The Washington times., 1902-08-31
More Than 900 Active
Establishments in the
United States.
LARGE INCREASE SINCE 1870
Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Illinois Fal- in
the Lead in All Branches of the Work
keystone State Heads Ali 0theI S
Some Comparative Figures.

/ There is an actual capital OF $500, $780,
iS4 invested in the iron and steel indus
try OF the United States, according 10 a
census report issued yesterday.
This capital is divided between $50
active establishment. The value OF the
products during the year 1900 is RETURN
ed as sSO4 034 .91S, to produce which in
volved an outlay of SlI.7i1.7SS for sa la
ries of officials, clerks. etc. s12o ,s36. 1888
for wages, s32 PA 100 for miscellaneous
expenses. and s522. .i3l. .7O1 for materials
used.
The number of establishments in the
industry has decreased from SOS active
and idle in 1870 to 569 active in 1900, but
the capital invested has increased from
N2I. I.772.O74 to $500. .53O,iS in 1900. and
nj nber OF wage earners from II, ,555 to
222 ,i97, and wages paid from $40.
TO S12O. ,33S, the cost OF materif Is
222, ,4o7. and wages paid from $40. 81. & 81
used from sl35.526l32 to S522 .43l, ,7Cl. and
the value Of products from s2O7 POS .f96
the tonnage OF pig iron, steel casting 5,
rolled products. hammered blooms. etc,
increased from 3,263,5S5 gross tons IN
1870. to 29,5O7 $50 in 1900
Pennsylvania, Ohio. and Illinois were
far in the lead of all other States in
1900 and 1850 in the amount of capital
invested. in the number OF wage earnasrs
employed. in the amount paid for wa Ze 5,
in the amount expended for materials,
and in the value of products made.
Contribution Of Pennsylvania
or the total capital reported for NJ
tive establishments in 1900 Pennsylvania
contributed 1921 ,ss5. .G59. or considerably
over one-half, as compared with 822G.-
2a4, ,4O7 in 1890 and SlO2 ,s56. .223 in 1850
The average number of wage earners
employed in the whole country in 1890
was 222 SOY. who were paid wag 5
amounting to $l20, s36, ,33S. OF these to-
tails Pennsylvania gave work 70 l10,Sj4
wage earners. almost half the total
reported. paying them S6l sos iO5, or
over half the wages paid in this IA
dustry.
OF the total cost OF all materials used
in the industry, Pennsylvania con-
tributed S2S3 l42 7S5, or considerably /
more than all the other States OF the |
Union.
Ohio Ranked Second.
Ohio ranked second in the value of
output. reporting sS6.477,552, compared
with $37, ,6i2, ,sS7 in 1890, and S22. .S07 .J5o6 /
in 1850, The increase in capital invest /
ed between 1890 and 1900 was $4S. .S3i G55. |
in ,,.yJ aCg
Illinois. which is third in importance, |
had in 1890 s43, ,S55. 239 Of capital in
vested in the Industry, as compared VI III |
$@i.6s9.@I9 in 1890 and s.. .79j, ,G2G in 1870. |
New Jersey was fourth In the industry
Indiana fifth. Alabama sixth, West Vfr- !
ginia seventh. New York eighth. MasszL- /
chusetts ninth. Wisconsin tenth. May +
land eleventh. Virginia twelfth. Ken
lucky thirteenth, Michigan fourtcenp b.
and Tennessee fifteenth. All OF these
States in 1900 reported a produc, ex-
coeding 100000. but less than So
0o0,60J while meme of the other stag es
produced more than Sj.O00,OO0
With the exception OF California.
Georgia. and New York. all Of the Sti.t es
OF the Union increased the value of
their output between the years 1890 and
1900 In California the decrease WIS
marked. the value declining from s.
097.l55 l.; 1880 to 5000. .Sji in 1900 ard
since tn, close Of The census year has
siill further declined. Ia Georgia r4o
decrease was from s59l .5as to Sal. ~.
New York shows a heavy decrease IN tnp
value OF iron and steel products-H1
99o 1S; between 1890 and 1900. and as
800. Cos between 1850 and 1880
Increasing Consumptive Powers.
The eycr-increasing consumptive DOW
crs of the United States for iron and
steel and The phenomenal Irowth of
the Industry as a whole during the la.st
thirty years, says the report. are most
shown by comparing the pra-
ducrion of 1900 with that of 1870. in
he formo~ year The production Of iron
and steel amounted to %. .5G7. $50 gro.s
tons, while in The latter year il
amounted 10 only 3,262, ,5s5 tons. an in
crease Of 26.2ii.275 tons. or S0i.2 per!
cent. Consistent, however, with this
growth Of the industry.
here was a sun more wonderful do
crease in the cost to consumer OF al
IRON and steel products The instgIla,