Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-05-03

pIOuuClS5 800 o3S, az.
Iron and Observation-Disclosures 725; cap
1tal, S5SO.041, 40; employees 226, 161; wages,
$122. 7l0,19S; cost of raw materials, $549, 49,
OSZ; annual products, 1885, 759, 0S4
Leather, tanned. cured and finished-Es-
adjustments, 1896; capital $17S, 977, 421; en-
ployes, 81, 100; wages, $22 539, O91; cost of raw
S201, OSS. 127.
$4oG6t4'W7; employees, 4,417; wages, SOS, Co.'S
1874; cost of raw materials, $70512, 042; annual
products, 1910 615, 466.
Lumber and timber products-Establ ish-
ments, 1905; capital $611, gil ,524; employees,
10; wages $lO4, $40, 591; cost of raw mate
9S4
Paper and wood pulp = Establishments,
16S; capital, $167. 507,713; employees. 1856;
wages, $40, 446 426; cost of raw ma terial, $70,-
$50, 236; annual products, $127 2S6, 1852.
Refining petroleum-Establi shments, 81;
capital invested, $95, 80, S92; employees, 49,
iS9; wages, $6,717,OS7; cost of raw materials,
$lO2, S59341 annual products, $123, 929, 3S4
Newspaper and periodical printing and
establishments, Is, 3O5; capital,
$l92, 7OS; employees, "a, 604; wages $50, $685.
COL; cost of raw materials, $50 PA, 9O4; annual
products, 1929, 9S3, 569.
Snip establishments, 1,I16; cap
l Ssa ie $6, So 7Cl employes 467S wages s24
nuai products, $457S,i5S. -''-'' o. 'S'' 49, an
SSlaughte ring and meat gaeklng-Estab-
81 ss sea- IL di$ $iSS 26f smpIOyes
rails $6SS,5S3577; annual products, $7S6, 603,-
Wool manufactures-Estab p
465; capital, $S9S, S74, 4O5; employees, PAS, al;
wages SSS19 $685. cost of raw materials, $751;
Bl'546; annual products, 500. G9S, SS3.
While we may glory in the fact that
our total manufactured products have
shown an increase between 1890 and
1900 of 1923 per cent, and the total
wages paid to employees during the
same period has increased 1913 per
cent, the number of manufacturing es-
adjustments 27.3, and the amount of
capital invested 43.7 per cent, yet we
have cause for regret from the fact
that all of our industries have not
shown an increase. Several of the i'm
pOrtant lines of industry have de-
creased, though the decrease is to be
noted in the value of the products in
but very few lines, and those compare
lively unimportant ones. In but five
lines, among which is the manufacture
of wooden goods, is there noted a de-
crease in the amount of capital in
vested, and there has been a decrease
in the amount of wages paid in II lines,
In the manufacture of boots and shoes,
for instance, wages have decreased 2.5
riages and wagons the amount of
wages have decreased ST. per cent,
while in both lines there has been an
increase in the value of the manufac-
tured product amounting in boots and
shoes to 1873 per cent, and in car
riages and wagons to 81 per cent. The
greatest number of decreases are shown
in the number of establishments in the
different lines, fact that may be cred
tied to the tendency to industrial COM
binations. The number of agricul-
tural implement factories have de-
creased 21.4 per cent, for instance,
while the value of the manufactured
product has increased 24.5 per cent, the
amount of capital invested has in
creased 8.5 per cent, and the wages
paid show an increase of "a per cent.
Slaughtering and meat packing estab-
lishments give another notable in
stance of this percentage of decrease
and increase. In that line the number
of establishments have decreased 17.6
per cent, the capital invested has in
creased GIG per cent, number of en-
ployes increased 55.s per cent, the
wages paid increased 37.7 per cent,
and the value of the product increased
61.4 per cent. This is due to the replac-
ing of the local butchers to a great ex-
tent by the big packing houses of the
metropolitan cities.
Annual Profits.
To arrive at figures representing
somewhere near the total profits of
our manufacturing industries it is but
necessary to add together the various
items composing the total cost of
manufacture and deducting that from
the value of the product. The items fig
uring in tn cost of production are the
salaries of 1876, 4O5 Salaried officials and
clerks, not enumerated in the wage
earners, amounting to $169, 244, 9SS; the
amount paid wage-earners, amounting
to $962, 714, 010; the miscellaneous ex-
penses, which include such items as
rent, taxes, insurance, ETC., amounting
to $745, SOS, 665, and the cost of raw ma
terials amounting to 3,743, $50, 1876. To-
gether these items give a grand total
of S., 462, 1864, 159, which, deducted from
the value of the manufactured prod
uct, $6,117, 965, no, leaves $685.. COL ,551
representing profits.
These items of cost and production
ShOW SO1uC nOldO4C
the ten years from 1890 to 1900. The
number of salaried officials and clerks,
for instance, have increased from 1885,,
567 in 1890 to 156, 405 in 1900, percent
age of 24.6. During the same time their
salaries increased from Sill, COG, PA in
1890 to $169 PA 1888 in 1900, per-.
centage of SIS. The number of wage
earners increased from /, 1928, 781 in 1890
to 2,3O6, 5S7 in 1900, percentage of 1919,
and their wages increased from $751;
907, 4s5 in 1890 to $972, 714,o1O in 1900,
percentage of 23.s. The miscellaneous
expenses increased from $341 ,62s, 493
in 1890 to SAFE, 1868, 665 in 1900 a per-
centage of 1913. The cost of raw ma
terials increased from 81, 792, 150,ss5 in
1890 to So, 743, $50, 496 in 1900, percent
age of 34.1. During the same time the
value of the annual product increased
from 81, 600, 4S4. 1s5 in 1890 to S6,117, 1885,.
no in 1900. a percentage of S2.9.
Standing of the States.
Of the different states and terrific
ries in the union not one has shown a