The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-05-15

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in wages annually nearly s4,25O,OOO
in wages; of the manufacture of no.
siery and knit goods, in which 1,421
men are employed in Indiana at an an
nual compensation of s1,565,752, and
of many other industries.
Indiana's Leading Industries.
During the decade covered by the
last census almost every Indiana in
dustry showed a marked advance over
the conditions of 1890. In the meat
packing industry the number of estab-
Fl to SO, in wage-earners employed
from 2,1O7 to 1897, in value of prod
ucts from s27,913.S40 to s43,S62,273,
or 57.f per cent.
In the manufacture of foundry and
machine shop products 337 establish
ments, with 10,339 wage-earners and
products valued at s17,22S,096, were
in existence in 1900, as against 2OS
establishments, employing 5,904 wage
earners. and a production valued at
1884,, 499 in 1890. The increase in
value of products amounted to sos per
cent.
In the iron and steel industry there
was an increase during the decade
from is establishments, 2.64S wage
earners and products valued at S4.742,-
100 to q establishments, employing
1873 wage-earners and products val
ued at s19,33S,4S1. The increase in
value Of products was 3077 per cent.
Comparative figures with reference to
the tin-plate industry are not at hand,
because in 1890 it did not exist in this
state.
In the manufacture of lumber and
timber products the increase during
the decade was from 1888 establish
ments. 15.021 wage-earners and prod
ucts valued at s20,27S,023, to 1,S49 es-
Establishments. employing 9,503 wage
earners and turning out products val
ued at s20,613,724.
The glass industry shows a growth
in Indiana for the period from 81 estab-
500 wage-earners. and
products valued at s2,995. 400. to 10
employing 1905
wage-earners, with products valued at
$14.757.SS3. Indiana glass is shipped
to foreign parts scattered from Nor
way to New Zealand.
In 1890 there were 394 establish
ments engaged in the manufacture OF
carriages and wagons in Indiana, with
4,50S wage-earners, and products val
ued at sS,24S,S73; in 1900 the number
of establishments had decreased TO
275, but the number of waze-earners
had increased to $40, and the value
of products to s12,742,243.
In car construction and general shop
work the number of Indiana establish
ments increased during the decade
from As to "a, the number of wage
carriers from 6.613 to S,0S1 and the
value of products from s7,S29,3S2 to
The expansion of other Indiana in
dustries has been almost uniformly in
the proportion indicated by these fig
ures
Growth of Five Cities. isoiii'
The growth OF manufacturing and
mechanical industries in the five H.
diana cites of greatest population is
of the recent commercial
expansion of the Hoosier state. In
Evansville between 1890 and 1900
there was an increase in the number
Of establishments from 49, to 705. in
number of wage-earners from 6,S15 to
1879; in Fort Wayne the number of
establishments increas-,
ed during the decade from 235 to 397.
the number of wage-earners from 5644
to 1885; Indianapolis in 1890 had
1,1S9 establishments. in 1900. 1910.
in 1890, 16,025 wage-earners. in 1900.
25.511; South Bend had in 1890 20S
manufacturing establishments. in 1900
302, in 1890, $3.50 wage-earners. in
1900, S,257; there were 367 establish
ments in, Terre Haute IN 1890, in 1900
there were 429 employing 5,427 wage.
earners, as against 4.720 in 1890. Ia
more than one, ofDthese cities the in
crease in number, Of establishments
and wage-earners has been much more
rapid in the two years which have
succeeded the taking of the last Gen.
sus, than during any portion of the
former decade. Ms OF the six leading
cities of the state New Albany was
the only one to suffer diminution of
industrial interests-this on account Of
the removal of some of her factories
to the gas belt.iL II q sif
Figures That Are Eloquent. 81
These figures speak so eloquently
of the growth of great state that
comment is superfluous. Indiana
stands in the front rank of American
commonwealth. From an industrial
viewpoint her geographical position is
strategic, from an agricultural stand.
point she is among the most favored
Of nature. Within her borders beats
the heart of American civilization.
and the center Of population ID assured
to Indiana for many years to come.
Under such conditions every step In
the movement for the worldwide ex'
pansion of American commerce. the
conquest of foreign markets which has
been so signal feature Of our recent
industrial development, and the main
tenance of our flag at the gateway to
the vast commerce of the Orient. Ii
Of vital interest 70 every Citizen Of sha
Hoosier state.
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