Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-11-06
WAGE FARMERS GET
ALMOST Three
MILLIONS
Report Of the Census Bureau
on New Mexico Manufac-
turers Shows Big Annual
Payroll Of States Industries

In the census report on New Mex
lco manufactures issuru hy the Unit
csi states drpartmei4 OF commerce
and labor Il appears that while mun-
ufacturinH IN NC stntc IA but an in
FAINT industry abnQsi three million
dollars are Paid annually to en-
ployes by The manufacutring indue-
tries. The report In part follows
New Mexico. with an urea ~ i2s,-
tGeO miles. III IN. fourth largest
among tlc AZ states and territories
embraced in contipsn,I United
states. bclng eKcccded IN size only
rs Texas. California and Montana.
Ils populations IN 1910 was ss7.50i.
az compared with 1880 In 1900
aud is0.2Sg IN 1880, II ranked forty
fourth among the 40 states and ter
risorsrs AS regards population. both
In isl0 and IN 1900. Menufacturiag
in the TERRITORY II stiil In rs Infancy.
This mlnins of coal copper. gold and
silver nre OF considerable import
ancc, but The principal pursuits are
stock raising and agriculture. Four
teen and two-teHths Per cent OF tho
entire population of the territory re-
sld,s IN incorporated eities end towns
having population OF 2.seo inhsbis
tanis or ucr as asalnsi II per cont
.n 1909. .
Albuquerque with a population of
1890. IL the only CITY IN tn. terri
tory having a population Of over TO-
V0e. The territory IN very sparscly
settled. AZ u Indicated BY tho fact
that to- density OF population IN onls
81 per square mile.
In 1909 the territory of New Mex.
leo had 3is monuiacturinE establish
mcniA operating under the factory
system. which gave employment TO
an average OF i.7eS persons during
the year and paid Out t3.s7t. 600 In
salaries ana wages OF tho persons
employed. t,if1 were wage Farmers.
Those establishments turned out
products 20 the value OF s7.sss. 00o,
90 produce which materials costing
ts.2Gi .0O0 were consumed. The value
added by manuiactaEe was thus
fi.S17 .0oe. which figure as explained
In tha lntroduslion best represents
the net wealth created hy manufac-
turing operations during the year
In general, this tablo brings on,
the fact that the Misunderstanding in.
dustrien of New Moxico as a whole
showed a eonsidcrahle ncyelopmoni
ldnring each ut the fiye-ycar pari0dt
ieet- 1908 aud ispe-1ooA DurlnE
the period is0l-iae9 the averag,
number 81 wage carnera Increased
lis.i pur cent. while the Waite OF
products Increased ss.t per cent and
the value added by manufacture sac
pee cent. Az pointed out. u woule
he improper to infer that manufac,
lures incFeahtd In Volume during ths
period igOs-ie09 10 the extent lndi
Gated b. these figures regarding val
urr. since the INCREASE shown Ia cnr'
Itninly due, ~ part TO the lncFeas'
that han taken place "a the price u
commodities u will bc hntlced thu
for most of the items tho percentages
OF lncrcaae from 1898 90 1904 wcr'
larger than those ir9tp 1904 10 1908
In 1908. OF the ana establishments
oniy rs. or ~ per cent, had vaiu'
Of product exceedlng sloo.ooe. Thcs
lfs establishments however, had al
Iaseraee number Of wage earners .
le,5Kg. ar 6e.3 pee cent of The lota
nnmbss Ia an establishmenta. ana re
ported sa.N per cent az the tota
, EVulne % products and, ~ per cen
, ~ tas bslai value .aadsd ~ manu-
laeturo ,-,.ff.t
I on The "shcr hand, small estahslnl