Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-05-21
MANUFACTURES
in ARKANSAS
Census Bureaus Prelimi-
nary Summary For This
State For 1909 Made Public
AN INCREASE SHOWN
Average Number of Salaried Officials
And Clerk Increased Al Per Gem
Other Figures.

liminary statement of the general re-
suits of the Thirteenth United States
Census of Manufactures of tho state
of Arkansas was issued to-day by
Acting Census Director Falkner. 1t
includes summary comparing the
figures for 1904 and 1909, by state
totals, prepared under the direction
of Mr.. William M. Steuart, chief
stlatistician for manufactures, Bureau
Of the Census. The figures are sub
sary after further examination of
the original reports
The thirteenth Census, like that, of
1904, differs from the Twelfth Census
in 1900, with reference to manufac-
lures, in that the two later censuses
excluded the hand and the building
trades and the neighborhood indus
tries and took account only of es-
Establishments conducted under the
factory system. In the last census
also, as in that for 1904, satisfies Were
met collected for factories having
products for the census year of a val
lie less than $500, except that reports
were taken for establishments idle
during 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, ior other owner, located
in the same town or city, and for
which one set of books of account
is kept.
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 in case the fiscal
year of an establishment differed from
the calender year a report of its ope
rations was obtained fer the fiscal
period falling most largely within
1909.
The Rates OF Increase.
The summary for the state shows
increases in all the items at the GEN.
sus of 1909, as compared with that
for 1904. These are exhibited, I'M
percentage order, as follows:
Oost of materials used, 60 per cent;
PRIMARY horsepower, 5S iYer dent;
number of establishments, 50 per cent,
capital, 81 per cent; number OF
salaried officials and clerks Al per
cent; value of products, 80 per cent;
average number of wage earners en-
ployed during the year, SO per cent;
salaries and wages, "a per cent;
value added by manufacture, 20 per
cent; and miscellaneous expenses,
IL per cent.
There were zoos manufacturing
establishments in 1909 and l,9o' IN
1904; and increase OF LOCI, or 80 per
cent
The capital invested, as reported
in 1909, was $7o,139,000. gain OF
$23, 1873 900 Or 81 per cent. over $46,-
100000 in 1904. The average capital
per establishments was approximate
" $4,000 in both 1909 and 1904. In
this connection it should be stated
that in the census schedule the in
quiry concerning capital invested
calls for the total ann punt, both own
ed ard borrowed and invested in the
business, but does not include the
value of rented property, plant or
equipment which was employed IN
the conduct of manufacturing enter
prises In the final bulletins and re-
ports there will be separate state
ment of the rental paid for such pro-
perty.
The cost of materials used was
$4,000 in 1904; an increase of $751;
045, 900, or so per cent. The average
cost l3f materials per establishments
was approximately $4,000 in 1909,
and sl1 900 in 1904. In addition to
the component materials which enter
into the products Of the establish
ment for the census year there are
included fuel, rent of power and heat
and mill supplies. The cost of mater
ials, however, does not include unused
materials and supplies bought either
for speculation or for use during a
subsequent period.
Value of Products.
The value of products was $74, $751;
900 in 1909 and $53, 1854 900 in 1904;
arr ircrease Q. s2o,sst,ooo. or 50 pc,