The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-04-21
MANUFACTURERS IN
OKLAHOMA STATE
Census Bureaus Summary Concerning
the State For 1909.

Washington, d. C., April ia pre-
iimlnary statement of the general re
suits Of the census of manufactures
for the state Of Oklahoma was issued
today by Census Director Durand. II
includes a summary comparing the
figures for 1904 and 1909, by state
totals, prepared under the direction of
Mr.. William NJ Steuart, chief statisti-
clan for manufactures. bureau of the
census.
Steam iaundries are separately pre-
sented. because the thirteenth census
was the first in which they were can
vassed, and therefore there are no sta
tistics for prior oensuses with which
these totals can be compared.
The figures are preliminary and sub
Sect to such revision as may be neces-
sary after further examination OF
the original reports.
The thirteenth census. like that Of
1904, with reference to manufactures,
differs from the twelfth census in 1900,
in that the two later censuses excluded
the hand trades, the building trades,
and the neighborhood industries, and
took account only of establishments
conducted under the factory system.
In the last census, also, as in that for
1904. statistics were not collected for
factories having a product for the cen
sus year of value less than $500, ex-
cept that reports were taken for estab-
lishments idle during a portion of the
year 1909, or which began operation
during that year, and whose products
for such reason were less than $500.
The word establishment" as used in
the thirteenth census may mean more
than one mill or plant, provided they
are owned or controlled and operated
by single individual, partnership, cor
poration, or other owner or operator,
and are located in the same town or
city.
The reports were taken for the cal
endar 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 cal.
endar year a report was obtained for
the operations of that establishment
for its fiscal year falling most largely
within the calendar year 1909.
The Per Cent of Increase.
The summary for the state shows a
large increase at the census of 1909 as
compared with that for 1904, In the
order of their Importance, from a per
centage standpoint, the principal items
rank as follows: t..s. f.r.
Number of salaried officials and
clerks, ITO per cent; salaries and
wages. 164 per cent; miscellaneous ex
penses. 157 per cent, value added by
manufacture, 142 per cent; capital, 141
per cent; average number of wage
earners. 141 per cent. value of prod
uets, 119 per cent; cost of materials
used, 10s per cent; and number of es
tablishments, loo per cent.
There were 2,310 manufacturing es
adjustments in 1909 and 1,123 in 1904
an increase of 1,1S7, or 1O6 per cent
The capital invested, as reported in
1909. was S3S.S7S.0OO. az ain of $22,-
$4,000. or 14l per cent, over S16,124,-
600 in 1904 The average capital per
establishment for 1909 was approx.
mately $4,000, and for 1904. $4,000
In this connection it should be stated
that the inquiry contained in the cen
sus schedule calls for the total amount
of capital. both owned and borrowed
and invested in the business, but does
not include the value of rented prop
erty, plant. or equipment which was
employed in the conduct of manufac-
turing enterprises In the final bulle-
tins and reports the rental paid for
such property will be shown separate
~
The cost of materials used in 1909
was sS4,153.0O0, as against SIG. 1874. 900
in 1904, an increase of $17,75sOO or
los per cent The average cost of ma
terials per establishment in 1909 and
1904 was approximately $4,000. 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 mill supplies. The cost
of materials, however. does not include
unused materials and supplies bought
either for speculation or for use during
a subsequent period.
Value of Products.
The value of products in 1909 was
s5S.6S2 900, and s24.45s.O 900 in 1904, an
increase of SOS, ,22S, ,OOO, or 11s per cent.
The average per establishment was ap-
proximately $4,000 in 1909. and s22,-