The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-09-23
OHIO IS LEADING STATE
one-eighth Of Total Manufacture OF
Carriages and Wagons Turned
Out From Buckeye State.

ih'S' Teports were prepared under
the supervision OF MIR. William NJ
Stcuart. chief statistician for manu-
iacturers. and present statistics re-.
lhting to 1856 establishments max.
ing carriages and wagons as report
ed at the census OF 1905.
4 capital of sl26,32O,6Oi was in
vested and 5.O5S salaried officials
and clerks and 6O,722 wage-earners
were employed In the manufacture OF
carriages and wagons, including all
the various kinds OF vehicles propcll.
ed by animal power for land trans.
portation. The expenses of the in.
dustry included s5,239,Oi3 for salar.
les. s30,S7S,229 for wages. and SOL,
2l5,22S for materials. The value OF
the products was s125.332.97G
Between the censuses of 1900 and
1905 this industry increased substan-
TALLY in every item except number
of establishments. 1t is interesting
to note that the rates Of increase for
wages and salaries were greater
than the corresponding rates for the
number of wage-earners and salar.
led employees
Ohio was the leading state In the
manufacture OF carriages and wagons
having products valued at sl6,O96,l25
or over one-eighth OF the total value.
Indiana ranked next, with a value
of sl5.22S.337; New York was third.
with sl2,573,14s; and Michigan
fourth. with sl2,1Ol,17O. Illinois,
Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Mis-
souri, were the only other states re.
porting a production of over $1,000,
900. The greatest increase in the
value OF products between the cen
suses of 1900 and 1905 is shown for
Indiana, the gain being $2,567, ,l20
Four other states-lllinois. North
Carolina. Kentucky and Missouri
had an Increase of over 81 900, 900
each.
Each of eight citits reported pro.
ducts valued at from s2,OOO,OO0 to
over s6.O00000. These cities were
Cincinnati. Ohio; St Louis. Mo;
South Bend, Ind; Columbus, Ohio,
| and Indianapolis, Ind. and the ag.
gregate value of their products was
s3I ,622,7 or 252 per cent OF the
| Ina 90 Tyr
dustry. The other cities with a pro.
! duction of over 81 100000 were Phila-
delphia, Pa; Louisville. Ky; Jack.
son, Mich; Rochester, n. Y. Kala.
mazoo. Mich; Toledo. Ohio: Water.
town, y. Y; and Detroit. Mich.
The most important of the pro
ducts were carriages. OF which 937
400, valued at 55.75O,276, wer manu-.
factured during the year. Only 30,
5ii of the carriages were two-wheel
I'd. or the 9O7,S65 four-wheeled car
rlages, 763,635 were for one or two
persons and 1920 for three OF
more persons. The output OF four
wheeled vehicles included 575,Ss(
buggies, s7.464 surreys, 6i.s55 road
wagons, 53,Sl3 runabouts. Ais driv
ing wagons. 14,073 phaetons, 9,5Sl
stanhopes, and $500 buckboards.
In the manufacture of family ant
pleasure carriages Ohio ranked first
with a production of l99,42S durin,
the year; Indiana produced 1892
and Michigan l74,Ss9 such carriages
The number of wagons reported wal
6i3,755. Among these there were
505,025 farm wagons, 60.376 deliver!
wagons, 1858 express wagons, 1926
coal wagons and carts. l.l23 ice wag
ons, 6i2 hearses, l09 street sprink
lers, and As street sweepers.
One seventh, or 92,S93 of the wag
ons were made in Indiana. Th
other leading states in the produc
ton OF this commodity were Wiscon
sin, with S3,91G; Illinois, with 72 ,033
Michigan, with 52,273; Kentucky
with 1926; and Ohio, with 4O9OI
The sleighs and sleds manufactuI
ed numbered l27,455 Michigan rank
ed first in the manufacture OF these
with an output of 53,lS0, or two
ffths of the total New York, wit
l9,433, and Wisconsin, with 1886
were next in importance.
Carriages and wagons and part
thereof to the value OF s3,320,6i
were reported in 1905, this being a
increase of s5i0,S57 over the yalu
OF such commodities exported 4
1900. OF the exports IFS per cen
were sent to the United Kingdom.