The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-12-20
Valuable Report Made by TIE
Department of Printing and
Labor
This Sets Out in Detail the Statistics
Which Relate to Cotton, WOODEN and
Silk Mills in North Carolina, and TO
the Knitting Mills OF the Sttae.

Cotton. wooden and silk mills are
treated Of in chapter six Of the forth
coming eport Of Commissioner Of La
Dor and Printing M. J.. Shipman. From
the ables the following Deductions are
made:
Ine nuInber Of cotton, WOODEN and
silk mills reporting is s25. OF this
number three hundred show an au-
tnorlzed capital 5,u91,454. The num-
Der OF splndles reported. 3,34S,o22;
looms, 5o,51u; bralders. $50, CARDS,
1852, employing 1868 horsepower.
The Total number Of employees report
ed is 52,440, OF which 2?,17e are males
and 1854 are females. Twelve mills
employing 1884 do not classify en-
ployes. The estimated uInber OF
persons dependent on these mills and
On the 52.44o employees for a livelihood
is 13S,S10.
S~ixty-three and ive-tenths of one
per cent Of the mills report that there
is an Improvement in general prom
ciency of operatives; nine and three
tenthS of n per cent report no M
prOvement; tWenty-Seven and TWO
tenths OF one per cent do not answer.
F4fty-three and one-tenth Of one per
cent report Improvement in financial
condition of employees; tWenty-tour
and six-tenths of one per cent report
no improvement; twenty-five and
three-tenthS Of one per cent do not
answer. Seventy-one per cent report
Improvement in educational lines; six
per cent no Improvement; twenty
three per cent do not answer. Eighty
eight and fOur-tenthS OF one per cent
of nsWer indicate that labor laws
are complied with; one per cent that
they are not; ten and s-xtenths of one
per cen do not answer. The per cent
Of operatives who read and write Is
given as eight-five and eight-tenths.
The hishe Average ages for males
is s2.54: low average 65 cents. h
high average for females is 1882: low
average Sc cents.
One hundred and f~fty-one mills pay
wages weekly: 121 pay twice a month;
10 pay monthly, one pays t~ri-rnonthly
! and Is mills do not give this informa-
ton.
The average number OF hours con-
shutting a days work is ten and hours
and forty-fiVe minutes, nearly.
One hundred II nine of the 301
mills use steam as motive power;
eighty use electricity; forty-four
steam and water; thirty-one water;
tWenty-six steam and electric; three
steam. water and electric; six water
and electric; three do not report.
In regard to knit ne mills the sta
tistics are as follows:
Seventy-seven knitting mills are re-
! ported for 1910. and 81 show a capital
stock or $1.619,IOO. The number OF
spindles in use in these mills is given
as 109,6SO; knitting machines, S,2O6;
sewing machines, 500; making use OF
6,210 horsepower. Twenty-Five do
not report horsepower.
. Thirty-tWO mills use steam for
power; sixteen use electric;ty; five
gasoline: two electric and steam: two
water; one electric and gas; nineteen
do not give power used. Number OF
employees reported is 7.199: 2.189
nine mills do not answer the question.
ThiTty-four mills report anc con-
dition OF employees improved; twelve
report that it is not improved; seven
do not answer.
General proficiency IS reported i'm
proved from thirty-seven OF the mills:
seven that it has not iInproved: nine
do not report.
males and 3,s90 females; 13.713 per
sons are dependent on the operation
Of these mills fo~ a livelihood.
Wages are as follows: High AVERAGE
males, s2.25; low average, males 63
cents; high average, females. $1.42.
low average, females, SO cents.
Employees OF eighteen mills are. maid
weekly; twerty-njne mills SENT