The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-02
STATISTICS OF MANUFACT:
URES FOR NORTH DAKOTA
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showed a decrease from 1895 to 1904
increased 1874 per cent from 1900
to 1903
Frof 1904 to 1909 the propor,ionate
number of establishments under tn,
different kinds of ownership show.
no pronounced change. although ir
this respect there We're small increas,
es in the proportion of establishments
under individual and corporate own.
erShlp and slight decreases in the pro-
portion of those under other rcforms
In the average number of wage earn.
trs employed. however. in the value Of
products and in the value added by
manufacture, establishments operated
by corporations reported a much lar
ger proportion of the Total than in
1903. In 1909 Of the total value of
products of the bakeries. 72.5 per cent
was reported by esta blishments under
Individual ownership. In the manu-
tacture of butter and cheese. "othcr''
forms Of ownership showed the lar
geSt value of products. because of the
large number of cooperative organic
atoms which are peculiar to this in
duStry. In the flour-mill and srist-
mil! and in the leather industries
four-tifths of the value Of products
were reported By corporations.
Size of Establishment.
Inc tendency for manufacturing to
neconle concentrated in large cstab-
llshnents. or the reverse. is a matter
If interest from the standpoint of in
dustrial organization.
OF the 7h2 establishments only SO,
or ~ per cent. had a value of pro-
ducts exceeding 100. 1000. These es.
adjustments. however. had an aver
age number of wage of $50.
or 3O.S per cent. of the total number
in all establishments. and reported s.
per cent OF the total value Of products
ana 800 per cont of the total value
added by manufacture.
On tn" other hand. the very small
cstahlishments--that is. those having
a value of products of less than 5000
represented more than one-half.
sos per cent of the total number of
establishments, hut the average mum.
bcr OF wage employed in
them represented only 1875 per cent
the value of their products only as
per cent of the corresponding totals
for the state.
a.? in the average value of products
per establishment. and from s6.15S to
1885 in average value added by
manufacture per establishment, is due
TO tn: greater proportion of the totals
shown for these items in the estab-
lishments having products valued at
over 100000. The average num-
Der of wage per establishment
remained practically the same.
Employees Per Establishment.
In some respects and especially
from the standpoint of conditions
under which persons engaged in man
ufactures work, the best classification
of establishments to bring out the
feature of size Is a classification ac-
cording to the number of wage earn.
ers employed.
OF the 1852 establishments reported
for all industries. 1876 per cent en-
ployed no wage earners; ia per cent.
l to . wage %earners. and the next of
the 125 establishments employing no
wage
OF the total number Of wage earn
ers, 34.3 per cent were in establish
ments employing from l to S wage
earners: 23.4 per cen were in estab-
lishments employing from 6 to 20
wage earners: 1858 per cent were in
establishments employing from 81 to
9O wage earners, while II per cent
were in the . establishments employ.
ing over SO wage n
Expenses.
The census does not purport to fur.
nlsn llgures that can be used for de.
termining the cost Of manufacture
and profits. Facts OF interest can,
however. be brought out concerning
the relative Importance Of the differ.
emit classes of expenses which make up
the total.
This table shows that, for all in.
dustries combined 1871 per cent of the
total expenses was incurred for ma.
t%erials. 1873 per cent for services
that is. salaries and wages-and blu,
Ga per cent for other purposes. Az
would he expected. these proportions
vary greatly in the different indus.
tries,