Evening star., 1902-08-12
GROWTH WAS HEALTHY
MILLIONS IN MANUFACTURE OF
CARRIAGES AND WAGONS.
From 1890 to 1900 There Was an In
crease in Capital of 26
Per Cent.

report on the manufacture OF carriages
and wagons for the census year ending
May 81. 1900. has been issued by the GEN.
sus office The report was prepared by
James X. Dawes. under the direction OF
S. n. ID. North, chief statistician for manu-
factures.
The report shows a capital of Sis, ISL, ,s3s
invested in the manufacture of carriages
and wagons I'm the 1852 establishments re-
porting for the United States. This sum
represents the value of land. buildings. MA
chlnery, tools and implements. and the live
capital utilized, but does not include the
capital stock of any OF the corporations
engaged in this industry.
The value of the products is returned ut
S121 .537 ,276 to produce which involved an
outlay of 81 .073.g32 for salaries of officials.
clerks. etc; S29.S14.911 for wages; S6.2l.-
469 for miscellaneous expenses. including
rent taxes, etc, and SJ6.6IG,0T3 for ma
terials used, mill supplies, freight and fuel.
The difference between the aggregate OF
these sums and the value of the products
is in sense indicative of the profits in
the manufacture of carriages and wagons
during the census year. The census sChed-
ule takes no cOgniZance of the cost Of sell
ing manufactured articles, the interest on
capital invested, the mercantile losses in
CURED in the business or of depreciation in
plant. The value OF the product given is
the value obtained or fixed at the works.
Inc STATISTICS Tor the census or 1910 were
published officially in 1913 by Tench Coke
of Philadelphia in Tables Of the Several
Branches of American Manufactures at the
Census of 1910" At that census there
were sixteen states. six territories and
four districts, a total of twenty-six, of
which nine reported the industry as being
conducted within their borders The re
ports showed simply the value of the man
ufactured product, without giving, except
in a few cases. the number either of estab-
lishments or of vehicles constructed. The
aggregate value for the whole country was
81, ,421 ,573.
New York Ranked First.
At the census of 1900 in number of estab-
lishments New York ranked first. with S'3
establishments; Pennsylvania second, with
ST., and Ohio third. with 5i3. The number
in certain other states. ranking in the order
named, was: Wisconsin. 436; Illinois. 401;
Massa chusetts. 3SS: Missouri, 81; Michi-
gan 299; New Jersey, 2SS; Indiana, 275. and
California 22S.
In respect to capital. at the census of 1890
New York ranked first, with capital OF
s14. 124.31O; Ohio second, with s13,333, ,262,
and Indiana third. with s10017,S06 Several
states following Indiana ranked as follows:
Illinois fourth. with SS.15377 Pennsylva-
mia fifth, with 1885. 113; Wisconsin sixth,
with Sc 1876 2T9. and Michigan seventh, with
S., 453, TO At the census of 1900 Indiana
had risen from third to first place. with
capital of S17, IT'S, is9. an increase of $1.640.-
6S3, or 1873 per cent; New York went from
first to second place. with s14141. .201. an
increase of only s16,S97. or one-tenth Of
per cent: Ohio from second to third place.
with s12 los, ,302. a decrease of 81. $50, or
S-S per cent.
The other four states named above re-
tanned their relative places in rank, with
capital, increase and per cent Of increase.
respectively follows: Illinois, 1888 ,235,
an increase of 81 1885,, 457, or IL per cent;
Pennsylvania, SS.643. .315, an increase of S.
2SS 142 or SO per cent; Wisconsin, -. 461.-
561 an increase of 2266 2s2, or 1865 per
cent. and Michigan. 81 935, ,269, an increase
OF 81 4S1 $40 or 455 per cent. In 1890 If
teen states reported a capital in excess OF
81 900, 600 each: in 1900 the number had in
creased to seventeen.
Big Gain in Ten Years.
The capital in this industry in the United
States increased from sa3, ass, ,257 in 1890 to
Sis 1877 S3s In 1900, a gain Of s24. .732,5S1, or
26.5 per cent.
In 1884 the importation Of carriages and
parts thereof amounted to sl93 $50. Except
In 1888 this amount increased until 1892,
when the imports reached s670.574; from this
year imports decreased until 1898. when
they were $7,551, increasing In 1899 to sl9.-
SG3, and in 1900 to s29.662. The increase In
the last two years of the decade was un-
doubtedly due to the importation OF auto