The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-01
MANUF ACQUIRING
IN IOWA STATE
Census Bureau Issues Preliminary
Statement Of Conditions in
The State Of
Iowa.
INCREASE IS SHOWN
Everything Seems to Have Doomed
Since Last Census including
Salaries and
Taxes.
INCREASE IS SHOWN

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. IA
preliminary statement of the general
results of the census of manufac-
lactures for the state of Iowa was is
sued today by Census Director Dur
ana. 1t consists of summary COM
pairing the figures for 1904 and 1909
py state totals, prepared under the
direction of Mr.. William M. Steuart,
chief statistician for manufactures
bureau Of the census.
Steam laundries are given a SEN
arate presentation because the thir-
teenth census was the first in which
they were canyassed, and therefore
there are no statistics for prior cen
suses with which these totals can be
compared.
Inc figures are preliminary and sub
lect to such change and correction as
may be found necessary from a furth-
er examination Of the original reports.
The thirteenth census, like that of
1904, with reference. to manufactures
DINERS from the twelfth census, in
lsou IN that the two later censuses
excluded the hand trades, the build.
ing trades, and the neighborhood in
oustrles, and took account only Of es-
ADJUSTMENTS conducted under the
factory system. In the last census
arse, as in that for 1904. statistics
We're not collected for industries hay-
1As predue' for the census year Of
a value less than $500, except that ,e.
narts We're taken for establishments
ldie' during portion of the year 1868.
CT Which resan operation during til; t
year, and whose products for such
reason were less than $500.
The word ablishment'i lis used
III the Thirteenth Census may mean
mere than one nill or plant, psoplded
they are owned Gr Centralized AMI e;er-
ated by single individual, 3a,tper-
snip, corporation, or other ownc- 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 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
increase at the census of
1909 as compared with that for 1904,
in the order of their importance, from
a percentage standpoint, as follows
Cost of materials used, &C per cent;
value of products, 81 per cent; miscel-
aneous expenses. CT per cent; number
Of salaried officials and clerks, 60 per
cent; capital. 81 per cent: value add
I'd by manufacture, SO per cent; sal
aries and wages, so per cent average
lumber OF wageesrners employe. dur
ng the year, % per cent; and num-
per of establishments, 16 per cent.
There were $500 manufacturing es-
Adjustments in 1909 anG Ass in 1904,
IN increase of IA. CIR 16 per cent.
The capital invested as reported in
800. was s171,299,00O, a gain of $780,
$4,000, or "a per cent, over s111,427,
700 in 1904 The average capital per
was approximately $751;
100 in 1909 and $4,000 in 1904. In
his OH
hat the inquiry contained in the cen
JUS schedule calls for the total amount
If capital, both owned and borrowed
md invested in the business, but ex-
,ludes the value Of rented property,
liant, or equipment which was en-
,loyed in the conduct of manufacture
ng enterprises. In the final bulletins
ind reports the rental paid for such
will be shown separately.
The cost of materials used In 1903
vas $170,7150Oo, as against S102,S44,
100 in 1904, an increase of $67,S7S, 900,
n &C per cent. the average per es-
in 1909 was approximately
$4,000, and in 1904, s21, 900. In addi-
ion to the component materials which
inter into the products Of the estab-
ishments for the census year, there is
Moulded fuel, rent of po wer aad heat,
ind mill supplies. The cost of ma
erials, however, does not include UNI
lsed materials and supplies bought
,ither for speculation or for use dur
n a subsequent period.
Value of Products.
The value of products in 1909 wss
;259,a6s,0oA, and SLIGO $4,000 in 1904,
in increase Of s9S,696,0oo, or 81 per
;ent. The average per establishment
vas approximately 1000 in 1909, and
n 1904 it was about $4,000.
The value OF products. represents
heir selling value or price at the
,lants as actually turned out By the
aetories during the census wear, and
Ices not of necessity have any re-
alton to the amount of sales for that
ear. The values under this lead also