The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-08-29
INDUSTRY IN
STATE CITIES
s. GROWING
AS Shown BY Census Figures
On Manufacture in West
Virginia.
THIS CITY LEFT OUT
Of the Report Owing TO the
Basis Of Population Used
At Washington.
THIS CITY LEFT our
At Washington.

Il
wAs4nNeuo8. Aug. 2s-while
Huntington made marvellous strides
as a 1nanufactur city and ParkeEs-
burg and Charleston each showed.
big in creases IN manufacturing
lines, the relative rank Of four West
Virginia. misunderstanding cities re-
mains unchanged according to fig
ures made public today by the con-
lsus. bureau, as ID manufactures in,
west virginia. The figures are for
/, the five year period from 1903 TO
1909. and are given only for the six
cities of more than 10000 population.
IAs neither &fartinsville nor Bluefield'
now over 10000. was in that class in
1904, no comparison with these cities
lean be made with the latter year
the figures for 1908 being given with
out comparison.
wheeling continues to be by al
odds the greatest manufacturing city
In the state The: number of it's man
ufacturing establishments is almost
.leoual to the combined numer for
Huntington, ParkeEshurg and CHARLES
! ton. while in capital invested. value
of products. number of employees ana
! salaries and wages. wheeling exceeds
the aggregate OF the three cities next
lin importance.
Iuntington's manufacturing did n
increase as rapidly as Its population
during the last period for which an
Inouucement Is made. While its pop
ulatfon increased 1914 per cent. the
number Of its Ii1a4ufaekuring estab-
i Iashments increased sl5y 50 per cent,
1.-The value gifts products 4S per cent.
land the capital invested in manufac-
turing 7s per cent. While these per-
Icentages are small as compared with
,t+he growth OF auntington's popula-
tfon. they are large compared with
similar figures for any other cities
Hin the state, showing Huntington's
Itndustrial growth as well as its
prcxvtF in population to be the most
IrapId in the state. Already more
than one tenth of its population Is
listed in the class of wage earners
lin manufacturing establishments.
| Parkersburg, with less than two
thirds the population OF Huntington,
has IS manufacturing embellishments
Ito HuntIngton's 81; the cap IN
vested in manufacturing, and the
value of its manufactured products
Iare almost as great as Hunttngton's.
,lwIth a. smaller population by 5000
! than Charleston, Parketsburg is a.
for more important manufacturing
civ tnan Charleston. having far more
embellishments, greater capital, pro !
nets of greater value and larger num-
'tber of employees with larger pay
roll than Charleston. In manufac-
turing ParkersburE is close rival
1 10 Iuntington, and the only one
| Huntington has. It the Industrial
igrowtn of the last two years conttn-
ues. the next five year period PROD
ably will show Parkersburg up in
different light from the present re-
port.
in west VirglnIa"in slxe and of lSreat
commercial Importance. not not very
4 much OF a manufacturing city, &c.
tcordinE to the census statistics. In
ract II stands but little above Mar.
tinsburg as manufacturing city. and
Martinsburg has less than half Its
population. And yet Charleston has
made great progress in manufactur-
ling in the last five years. 1t shows
increases of II per cent-in the num-
liner of industrial establishment, 81 per
cent in capital invested, q per cent
lin wages and salaries. and 81 per cent
lin value of products.
The statement of the census Ru-
. roam indicates that the value of prod
ucts in these tables indicates their
, selling value or price at the plants as
;actuaIly turned out at the facturies
during the census year, and does
mot necessarily have any relation to
the amount Of sales for that year.
The values under this head also IN
clude the amount received for work
. done on materials Furnished by others :.
The value added by manufacture"
means the value of the products less
!, the cost OF materials.
7 steam laundries are not Included IN
: the figures, given above and cannot
he compared with former years, as
this is tn first year that separate
: statistics for lnundries are given. The
r summary for steam laundries in the
l six west virginia cities reported on
r IS as follows:
Number Of esta1oli shments: Wheel
ing. s: Huntington, % ParlSersbllFs
=. 2