The Hattiesburg news., 1912-04-11


in wages, and the value Of products
all more than doubled during the dec
ade 1S99-19O9.
Fertilizers. This classification in
cludes establishments engaged pri-
marily In the manufacture of ferti-
lizers. A number of cotton seed-oil
mills produce fertilizers as by-prod-
uts, and therefore the statistics for
the Independent establishments do not
fully represent the statistics for the
industry. The increase in value of
products during the 10 years 1S99-1909
has more than trebled.
Turpentine and rosin. There was a
decrease in the value of products of
this industry from $2,366,OO0 in 1904
to $1,475.000 in 1909. This decrease
was due largely to unfavorable market
conditions and destructive storms.
Mississippi ranked fourth among the
states in the production of turpentine
and rosin both in 1904 and in 1909.
Measured by value added by manu-
facture the six industries treated
above hold generally the same reIa-
tive rank as when measured by value
of products, although the turpentine
and rosin industry becomes fourth,
displacing the cotton-goods industry,
which falls to fifth place, and the fer
tilizer industry drops to seventh place.
Persons Engaged In Manufacturing.
The average number Of persons en-
gagged in manufactures during 1909
was 56,76l, of whom 5O,3S4 were wage
earners. Of the remainder, 1866 were
proprietors and officials and 1,712
were clerks.
OF the total number of persons en-
gagged in all manufacturing industries,
so per cent were proprietors and of
ficials, 3 per cent clerks, and SS.S per
cent wage earners.
For all Industries combined, 939 per
cent of the average number of wage
earners were males 16 years of age
and over, per cent females 16 years
Of age and over, and 81 per cent per-
sons under 16 years of age. The larger
part of the women and children en-
ployed were in the cotton mills and in
the canning and preserving industry
In each Of these industries women con
stituted about 40 per cent of the total
number of wage earners and children
under 16 years about 90 per cent.
Although the number of women and
children employed in all industries
has decreased since 1904, the number
employed in 1909 was still somewhat
in excess of the number in 1899. The
proportion of both women and chill
dren in the total number of wage earn
ers. however, decreased throughout
the decade. In 1909 males 16 years o
age and over formed 93.S per cent o
, all wage earners, as compared will
91.4 per cent in 1904 and 90.S pc
cent in 1899
Prevailing Hours of Labor.
The prevailing hours of labor 70
nearly half of the wage earners EN-
ployed in the manufacturing indus
tries of Mississippi are 60 a week, AN,
that large proportion work betweeI
. go and 70 hours a week. Only 16.
per cent of the total number are en-
ployed less than 60 hours a week an
. only AZ per cent 72 hours or more.
+. In the lumber industry, as in all il
ddstries combined, nearly one-half tn
. employees work so hours week, an
= the greater part of the remainder wor
between 60 and 72 hours per week I
!, the cotton-seed-oil industry the pr
=, vaiIing hours of labor per week al
72; in the car shops they are 54 houl
, per week; and in the turpentine an
;, rosin industry the greater part of tt
. employees work As hours a week {
, less.