The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-08

IMPLEMENTS
CENSUS BULLETIN NO. rs SHOWS
VALUE lie MILLIONS WITH
HEALTHY INCREASE.
ILLINOIS HEADS LIST
Win Products Valued Over Thirty.
eight MIllons-~United States
Leads the World in
This Line.

This Line.
The Bureau Of the Census has is
sued Bulletin r. Agricultural Imple
nients, containing, for the year 1905
statistics for the manufacture Of i'm
I nlements used fer tilling the soil. SOW
ing or planting the seed, harvesting
land preparing the crop for the mar
Eket The industry, associated as il
( Is with the progress in farming
methods has exercised a farreachiag
influence upon the country's economic
conditions. The advance from the
simply constructed implements of
former years to the complex machines
At the present time has been accom-
panied hy an inevitable Increase III
capital Ia value of products the Ia
crease In the last twenty-five years
has been moderate but steady. The
following figures show the general
items 10 be considered in making a
study Of the industry and the I'M
crease or decrease since 1900; Mum
her OF establishments, GAS, decrease
o. "a per cent; capital sl9G7l0,7o0
IAN Increase Of 24.S per cent; numbei
al salafied officials, clerks etc. 7l9t
4 decrease Of 3S.S per cent, salaries
$1572G4 a decrease Of % per cent
average number CT wage-earHers. q
s94. an increase Of II per cent; tota'
wages. s250o2. $50, an increase Of ILL
rer cent; miscellaneous expenses
S15.17S09S. an increase OF 38.2 per
cent: cost of materials used. $fS2S1,-
iGG. an increase Of 90 per cent value
cf products, sIt2.0o734l, an increase
OF 1911 per cent.
States Prominent.
The area of greatest production
falls in the North Central and North
Atlantic divisions Of states Eoth in
1900 and 1905 the predominance Of
the North Central is very marked. In
1906. sac per cent OF all establish
ments were til this division SOC per
cent Of the total capital, and 1871 per
cent of the total value Of products In
1890 the proportional number Of es
was the same AMI the
percentages OF the total capital and
value OF products were respectively
1871 and sol per cent Ranked in til
order OF the, value Of products. the
leading states are Illinois. $3S 4l2,
452: New York, sl3,045,S9i Ohio
ST. 1871 1877; Wisconsin, s10076,760;
Michigan, $S.7l9,7la: and Indiana SIS
D60.575. The 8 first states have held
highest place since 1860, and in 1895
contributed 575 per cent to the total
value of products, Illinois alone con
.ributing 34.3 per cent. Among the
states, Georgia has become
! producing center California hold: |
the same position among the westari
states.
New centers OF the manufacture
have appeared since 1900 in Iowa |
k ansas. Minnesota, and Tennessee |
/ he greatest advance has been +
Kansas. where in the five year perio |
he value of products increased NOR |
han twentyfold In Iowa the gain in |
,alue Of products was 7S.4 per cent
n Minnesota. CSC per cent; and II
tennessee. G5.9 per cent
Sixtynine cities. all but one Of
shlch had population in 1900 OF 20
100 or over. contributed 500 per cent
If the total value Of products. The
,emarkable consolidation that has
leen in progress. however, makes 1
to give the statistics OF the
manufacture in some OF the cities of
production without disclos
ne individual operations. For Chi
ago. for instance, the first city IN
'ank. no separate data can be given
OF the census of 1905
Exports.
The United States leads the world
p the expectation Of agricultural I'M
dement's. with the United Kingdom
IS its principal competitor In the
fifteen years ending 1905 the exten
ion OF trade to foreign countries has
,een remarkable. The value Of ex-
,crts during the fiscal year 1898
ormed 1875 per cent Of the tota'
-alue of the products of the censrs
ear 1905 aud 1873 per cent in 1902
whereas in 1900 the proportion was
lnIy ~ per cent. Russia and Argen-
ina. the two great wheat producing
were in 1905 the leading
Importers OF American agricultural
machinery. Russia received 1S6 per