The Jersey City news., 1906-02-03
OUR COSTLY CL. \ /
New Jersey Has $40, 05p
9l4 Invested In It's Hs
terry Industries Says I
Bureau Of Statistics
WAGE EARNINGS 60 DOW
ANNUAL OUTPUT IS WORT
NEARLY $4,000, STEAM ST
PERsEDED BY ELECTRICITY.

PERsEDED BY ELECTRICITY.
New Jersey has s19,056,s14 invest
in its clay manufacturing industries. &C
cording to the annual report of the state
bureau Of statistics, which has just been
issued White the report is for the state
fiscal year ending October 81. 1905. the
statistics given cover the year 1904
The document shows that the value o1
the goods manufactured during the year
aggregated S11, ,9e2. .975. while the total
sum paid to the 10.50s employees was
$5,595,59O. The total value of the raw
materials used in the manufactures was
So. .702. OH.
Taking up the brick and terra Gotta
industry first, the report shows there are
30 establishments in the state. The total
capital invested in 1904 was S1O05S, gro
and in 190o Ss,526. 500, showing an in-
crease of 1881, $50. But the report
points out that the statistics for 1904
were gathered according to a new plan,
in some particulars, in order that they
might conform to the United States sta
tistieal reports. The increase shown in
capital, therefore, is not so much real
increase as a more thorough covering Of
that item under the new plan.
In the matter of raw material used
g lie year. a decrease of $617. .749,
or 2S.S per cent. is shown. The amount
II I504 was S1,527 $40 aid in 1868
81, ,145, $50. A decrease is also shown in
the value of the goods made. In 1906
the total output of the 55 co~Ae~~
valued at $6,330,099, while in 1904 it
dropped to S0,soa, 1sS. genss 49,
$500, 0,311, or 81 per cent.
The average number of persons emf
ployed in this industry was s., $50. Tho
average number per establishment iu
1903 was 81, and the average number
employed in each establishment IN 1901
was 101. showing an increase Of Ill
per cent. The aggregate amount paid in
wages for the year was 81, ,291 1852. The
average yearly earnings per employee lal-
so shows a decrease. amounting to $54.-
40, or n per cent. In 1904 this item
was S411.54, and in 1905 it was $446.03
Following the government plan again,
the report this year goes into detail as
to salaried employees, separating them
from the wage earners. In the brick and
terra Gotta industry there were 31T sala-
lQd lao1n o1a..
year aggregated 1899, ,S12 The total SUN
expended. therefore. by the % plants for
raw material wages and salaries during
1904 was 81, 1S9, ,3O4.
One interesting feature of the report is
that giving the kind of power used For
Instance, it is shown that in the IS brick
and terra Gotta works, 30 electrical mo-
tors were used having a horse power of
1888. Indicating growth in the use Of
electricity in this form of manufactur-
ing. The number of steam engines re-
ported is 80, with total of 10, LOG horse
power.
Outlining the pottery industry as given
in the report, the facts to be given fol-
low: The number of separate potteries
is 81. and the increase in capital for
1904 over 1903 is $1,304, ,607, with the
same conditions applying as already
given for the other industry. The ag-
gregate capital in 1903 was $7,250, ,152.
ana IN 19U4 &S,O04, 100.
A decrease is shown in the value OF
the raw material used, and while there
is an increase in the value of the total
manufactured output for the year. it is
less than l per cent. In 1903 $1.543,-
lat worth of stock was used, and in
1904 the amount fell to 81 1894, 169. This
was a decrease of $14S, ,9IS or 90 per
cent. The exact increase in the value
of the manufactured pottery goods was
but $1O,625. or OIL per cent. In 1904
the 81 potteries turned out goods to the
value of $5,521, $40. and in 1903 the
amount made was $5.510,715.
The average number of persons e1n-
ployeed per pottery in 1903 was 116, and
in 1904 but 102, a decrease of 12.1 per
cent. The 81 potteries in 1904 paid
to the 3,777 workmen total wage sof
$2,274.947. The average wages earned
by each potter was Is per cent less than
in 1908. In 1908 each potter earned an
average of $611.41 for the year. while
in 1904 the average was but $602.32 or
900 less.
In the item of salaried employees the
report for the potteries shows 2a1 who
were paid an aggregate yearly salary Of
$402. IT'S. These figures show that the
total cost of the potteries for raw mater
ials, wages and salaries was $4,071, ,S91.
In the way of power, one pottery got
along with water wheel of 124 horse
power, % electric motors We're in use.
developing 1876 horsepower, and 3.O2S
horsepower was furnished by 4S steam
engines.
In the brick and terra Gotta industry
the % concerns We're busy an average Of
24017 days during the year, aud the
employees made an average of STAT
hours per week. Each potter made an
average of 55.02 hours per week. and
the 81 potterieS kept in operation an
average of 3O1. go days of the year.
Six art tile works are listed in this
report three of which are in this city.
They make this showing: Total capital.
$443, ,4S5; cost of raw materials. $780,
232: total value Of goods manufactured.
$661, ,S4I: total employees, 527: total
wages S225, CPS; salaried employees, q:
total salaries. $30,566; average amount
earned by wage earners for year.
$42S. 10.
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