Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-04-02
new MEXICO HAS
GOOD RECORD
Ranks Among States Showing
Over 80 Per Cent Increase
in Number of Wage Farmers
in Ten Years.

Especial Corpeapoadence e. che Kerapdl
Washington, y. G., March 10
Statistics Of manufactures for the
United States and for each state.
showing the average number OF wage
earners, the total value OF products,
and the total value BY manufacture m
1909. together with the rank of each
state with respect TO these items,
Hre contained IN a statement issued
today By Director Durand Of the hui
reau OF the census, department OF
commerce and labor. was prepared
under the supervision OF WIN. M.
Steuart, chief statistician Tor manu-
lacture and the sigures were drawn
from an advance bulletin now IN
press. Tho states are arranged IN
the order OF rank with respect to value
of products.
New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois,
Massachusetts, Ohio New Jersey and
Michigan are foremost in regard to
value OF products, number OF wage
earnefs and value added BY manufac'
ture. Each Of these seven states has
the same rank IN all three respects
except that Illinois, which Is third IN
value OF products and value added nv
manufacture, ranks fourth Ia nnmber
of WAGE earncrs. Massachusetts. adj
vanelng 20 third place. These seven
etates together report over three
aftna of the total salue o7 manuiact-
Ufea products for the United States.
Most of the other states hpprow-
mnteiy the same rank In each Of the
three items. but there are several
states IN which. because OF the large
proportion which the cost of materials
represents Of the total value OF prod
acis, the rank according 20 vaiuV CT
products ls materially higher than
that IN number of wage eagners or IN
value added By manufacture This IS
particularly true of st.iee In which
the flour mill and giaughsering indus
tries are the most Important. The
most noteworthy casC Of this char.
actcr Is Kansas. which rGnks fOui :
ieenth In value OF pr ,il-,a. hut only
lthiriyihirf in aitnhur OI wage earn
eIs and twenty-eighth N value added
| hy manufacture
The greatest percentages OF In.
crease are naturally In those states
In which the development Of manu-.
IAHNtuIuh fAuunliNo - comparatively
recent
In percentage OF increase In value
OF products, between 1899 and 1903
the states ranging above 100 pei
cont. In ranging order, are Nevada
Idaho. Oklahoma Utah. washington
North Dakota Texas, Oregon North
Carolina, Arizona. West virginia MIS-
lstsalppi Georgen. Michigan. Florida
South Carolina. Kansas. New Jersey
icalfnrnia Alabama, Virginia and
louisiana.
In percentage OF increase in aver
age number of wage oarners, hetweor
1899 and 1903, the states ranging
above 80 per cent. IN ranking order
are: oklahoma. Idaho. Nevada, Wash
lingt0n, Utah Arizona, North Dakota
lOregOn, West Virginia. Mississippi
Louisiana, Texas, North Carolina
New Mexico, Kansas, Florida, Souti
dakota. Tennessee, Virginia, Souti
lCarollna and New Jersey.
Among the ten states which ars
most Important N manufacturing tn
Im0et conspicuous advances are II
Michigan, New Jersey and Ohio. Thi
aDeplute increase, as distinguished
from the percentage 0f increase, was
greater I'm New York, che leadini
misunderstanding state than In any olhol
state.