Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-11
MANUFACTURES REACH
 HALF A BILLION.
Salaries and Wages Aggregate in Con necticut the Handsome Sum of $13e,- 756,0oo.

An advance bulletin on the statis- tics of manufactures for the state of Connecticut for the calendar year 1909, as shown by the thirteenth census, has been issued by Director Durand of the bureau of the census, department of commerce and labor. Connecticut is pre- eminently a manufacturing state. and the growth and concentration of It's population have been closely rela- ed to the increase in the importance of it's manufacturing industries. The states proportion of the total value of products manufactured in the United States fell from 4.6 per cent. in 1s4S-50 to 2.s per cent in 1899 and 2.4 per cent in 1909. The rank of Connecticut among the states in re- gard to the value of it's manufactured products was twelfth in 1909) as com pared with eleventh in 1899, and fifth in 1S49-50.
 In 1909 the state of Connecticut had 4,251 manufacturing establishments which gave employment to an average of 233,S71 persons during the year and paid out s135. 900 in salaries and wages. Of the persons employed 210,792 were wage earners.
 These establishments turned out products to the value of S490, ,272, 900
  $257, 7,259,000 were used. The value added by manufacture was thus $233, = 013,000, which figure best represents the real wealth created by, manufac- turing operations during the year. Firearms and Ammunition.
 In 1904, exclusive of governmental establishments, almost four -fifths of the total value of the ammunition and over one-fourth Of the total value oi the firearms manufactured in the Unit | ed States was reported from this state Connecticut was the leading state ir the total value of products reported for the combined industries in 1909.
 Location of Establishments.
 In 1909 sS.2 per cent. of the total value of products was reported from cities and boroughs having over 10,00C | inhabitants and 65.7 per cent. of the average number of wage earners were | employed in these places.
 Every city and borough for whict l comparable figures are available, ex- | cept New London, shows an increase 1 in value of products for the ten years i and for each of the fve-year periods | New London shows a decrease of f.; | per cent. from 1904 to 1909. due to the decline in shipbuilding. The larges | relative gains in value of products dur l ing the decade were as follows: Stam' l ford 122.9 per cent, New Britain 9S.' per cent, and Bridgeport s5.6 per cent Character of Ownership. l For all industries combined 35.3 pel l cent of the total number of establish ments were in 1909 under corporate ownership. as against 64.7 per cent under all other forms.
 1 In 1909 of the 4,251 establishment: only 93, or 2.2 per cent, had a value of products exceeding $1,000,000. i These 93 establishments, however i employed an average of 95,373 wage earners or 452 per cent. of the tOta number in all establishments, and re- l ported 49.3 per cent. of the total value | of products and AT per cent. of the total value added by manufacture.
 On tho other hand, the very smal 1 stablishments-that is, those having a value of products less than S5,oOO- constituted a considerable proportion 1 (S0.9 per cent) of the total number of establishments, but the value oi their products amounted to only six tenths of 1 per cent of the total The great bulk of the manufacturing was reported by establishments having product valued at not less thar $10o.oA0 each.
 Of the 4,251 establishments reported 1 for all industries s.6 per cent. employ ed no wage earners; 44.S per cent from 1 to 5; 21 per cent. to 20; 9.t 1 per cent. 2l to 50. and 16.2 per cent over 50. There were S4 establishment; that employed over 500 wage earners and S7 tha temployed over 1000.
 Products and Producers. Values of products in given indus 1 tries annear- herewith, Ina first hglIrs,