The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1902-05-01

b includes pToprieiors and hrm memes
Not reported rspnrately
q N0t reported.
Washington. y. C.-The above table
presents In concrete form the essen
tial results ~ the twelfth census
relative to manufactures, and gives a
general view nf the progress ~ our
industrics. The work uf compiling the
manufacturing statistics has but just
reached the stage where the presenta-
tipn 90 accurate facts as contained In
this table Bre possible, and while there
have uf courre been some change since
the date oi taking the census yet IL
g. safe 90 base the manufacturing hg-
urcs nf the country on these, to which
might be added probably an increuhe
~ ten per cent,
beginning with the census ~ 1850
the government hos included In the
statistirs gathered figures relating 90
the manufacturing industries. The
table given above does not include
these figures further back than 1870,
out for purposes 81 comparison we
give few Of them here thar the
growth Of the full half century may
be noted. Going back from 1910 to
$500 we end IN the latter year but lAo..
i35 manufacturing Institutions In the
country. and 10 1850 there were but
i23.Oa5. In 1850 the total capital In
vested in manufacturing establish
ments amounted to 81 ,O02. .s5S,7i5; the
total value of wages paid, S37s,Sii,966;
the total value uf raw mutcrial CON
sumcd, SLO3l.GO5,G11, and the total
manufactured product amounting 90 a
value uf Sl.ss5.s6l, ,656. Going back nm.
other ten yrnrs tu 1850 wr Rnd the
total capital invested ut that time was
hut S53a..i5.35i: the total wages paid
SG36.7iS i6l; the raw materials run-
sumcd. Sj55.tg1. .s2e. and the value 81
the manufactured product. Sl,olo, io6.-
SIC.
WrEVy Increases,
Mr.. S. y. D. North, the chief statis.
ticlau Tor manufacture, IN comment
ing On the remarkable advance In our
manufacturing interests, said:
III will ac observed that. in compari-
SON with the figures oi the census Of
1850. there has been an increase In
capital invested appruximatinV nine
trenfold; IN the average number ~
wagr-earnrrs about hyr and one-half
fold: in the amount Of wages paid
about trnfold. and in value ~ prod.
ucis about thirtcrufold. This j. un
unususlir remarkable showing when
We consider that the population Of
J the country has Increased in the mean
time but about two and uue-quartcr'
fold. While these comparisons must
[ he made with many reservations, they
I nevertheless afford, in all the items
| except that " capital invested, On ap
proNimate exhibit ~ the enormous In.
/ crcusc in manufactures which &C,
rurrpd IN the United States in the last
/ half ~ the nineteenth century. They
are particularly suggestive as an In
/ dicRiinn of the increasing productive
capacity ~ labor, due chiefly tu the
/ increased effectiveness ~ machinery
and the largely increased Investment
~ capital, The apparent value OF
/ products per waCc-earucr hnS In
/ creased from 81 .O65 In 1850 to - ,t5t IL
/ 1900"
The table piyrn al the head oi thli
/ article does not include the small
establishments with an annual valut
of products of less than $500. or thes'
! there are total ~ i27.tip, with NJ
invested capital ~ i.asS .065, employ
| ing 5S.i2s. to whom Is paid s2,ise, i2I
IN wages annually and turning out n
annual product valued at S2o,72l,Gt3.
The Large IndsstrirS.
Public interest naturally cruters Il
the large indusjl les, and what eacl
contributes tu the grand total ~ on
manufactured products together will
the number uf waFe-cHrncrs To whom
they give employment and the amour
of wages pnid them. The following
summary gives murh of this informa
tinn In condensed form with the in
dusiries arranged In alphabetical OF
der:
Agricultural implsments-Numbg of -
trh,l ghmsrta. rs. capital invested, Es7.
501 ssl: wage carneys employed. ts.GS
waRrs paid 81 i5o ~; cost of raw mate
risly. fD9itS2s. value Of annual product
s'el -, .ta
Roots and shoes Embellishments. i.oc,
rapitai. Sol 7s6, rs employees, 49,. wage
go. I'd. .ggl. cost Of materials SIC, ,6A.os4; IN
uuai product sssi ,oES.ss
| Carriages and wagunr-E Es tsb sbliEhmenti
T.Cla. capital. liS.ls'.ssS: employes. G.sR
wages tzssitsii; cost Of materials. Ns.C6
Ca. annual product. tIz,.asJ.26
| Cars ard general railroad shor rungtTu,
| Establishments. i.Nn; capital, slip
~. -: employee &c; wages. 80 81
cost of materials, Slos.ss9. .0is; annual prod
uct s2ie.1ss1 -
nairv products (chtese. butter and COT
sensfd miik- Embellishments s.ssi capits
sss. ssi 80. employees. is,Sfo teoes nnt u
| c!uds frm members or cleFksl: waEtS. q
iG.e0: cost oi raw materials. siA. laohn
I arHuat product. VA. l.fsaEA
Chspqieai products Establishments, iie
/ capital tsss ,s2s cIi; etnpioyes. ie.ies; wage
81. ~. "a. cost of raw materials, Nsa.eta, ~
arnuai product Saes. .sse. 80.
/ CtsN urnducfK--Esthh thhlishments. e.ag2: ehj
! uAI. glG,ste.21s; employrs. iB.eis, ways
| ss5.tsa.gse, ccgt Of raw materials. y ArSap, "a
annual products. s9a.sc1ist
! NHhN~s ~sft&tHNtfVWtNtks &sAs N3FAafe ~
sUtsa; ompleyss. 1888: wages. s. ,ass. y
cost Of raw materials. sTa.ssn~bz9. annai
products, ssssS6,4ss
CarGHke and twlne-- Ertabilshmenia, f0
capital ~. g7&tsa; employees. iS.in. wake
sli3s III; cost OF raw materially tsa t1a.s@
arEval products. Ss7.sfs.oSi.
Cotton manufactures Establishment
i,Nf. capital. slG- 80 isz; eraplcyss, Nn.se
wages SIS sse H.. eess 81 raw material
si7sSsi .Es1. sEnnai pfeduets. s@5,.iEssis.
Flour aua grlst uliils-eh hs4 Ia abilshrne riT, y
rs: oapisal. gg1.ss<.iss. snSsosss. x3.sI
wAkse. 81. .sos tls: eges OF raw mateTtal
ssTx So "a; srEnai products, - ~ ~
Gas illuminating bre heAtinx-- EzsHSlssl
snsnts. III: capital. 81 .10s. frpieyt
. O. 90. wsxsz. 81. gss. g@x. co8s 6E raw MAJ
sizIs. tsr,et sssi annual prodaeiS Sad
, sss
Observation-Disclosures ssS; capital, .
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