Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-12
INDUSTRIES SHOW
HEALTHY GROWTH
IN new JERSEY
Increases Are Shown in Aggre.
gate investment, Wages
Paid and Total Output.
RESULTS OF '07 PANIC
HAVE BEEN OVERCOME
Brewery Workers Command
Highest Average Wages-Cigar
makers Get Least.
Ispsol.i to tn. s.rs.k st.r.l

Especial to the SeWefk SteI.J
TRENTON, December FIN the an
nual report of Winton c. Garrison,
chief of the bureau Of statistics OF
labor and industries, which has Just
been fled with Governor Fort. IT is
shown that during the past year there
has peer an increase in the amount OF
money invested in manufacturing en-
terprises in this State; also, an increase
In the amount OF wages: likewise a
great increase in the value of goods
manufactured in the State. The re-
turns cover the year of 1909 and show
a great increase in business over 1907.
1t is shown that the capital invested
In 1921 industries IN 1909 was $685. 6s,
an increase OF $50, 634, e1s owe the pre-
ceding year. The average amount In
vested per establishment increased from
1906, PSI to 1912, 495. The value Of the
stock Used increased from SAIL. 719,s64 to
$500, 81, 1872, and the value OF goods made
from 1863, S53, 206 70 1924, us, 7se. The
average number of persons employed
In 1909 was 27e, 35l. The average yearly
earnings per employee were ssea.41 in
1908 and s51s.57 in 1909.
OIL Industry Leads.
The oil refining industry leads all
, others in the total value OF It's product
which amounted in 1909 to s70.1S1. 7s5.
The next in order Of Importance come
silk goods, 500, 6 ,579; wooden and
worsted goods, $50, 200, 4oe; machinery.
$40. 81. 1897; rubber goods, $780, SIS. OFT,
and drawn wire and wire cloth, $780,
23s. 1929. From the standpoint of selling
value of goods these industries are the
-. l., 49, S$1
The value of the output Of other in
dustries is shown in the report TO be as
follows; Artisans tools, 33,5S5,2T6;
steam boilers, s4.062, 696: brewery prod
ucts, $40, 1863, s54; brick and terra Gotta,
IS. 500, 903; chemical products, ssI3o7.lss;
cigars and tobacco. s2S,60s.4ss; cleo
trical appliances, SIS, 64s. 742; furnaces,
ranges and heaters, s5,324,5l2; glass
windows and bottles. S4.955,024: mems
hats, ss,073. 1856; jewelry, s1o,s53,36 800;
leather, SIS, 525, 433; lamps, s6.61l,7I7;
metal goods, SIS, $40, $40; paper, s12, $780,
$50; pottery, 1870, 1898; shipbuilding,
So. $3.50. 592; structural steel and iron,
So, 1895, sol; steel and iron, forging, So
o7s. 7oS.
OF these industries, the manufac-
ture OF glass is the only one showing a
falling off in the value of product. The
brick and terra Gotta business in
creased by 71.9 per cent. The silk in
dustry showed a gain for the year of
$40, 936, 1873, wooden and worsted goods
$40. 704, 212, leather &c. 11, o93, oil refining
Sc, 521, 1897 and rubber goods 1921. ia.
Receivers from Panic.
Commenting upon these figures the
A,,ar q a xyd sheu toll tho story of T6D11
recovery from temporary disaster. the
fundamental soundness of New Jersey
industries and the wonderful recupera-
tive powers impaired to them by mod
ern forms of business organization.
The decrease In value of products in
1908 was $103, 1873, 093, or 1874 per cent. as
compared with 1907. The increase in
1909 over 1908 reaches the enormous
total of 1854, 365, $50, or almost % per
cent, The ground lost during 1908 has,
therefore, been regained with a margin
large enough to keep up the normal
average annual increase in the value
of products for both years.
The greatest number of persons EN-
ployed during the year was So4, 067 and
the least number 252,S36. OF 'he aggre-
gate average number of persons en-
ployed POP, us, or 1875 per cent, are men
1s years old and over; 70,590, or 25.2
per cent, are women 10 years old and
over, and 6,047, or 90 per cent, are
boys and girls who are less than is
years old. The changes in the per-
centages OF these three classes of labor
are very minute, and according to the
report, Indicate nothing in the way Of
a disturbance in the balance of m
ployment that has obtained between
the three classes of workers for years.
Average Yearly Earnings.
An interesting part Of the report Is
a table showing the average yearly
earnings per employee In each OF the
great industries. As heretofore the maxi
ing Of brewery products commands the
highest wages. The average wage IN
this Industry was $912.0S, and the lowest
average Of s323.54 was paid to cigar and
tobacco employees.
The average wages paid in the in
dustries previously enumerated were
as follows: Artisans tools, S593.3 81.
boilers, $674.91: brewery products,
1920 q brick and terra Gotta, &S4.27:
cherrical products, s525.67; cigars and
tobacco, 1923. 81; drawn wire and wire
cloth, S3S3.9 0 electrical appliances.
$500 So; furnaces. range and heaters,
$722. II; glass, $3.50 8 hats. $642.59; Jew
elry, $66l.19; leather, S5S5.s4; lamps
s425.61: machinery, s611. &c; meta: goods,
s483. 40: oils. se67.40 paper, $52s.64; pot
terry, 800. 20; rubber, $50. 0S; shipbuild
ing. $500. 40; silk, $4s5.O7; structural steel
and iron, $679.60; steel and iron forg-
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