The Calumet news., 1912-06-08

adjustments average number of wage
Gamers, and amount paid IN wages.
The supply oc timber i'm the state has
been declining steadily. and ,he value
Uf products showed q decrease both
from 1883 to 1899 and from 1899 TO
1904. Since 1904. however, the indus
try has shown a Slight increase in this
respect. In 1909 the total value Of
products reported for this industry
was S6l.5l4.0G0 and II gave employ
inent To an average Of 35.627 wage
carners during the year.
Foundry and machine shop prod
ucts--This industry was really Ok
greater Importance iu the state than Is
indicated By the statistics, as some
machine shops manufactured DIS
tinctive product and were assigned 20
other classifcations. A number Of tire
most important establishments were
engaged In the manufacture OF cast.
iron radiators and boilers for steam,
and hotwater heating, gas engines
and automobile motors. and cranes and
pile drivers. The gross value of prod
ucts increased from s25,43O,00O i'm 1899
TO si5,S99,O00 in 1909. or 1876 per cent
for the decade
Food and kindred products-This
group includes seven Industries. name
ly, flour mills and gristmills: the but
ter. cheese, and condensed milk indus
try; slaughtering and meat packing.
the manufacture Of food preparations
bakeries; the beet sugar industry; and
/ canning and preserving.
In 1903 there were 1850 establish
! ments reported for these seven indus
tries. which employed 10,97S wage
earnres and manufactured products
valued at $i0o.e05,0 ,0OO. adding $26, ,4S0-
COO to the cost Of materials by the
process of manufacture. Each of these
industries showed noteworthy in
crease i'm value of products during the
decade. the largest percentage OF gain
being that OF j54 in the beet sugar in
dustry, and the smallest. that of oil
in the -four mill and gristmill indus
try.
Furniture and refriserators.-Mic
gan was the second state In the Union
in the manufacture of furniture and
refrigerators in 1909. ana first in the
manufacture of refrigerators alone. OF
the 202 establishments included i'm this
classification in 1909. only 10 were pri-
marily engaged in the manufacture of
refrisorators. the value OF the output
OF these establishments constituting
about one-twelfth of the total vafue of
products reported for the industry
rhe Importance of the Industry in the
state is no doubt due largely To the
abundant available supply of pine and
hardwood suitable for these purposes
While the supply of such woods In the
state has diminished i'm late years, the
quantity OF high grade lumber import
ed has largely Increased. and the in
dustry in the state has maintained the
impetus afforded by its carly natural
advantages and continues to prosper
as is indicated by the fact that the
average number of wage earners en-
ployed increased from 1888 to 1850
or 294 per cent, and the value of prod
ucts from s16,0iO000 to $2S.642.OCO. or
'S.6 per cent, during the decade. Dur
ing this period, however. the proper
tiOn which the value of the products
Of the furniture and refrigerator in
dustry in Michigan formed of the to-
tai reported for the industry In the
United States has decreased being 11.9
per cent in 1909 and 1873 per cent In
1899.
Printing and publishing.-Th is the
second industry i'm the state i'm number
Of establishments. reporting in 1903
about one ninth Of all manufacturing
establishments. although i. employed
only 81 per cert Of the wage earners
and contributed only rs per cent of
the value of products. The industry
experienced decided growth during
the last decade, the number of wage
earners increasing 2177, or Az per
cent. and the value of products So
$4,000, or lila per cont.
Tobacco mamfacurcs.--Of the 80
establishments Included in the indus
try all but II were engaged primarily
IN the manufacture of cigars and ci- |