Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-03-30
ALL AROUND VERMONT
Vermont Leads New England in
Industrial Progress
Manufactured Products Show. an In
crease Of 2a.5 Per Cent In Five Years
Large Increase In Wage Earning.


crease Of 22.5 Per Cent In Five Years
Large Increase In Wage Earning.
The special census of manufactures
taken in 1905 shows an increase in manu-
featured products in Vermont in five years
of 22.5 per cent. In Rhode Island, purely
a manufacturing state, the Increase was
221 per cent, in New Hampshire 1876,
Connecticut III, and i'm the city of Bos-
ton 1873 The statistics for Massachusetts,
are not available. but it is believed that
Vermont leads all of the New England
states In the percentage of increase, and
1t outranixs such states as Maryland,
Indiana, Iowa and Nebraska. The fol-
lowing Is general summary for Vermont:
Number Of establishments-1000, 1888;
1906, 1853; per cent. of decrease, 1878.
Capital invested-19OO $42, 499, $40; 1905,
$62, $685. 41; per cent. of increase, 47.4.
Salaried officials, clerks, Cucumber
employed, 1900, 1895; 1905, 2053; per cent
of increase, 21.1; salaries paid, 1900, ST.
61O,514; 1905, $2,102, 70S; per cent. of in
crease, 30.6.
Wage earners-Average number, 1900
2S,179; 1906 3S,116; per cent. of increase
IFS; wages paid 1900, $11 426,54S; 1906
$15,221,O59; per cent. Of increase, 1872.
Cost of materials used-19O0, $26 1877, -
1905, 4,92S, 1866; per cent. Of increase, 42.9.
Cost of materials used-1900, S26, 327
1872.
Value of Products-19OO, $51,515. 22S;
1905, $63,OSS,611; per cent of increase,
22.5
1t is interesting to note that while the
number of wage earners in Vermont in
creased but IT'S per cent. from 1900 to
1905, the amount of wages paid increased
1872 per cent. From the totals given 1t
ds computed that in 1900 the average
of every wage Garner in the manufactur-
ing industries in Vermont was $405. so,
while in 1905 the average had increased to
S459.63.
The summary designates as the four
leading industries of Vermont the follow
ing: Cheese, butter, and condensed milk
lumber; marble and stone work. wooden
goods. These comprise nearly one-half of
the value of the entire manufactured pro-
duct of the state, or, to be exact $780,
024,361, out of the total S63, Os3 Gil
as given by the census report. Fol-
lowing are the figures for these four in
dustries with comparisons for the years
1900 and 1905.
Marble and Stone Work
The number of establishments was
1900 281; 1905, 229. The capital invested
was-190O, 1886, 887; 1905, s14, 467, 1885, The
salaried officials numbered-1900, 211; 1905,
1884; salaries, 1900, $201, 1884, 1905, 412,970.
The wage. earners numbered-190C 46S;
1905, S,O97; wages, 1900. $2.650117; 1905,
$4.455,0 15. The miscellaneous expenses
were-19OO $446,76 1905, $500, iO3. The
cost of materials used was-1900, $1,S12,-
982; 1905, $2,010,2S5. The value of pro-
ducts was-19O0, Sc, $3.50. Ala; 1905, 81, $50, 436.
Lumber.
The number of establishments was
1900 SAB; 1905, 469. The capital invested
was 1900, $7,052,313; 1905, $7,505, AIS. The
salaried officials numbered--1900 143; 1905
14s; salaries, 1900, $1Os, 1885, 19O5s s1S7, $50.
The wage earners numbered-1900, 6,126;
1905, 5.304; wages, 1900, 1890. 1852; 1905,
$2,239,277. The miscellaneous expenses
were-190O $525,s21; 1905, $925,S65. The
cost of materials used was-1900, $4,425,-
976; 1905, $4,359.66 The value of products
was-1900, $3.50 191; 1905, $S,96S,55S
Cheese, Butter and Condensed MIX.
The number of establishments was
1900, 255; 1905, 221. The capital invested
was-19OO, $1,222, 1872; 1905. s1.21s, 2S7. The
salaried officials numbered-1900, 1877; 1905
1877; salaries, 1900 1854; 1905, 1874, 243
The wage-earners numbered-190O, 500;
1905, 472; wages 1900, 1926, 377 1905, $248,
565. The miscellaneous expenses were
1900, $66992; 1905, $11O.7O7. The cost OF
materials used was-1900, 1885, 2S9; 1905
$6132,167. The value Of products was
1900, s5,656,265; 1905, $6,7S6.962.
Wooden Goods.
The number of establishments was
1900. 90; 1905, II. The capital invested
was-1900 $3,0O1 BAT; 1905, $5.659,649. The
salarted officials numbered-1900, 81; 1905
9S; salaries-190O, $7O,9O5; 1905, $132, 600
The wage-earners numbered-19OO, 1,4s4
1905, 2,235, wages, 1900, $577,249; 1905
$922,S25. The miscellaneous expenses were
1900, $9S,541 1905, $188,379 The cost
of materials used was-19OO, 1854, 525
1906, 81, 794, Ill. The value of products wa
1900, SASH GAG; 1905. 1888, 4O5