Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-10-25
PHOENIX. ARIZONA, OCT. %. 1911.
Manufacturing Industries in Arizona

Manufacturing Industries in Arizona.
lit is generally supposed. we be
leve. that the manufacturing in
dustries in Arizona are Of no great
magnitude. The fact is. however,
that manufacturing holds a very i'm
portant place in the business life Of
this territory.
The census bureau has just made
public the statistics of manufactUr-
ing in Arizona as gathered in the
census of last year. The facts are
set forth in a pamphlet OF fifteen
pages, and make a gratifying show
ing.
Treating the census in the present
tense, there are 81 manufacturing
establishments now, as against ia
ten years ago.
Wage earners in Arizona factories
in 1900 numbered only 1926. Now
there are GAIL
The horse power used in 1900 was
but S,537 At present the total is
39,14O
Wages in 1900 amounted to S2.2S7.-
OOO. Now they amount to s5,5O5.OOO
annually.
The total value of manufactured
products in 1900 was s2O,459.OOO.
Now the total value amounts to $50
Oc.OOO
BY far the most important indus
try in the territory is, Of course, the
smelling and refining of copper. The
value of this product in 1900 was
SIPS, 900. BY the census Of 1910
it was $41.O59,OOO
In this industry there are 3,129
wage earners, their total earnings
for 1910 amounting to s2.776.O0O. In
1900 there were only 1.64S wage
carriers employed in the smelling
and refining of copper. and their
total earnings for the year were
1927, OO0.
But the other manufacturing in
dustries run into millions of dollars
in capital employed. in the value of
products. and in the distribution of
wages.
For example. the manufacture of
bread and bakery products, butter
cheese and condensed milk, now dis
tributes more than half a million
dollars in wages annually. and the
value of these products considerably
exceeds a million dollars. An in
crease of more than 500 per cent has
been reached in the ten years.
Manufacturing connected with the
railway industry. cars and general
shop construction and repairs. en-
ploys 1850 men, as against $40 in
1900 The wages paid amount to
$4,000. whereas the total in 1900
was $4,000.
Flour mill and grist mill products
are valued at s1.S17,OOO In 1900 the
value was s44sOOO.
There are % ice factories, with a
product valued at s5O1, 900. In 1900
there were factories, with a prod
uct valued at s133.OOO.
Lumber manufacturing employs
s39 wage earners, whose annual
earnings amount to S639,OO0 The
total number Of such establishments
is %. as against Il in 1900. The
total value of the product in 1900
was s1,419,OOO. Ten years ago it
was only $4,000, with 3S1 wage
earners and s267.OOO in wages.
The printing and publishing in
dustry includes Ga establishments. |
as against 80 in 1900. There are 26S
wage earners, their annual earnings
amounting to $16S,OOO. In 1900 there
were 139 wage earners in this bust
ness, with only $4,000 in earnings. |
And 50 on through the list The
number of manufacturing establish |
ments in most industries has in
creased several hundred per cent |
and there has been an increase of
at least 100 per cent in practically |
every industry.
OF the various manufacturing in
dustries other than those We have
specifically mentioned, there are 122, |
as against Sc in 1900. The wage
earners number 775, as against only !
252 in 1900. and their product is
valued at s1,767,OOO, as against s571,-
900 ten years ago.
The comparative figures on manu-
featuring in Phoenix and Tucson are