The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-11-12
CENSUS RETURNS
ARE NOW COMPLETE
Interesting Conditions Shown in
Manufacturing
FOUR GENERAL CLASSES
Capital Invested in 1906 Was $685.
265,673 - Increase in Five
Years of About One
Third.
FOUR GENERAL CLASSES
BY r. H. WATKINS,

! Washing ton. November 10.-Crhe conn
! pleted census returns on the condition of
the manufacturing industry in the United
States show some interesting relations
! between the capital invested, production
and labor employed. The states and ter
ritories may he sub-divided into four gen.
eral classes as to the amount of capital
invested, and as rule the same sub
| divisions hold good with respect to pro-
duction, wages and wage-earners.
The capital invested in manufacturing
in all the states and territories in 1906
was ST., 6S6. 265,673, and in 1900 the capital
invested aggregated $s,97s,S252o0, an in
crease of approximately one-third
/ In the first subdivision mentioned
above, which embraces the ten leading
manufacturing states, New York oecu-
pies first place, with capital aggregating
81 931, I59. 515. The other nine states in this
class and the capital invested are as fol-
lows: Pennsylvania 81, 1896, s36.9SS Illinois,
| 1915, Si4, 799 Massachusetts, 50 ,,94SSS7;
Ohio, $s5G,9Ss, $50; New Jersey, s15,O6O, ia;
Wisconsin, sl12 617.151; Missouri, s379.Ss.-
s27; Connecticut, 1873 2S3, $50, and Michi-
gan, 1881 .S9i i02.
The only change in position as COM
pared with the capital invested in 1900
are as follows: Illinois, which moved up
TO third place from fourth; Massachu-
sets which moved back from third to
fourth; Wisconsin, which moved up from
eighth TO SEVENTH Missouri, which moved
up from tenth to eighth; Connecticut,
which yielded seventh place to Wiscon-
sin and took ninth place. Michigan gave
up ninth place and takes tenth. Pennsyl-
vania shows the greatest gain in capital
over 1900 with gain of approximately
1916, 100000. New York comes second with
IA gain of approximately s50l 100000. The
approximate gains of the other states of
the first class are as follows: Ohio, $780,.
100000; New Jersey, $26S 100000; Illinois,
$243, 900, coo; Massachusetts. $1S4000,0 600; Mis-
souri,, $15G 00O,000; Connecticut goes down
| to twelfth place in the gain in capital
with approximately $4,000,000, while Mich
| gan gets down to eleventh place with
| $91, 900 900.
In Second Group.
Indiana leads the second group with
| capital invested aggregating $312, ,23i.
| The other states of this group are as
| follows: California, $2S2 ,6iI POL Rhode
| Island, $2l5,9Ol.375; Maryland sol S77. 96G;
| Minnesota, $1Si9OS,271; Louisiana, $l5o,slo =
6cS; Virginia, sl47,9s9 1872; Kentucky, $17,-
2s2, AIS Maine. s1i3, 7o7, 1870, and North Caro-
! lima, $l4l, 0O0,639
The changes that took place in the rel
alive rank of this class of states during
the five years between 1900 and 1905 are
as follows: California moved up from
thirteenth to twelfth place; Rhode Island
changed places with California; Louisiana
| n al
| place, while Maine moved back from six
teenth to nineteenth place; Virginia adj
Vanced from eighteenth place to seven
tenth, while Kentucky jumped from
twentieth to eighteenth. North Carolina
moved up from twenty-third to twentieth
place
California ranks tenth in point of gain
in the five years. with gains approximate
| ing S107 100000. The other states of this
| group show approximate gains as fol-
lows: Indiana, $93,000,000; North Carolina,
$l4,00000: Kentucky, s6O.O0o,0O0; Virginia.
| $50. 100000; Maryland, $5-,ygJ; Rhode Island
goes way back and sits down in the TWEEN
ty-seventh place, with gain of $3S 900, 900
Louisiana is in twenty-second place with
approximately a gain of $50 00,0O0 Maine
goes Little Rhody" one better and goes
back To twenty eighth place.
The Third Group.
In the third group Georgia stands first
with capital in 1905 amounting to $195.2l1.
sol: the other states of the group show
capital AS follows: Texas. $ll5.6GiS1l;
South Carolina, sll3, ,22l; Iowa, Sill ,421,-
100; New Hampshire, 500 1902; Colorado
Sl07 G63. 800; Alabama. $l05,3S2,S59 Tonnes
see, $lo2, i59, isi; Washington s96,95262l
| Kansas. SSS. $50 III,
The changes of rank in the iiVe-year pc
Rod fer the third group of states are as
follows Georgia moved up from twentieth
second to twenty-frst place; Texas adj
vances from twenty-fifth to twentieth
place: South Carolina moves up from the
| twenty-seventh to the twenty-third place;
Iowa goes back from twenty-flrst to the
| twenty fourth place. New Hampshire
shows the effect of the fast development
| of the south at the expense of New Eng
land by going back from nineteenth tc
twenty-hfth place: Colorado advances
from thrtieth 10 twenty-sixth place; Ala
| bama advances from twenty-eighth &c
twenty-seventh place: Tennessee recedes
from twenty-sixth to twenty-eighth place;
| Washington advances from thirty-third
| to twenty ninth place, while Kansas steps
back from twenty-ninth to thirtieth place
Georgia ranks fifteenth among the states
in point of gain in capital in the tive-year
period, with an approximate gain of S56.-
100000; Texas ranks twentieth, with a
gain of approximately $4,000 COO; South
| Carolina ranks twenly-second with a gain
of $51 000,0 900. Iowa ranks thirtN-first with
a gain of $260O0.O00 New Hampshire
ranks about thirty-fifth, with n gain Of
$l7.O00000. Colorado ranks twenty-thlrd
with gain of S49,000v,v. Alabama gets
twenty-fourth place. with gain of Si5.-
0OO.O00 Tennessee ranks twenty-sixtn
showing a gain of s39 000. 900; Washinst on
is eighteenth. with a gain of s55000.O0o
Kansas gets thirtieth place with gain OF
$27. 600.
In the fourth group may be embraced
| the remaining states. OF these Florida has
$50 900 600 invested in manufacturing enter
prises: Arkansas. Sl6,0G0oao. Utah, $4,000,
900: Vermont, ST.. 100000: Delaware, $4,000.
OU: Oregon. Sii.oo0000; District of Column
bia. S99,0O0000 Montana. $52.0o00oo, ana
Nebraska. $S0,00a.0to.
AS to Gross Output.
| In the matter Of the gross output of the
factories tf the cnite, States. which in
cludes customs repairing. il has increased
from $llIli III 122 in l@D To Sli.S02. III, USl
| in 1906 Ii will be seen from this that the
| capital Invested has increased in Just
about the ratio that the value of the gross
| OUTPUT has increased. 1t is also noticed
| that there has been a constant tendency
among all to capitalize their business
al a higher rate with respect to the earn
ing capacity in 1915 than in 1900.
New York ranks first in the value OF
products w.hich is placed for 1905 at s.
1855. 345519, a gain of approximately S6l7,-
Ct1.On. Pennsylvania shows gross earnings
amounting to Si,955,o5l 1872, a gain of APP
proximately S306.o00oM. Illinois shows
earnings amounting TO Si410,Si2,120 a sair
of Approximately S290,C0o,so over 1900 Mas
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