Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-25
MANUFACTURES IN NEBRASKA
Census Bureaus Summaries for the
Year 1909 Just Given Out
OMAHA MAKES SPLENDID SHOW
retsls Tor the state Are Good spd In-
crease. Cor the Thrcc Icadina
Cittes Are EncouraHiUn
~ Noiume,

WARRINGTON. Jan a preliminary
statement q the Eencral results 81 the con.
aus o. manufactures for the state " Nc
6raska and the cities Of lincoln. Omaha
and south Omaha VAS issued TODAY by
Census Director purand. u consists "
summaries, comparing tho figures Tor 'aoi
and ieoe by state totals for the cities "
lincoln, Omaha and south Omaha. pre-
pared under the direction " Mr. william
NJ Steuart chief statistician for manu-.
facturers. bureau % the census
steam lsundries are given q separate
presentation because the Thirteenth census
was the first IN which thcy Vcrc can.
vaSsed. and, therefore there are mo- sta.
tistics for prior censuscs with which these
totals can be compared Tho figures are
preliminary and subject 60 such change and
correction a. may b. found ucCcssar, from
q further examination Of tho original re-
port.
The Thirteenth census like that Of 1904
wlth reference 60 manufacturers differs
from the Twelfth census in 1870, In that the
two later censuscs excluded the hand
trades. the building trades and tho neigh
borhood industries and took account only
Of establishments conducted under tho
factory system In tho last census also Hs
IN that for 1904. statistics were not col
iocted for industries having product Tor
tho census year of a value less than $500,
except that reports were taken for cstab-
lishments idle during a portion uf tho year
1909. or which began operation duriuE that
year. and whose products for such reason
were less than 500 The word establish
ment' a. used In tho Thirteenth census
may mean more than one mill or plant
provided they arc owned or controlled and
operated by n single individual. partner
Ship corporation, or other owner or opera
tor and are located in the same town or
city.
Tho reports we're taken for the calendar
year ending December 81, 1909 wherever the
system OF bookkeeping permitted figures
for that period to be secured, but, where
the fiscal year OF an establishment differed
from the calendar year, n report was OBJ
tanned for the operations OF that establish
mcnt for its fiscal year falling most largely
within the calendar year 1903.
Summary for state.
The comparative summary for the state.
1874 and 1899, follows;
-CENsus--- Pet
1919. 1874 Inc
No establishm'ts, 2f92 Isle 8.
Capital ............. SSLOi6OOO SSO2alOOl s
Cost matcr'ls used. Sl6i 61tOOO st24O5aO.Q @
Salaries and wages sig, 600 &iAO91VOO 81
MiscCl eous oNpCn's AlaOaaO00 s., 40 O0l "a
Value Of products SIS. 66g 900 tl549lSOJO -
Val added b. man
ufaCtre products
less cos. matersl Sl69gS.O 900 SSOSt6O0O 80
hWpioycs;
No salariod off
cials and clerks. bi05 SlS2 90
AvetR'e no, wage
Carners employ
cd during year, st,Ss3 1850 70
Tho summary for the state, with the ex-
oeption OF the item OF capital, shows a con-
sistent increase at the census Of 1909 as
compared with that for 1904, in the order
Of their Importance from percentage
standpoint. as follows;
Number OF salariod officials and clerks,
90 per cents miscellaneous expenses, 81 per
cents value added by manufacture. So per
cent? salaries and vases. IS per cent num-
Der OF establishments 81 per cent; value
OF products, 3 per cent; cost OF materials
used, q per cent; average number OF
wage earners, % per cent; and capital. 8
per cent.
There were s4ss establishments in 1909.