The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-10
ARKANSAS SHOWS
GREAT PROGRESS
Statistics Compiled From Gen.
sus Report Issued---Timber
Is Leading Industry.
MANUFACTURES ON INCREASE
Wealth of Citizens Grows Better In
Ten Years-State Has Large
Deposits of Coal.

Western Newspaner Union News Service.
Washington, ID. C.-An advance bull
letin giving statistics of manufacture
ers for the state of Arkansas for the
calendar year 1909, as shown by the
Thirteenth census, has been issued by
the census bureau. The next summar-
ICES the general results of the census
inquiry, presenting a series of special
tables in which the main facts printed
in the general table are given in con-
venient form for the state as whole
and for important industries. 1t also
presents tables in which the statistics
for the industries of the state as a
whole and for few important indus
tries are classified by character of
ownership, size of establishment, num-
Der of wage earners and prevailing
hours of labor, information which can
not be presented in general tables for
each industry without disclosing the
facts for individual establishments.
The bulletin says:
mo city In the state has popula-
ton of over $4,000, although five cities,
Little Rock, Fort Smith, Pine Bluff,
Hot Springs and Argenta each had a
population exceeding 10000 in 1910.
"Of the entire population of the
state. 1928 per cent resided in cities
and incorporated towns having popu-
iation of $500 or over in 1910, as
against S.5 per cent in 1900.
Large Coal Deposits.
Arkansas contains large deposits
of btuminous and semi.anthracite
coal, which are accessible for indus
trial purposes, and its extensive tim
Der areas provide abundant material
for the lumber and timber products
industry, which is by far the most i'm.
portant branch of manufactures in the
state.
although Arkansas is comparative
~ unimportant as manufacturing
state, its manufactures have shown
marked increases In recent years. In
1S49-50, the 261 manufacturing estab.
lishments reported gave employment
to an average of S24 wage earners,
representing four-tenths of one per
cent of the population of the state. In
1909 an average of 44,92S wage earn
ers were employed, representing %
per cent of the total population.
During this period of 60 years the
gross value of products per capita of
the entire population increased from
S2.56 to s47.5S.
"In 1909 the state of Arkansas had
1925 manufacturing establishments,
which gave employment to an average
Of 51,730 persons during the year and
paid out $22,547,000 in salaries and
wages. OF the persons employed. A.
go were wage earners.
Products Valued at $74,e16,ooo.
These establishments turned out
products to the value of s74,916,00O.
to produce which materials costing
$34,935, 900 were used. The value add
ed by manufacture was thus 500 ,9S1,-
900, which figure best represents the
net wealth created by manufacturing
operations during the year"
The principal manufactures of the
state in the order OF their Importance
as given by the bulletin are:
Lumber and timber products, cotton
seed and cake, flour mill and grist
mill products, cars and general shop
construction and repairs by steam rail-
road companies, printing and publish
ing.
Under the classification of printing
and publishing are included all estab-
lishments engaged in job printing and
the printing and publishing of books,
newspapers and periodicals. This in
dustry, which included 295 establish
ments, the second largest number re-
ported for any manufacturing indus
try in the state, employed an average
of 9S1 wage earners in 1909. and re
ported products valued at $2,0S2,000.
Carriages and wagons and materials