The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-05-09

AVN ANpoA~SN
Washington, D. C.-The above table
presents in concrete form the essen
tial results of the twelfth census
relative to manufactures, and gives a
general view of the progress of our
industries. The work Of compiling the
manufacturing statistics has but just
reached the stage where the presenta-
ton of accurate facts as contained in
this table are possible, and while there
have of course been some changes since
the date of taking the census yet it
is safe to base the manufacturing fig
ures of the country on these, to which
might be added probably an increase
of ten per cent.
Beginning with the census Of 1880
the government has included in the
statistics gathered figures relating to
the manufacturing industries. The
table given above does not include
these figures further back than 1870,
but for purposes Of comparison we
give few of them here that the
growth Of the full half century may
be noted. Going back from 1870 to
1860 we find in the latter year but no.
433 manufacturing institutions in the
country, and in 1850 there were but
123,O25. In 1850 the total capital in
vested in manufacturing establish
ments amounted to $1,O09, 1855, us; the
total value Of wages paid $37S, 874,o GG;
the total value of raw material con-
sumed, $1,O31, 605,O92. and the total
NJ, in n Y
value of 1885 SCI GIG. Going back an
other ten years to 1880 we find the
total capital invested at that time was
but 1898 ,245,351; the total wages paid
1896, 755 .464; the raw materials con-
sumed, $3.50, .S22, and the value of
the man ufactured product, $1,019, 1867
GIG.
Heavy increases.
Mr.. s. y. D. North, the chief statis-
tician for manufactures. in comment
ing on the rema rkable advance in our
manufacturing interests. said:
at will be observed that, in COMPARE
son with the figures of the census OF
=, 1850, there has been an increase in
capital invested approNimating nine
teenfold; in the average number OF
waCe-earners about five and One-half
fold: in the amount Of wages PAID
about tenfold, and in value of prod
ucts about thirteenfold. This is an
unusually remarkable showing when
we consider that the population OF
the country has increased in the mean
time but about two and one-quarter-
fold. While these comparisons must
be made with many reservations, they
nevertheless afford, in all the items
except that of capital invested, an ap-
proximate exhibit Of the enormous in
crease in manufactures which oc-
CURED in the United States in the last
half of the nineteenth century. They
are particularly suggestive as an in
dication of the increasing productive
capacity of labor, due chiefly to the
increased effectiveness of machinery
and the largely Increased Investment
of capital. The apparent value OF
products per wage-earner has IN
creased from 81. 065 in 1850 to So ,451 in
1o0O''
The table given at the head of this
article does not include the small
establishments with an annual value
of products of less than $500. OF these
there are total of 1910, with an
invested capital of s44,3ss, o65, employ
. ing 55,12S. to whom is paid 50, 1921
in wages annually. and turning out an
annual product valued at $oo,724,643.
The Large INDUSTRIES.
Public interest naturally centers in
the large industries, and what ea*h
contributes to the grand total of our
manufactured products together with
the number of wage-earners to whom
they give employment and the amount
of wages paid them. The following
summary gives much of this informa-
ton in a condensed form with the in
dustries arranged in alpha betical or
der:
Agricultural nipple Of es-
Establishments. It's; capital invested, $151.-
7O7951; wage Farmers employed 4oSS2
wages paid So, 450sS0; cost of raw mate
rails s43.G44,62S; value of annual product
$101, 207. 43S.
Boots ard shoes-Esta blishments, 1000:
capital, Sol 795 1888; employees, 1892; wages,
$780, SS3; co.t of materials, $169, 604,O54; an
nual product. S261 .O2S.oS.
Carriages and wagors-Esta bishments'
1892 capital, 11s.1S7 S3s; employees, 6254o;
wages. $29,S149l1; ost of materials Soo'o'o'-
or; annual product S121 531.276.
Cars and general r4Nroad shop construc-
Observation-Disclosures 1895: capital. sl19,-
$50, 273 employees, 17S, Gsg: wages, $685. 3329;
cost of materials, s1O9, $50 0l3; annual prod
uct, $21S, 233S,271
Dairy products Cheese. butter and cor
denseG milk-Esta bills hmen hts, 1851; capital,
Sc, 491, 799; employees, 1850 (does not in
clude firm members or clerks) wages. 49,
10000; cost of raw materials, 500, 10y, oOl'
annual product. Sl31 ,33S
Chemical products-Est Bills kments, l'p;
CAPITAL $22S. SO. G4i; employees, 46, 7G5; wages
SCI. c51: cost of raw materials, SEA ,O43 S1;
annual product, s202 IS, 1885,
Clay products-Esta biishments. 6,422; cap
ttal, STAT S13, 33233 employees, lO5,6lS; wages
$50 5o4G,n: cost of raw materials, Sc, $50, $40;
annual products. 1928 2.lS4.
Coke-Esta biishme nt', al; capital, $780,