The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-07-04

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thing that we all know. If they would
tell us where we can get cans that will
not rust when given the best of care,
they would be telling us something
that we all wish to know also some
thing worth knowing.-Ex.
More than rs per cent of the number
of manufacturing establishments in
the United States in the year 1909 were
operated under corporte ownership.
Corporations, however, while they
controlled about one~fourth of the es-
adjustments, gave employment to a
little over Is per cent of the wage
earners in the country according to a
census bulletin relating to manufacture
ing. In all probability it will not be
many years before corporations control
majority of manufacturing establish
ments, even as they now control ma
jority of the really big industries, en-
ploy Is per cent of the labor of the
country and produce 10 per cent Of the
products, money value considered.
After all there is good deal in talk.
Let man talk dull times and it is in
fictitious, everybody talks dull times.
Instead of rustling around TO take care
of what business there is, they all go
sit down and NOPE over dull times. If
customer does happen to drop into
one of these 'dull times" stores he &C
tually gets frightened out of one-half
as much as he expects to buy, because
things look so blue. He catches the
spirit of the store and resolves to hang
on to all his money with a death grip,
even if his business goes to pieces on
account of running short of goods to
fill up the empty shelves. The bug
bear of hard times should be sat down
upon. 1t is doing more to kill business
than anything else. Tell man he is
sick, keep it up, and you will eventual
ly hound him to death.-Ex.
With an attendance of 1,523 students
which is gain of 295 over last year,
the fourteenth annual summer school
of the University of Wisconsin opened
at Madison last week AS some STU
dents always enroll late, the total at
tendance will probably reach 1900.
There are 144 teachers on the faculty
this year, the largest number ever be-
fore employed in the summer session.
New courses offered in the depart
ments of home economics, physical
training, manual training and fine arts
are largely accountable for the in
creased number of students. Because
of the wide range of subjects provided
in this years summer school, scores of
teachers from Wisconsin and nearby
states, who cannot attend college dur
ing the regular academic year, are en-
abled to carry on advanced work in
special fields. One of the courses that
is attracting many students this sum-
mer is that dealing with library train
ing. This course is designed especially
for teachers who want to learn some
thing of library methods so that they
may organize and manage school libra
res. The demand on the part of
school superintendent for teachers
who have had some training in library
work led to the establishment of the
course.
A Federal census bulletin, just is
sued, on the -four milling and grist
milling industry in the United States,
says this industry was, in value of pro-
ducts, the fifth in ranking order in the
census year 1909. The figures given
include all mills grinding wheat rye or
buckwheat -four, or corn meal, hom-
my, grits or feed. They do not include
mills doing custom grinding exclusive
ly or factories making fancy cereal
foods as chief product.
The number of establishments re-
ported in 1909 was 1861, with total
number of 66,054 persons engaged, of
which IA, $50 were proprietors and firm
members, 4,l93 salaried officers, super
intendents and managers, and 6,284
male and 1,554 female clerks. The
average number of wage earners was
39,453. The capital invested was
S349, Isl, 779. The value of products
was 1888, 5Si, 405. The value added by
manufacture, which is the difference
between cost of materials and value of
products, was $l16,007929.
In average number of wage earners
the ten leading States ranked as fol-
lows: Minnesota, 4,345; New York,
$780, Ohio, 1855; Illinois, 2,464; Penn
sylvania, 2,432; Kansas, 1880; Indiana,
2,29S; Missouri, 2,l9S; Tennessee, l,57;;
Michigan. 1880. In value OF products
the ten leading States stood as follows:
Minnesota, $l39, 1856, 1919, New York,
800, 1902, 270; Kansas, SGS, 476, 4l0; Illinois,
S5l, 110,6SI; Ohio, 4S,093, 1853; Pennsyl-
vania, S44, 1872 ,55S; Missouri, S44, sos. 106;
Indiana, $40, 54l, 455; Texas, 1872, 49,
6l2.