Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-12

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"The latest figures received frol
the Bureau of Commerce and Labo
at Washington only go to confirm II
suits indicated by previous figure
proving the unprecedented prosperit
of the state of New Jersey, includin
the twelve months just ended, SAT-
the head Of one of the largest manu-
featuring enterprises in Newark. IN
report of the Department OF Com
merce and Labor is of sotrrse pase'
upon the statistics furnished by w. Y
| Garrison, chief of the New Jersey bu
reau of Labor. The principal Item II
this report shows that tine average
yearly earnings of wage earnerS EN-
ployed in all industries in the stat'
exceeds the average earnings OF las
year by three per cent. In roune
figures the total average earnings
were $3.50 per capita, an increase oi
SIS over the amount earned last year
The greatest increase Is shown to De
in the northern section OF me state
where interests are grouped in great
numbers along the lines of the steam
railroads and throughout the entire
trolley belt. The average number OF
persons employed during the last
year in this section is shown 70 be
.239,113, of within ~ per cent. were
men and the remaining 2S per cent.
women and children under sixteen
years of age.
"Coincident with this fact is the
additional and equally important fact
tnat the hours of work for the indl-
vidual wage Garner have decreased
during the year, the greater number
now working only ten hours, as
against eleven or twelve hours pei
day in previous years. An hea of the
distribution of the working hours
among employees may be obtained
from the published table which
shows that 1865 men employed in
the production of pig iron worked
twelve hours per day; 2,287 men en-
ployed in the several different in.
dustries requiring less Drawn ano
more skill worked IN average OF
nearly eleven hours per day, and the
great body of skilled laborers num-
boring 45,456 worked ten hours q
day. This means that for one mar
who works twelve hours q day in the
state two worked eleven hours ant
forty-two worked ten hours.
These facts tend to prove what
has long been the contention of the
employers in the state Of New Jer-
sey that the high class of labor de-
manded by our industries tend to i'm
prove and better all of our communi-
ties to a greater extent perhaps thar
any other single feature of ouT in
dustrial condition. New Jersey EN-
ploys more skilled labor and a high
er class of skilled labor per factor.
than any other state excepting per
haps Massachusetts,. The differenc,
between the two states is so Sigh
as to practically place them on al
equal footing. OF the new homes
created in the state in the last five
years, 80 per cent. have been erected
for high class and intelligent skilled
labor. The industrial facilities o
the state have been taxed to the ut
most to keep pace with the require
ments of new residents coming Il
New Jersey and the increased demand
for school facilities, homes and trans
portation. With nearly 500 miles o
trol1av rOadc DopofrotinO almost nv
cry section of the five northern coun
ties of the state and a greater mileag,
of steam roads per square mile thar
any other state in the Union, in splt'
OF the many demands upon her, New
Jersey has already accomplished NOR,
per annum than any rival state"
Mr.. Garrison's report shows in ad
dition to the above facts that of tn,
2,01S manufacturing establishment
with which his report deals, sixty PEI
cent. are under corporate manage
ment and the remaining forty pc
cent. being controlled by prl,at
firms Or individual wner Tn
mills operated by corporations beinI
much larger than those operated b.
| private families or individuals, tn
majority of the operatives enjoying
the advance of wages mentionet
above are employed by the corpora
tons which r rapidly building IL
the state. The capital invested in in
dustries ownde by corporations /
shown to be 1921, 100000. The wag
earners enpoying the advance il