Evening star., 1902-01-30
CENSUS BUREAU. STATISTICS
REPORTS ON SUBJECTS OF GENERAL
INTEREST.
Growth of Manufactures i'm Massachu-
setts and OhiO-Steel. Iron and
49, Wool Industries.

Bulletins were issued from the census
| bureau yesterday indicting the capital in
vested and the products of the following
| industries: SIaughtering and meat pack
ing; the printing and publishing of news
papers and periodicals.; cheese, butter and
condensed milk establishments.
| The whole number of meat packing es-
! tabl lishmepts reported is, ,920. compared with
| / lis in 1890, a decrease of III per cent.
| The capital invested has advanced 50 per
cent-from $116sS7 .JO4 in 1890 to lS6,Gs1,
264. The value of products during the past
year. was sT79,l47. .4S3, an advance of Ss.1
per cent over the corresponding figures for
1890, to produce which, required the serv-
| ices of 6T,SoS wage earners, with total
wages, of, $33, LA. .013. compared with total
wages in 1880 of s24 30, $40, or an advance
of 36.4 per cent. The cost of the materials
| used was $616, ,9pI, III.
80 Publishing Institutions.
By the showing of the report on pub
fishing institutions 1906 establishments
are engaged in producing periodicals,
against 1852 in 1890; an advance of 23.s
per cent. The capital invested has ad-
vanced from $126, ,269 SS5 in 1890 to $192.-
443 I03 in 1900 an advance of 524 per cent
The average number of wage earners en-
ployed was 81 CO.. who earned total of
$50 1888 O51 in wages and who produced a
total product valued at SOD ,9s3. 500.
The number of dairy establishments en-
gagged in producing the commodities was
9,354. This is almost double the number re-
ported ten years earlier4,712. The capital
SIG, ,624, 1853 to SEC. sos, ,015. The wage-earners
employed number Is, ,S65, who earned a total
of Sc, 17O670 in wages and who produced
$131, ,199,317 in dairy products.
Increase fn Wool.
The census bureau has issued a prelimi-
nary report on the wool manufactures in
the United States, showing a total of 1,414
establishments. a decrease of IL per cent
from 1890; total capital, $40, 1T9, ,749; in
crease, % per cent: value Of products.
$296, 800. .4S4; increase, 10 per cent. The
average number of wage-earners is 1j9.
1Os, drawing s57 ,033 ,s17 in wages The mis-
cellaneous expenses were SIT 1899 ,932. and
cost of material used, $1S1, 150. $50. These
figures are exclusive of hosiery, knit goods
and fur hats.
The capital and value of products of yari-
Gus portions of the industry follow:
Wooden goods-Capital, $126, 1863, ,S62; Etle-
crease, per cent; products, $l20,03S, 1872;
decrease, 10 per cent. Worsted goods
Capital S130, ,3S4, $40; increase, 92 per cent;
products, $11S 1o5, ,t1o; increase, so per cent.
Carpets and rugs other than rags-Capital,
$44, ,449. 800; increase. 16 per cent; products,
s4S, 49,, ,351; increase, nine-tenths of 1 per
cent. Felt goods-Capital, T.125.276: in
crease, 60 per cent: products, Sc. 461 ,691; in
crease. 80 per cent Wool hats-CapitaI,
81, ,O5O SO2; decrease, 81 per cent; products,
s.. sol $40; decrease. 33 per cent.
Manufactures in MassachuSetts.
The census bureaus preliminary report
on the manufacturing industries of Massa-
chusetts in 1900 shows the following general
figures:
Number of establishments, 29.17S; in
crease since 1890, per cent: capital, $780,
-
ers, average number, 496.811; increase, IL
per cent; total wages. $221 .925 ,042; increase.
IL per cent. miscellaneous expenses, $73,-
13s, ,495; increase is per cent; cost of ma
cent? value of products. including custom
work and repairing. 81 OF ,383. $50; increase,
16 per cent. The statistics of the capital
invested in manufactures in the cities sepa-
rately reported follow: Boston, Sl43 I30l, ,732;
increase, 21 per cent Brockton, SIC, 192,-
68S; increase. 81 per cent. Cambridge. t23,-
S60, ,260: increase. "a per cent Chelsea, s.
211, ,6s2: increase, II per cent. FAN River.
$58540 9S4: increase. 81 per cent. Fitch
burg $13, ,0S3 ,S9S; increase, - per cent
Gloucester. A.657 $50; increase, 90 per cent.
Haverhill, Sc. 80i .565; decrease. 16 per cent
Hoiyoke, s26, 760. .031; increase. 10 per cent
Lawrence. $49,914.035: Increase, 60 per cent
Lowell. $46.57e. 193; increase. IL per cent.
Maiden, ss,0O6.27S: decrease. e per cent.
New Bedford $29073. 40: increase, ~ per
cent Newton. s. 1871 $50; decrease II per
cent. Salem. H.4509S5: increase. 10 per
cent Somerville, $40. 131 sos; increase, I6l
per cent. Springfield, 81. 7.l45.945. increase.
80 80 per per- cent taunton. l inersase erss:e
II per cent. Everett. &C. 107, 735 North
Adams. $14.56S. .492. Pittsield $6,O64 $40
Quincy, $2.206, ,197. Waitham, S9.la2 l6o
There were no separate reports In 1890 for
the last i've named cities.
Iron ana steel. 81
The census bureaus report regarding iron
and steel blast furnaces in the United