The Saint Paul globe., 1902-02-28
GROWTH OF so YEARS
GOVERNMENT STATISTICS ON MN
NESOTA'S MANUFACTURING
PROGRESS
OVER 100, 900 WAGE FARMERS
Manufacturing Establishments In
creased From 63 to 1924 in Last
Fifty Years-Dairy Indus
try Has FIOurished

Advance sheets of the government sta
tistics for Minnesota, giving a summary
Of the states leading industries, shows
i marvellous industrial development.
The report shows $165, ,S32, ,246 invested
in manufactures and mechanical indus
tries in the II ia establishments report
cd for the state. This sum represents
lhc value of lands, buildings, machinery,
lools and implements, and the live capt.
tai, but does not include the capital
stock of any manufacturing corporation
within the state. The value of products
IS returned at $262, ,655, ,SS1, to produce
which an outlay is involved of $6,554, 424
for salaries of official clerks, etc.; $685.
ianeous expenses, including rent, taxes,
etc, and S173, 425, ,615 for materials used.
mill supplies, freight and fuel.
Manufacturing Profits.
It is pointed out that the difference
between the aggregate of these sums and
value of products is not indicative Nof the
profits in Minnesota manufacturing dur
ing the census year. The census takes
no notice of the cost of selling goods,
Of interest on capital invested or losses
incurred in business, or Of depreciation
of plant. The value of product given
is the value obtained at the shop or
factory.
The value of Minnesota products, $262.-
955, ,SS1, is the gross value. and not the
net or true value. The value of materials
purchased in a partly manufactured form
was $72, ,34l, 746. The difference is the net
or true value and represents the increase
in the value of raw materials resulting
from the various processes of manufac-
ture.
Minnesota manufacturing statistics are
presented in nine comprehensive tabular
statements. The entire bulletin covers
twen&y-three closely printed pages.
The population during the last fifty
years increased from 60U to 1,74l, $50,
while the average number of wage earn
ers in manufacturing establishments IN
creased from 63 to 1924 embracing in
1900 A per cent of the entire population
compared with l per cent in 1850 The
bulletin says that the best indtS.sion Of
the Importance of the wage earning class
~ minnesota is afforded by the greatest
number employed during the census year,
which was 1850, or 65 per cent of the
total population. The greatest absolute
increase in value of products, s115, ,96S, ,2SO,
IS shown for the decade ending in 1890
classes shown in table of the bulletin.
t,V5I, or "a per cent, were small shops
included in groups of ''hand trades and
esta bIshments with product of less than
%5J0 The value Of the product Of these
Z establishments consisting principally of
sums received for custom work and re-
pairing, amount to $50. .299, ,069, or only
state. - - VI 'iie
In addition to the 1901 active establish
~ menus a{s- curing the census with capital
OF Sl6., 5f2,ZlO, there were fifty-nine idle
establishments with capital Of 81, 296 1877
Dairy Industry.
.,1 The dairy Interests of the state are no.
ticed as follows:
There were $50 establishments engaged
IN the factory manufacture of cheese. bjIt-
ter and condensed milk with 74O WAGE
eafners and products valued at S. 479 $50.
IN 1881 there We're JOG Establishments 7S3
W3Se earners and products valued at s.
SO6,4f The increase in the value of prod
uctS, during the decade was S. 521. 400 o..
1oo-6 per cent One of the features of the
revolution in Minnesota agriculture in the
past thirty years is the DEVELOPMENT Of
the dairy industry. This growth has been
accompanied in the last twenty years bV
marked increase of cheese, butter and
condensed milk factories, which in 1890
numbered only twenty seven, with a cap
ltal OF $7,140, and products valued at $63
US4; this Increase marking the growth of
da1rylng on farms and substitution of the
system of diversified farming for the old
sIngle-croR husbapdry The great value
or the products reflects the fact that Min
nesota butter, like Minnesota -four, is an
important adjunct to the prosperity of
the farmers and development Of the state
Regarding the newspaper publication
business, which is seventh in rank of i'm
portance, the bulletin says:
There We're 800 establishments engaged
IN the printing and publishing of neWspa-