Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1911-03-09
MANUFACTURES IN IDAHO.
ceness Bureaus Summary Concern
ina the STATE for 1909.

ufactureS FOR the state OF iu"h"
has been Issued by census director
Durand. Il consists Of summary
COMPARING the figures Of 1904 with
1909.
The figures are preliminary ana
subject 20 such change and correc'
lion as RAY be found necessary from
a further examination Of the original
reports.
Tho Thirteenth Census, like that
of 1901 with reference to manufac-
lures differs from the Twelfth Cen
sus. IN 300, in that The two later
censuses excluded the hand trades
the building industries, and TOOK
account only Of establishments con-
lucted under the factory system. ~
the last census. also, as In that Tor
1901. statistics were not collected for
factories having a product for the
census year OF value less than
$500. except that reports were taken
for establishments idle during
portion OF the year 1909, or which
began operation during that yeaFi
and whose products for such reason
we're less than $500.
The important industries
In 1909 the industries which may
ne classed as important are as fol-
ows: beet sugar, butter cheese and
condensed milk. bread and bakery
PRODUCTS, brick and tile, cars and
general shop construction and re-
,airs by steam railroad companies
lour and grist mill products, lumber
and timber products, malt liquors,
printing and publishing, and slaugh'
.erlng and meat packing.
OF the industries enumerated, the
most important according 10 the val
ie OF products, for which figures can
De shown without diyulging individual
operations, are: Lumber and tim
DER products. $1O,7G9 900; flour and
grlst mill products. S2,4S0,OOO; cars
and general shop construction and
repairs by steam railroad companies
81 1866 900; and printing and publish
ng. Sl.14S.OO. The value Of the
PRODUCTS for these four industries
mounts to s15,763, 900 and represents
20 nor cent Of the total for the state,
n 1904 tho value Of products for
heee four industries was; Lumber
and timber products, $3,142,O00; flour
md grist mill products, $l,5S4,OoOi
ars and general shop construction
md repairs by steam railroad com
,auies. s914,OO0; total Of $685.
700. with proportion Of the tota
value of manufactures for the state
he same as in 1909. The total val
le OF products for these four IN
lustrios in 1909, compared with tha
Cor 1904, shows an increase Of ~,
| 574 900. or 155 per cent, a perceniaS
1 II Increase practically like that foi
N manufactures in the state 10
The same period
The Per Cents Of Increase.
The summary for the state show
large Increase at the census
1903 as compared with that TO
1904 In the order of their import
ance from a percentage standpoint
he principal items rank as follows;
Capital, 2S4 per cent; average mum
Der OF wage earners employed dur
ing the year, 169 per cent, yalu
added by manufacture, 1877 per cent
salaries and wages. 166 per cent
value of products, t56 per cent; cos
OF materials used, l44 per cent
number of salarled officials an
clerks, l39 per cent; miscellaneou
expenses. 12i per cent; and numbe
of establishments. 90 per cent.
There were 725 manufacturing es
Establishments In 1909 and 364
1904, an increase Of 36t, or 80 pc
cent
The capital invested, as reporte
in 1909. was 1872 .S77 900, a gain
S22 .6Ss 600. or 2S4 per cent, owe
80 $50 600 in 1904 The average car
tal per establishment was approx
.mately $4,000 in 1903 and $4,000 il
1904. In this connection it shoul'
DO stated that the inquiry containe'
in the census schedule calls for tn
total amount OF capital both owne
and borrowed and invested in IN,
business. but excludes the value o
rented property, plant, or equipmen
which was employed in the oondue
II manufacturing enterprises. II
the final bulletins and reporst tn
rental paid for such property will b
shown separately
The cost OF materials used 1
1909 was S9.s2O. 600. as against 81
0S9 600 in 1904. an increase Of 50
S5l 900, or i4t per cent. The aver
age per establishment In 1909 wa
approximately $4,000, and in $780,
| stf OOO In addition To the COmpOnel