Okolona messenger., 1911-05-04
CENSUS FOR 1909

w a5hington, ~. u, May l, lJll.-
A preliminary statement OF the
general results of the Thirteenth
United states Census Of Manufactures
of the state of Mississippi was issued
to-day by Census Director Durand.
, 1t includes a summary comparing
the figures for 1904 and 1909, by
state totals, prepared under the drec-
ton Of Mr.. William NJ. Steuart, chief
staistician for manufactures, Bureau
Of the Census. The figures are pre-
Iminary and subject to such revision
as may be necessary after a further
examination of the original reports.
The Thirteenth Census, like that Of
1904, differs from the Twelfth Census
, in 1900, with reference to manuEac-
lures, in that the two later censuses
excluded the hand and the building
trades and the neighborhood indutries,
and took account only of establish
+ ments conducted under the factory
n system. In the last census, also. as
in that for 1904 statistics were not
q collected for factories having pro-
duct for the census year OF value
J.. less than $5U0 except that reports
were taken for establishments idle
during a portion of the year 1909, or
which began operation in that year,
and whose products, therefore were
less than $500.
The word establishment" as used
in the Thirteenth Census, is defined
, as meaning one or more factories
] mills, or plants owned, controlled, or
operated by a person, partnership
, corporation, or other owner, located
] in the same town or city, and tor
which one set Of books Of account i,
, kept.
The reports were taken for the
calendar year ending December 81
1909, wherever the system Of book
keeping permitted figures for tha
period to be secured, but in case til,
fiscal year OF an establishment differ
! ed from the calender year a repor
Of its operations was obtained for th
fiscal period falling most largely within
in 1909
The Rates OF lncreass
The summary for the state show
increases in all the items at h
census of 1909, as compared wit
ne that for 1904. These are exhibited
" in precentage order, as follows
ne Number of establishments, II pc
Ut cent; miscellaneous expenses, 90 pc
cent; capital, A per cent; cost {
nd materials used, 43 per cent; vaIu
he Of products, 40 per cent; va Iue adde
nd by manufacture, 80 per cent; averag
cts number of wage earners emp oye
s during the year, 80 per cent; salarie
and wages, 20 per cent, and numbc
Lor of saIared officials and clerks, 81 p,
OF cent
le- There we're 1888 manufacture
1st establishments in 1909 and l,520
"n 1904. an increase Of l,078, or Il p'
le- cent.
'ur The capital invested, as reporte
on in 1909, was S72,393,000, a gain
ese 22137000, or A per cent, ov
lrt S50256,000 in 1904. The averal
18th capital per establishment Wi
ay approximately $4,000 in 1909 al
i'm $4,000 in 1904. In this connect.
hat it should be stated that in the censr
at scheduled the inquiry concernir
see capital invested calls for the tot
amount, both owned and borrow,
Of and invested in the business, but do
ays not include the value of rented prope
ty, p ant, or equipment which W
employed in The conduct Of manufa
turing enterprises. In the fin
bor bulletins and reports the rental pa
.,y for such property will be shov
inn separately.
o,, The cost Of material Is used W
,ar. $36,926,000 in 1909. as against So;
the 801, 900, in 1904. an increase Of 81
If 125,000, or 43 per cent. The avera
cost of materials per establishme
,sd was approximately $4,000 in 19C
and $1,000 in 1904. In addition
be the component materials which ent
r;E into the products of the establishing