The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-23
STATES FACTORIES
A Review of the Miscellaneous
Industries of the State by
Commissioner OF Labor
and Printing

Growth Has Been Shown in These
in North Carolina and That in
Wages a substantial Average In
crease IS Shown.
From the report to be issued by
Hon. NJ. j.. Shipman, Commissioners Of
Labor n Printing the following con-
>erning miscellaneous factories Will
q read with interest:
IN the division of establishments
treated under this head. (Which in
tludes oil manufacturing establish
:nents reporting that are not treated
Under cotton. wooden, silk or knitting
mills, or furniture factories>. a growth
consistent with that Of former years
$ shown. 1t is gratifying to note tne
,arIefy Of articles manufactured in h
tate; but an examination OF the class
Il factories cannot but bring to mind
many articles not manufactured that
re imported Il used largely that
he State offers special opportunity
ior producing. Especially is his no
-tceable in the line Of canned and pre-
serVed foOd-StuHs. No doubt much Of
ne fresh fruit and vegetables shipped
are returned in the preserved condi-
-,ons, thereby losing to the original
PRODUCER one or more profits. plus the
a CA5A% ~ III AttlI tIG UO1iilS Wi1fTG
ne products are handled.
Wages show q substantial veras
Increase; the per cent OF persons who
lead and write also shows an increase
over last year. The total number Of
! PERSONS employed is slightly larger
IMAM was shown by last report. Alto
5eIheT, the showing made il G.
aging, and while not as great as could
5e hoped for, shows tina the genera.
>rend is toward development. a devel-
opnlent SO consistent and SO steady as
20 dlSSipate any idea that there is any
uncertainty about its perTnanence.
The total umbe of miscellaneous
factories reporting to the department
Tor the year ending June 80. 1911, is
81
Aggregate capital reported bv s51
factories, $51,TS7,491. Five hundred
and ninety-eight factories report the
estimated value Of plants to be S22,-
ooS,324, and the output s53, 152 5S1.
Six hundred and S~ixty-seven fac
tories report power used as follows:
steam, 3s4; electric, l46; water, IS:
hand. Is; gasoline, "a; steam and cleo
trio. 20; steam and gasoline, 8: steam
and water, /: steam and gas. 9; gas
J, steam. water and electric, !: Watef
and gasoline, 1: p do not report pow
er. These establishments, exclusive o
1e using hand power. show the en-
plOyment OF 1o2, 61A is horsepower
The average hours worked per da*
ten hours and tWenty-onc minutes.
"FOrty-tWO per cent eport increas.
OF age fifty per cent report II
change; one per cent report decrease
seven per cen do not report. Sixty
nine and One-tenth per eDt pay Wagt
weekly: seventeen anu rour-Lenths pc
cent pay se~mi-monthly: ten and three
tenthS per cent pay monthly; two
tenths Of one per cen pay daily; tH1
tenthS of one per cent on demand
tWo-tenthS of II per cent t~ri-nonth
ly: tWo-tenths Of one per cent by I'll
piece; two and four-tenths per cei
! do not report
Six hundred and fcrty-seren fat
tories report 34.26o persons employed
( This numbe is made up Of 2S,52
A males, 1856 females. 1.4S4 children
2 Highest average wages per day: males
, sail; females. S1.45. Lowest aver
age wages: males, s1.t1; females. 6
cents. Eighty-six per cen of adc
S EN- pioyees read and write: ninety-o.
a per cent of children. F'orty-seYen d,
e ive-tenths per cent report inaproy
ment in financial condition of empio
ees; twenty-nine and tWo-tenths d.
J cent report no improvement; tWent
e three and three-tenths per cent 8
g not answer.