The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-25
SUMMARY OF STATE STATISTICS
Vermont Had 1858 Mandatory Es
Establishments In 1909

A bulletin of Importance to YER
mont is just issued from Washington
containing statistics Of manufacture
and population. The bulletin says in
part
Vermont, with a gross area of 1854
square miles, of which 44O represent
water surface, is one Of the smallest
states in the Union, both in area ana
population. It's population in 1910
was $685. as compared with 343,64l
in 1900 and 332,422 in 1890.
It ranked AID among the 40 states
and territories as regards population
! in 1910 and 80 in 1900 In 1910 the
density of population for the state
was 80 persons per square mile and
in 1900, 37.7.
The state has three cities having
population of over 10000, Burling-
ton. Rutland and Barre. These con
tain only 1915 per cent of the total
population and are credited with only
| 1875 per cent of the value OF manufac-
lures Vermont has good railroad
service and Lake Champlain furnish
es excellent facilities for water trans
portaton in the northwestern part
In 1909 the state had 1858 manu-
featuring establishments, giving en-
ployment to an average of $3.50 per-
sons during the year and paying S2O,-
O75, 900 in salaries. OF persons en-
poyed 33.7SS were wage earners
Products to the value Of .6S,31OOOO
were turned out with materials cost
ing $34,S23, 900. The value added by
manufacture was thus S33,4S7O 600
which best represents the net wealth
created by manufacturing operations
during the year
Manufactures have increased from
total value of products of sS,571,OOO
in 1S49-50 to s51,515,0O0 in 1899 and
SOS, $40, 900 in 1900. During 1S49-5O an
average of 5445 wage earners were
employed In manufacture while in
1909 an average Of 33,7SS were so en-
gagged. During the period the value
of products per capita of the popula-
ton increased from $27 to 1892. From
1S49 to 1909 the proportion which
manufactures represented In the total
value of products Of manufacturing
industries in the country decreased.
In 1S49 the state ranked 21st in re-
spect to value of manufactures, in
1899, saith and 1909. 38th.
The manufacturing industries Of
Vermont showed less development in
1sO4-19O9 than during 1s99-1904. but
number of establishments dropped
from 1888 in 1899 to 1899 in 1904 and
had increased to 1858 by 1909. In the
earlier period wages increased 1872
per cent and value OF products. 22.5
per cent whereas in the latter period
wages increased only 1876 per cent
and value OF products, S.S per cent
II is interesting to note that per-
centages of increase shown for wages,
value of products and value added by
manufacture are larger than percent
age of increase in average number Of
wage earners.
Relative Importance.
The relative importance of manu-
featuring industries is placed as fol-
lows:
Marble and stone; lumber and tim
Der: butter cheese and condensed
milk; wooden, worsted, felt goods;
-four and grist mill products; paper
and wood pulp; foundry and machine
shop products; hosiery and knit
goods; furniture and refrigerators;
medicines and compound clothing;
cars and general shop construction;
/ printing and publishing; bread and
other bakery products; cooperage and
wooden goods; agricultural imple-
ments; "copper" tin and sheet iron;
confectionery canning and preserv.
ing; gas; lime; carriages and wagons,
tobacco manufactures; brick and tile;
leather. etc
Marble and stone work-Vermont
possess practically unlimited sup.
ply of the most useful kinds OF stone.
marble and granite. and for years has
ranked first in output OF marble.
! There was an increase of 1l3 in num-
Der of establishments between 1904
and 1909. The average wage earners
increased 1916 per cent and value OF
products, 20. 5 per cent value added
by manufacture, 306 per cent. To
this indsutry alone are credited near.
ly one-third Of the total average mum.
Der of wage earners and nearly one
fifth Of the total value OF manufactur.
ed products.
Relatively important.
Lumber and timber-This continues
relatively important II embraces es.
adjustments engaged In logging, saw
mills, planning mills, wooden packing
box factories There was a decrease
in the Ave years OF 9.3 per cent In
value OF products and 7.3 per cent in
value added by manufacture.
Butter cheese and condensed milk.
This is very important TO Vermont.
From 1899 TO 1909 total value OF pro.
ducts Increased s2,456,000 or 1873 per
cent and value added by manufacture
S2S5,O00 or 81 per cent. Decrease In
number OF establishments from 255 in
1899 to 1856 In 1909 was due TO aban.
donment of small creameries and es
Establishment OF central plants.
Textlles-These. including WOODEN
worsted, hosiery, knit goods and cot
ton are important as n whole. Wool
en- and worsted are most important
and decreased az per cent in value OF
products.
Flour and gristmlll products-This
shows steady growth I'm the decade
! but gives employment only 20 about