Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-04-11
7 " D THOUSAND
VERMONT PLANTS
Number Of Employees over $4,000
Their Wages Amount to
$2o,ooo,ooo Yearly.

washington, April e.-The census bureau
issued to-day bulletin on Vernon,
manufactures. The manufact,fres 10 o..
state have increased from n to,n, value
or products of ss57l.Ooo in 1sp-59 70 ,5t
blb,mo In 1922 and ses $40 m, I'm 1,.o
during 1890 an average Of AZ, uore
earners representing 81 per cent ~ ~,
, total population. were emplovcd in ,ra,,,
lacturers, while In 1909 an average NJ %
1873 wage earners, or 90 per cent Of ~
totai population, were so engaged
During this period the cross valua ~
products per capita of tho total NOM
lation OF the State increased from ,o- g.
*ls2. In 1s40-5o the State ranked twen,,.
first In respect to value of manufactured
In 1893. thirtyfourth. and in 1893 th,r,v.
eighth.
In 1909 the State or Vermont had L.
soS manufacturing establishments u,b,ct
gave employment to an averape Of 2e r.l
persons durins the year and paid ~,
s2o,V'6O0o r. aries and wares OF ~
persons EN- ed, 3},7ss were wage oarr.
ers. Thes' adjustments ttirned On.
products to a- value of srS.3loooo to nr,,-
duce which naterias costing s3i so3 On
We're used. The value added nv mann
tacture was thus s33. $500. yhict
represents the net wealth created h.
manufacturing operations during the vear
MARBLE ON THE INCREASE.
Vermonts marble business is on the IN
crease. From 1904 to 1909 there vac
gum OF H3 establishments and an Increase
OF 80 per cent. in wage earners. The TO-.
'ai number of establishments is 81, and
the annual product is $l2. 80. S7g.
"A total OF 5l.4oi producing spindles were
reported by the wool n and worsted mill
or vermont In 1902 compared with 81. 1873 In
lSoi and 81. $50 In 1899. The total number oe
looms used in the same class Of establish
ments was 1927 in 1909, go in 1904. and -
In 1899
In the lumber and timber Industry.
there are 1913 establishments employing
i''yO people and producing annually So
500. 0e4
IN butter and cheese from 1920 To 1902
the total value of products increased So
$4,000 or 1914 per cent. and the value add
ed by manufactures $4,000 or 81 per cent
The decrease in number Of Embellishments
from 256 in 1899 to ls5 In 1909 was due to
the abandonment of small local creame~.
les and the establishment of larger cen
trail plants. The annual value of the
product is sS,1lo 239
| EMPLOYEES NUMBER $3.50
Ths textile manufactures of ia
state. including wooden and worst
eooos. hosiery and knit goods. a.
cotton goods, are important as
whole. although each branch of the
industry showed general decrease
during the five-year period 1904 to
1909. The manufactures Of wooden
and worsted goods, which IS by far
the most important OF the textile in
1ustries in Vermont. decreased 43
per cent. in value OF products and Ii
per cent. value by manufacture from
1900 to 1909. The hosiery and knit
goods industry decreased during this
period 1872 per cent. in value of prod.
ucts and is per cent. in value added
by manufacture.
The average number of persons en-
gagged in manufactures during 1905
was $3.50. of whom 3S,7sS were wage
earners. or the remainder. 3.0ss were
proprietors and officials and 1910 were
clerks.
For the great majority of wage
earners employed in the manufactur.
ing industries of Vermont the prevail
ing hours Of labor range from "a &c
80 hours per week only III per cent
Of the total being employed in estab.
lishments where the employees work
less than "a hours per week, and 1.e
per cent IN establishments whose EN-.
ployes work more than SO hours PEI
week.
BURLINGTON LEADS CITIES
Burlington In 1909 had 237l wage-earuer.
in manufactur establishments, Barre
| 2,34o and Rutland l636. The value of the
| products was respectively ST. $40. 40 So, S..
III and s2e7e,52+
Burlington and Barre show increases
| in the average number of wage earners
| reported during each of the five-year
| periods, while Rutland shows r. decrease
! In the average number Of wage earners
| form 1904 to 1909.
The percentage of increase in value
| OF products for Burlington was As per
| cent. from 1899 to 1904 and per cent.
| from 1904 to 1909. The increase during the
| latter period was due principally 10 estah-
| ishments manufacturing mems clothing.
| an increase in the production of estab-
| lishments manufacturing mems clothing.
| COTTON goods, and Photographic materials
The value of products manufactured
| In Rutland increased but So per cent.
| from 1901 to 1904 whereas the increase
| from 1891 to 19oi was 2S.S per cent. The
| leading industries In 1900 were the manu-
| facture of scales and balances. the
| foundrles and machine shops, and the
| steam railroad car repair shops,
In 1909 and In 1903 the leading industry
| in Barre was marble and stone work,
which IN both years contributed about
nine-tenths of the value of all its manu-
| featured products, The marble and stone
| work produced In Barre in l9P represented
more than one-fourth of the total value
OF the products for this industry in the
State.