Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-23
GROWTH OF CONN. MANUFACTURES
Ranks Twelfth in Value of Manufacturing Products-The Net Wealth Created By Manufacturing Operation Being $233, ,023, ,000-Increase in Norwich.

Washington. April s2.-An advance bulletin which gives the statistics of the manufactures of Connecticut for the year 1909, as shown by the census of 1910, has just been issued by the director of the bureau. It will be re- printed as a part of the final report of the 18th census for Connecticut.
 The report says that the prominence of the state as manufacturing state is due to several causes, chief of which are the early establishment of & mum Der of important industries in the state and the unusually large amount of capital available for investment in manufacturing industries. It's abund- ant water power and it's nearness to New York city are other reasons giv- en, as well at It's transportation fla cilities both by land and water, which give it direct and adequate connection with all parts of the country. The growth of the population of the state has been closely related to the increase of it's manufacturing industries. Dur ing the year 1850 an average of 50,731 wage earners, representing 13.7 per cent. of the total population, were em- plOyed in manufactures, while in 1909 an average of 210792 wage earners, or 1S.9 per cent. of the total population were so engaged. In 1850 the total value ot tha manufactures of the state, including the products of the neigh borhood and hand industries, amount ed to s47, 7,115,000. while in 1909, ex- elusive of the value of the products of the neighborhoOd and hand industries, it reached S490.272, ,000. These figures represent increases of 315.5 per cent in the number of wage earners and 94O.6 per cent. in the value of the pro- duct During this period the value of the product per capita of the total population increased from $127 to $40. In 1850 the value of the pro- ducts of the state amounted to 4.6 per cent of the total value of the manu- factured products of the United States, while in 1909 it had dropped to 2,4 per cent.
 Ranks Twelfth.
 In 1850 Connecticut ranked fifth in value of its manufactured products; 11th in 1899, and 18th in 1909.
 In 1909 there were in the state A., 251 manufacturing establishments giv- ing employment to an average of 29S,- S71 persons during the year and paid out $135, 756, 900 in salaries and wages. The value of the product for that year was s400, 0,272,0O0, using materials cost ing $257 ,259, 900, the value added by manufacture was thus $233,O23O00, which figure it Is claimed represents the net wealth created by manufactur- ing operation during the year.
 The industries of the state are spe- cff1ed as follows: Brass and bronze products, so establishments, employing 16,s17 wage earners; foundry and ma chine shops, 403, employing 37758 wage earners; cotton goods, 62, em- ploying 14760; silk and silk goods, 47, S,Z03 wage earners; firearms and am munition, 10, with s,603 wage earners; woolen, worsted and felt goods in- cluding hats, 56. employing 7,7ss, sil- yer and plated ware, 31, with 6,223 em- ployes; corsets, IT, employing 6,64s automobiles, including bodies and parts, 2S, employing S,S15; cutlery and tools, S2, employing 7,547; hats, fur felt, 80, employing 5.s11; electrical machinery, Al, employing 3,505; lum- Der and timber products, 393, emBioy- ing 3,945; clocks and watches, IS, em- ploying 5,S51; bread and bakery pre- ducts, 481, employing 1,S69 printing and publishing, S63, employing 2,878j hosiery and knit goods, 2l employing s.340: musical instruments, IF, em- pleying 2.304; paper and wood pulp, 5l, employing 1,720; slaughtering and meat packing, 2S, employing 842j hq- uers, malt, 10 employing ATS; needles, pins, hooks and eyes, 8, employing 2,- 648; tyPewriters and supplies, 8, eA- Pieying 2,9S4; copper, tin and sheet iron, 4S, employing 2,475; dyeing and finishing, 10, employing 1,719; gas, 2S, employing 926; WireworA, 2S, employ ing 1,429; boxes, 36, employing 1,S49i tobacco, 265, employing 1,92Si flour milIs,9s employing 145; clothing, wem- ans, IT, employing 1888; boots and shoes, IS, employing 528; buttons, 2a, employing l.657; cars, 5, employing 1,226; fertilizers, .12. employing 295; paint and varnish, F, employing 236i paper goods, 10, employing 6S2; hat and cap materials, II, employing 47Si clothing, mems, 2S, employing 757 patent medicines, 64, employing 2S7; marble and stone, S6, employing 782;