The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-25

showed only small growth in five
products. 29.5 per cent, value added.
Leading Industries
The 10 leading industries measured
by value of products hold a different
rank when measured by value added
by manufacture. Marble and stone
and lumber continue the most important
but foundry and machine shop industry
rises from 7th to 3rd place. Wooden /
goods and paper and wood pulp be-
comes of more Importance than manu-
facture of butter, cheese and condens-
ed milk. Furniture, printing patent
medicines and mems clothing take
next places and hosiery and knit
goods drop 8th to 18th place.
Flour and gristmills fall from 5th
to 18th place, but in percentage OF
increase in respect to value of prod
ucts and value added by manufacture
this industry showed greater rate
than any other, S1.1 per cent.
In addition, 10 other industries had
vaue of products Of 100000 in 1909.
These industries include boots and
shoes, brushes, collins, cotton goods,
cutlery and tools, supplies for dairy,
poultry and apiary firearms, furnish
ing goods, grease and tallow, etc,
The average number engaged in
manufactures in 1909 was 38,5S0 Of
whom 33.7SS were wage earners. OF
the remainder, .20SS were proprletors
and officials and 1904 were clerks.
For all industries S5.7 per cent OF
wage earners were males 16 and over,
1877 per cent females, 16 and over
and six-tenths of per cent children
under 16 Wage earners under l6
are employed principally in marble
and stone wooden and lumber.
Hours Of Labor
Prevailing hourso labor range
from 81 to 60 hours a week, only III
per cent being employed at less than
Prevailing hours of labor range
more than 60 hours.
\ in marble and stone, prevailing
hours are 4S hours per week, and un-
der for 1872 per cent of wage earn
ers, between 81 and so hours for 5O.4
per cent and 60 hours for S3 per cent.
In railroad car shops and establish
ments making clothing, hours are "a
to 60 a week and in bakery, canning,
cooperage, -four and gristmills, host
cry lumber, wooden goods. hours are
60 a week. In butter and cheese a
majority work over 60 hours week.
In lumber, number OF establish
ments ranks first. Returns for 1909
as compared with 1899 show decrease
of GA per cent in output of lumber,
222 per cent in that OF lath and SAG
per cent In shingles. Principal kinds
produced are spruce, hemlock white
pine and birch In 1909 of total cut
OF 351,57l NJ feet board measure, soft
woods represented 242,930 NJ feet
board measure.
Ninth In Dairy Product
Vermont ranks 9th in dairy product
establishments and 10th in value of
products The value of products
shows increase and total value of but
ter packed solid and in prints and
rolls represented 74.2 per cent of to-
tai value OF products of the industry
in 1909, GIL per cent in 1904 and 1873
per cent in 1899. In 1899, 22.7 per
cent of butter produced was put up
in prints and rolls and in 1909 S7.S
per cent.
In cheese there was decrease of 1854
per cent from 1904 to 1909 in quantity
and IA per cent In value. The guam.
tity and value of condensed milk pro-
duced in 1909 was about seven times
that reported in 1899. The increasing
custom of separating milk on the farm
is apparent since only 1923 separators
were reported. as operated by factor
les in 1909 as compared with 307 in
1 1900
Total value of butter in 1899 was
s5,656,265 in 1904, S6,416.434 and in
1909 SS,112,239; packed solid, 1899 H.
S66,750 pounds and in 1909, 12,5S9,0 OILS
pounds. Butter in prints or rolls 1899
5,OS6.631 pounds. 1904, 11,046,O 43
pounds, 1909, 1885, 4S0 pounds.
Cream sold, 1899, 215,SSs pounds.
1904, 572,4O2 pounds. 1909 1902 O9
pounds.
Cheese. full cream, 1899. 4,O6s, O6S
pounds, lSO4, 4,2fl,l6O pounds, l9O9,
2,576.07S pounds. Other kinds, 1899.
645,042 pounds. 1904, $4,000, 1909. 1885,.
5S3
Condensed milk. sweetened. 1909, o.
0O6.5S2 pounds and unsweetened, a.
246.0S4 pounds.
In wooden and worsted goods there
was decrease in l904.9 as in other
-
en- goods was overcome by increase
In production of worsteds. A total of
51,404 producing spindles we're report
ed in 1909 compared with 50,73S in
1904 and S7,46O in 1899 Total mum.
Der OF looms was 1897 in 1909, 965 in
1904 and 775 in 1899.
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