Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-09
TOBACCO MANUFACTURES.
Preliminary Report for 1903 issued
by the Census Bureau.

A preliminary statement of the gem
eral results of the Thirteenth Census
of establishments engaged in the
manufacture of tobacco was issued to-
day by Director Durand of the Bureau
Of the Census, Department of Com
merce and Labor. 1t includes chew
ing and smoking tobacco, and snuH,
cigars, and cigarettes. The report was
prepared under the direction of Will
liam NJ. Steuart, chief statistician for
manufactures. Bureau of the Census,
ard contains a summary which gives
the general figures for 1904 and 1909.
The figures are subject to such re-
vision as may be necessary after
further examination of the original
reports.
Rates of increase.
The general summary shows in
creases in all the items at the census
| of 1909 as compared with that for 1904.
with the exception of the number of
esta blishments and the capital invest
| ed.
The gross value of products in
creased rs per cent. cost of materials,
Al per cent; value added by manu-
faeture, II per cent; average number
| of wage earners employed during the
year. ) per cent; amount paid for
wages, IL per cent: number of sal
aried officials and clerks, 43 per cent;
amount paid in salaries, 81 per cent;
miscellaneous expenses, 28 per cent;
primary horsepower, is per cent;
while the number of establishments
decreased per cent, and capital III
vested, "a per cent.
There were 1889 establishments
engaged in this industry in 1903 ana
| 16,827 IN 1904. a decrease of per cent.
The capital invested as reported in
| 1903 was $245,660.o00, decrease OF
$7S.322,000 or "a per cent, from 1923, =
| $4,000 in 1904. The average capital
per establishment was approximately
$4,000 in 1909 and $4,000 in 1904.
Value of Products,
| The value of products was S4t6,-
$4,000 in 1909 and s331.111,o00 in 1904,
an increase of $85,5S4 900, or 26 per
cent. The average per establishment
| was approximately $4,000 in 1903 and
$4,000 in 1904.
The cost of materials used was
$117 $4,000 in 1909, as against $685.
0S6,o00 in 1904. an increase of $751;
| 100000, or Al per cent.
| The value added by manufacture
was $239,509.000 in 1909 and $780,
025,000 in 1904, an increase of $34,4S4 :
600. or II per cent This item formed
l57 per cent. of the total value of
products in 1909 and 81 per cent in
1904. The value added by manufae-
ture represents the difference between
the cost of materials used and the
lvalue of products after the manufac-
turing processes have been expended
upon them. 1t is the best measure
of the relative Importance of indus
tries.
l The miscellaneous expenses amount
ed to s102,653,000 in 1909 and $780,
| 145.o00 in 1904. an increase of $22,-
| 50s,O00, or % per cent. The most i'm
1 portant item of miscellaneous ex-
penses is the internal revenue tax.
BY reason of that tax the miscellane-
GUS expenses are relatively much
larger in this industry than in most
other industries. The value of prod
ucts and value added by manufacture
fof course include the tax.
Salaries and Wages.
| The salaries and wages amounted
to $S6,134,000 in 1909 ana s71,439, 600 In
| 1904, an increase of sf4,695,00 or II
per cent.
The number of salaried officials and
clerks was 1873 in 1909 and 1896 in
1904, an increase of 43 per cent. their
salaries amounted to $16,779,000 In
1909 and sS,S90,00O in 1904. an in
crease of 81 per cent.
| The average number of wage earn
ers employed during the year was
16t,s1O in 1909 and 159,406 in 1904, an
increase of per cent; their wages
amounted to $6s,355,0O0 in 1909 and
s62.S3s,00o in 1904, an increase of II
per cent.