Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-01-13
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
CENSUS REPORT GIVEN
LOCAL ESTABLISHMENTS
Nearly S,OOO,OOO Invested in 1896
EStablishmentS---GrOS Value of
Products Was $24,992,O6S
in 1900.

on manufacturing in Hawaii has been
received from the Census Bureau:
Hon. William II. Merriam, Director of
the Census.
Sir: | transmit herewith. for publ.
cation in bulletin form, the statistics
OF manufacturing and mechanical In.
dustries for the Territory Of Hawaii
for the census year 1900 taken in &C.
cordance with the provisions of section
| OF the Act OF March 3, 1899. This
| section requires that THE schedules
OF Inquiries relating OF the products of
manufacturing and mechanical estab-
lishments shall embrace the name and
location of each establishment; char.
acter of organization, whether individ-
ual, cooperative, or other form; date
of commencement of operations char.
acter of business or kind of goods man.
ufactured: amount of capital invested;
number of proprietors, firm members,
! co-partners. or officers, and the amount
OF their salaries; number of employees,
and the amount Of their wages; guam.
tity and cost Of materials used in man.
ufactures; amount of miscellaneous
expenses; quantity and value Of prod.
ucts; time in operation during the cen.
sus year; character and quantity of
power used: and character and mum.
ber of machines employed"
i In each of the above particulars the
requirements Of the law have been OBJ
served, but certain of the data thus
ELECTED are reserved for publication in
the final volumes.
These statistics were gathered under
the supervision of Mr.. Alatau T, Atkin.
son, of Honolulu, special agent in
charge of the enumeration of the pop.
ulation. Mr.. Victor n. Olmsted, As
sistant Statistician of the United
States Department of Agriculture, rem.
dered valuable assistance in the prep.
! aration OF the text for the accompany.
ing report.
The statistics of Hawaii are present
cd IN SIN tables: Table ! being a sum.
mary OF the statistics OF the Territory
Tor 1900; table 2 showing all the indus.
tries Of the Territory divided between
hand trades and the manufactures
! proper, and also the statistics OF estab.
lishments with a product of less than
SooO; table 3 showing the totals for
the city Of Honolulu in comparison
with the totals for the entire Terri.
tory; table showing statistics for the
Territory by islands; table 3 showing
the statistics for the Territory by spec.
flied industries; and table 8 showing
the statistics for the city of Honolulu
by specified industries.
In some instances, the number of
proprietors and firm members, shown
in the accompanying tables, falls
short Of the number of establishments
reported. This is accounted for by the
fact that no proprietors or firm mem.
bers are reported for corporations or
cooperative establishments.
The reports show a capital of s11.
5il.655 invested in manufactures and
mechanical industries in the 1896 estab.
lishments reporting for the Territory
OF Hawaii: This sum represents the
value of land, buildings, machinery,
tools, and implements, and the live
capital utilized. but does not include
the capital stock OF any of the manu-.
featuring corporations of the Territory
OF Hawaii. The value of the products
is returned at $24,992, 06S, to produce
which involved an outlay of $685., 1854,
Tor salaries Of officials, clerks. etc, 81.
SS6,756 for wages. sS73.3O0 for miscel.
ianeous expenses, including rent, taxes,
etc, and $l2,SiS,663 for materials used,
mill supplies, freight, and fuel IL is
not TO be assumed, however. that the
dlnerence between the aggregate of
these sums and the value of the prod.
ucts Is, IN any sense, indicative of the
prohts IN the manufacture of the prod.
ucts during the census year. The cen.
sus schedule takes no cogniZance NJ
the cost OF selling manufactured ar.
tCles, OF OF interest on capital invest.
ed' or OF the mercantile losses incurred
IN the business, or of depreciation In
pant. The value of the product given
Is the value as obtained or fixed at the
shop or factory. This statement is
necessary In order to avoid erroneous
conclusions from the figures presented,
Inc value OF products for the Terri.
tory Of Hawaii, S24 1892, 06S, is the gross
value, ana not the net or true value
me difference between these two
should be carefully noted. The gross
value Is found by adding the value of
products in the separate establish.
ments, But the finished product on
one establishment is oIIen the raw ma.
terlal for another. In such cases tbr
value OF the former reappears in the
latter, and thus the original cost of
certain materials may be included sey.
eral times in the gross value. The net
OF true value is found by subtractiny
from the gross value the value of ali
materials purchased in a partly man.
fractured form. In this way the dupIi.
cations in the gross value are elimJ.
mated. ''''"''
Inc schedule asked for the value nj
the materials in two classes. those
purchased In the crude state and those
purchased in the partly manufactured
FORM. From the answers to these ones.
lions the net or true value of products
may be computed. Thus, for Hawaii
the gross value Of products for 1900
was S24,S92,O6S. The value of mate
rials purchased in a partly manufac.
tured form was 1910, 500. The differ.
ehee, S2l'SsO .262, is the net or true
vaiue OF products, and represents the
increase In the value of raw materials
resulting from the various processes of
manufacture, vi
attention may properly be directed
10 some features of these Hawaiian
statistics. The Territory became a
part OF the United States in 1898. and
the census of 1900 is, therefore the
nrst census taken by this Government
rms fact renders 1t impossible to make
comparisons with previous years, In.
dustrial conditions in Hawaii are very
dlferent from those which exist in
other parts Of the United States Su.
gar manufacturing constitutes n nor
cent OF the manufacturing of the Ter.
rltory, as measured by the yaIue of
products the other manufoct u,i