Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-30

and steel works and rolling mills, paper
and wood pulp.
In 1909 there were 51T establishments
engaged i'm the ninety-five separate Dis
trict industries. with an investment of
capital amounting to s30971 ,18S. as COM
pared with 4S2 establishments. represent
ing an investment 81 $50. 100. 1873, engaged
In Seventy-seven separate industries in
1904
Maintenance of Secrecy.
In the tabular and analytical presenta
ton of the District data, the census bu-
reau separates all those industries. in
each of which three or more establish
ments are engaged, from those having
but one or two concerns operating in
them. The object is to insure secrecy
concerning individual firms. If the COM
plete details were published concerning
an industry in which, but two establish
ments are operating it would be easy for
either firm to learn the others business
simply by subtracting their own figures
from the various totals. Therefore all
the industries. in each of which less than
three establishments are engaged, are
massed together and presented as "all
other industries with a subjoined nota
ton giving only the descriptions of. the
various industries concerned.
In 1909 there were 81 industries, sep
arately specified and IS were Jumped to-
gether as "all other industries In 1904
there were 36 in thesprincipal class and
IL in the "all other.
Among the 81 specified industries in
1909 the number of establishments in
each of the leading lines were: Book and
job printing. so in 1909. as compared with
70 In 1904; bread and other bakery prod
ucts, II in 1909, q in 1904; newspapers
and periodicals. ID in 1909. and the same
number in 1904: foundry and machine
shop products. Is In 1909. 10 in 1904; cop
per. tin and sheet iron products, II in
1909. II in 1904: confectionery. 10 in 1yJ9,
Ii in 1901; patent medicines and COM
pounds, - In 1909, & in 1904; marble and
and planning mill products. 10 in 1909. and
6 in 1904. The other industries in this
group have from to 9 establishments In
each of them. Of the AS concerns
operating in the specified class, there
were 315 establishments, or 20 per cent
of the total number, engaged in ~ out of
che 81 industries.
Investments in Specified Class.
OF the s3O.971 1853 total capital invested
in 1909 in all the industries. there were
SIS, 1903 belonging to the AS establish
ments composing the specified class, hav-
ing three or more establishments per in
dustry. In 1904 the total invested capital
was $50. 199, 1S3, and there were 4O4 estab-
lishments in the specified class credited
with SIS, 116 of the total sum. There
fore the increase between 1904 and 1909
was over 100000 for the firms engaged
In the specified industries. The group of
"all other industries In 1909 contained
sixty-nihe establishments with an invest
ment of s., 100, 6aa, as compared with sew
enty-eight having $2,O42,267 invested In
f8O4
Among the industries In each of which
three or more establishments are engaged,
there was one, that of the manufacture
of artificial stone, which was not sep
arately specified in 1904.
In the ''all others there were IS indus
tries In 1C08; in 1904 there were Al.
Therefore, since 1904 there base been II
new industries established in the District.
On the other hand, of the fl in 1904 there
were IL that passed out of business life
before 1909.
OF the 81 specified Industries in 1909.
with AS establishments and $2J 1SO, 013
capital invested, there were o Industries
in which 243 establishments invested
about S22,OOO.OOO. or fully 81 per cent of
the total, as compared with 241 establish
ments in the same Industries in 1904 with
$lo,21O, S4S invested. The other % indus
tries in 1909, with 100 esta blishments. had
little more than S3,OoO.OOO invested
Among the industries in the 'all
others" class, with an investment of So,
tVD,ObD Capital, there were nine Ill lUUU,
engaging thirteen establishments, having
an investment of about $5,OOO,O0O capital,
as compared with six Industries, having
thirteen establishments and 1851 ,0O3 cap
ital invested in 1904.
Bakers Have Precedence.
The industries whose products in 1909
were of the greatest value, In their rank
ing order. were: Bread and other bakery
products. $3.5s0.o54. as compared with
$2.8759S4 in 1901 newspapers and period
ical publishing. 49, To-. 800. as against g.
09l .15S in 1904; gas. $2,305.34O, as COM
pared with $l.9O1 ,39J in 1904; book and
job printing. s2.0O;,Os3. as against s1.74O,-
81 in 1901; malt liquors. 81, SO4, 701, in
compa rison with Sl,167,O57 in 1904;
Strengthening. $l.7D4.356 in 1900, and $685.
AGA in 1904; planning mills, sash doors and
blinds. 500. t3S in 1900, and 1897, 132 in
1904: structural iron, $560,S1S, as against
500, 154 In 1904: coffee and spice, $3.50, 4O4
in 1900, and $3.50. I52 In 1904, marble and
stone works. x5O0.195 in 1909, as COM
pared with $l65,Si4 in 1904 patent medi-
cines, $3IS.2I3 in 1902 and x264.12S in
1904; ice, $349,541 in 1909, and $500 in
1904; and copper. etc, $40, I33 in 1909, as
compared with $2Ss,3S9 In 1904.