Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1911-05-24
MANUFACTURES IN MAINE.


Census Bureaus Summary Concern
ing the State for 1909.
A preliminary statement OF the general
results Of the thirteenth United States
census Of manufactures OF the State oi
Maine has been issued by Acting Census
Director Falkner. 1t includes . summary
comparing the figures for 1904 and 1909, BY
State totals, prepared under the direcsion
OF William IA. 5teusrt, chief statistician
for manufacturer, bureau of the census.
The figures are subject to such revision -
may be necessary after further examine
ton OF the original reports.
The thirteenth census, like that Of 1904,
differs from the twelfth census Of 1900,
with reference to manufactures, in that
the two later censuses excluded the hand
and the building trades and the neighbor-
hood industries, and took account only OF
esta blishments conducted under the fac
| tory system. In the last census, also, "a
in that for 1904, statistics were not col
lected for factories having . product fer
the census year OF . value less than $500,
except that reports were taken for est.b-
lishments idle during portion Of the year
1909, or which began operation in that
year, and whose products, therefore, were
+, less than $500.
The word establishment, ~ used in
the thirteenth census, 10 defined - mean
ing one or more factories, mills or plants
owned, controlled, or operated by . per-
son, partnership, corporation, or other
owner, located in the same town or city,
and for which one set OF books Of account
is kept.
The reports were taken for the calendar
year ending December 81, 1909, wherever
the system OF bookkeeping permitted
| figures for that period to be secured; but
in case the fiscal year OF an establishment
differed from the calendar year, . report
of its operations was obtained for the
fiscal period falling most largely within
1903.
| The summary for the State shows in
creases in all the items at the census OF
1909, as compared with that for 1904.
These are exhibited, in percentage order,
rs follows:
Capital, Al per cent; primary horse
power, 81 per cent; number OF salariec
officials ana clerks, % per cent; value
added by manufacture, q per cent; value
OF products, q per cent; cost Of materials
used, q per cent; salaries and wages, Is
per cent; miscellaneous expenses, IA per
cent; number Of establishments, Is Per
cent; and average number Of wage earners
employed during the year, per cent.
| There were 3,546 manufacturing estab-
lishments in 1909 and s,145 in 1901, an in
crease OF 40i, or Is per cent.
The capital invested, Is reported in 1909,
was f2o2, 260, 900, q gain Of e6s, 552, 900 or II
per cent over Gas, los, 900 in 1901. The
average capital per establishment was
approximately ST. 900 in 1900 and $4,000
in 1904. In this connection it should be
stated that in the census schedule the In
quiry concerning capital invested calls for
the total amount, both owned and Dor
rowed and invested in the business, but
does not include the value Of rented pro-
perty, plant, or equipment which was en-
ployed in the conduct of manufacturing
enterprises. In the Anal bulletins and re-
ports there will be q statement regarding
the rental paid for such property.
The cost OF materials used was Sg7, 101 900
in 1903, - against 90. OF, 900 in 1904, an in
crease Of III ,06e 900, or q per cent. The
average cost OF materials per esta blishment
was approximately ~, 900 In 1909 and u.s.
coo in 1904. In addition to the component
materials which enter into the products OF
the establishment for the census year
| there are included fuel, rent Of power and
heat, and min supplies. The cost Of ma
terisls, however, does not include unused
materials and supplies bought either for
speculation or for use during 4 subsequent
| period.
The value Of products was t176, 029 900 in
1903 and tl4A, oo0,0 900 in 1904, an increase OF
81, 0o9 900 or q per cent. The average per
establishment was approximately $50 ,000
in 1909 and pa, 600 in 1904.
The value OF products represents the
product - actually turned out by the fac
tories during the census year and does
amount Of sales for that year. The values
under this head also include the amount
received for work done on materials fur
nished by others.
The value added by manufsctn are repre-
sents the difference between the cost OF
materials used and the value OF products
after the manufacturing processes have
been expended upon them. The value
added by manufacture was va, 81, 900 in
1905 and s63 ,s7s, 900 in 1901, an increase OF
ia $4,000, or q per cent. The value
added by manufacture formed Is per cent.
Of the total value Of products in 1909 and
A per cent. in 1904.
Miscellaneous expenses include rent Of
factory or works, taxes, and amount paid
for contract work, and these items, a. well
as such Office and other expenses as can
not be elsewhere classified, will appear
separately in the final reports. The
amount was "a, 291 900 in 1909 and a., 4S5, :
600 in 1901, an increase Of q 800, 900, or Il