The Calumet news., 1912-06-10

Michigan are centralized i'm cities of
10000 population or over. as reported
at the Thirteenth Dccennial Census. is
shown in an advance bulletin which
will be issued by Director Durand Of
the Rureau OF the Census Department
Of Commerce and Labor The COM
parison is confined. as i'm other states.
10 the years 1899 and 1909. In the alb.
senoe Of Federal census of population
by which the grouping of cities In 1904
could be determined
In 1903 the proportion OF the total
value of manufactured products re-
ported from cities having over 10000
inhabitants was 6S.5 per cent. as cont
pared with 55.7 per cent in 1899. 1t is
natural that such cities should show
an increase IN relative industrial inn
portance in a state where the lumber
industry is declining and where the
chief growth in manufacturing is in
such industries as the manufacture
of automobiles, foundries and machine
shops, the manufacture of furniture,
and other industries generally con-
Quoted in large factories located in or
near the center of population.
The cities having a population OF
over 100000 contributed 4S.1 per cent
OF the total value OF products in 1909,
as compared with only 27.6 per cent
in 1899. A part OF this increase IS
occasioned by an addition to the group.
In 1899 Detroit was the only city IN the
t,1 80 -
| hut during the succeeding decade the
population Of Grand Rapids. which is
an important manufacturing center.
passed this figure. so that for 1909 its
statistics are Included with those OF
Detroit.
Upper Peninsula Towns.
For 1909 the group comprising the
cities having between $4,000 and 1o0.-
geo inhabitants. which reported 17s
per cent of the total value of the man
ufactured products of the state i'm that
year, includes Saginaw, Bay City. Kali
amaZoo. Flint. Jackson, Lansing and
Battle Creek. In 1900, however. Kali
amazoo and Rattle Creek all had less
than $4,000 inhabitants so that for
1899 their statistics are included with
those for the cities having between
10000 and $4,000 inhabitants. The
transfer of these four cities, there
fore. largely accounts for the increas
ed proportions of the totals for the
various items shown for the cities hav-'
ing between $4,000 and 100000 inhabi-
tants.
The group of cities having a Dopu-
lation Of between 10000 and 25.000 was
augmented in 1909 by the addition OF
Pontiac Escanaba, Ironwood, Traverse
City, Adrian, and Holland, all of which
had less than 10000 inhabitants IN
1900. In spite of these additions, how
ever. the group. owing to the loss OF
the four cities above mentioned, shows
Il smaller proportion in 1909 as COM
pared with 1899 of the total for each |
item covered.
Every city for which comparative |
figures are available, except Port HUI
ron. Marquette, Escanaba and Ishpem-
ing, shows an increase in value of
products from 1894 10 1909, and all ex
cept Bay City. Menominee and Manis-
tee shows increases from 1899 TO 1904.
Increased Valuations,
The value of the manufactured prod
ucts of Detroit increased from $sS,S65,-
s24 in 1892 to S252.992.12 an 1903, TO
1863 per cent, and the number of wage
earners from 2S,S72 to S1,011. or I'LL
per cent. In 1909 Detroit contributed
500 per cent of the total value of the
products of the state, as
with 29.9 per cent in 1905
and 27.6 per cent in 1899. while its in
iustries gave employment TO S5 pei
cent OF the total number OF wage earn
ars in the manufacturing Industries OF III
The state in 1909, as compared with
277 per cent in 1904 and 24.6 per cent
m 1899. Ranked by value Of manu-
'actured products the city held tf
.eenth place among the cities of the
United States in 1899, fourteenth in
1904 and sixth in 1909.
The manufacture OF automobiles has
become by far the most important in
lustry of Detroit, accounting for 23.o
)er cent of the total value of the city's
in 1909, as compared with
10 per cent in 1904. The value of the
automobile output of the city in 1909
vas. SG.24OOOo. or 7S per cent Of the
state total for this industry and in
909 It was $59,536,O00 or els per cent
# the state total Foundries and ma
hine shops, with $1s.296OOO; slaugh
ering and meat packing, with $12,
80, 900: tobacco manufactures, with
12,773.000, the brass and bronze prod
'cts industry, with $12,297 goo; and
he patent medicine and compound in
ustry. with $ll,55S,Ooo, are the other
eading industries of the city, as meas
red by value of products.
Grand Rapids Growth,
Grand Rapids, the second manufac-
uring city in the state, shows an In
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