Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-08
Products and Wages Greater.

Products and Wages Greater.
The reports of the twelfth census show
that, exclusive OF eighty-five establishments
conducted by the federal government, there
were in the District of Columbia 2,669
adjustments, with 1921 wage-earners,
and products valued at ST., $50, oS7. OF these
establishments. 49l-employing 6155 wage
earners and manufacturing products valued
at $40. 426, 4tS-are comparable with the class
of establishments included in the census of
1908, when the number of establishments
reported was 49, the number of wage
earners $3.50 and the value of products
S1S.359, 1853
ments is due very largely to the difficulty
of making q satisfactory segregation of the
figures for the census of 1900, so as to In
clude only the statistics of the class of
establishments that are comparable with
those reported in 1905 With the exception
of the number of establishments and the
number of women Wage-earners, the Nari-
Gus totals have increased. Since 1900 the
total average number of wage-earners has
increased ia. or % per cent, and the total
amount paid in wages has increased $685.
464. or 81 per cent 1t is noticeable that
while the number of women wlge-earnerS
decreased Ill, or 15.4 per cent the total
wages paid them increased ss154. or As
per cent
There were POS establishments, or con-
sderably more than one-half of the total
number, operated under individual owner
ship, but as a rule they were comparative
ly small, giving employment to only about
one-third of the wage-earners and report
ing products valued at less than one-fourth
of the total value. While only ntnety-one
establishments were owned by incorporated
companies, they gave employment to more
than one-half of the wage-earners and the
value of their products formed $50 per cent
of the total. OF the sixteen eSta bliShmentS
for which the character of ownership is
classed as miscellaneous. fourteen were
fnJf a
labor organizations and religious, fraternal
and educational associations.
Average Value of Products.
The average value of product of all es-
Establishments reporting, as found by divid-
ing the total value by the total number of
establishments, was $4,000. There were
ia establishments with value of products
from $4,000 to 100000, which renders it
impracticable to determine whether their
products were over or under this avera ge
but of the remainder 331 establishments
had products valued at less than the aver
age and there We're 81 with products of
grea ter value. The 331 establishments be-
low the average formed 6S.1 per cent of
the total number in the District, but in
value their products were only 119 per
cent of the total; while the value of the
products of the 81 establishments consti-
tuting only II per cent of the total num-
Der for the District formed CO. per cent
of the total
'"The 81 establishments reporting an an
nual product of 100000 and over gave
ployment to $500 Wage-earners, or 1913
per cent of the total, and their products
were S11, ABB 3O1, or CO. per cent of the
total
There were &c., or 332 per cent. of the
establishments of which a product of less
than 5000 was reported. They employed
229. or 36 per cent. of the wage-earners,
and the value of their products was only
1856, 1854, 81 per cent of the total value
of products for the District.
1.-The horsepower reported In 1900 In
cludes that for the so-called hand trades
which were excluded from the census Of
1906 but the effect upon the comparison
is Slight
Increase in Horsepower
1.-THE establishments reporting power in
1905 numbered 256 and had total of L, OBJ
horsepower; in 1900 there were 1913 estab-
lshments. with a total of 1O503 horse
power. The increase in horsepower was
ISIS, or "a per cent OF the total horse
power in 1905 that generated by steam
constituted 1o,1s0, or 1872 per cent; In 1900
it amounted to $500, or s2.2 per cent Eiec-
trical horsepower owned and rented was
second in 1905. amounting to 1,761 or 1875
per cent; in 1900 it constituted 3.3 per cent
of the total. The 40 horsepower reported
for water wheels in 1905 ranked third, with
"a per cent OF the total, and that for gas
or gasoline engines was fourth, with 81
horsepower, or "a per cent. For other
power owned a total of 81 horsepower is
shown. The rented horsepower included,
besides electrical horsepower of Other
kind These SO horsepower constituted
hve-tenths of / per cent of the total for
the District.