $50.
While we may glory in the fact that
our total manufactured products have
shown an increase between 1890 and
1900 of 32.9 per cent, and the total
wages paid to employees during the
same period has increased 23.S per
cent, the number Of manufacturing es-
Establishments 27.3, and the amount of
capital invested 43.7 per cent. yet we
have cause for regret from the fact
that all of our industries have not
shown an increase. Several of the i'm
portant lines of industry have de-
creased, though the decrease is to be
noted in the value of the products in
but very few lines, and those compare
lively unimportant ones. In but five
lines, among which is the manufacture
of wooden goods, is there noted de-
crease in the amount of capital in
vested, and there has been decrease
in the amount of wages paid in II lines,
In the manufacture of boots and shoes,
for instance, wages have decreased 2.5
per cent; in the manufacture of car
riages and wagons the amount Of
while in both lines there has been an
increase in the value of the manufac-
tured product amounting in boots and
shoes to 1873 per cent. and in car
riages and wagons to 81 per cent. The
rreatest number of decreases are shown
different lines, a fact that may be cred
tied to the tendency to industrial COM
The number of agricul-
tural implement factories have de-
creased 21.4 per cent, for instance,
while the value of the manufactured
product has increased 24.5 per cent, the
amount of capital invested has in
creased S.5 per cent, and the wages
paid show an increase of "a per cent.
and meat packing estab-
Lishments give another notable in
stance of this percentage of decrease
and increase. In that line the number
Of establishments have decreased 17.6
per cent, the capital invested has in
creased GIG per cent, number of en-
ployes increased 55.s per cent, the
wages paid increased 37.7 per cent,
and the value of the product increased
51.4 per cent. This is due to the replac-
ing of the local butchers to great ex-
tent by the big packing houses of the
cities.
Annual Profits.
To arrive ct figures representing
near the total profits of
our manufacturing industries it is but
necessary to add together the various
tens composing the total cost of
and deducting that from
he value Of the product The items fig
aring in tn cost of production are the
salaries of 156, 4O5 salaried officials and
Jerks, not enumerated in the wage
aarners, amounting to $169, 244 ,9SS; the
amount paid wage-earners, amounting
10 $962, 714.O1O; the miscellaneous ex-
,enses, which include such items as
rent, taxes, insurance, ETC., amounting
to S745, S6S, 665, and the cost of raw ma
lerials amounting to $3,743, $50, 496. To-
,ether these items give grand total
IF S., 462, 1854, 159. which, deducted from
he value of the manufactured prod
let, $6,117 ,965,71O leaves 1865, ,551
profits.
These items of cost and production
show some notable increases during
he ten years from 1890 to 1900. The
number of salaried officials and clerks,
or instance, have increased from 1885,
567 in 1890 TO 1856, 4O5 in 1900, a percent
lge of 24.6. During the same time their
salaries increased from Sill, $685. PA in |
500 to $169 ,244,9ss in 1900, per-
.entage of SIG. The number OF wage !
,arners increased from ], 1928, 7S1 in 1890 |
% 2,306,537 in 1900. a percentage Of 1919,
md their wages increased from $751; |
'O7. 4s5 in 1890 to $972, ,o10 in 1900, a
percentage of 23.s. The miscellaneous |
expenses increased from $341, 62S, 493 |
n 1890 to $475,s6s, 665 in 1900 per-
.entage of 1913. The cost of raw ma
erials increased from 1912, $50, s85 in
500 to s3,743, $50, 496 in 1900, a percent
lge of 341. During the same time the
alue of the annual product increased
rom 81, 603, 434, 1s5 in 1890 to Sc, III, 1885,
10 in 1900, percentage of 32.9.
Standing of the States.
Of the different states and terrific
les in the union not one has shown I!