The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-02-09
But Census RI ports Show
q Number 81 Other
Industries

erai results OF the census OF manu-
factpres for the state OF South Da-I
kota8Mas issued today ~ Census Dis
rector Durand. 1t consists 81 4 sum
mary comparing the figures for
1904 and 1909, by state totals, pres
pared under the direction OF Mr..
William NJ. sseuart, chief statIstician
for manufactures, Bureau of the
Census.
Steam launfries are given sepa-
rate presentation because the
thirteenth census was the hrst an
which they were cansaased. and.
therefore, there are no statistics for,
prior censuses with which these
totals can be compared.
The figures are preliminary and
subject to such change and correc-
.tion as may be found necessary
from further examination of the
Original reports.
The Thirteenth Census, IKE that
of 1904, with reference to manufac.
lures, differs from the Twelfth Gem
sqss@ in 1900, in that two later CEN
lsuses excluded the hand trades, the
ibuilding trades, and the neigh6or.
i hood industries, and took account
only of establishments conducted
under the factory system. In the
last census, also, as in that for 1904 Il
statistics were not collected for In
dustrtes having a product for the
census year OF value less thar
$500. except mt reports were taken
flor establishments idle during a
portion OF the year 1900, or which
llbegan operation during that year,
AID whose products for, such reason
were less than $500.
The word establishment at
used in the Fifteenth census may,
mean more than one mill or plant
provided they are owned or CON
ltrolled and operated by single in.
dividual, partnership, corporation
or other owner or operator, and arc
located in the same town or city.
The reports were taken for the
calendar year ending December 81.
s1s09, wherever the system OF book.
keeping permitted figures for thai
period to be secured but, where the
fiscal year of an establishment df
fered from the calendar. year, a. re
port was obtained for.the operations
of that establishment for It's tisoa
year falling most largely within the
calendar year 1909.
Most Important Industries.
South Dakota Is much more
largely devoted to agriculture thar
Ito manufactures. In 1900 the state
ranked twenty4ifth in the former
Industry and forty-third in the lat
ter. while the value OF the products
of manufactures was less than one
tfifth of that for agriculture. There
are no great distinctive manufacture
Ing industries, aud those which are
most important are allied with ag-
rtcuItural pursuits or due to local
Requirements. Several Of the
largest industries in the state in
1909 were as follows:
Flour and grlst mill products, So
establishments, having products
valued at $6S20s, 2fs; butter, .s5 es-
Establishments, and products valued
at s2,6S5,511; printing and publish-
ing, Ss1 establishments, products
valued at $1,9T4,s51; and bread
and other bakery products, 90 estab-
lishmenss, products valued at 81
1905 OF the remaining indus
tries none had products valued at as
much as $1,0OO,o0O.
Per Cents OF Increase.
The summary for the state shows
consistent increase at the census
ot lSUS' as compared with that for
1904. In the order OF their i'm
portance, from a percentage stand
point, the principal items rank as
follows:
Capital II per cent; salaries and
wages, 50 per cent; miscellaneous
expenses, 68 per cent; number of
salaried officials and clerks, "a per
cent; number of establishments, AL
per cent; value added by Smanufac-
ture, As per cent; average number
of wage-earners employed during
the year, "a per cent; value OF prod
ucts, SO per cent; and cost Of ma
erial used, 80 per cent.
There were I,O1s manufactufinsl
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