Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-12
MANUFACTURES In NEBR ASIA
Number of Plants Increases Over Seven
Per Cent in 1904.
CAPITAL OVER rwtNTY-oNt PER CENT
Nineteen per cent Growth I'm PrOduc-
tIon, and Amount of Wages Psid
Goes Up Nearly Twenty
Five Per Cent.

Various interesting and valuable statistics
about the manufactures of Nebraska for
the year ending December 81. 1904. are
given in Bulletin y. just issued by the De-
partment OF Commerce and Labor. and
compiled by the Bureau OF the Census. In
transmitting the report to Secretary Met
calf Director S. y. d. North says:
The census of the manufactures of Ne
braska was taken in conformity with the
requirements of the act of congress of
March 9. 1902. This is the first census in
which the canvass has been confined to
manufacturing establishments conducted
under what is known as the factory system,
thus excluding the neighborhood industries
and hand trades. The statistics for these
mechanical trades have been confusing
element In the census OF manufactures,
and their omission confines the data TO a
presentation of the magnitude and growth
OF the true manufacturing industries OF
for 1900, IL was therefore necessary to re-
wise the published report of the twelfth
census, and, IN comparing the results or
the present with the former censuSes, the
different bases should be held in mind.
Manufa ctories in Nebraska.
The number of manufacturing establish
ments in Nebraska increased from 1885 to
1873. 7.3 per cent or 12i new ones. The
total capital invested in 1905 was $50. 235, $40.
against s65, sO6,O52 for 1900. an increase OF
Fifso-''-Jc' VI -ls' pei ttil it NbiuS VI
the products rose from $50. SO2. 453 to 1884,
9lS.22O for the year 1904, advance Of
24,615, 767. or 1873 per cent. Following this
expansion in capital and production, the
number OF wage earners a. the beginning
of 1905 was 20, 800, as opposed to 1859 five
years before. an increase of 1881. or SO
per cent. At the same time the wages
paid advanced 24.7 per cent in the aggre-
gate, or in the sum of s2,179 100: the figures
for 1904 being s1l,022,149, against ss,s42,42s
for 1900
The number of children under is years
employed decreased by almost half. there
being but 800 at the close of 1904 earning
annually sao,9lo against 73s, earning sl37. 343,
five years prior. a decrease of ASS and 3S.s
per cent respectively, this showing being
one that must he pleasing to we'll wishers
for humanity on the other hand, the per-
centage OF increase of female labor in fac
tories was much larger than that of men,
there being S33 more women employed, and
only 1904 additional men. In 1900 the women
numbered LOO and the men 1927, but in
1905 the females had increased to 2,542 and
the men to 1921
The larger number of women was paid for
the year SSS,545. against s435.SSO five years
before. Men earned NO1i2.694. against ss-
969. 2O6
Children i'm the Factories.
OF the children employed in factory labor
220 were in the three cities of the state hav-
ing population of more than 5000 and only
III in the rural communities. Likewise in
the cities 1945 women were employed to 5S7
| in the country. But with the men only TO-
1885, gained their livelihood in the cities.
while $685. earned 1t in the smaller places.
The report shows that the small number
| of 42s establishments in the cities had $51,
! SS7.992 invested to the S20,692 14s in 1882 es-
! Establishments in the rural districts. The
! value of production was s126.641, sol urban,
against S2S,261l9 rural, yet the latter
| showed gain of Al per cent and the for
mer but 14.S per cent
| Salaried officers and clerks increased from
2,296 to 1912, or 80 per cent and their
salaries advanced from s21O7, 251 to s3,074, 911
| a gain of s5.9 per cent. The cost of ma
| terials used increased from $95 925,17S to 1924
| 051 ,62S, or z93 per cent and miscellaneous
expense from $6.16s 761 to S. 490 $780, or 81 6 per
| cent. Figuring up the total expenses as
| given and deducting it from the total value
of products, including custom work and re-
| pairing, Nebraska manufacturers are found
to have made something like SC, 265 045 on
! their $50, $40 investment, the expenses in
GLIDING per cent interest on the capital.
Number of Wage Farmers.
| The report says:
The reports of the twelfth census show
| 5,il4 establishments in Nebraska. with "a 46l
[ Wagp-earnprS and prOdnctS yaluad at S1A2 :