The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-03-23
MISCELLANEOUS FACTORIES.

! Assistant Labsr Commissioner
Gives Out Interesting Facts-A
Tendency Towards Shorter
a0xrs.
The Sdvance pages of she re-
/ port Of the Department Of Labos
and Printing, compiled by As
sistant Labor Commissiouer II
L. Shipman, were issued yestsr-
day. The advance pages repre-
sent miscellaneous factories.
The number Of returns used
in this compilation are five hur-
are9 and eighty-seven, al
increase of forty-six over last
year, and the average taken from
these representative industries
afford an accurate idea of cendi-
tions prevailing throughout the
State, It is gratifying to note
the remarkable progress Nortt'
Carolina is making in an indus
trial way, and while the prime
object of this report is to ascsr,
tain the conditions Of waRe-aarn
ers. the department is endeavor.
ing to convey. in addition theret,
such information as will enable
the public, generally, to obtain
a reasonably accurate eoh-
csptiOn of the number and clas s
of factories now in operation
within the State.
The returns of this year indi-
sate IN aggregate authorized cal
ital of $42. 0s5, 790 by 523 of tb,
bS7 miscellaneous factories re,
porting; 81 do not report capita
stock. The Old Fort Extrac,
Works, as usual, reports as" .
branch OF the United States
Leather Co, and represents onl,
a part of the sl25, l64, 800 report
ed by that corporation. The ap
gregate Of capital stock reported
last year was s31, ,239,51O by 40
factories, exclusive of the plan1
: at Old Fort; so that an increase
! OF $1o,84o, $50 is recorded thi.
: year.
+ Four hundred and twenty, two
, factories report steam power, o.
, electric, 25 wa'er, II gasolene
9 steam and electric, 2steam ano
gasolene, ? steam and water,
gas, 81 hand, 1 gasolene- electric
and & do not report power. The
5s1 establishments reporting
this feature, exclusive of the 81
using hand power, show the en-
ploy yment of 1l9,s horse power.
: Five hundred and seventy nine
factories report the mum Der oi
, persons dependent upon them
for livelihood to be 92,Os1, or 49,
s3a more than were reported
last year. Six report that eight
hours constitute a days work
Z, nine hours; 4 nine and a ball
hours; 436 ten hours; 5, ten and
a half hours; 4S, eleven hours; 4
ten to twelve, and 50, twelve
) hours. Eight do not report time
operated each day, but there is {;
= decided tendency toward short
e er hours -
Seventy-four per cent. repor
increase of wages; seventeen pc
. cent. report no change; nine pc
cent do not report as to this
Sixty-nine per cent. of these es
tablishments pay weekly, eleve
per cent. pay monthly, seventes
q per cent, pay semi monthly, on
: per cent pay daily, and TIVE pc
'e cent. by the piece.
? Five hundred and sixty-fi'
% factories report 30,991 person
d employed, against 22,438 la
IA year-an increase of s.55
- Highest wages per day, $2.47-
an advance Of eighteen cents p
,, day over last year. Lowe
!, wages per day, ninety-thr
II cents-an advance of nine cen
over last year Eighty four p
cent. of adult employees re
~ and write, and eighty seven 2
vi cent. of children. Eighty-o
IS per cent. answer that childr
fS under fourteen years of a
us should not work in factori
seven per cent. answer in the
nS armative, and twelve per ce
W express no opinion, Eiuhtv-t &