The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-04-01

chant mills reported for the fiour-mill
and gristmill industry, 1914 per cent
were under corporate ownership, as
compared with 1T.2 per cent in 1904.
While corporations thus controlled less
than one-Hfth of the total number of
establishments, the value of the
products of these establishments rep
resented 66.6 per cent of the total
value of products for all merchant
mills engaged in the industry in 1909,
and COS per cent in 1904. These
! figures show an appreciate increase
during the fve-year period in the rela-
tive Importance, as measured by value
of products, of establishments under
corporate ownership.
i In 1909, of the total number of wage
earners reported for merchant mills,
9,053, or 22.9 per cent, were employed
! in establishments under individual
ownership; 7,4sS. or 10 per cent, in
those under firm ownership; and
22,912, of ISL per cent, in those own
ed by corporations. q
| There was considerable variation in
the relative Importance of the estab-
lishments operated by individuals
firms, and corporations, respectively
in the dierent states. Thus in Mimi
esota, the principal flour-producing
state establishments controlled by
corporations constituted 3S2 per cent
of the total number of establishments,
gave employment to S53 per cent of
the wage earners, and reported s72
per cent of the total value OF products
In Pennsylvania, on the other hand,
corporations controlled only per cent
of the establishments, and these es-
Establishments gave employment to only
20.2 per cent of the wage earners, and
contributed only 274 per cent of the
total value of products.
Value of Products.
Of the H. 91 merchant mills report
ed for 1909, 1873, or 1.2 per cent, manu-
featured products valued at 81, 900, 900
or over. In 1904 there were 81 estab-
lishments of this class out of total
of 10,051. While such establishments
represented comparatively small
proportion of the total number at both
censuses, they reported a considerable
proportion of the total value of
products-36.1 per cent in 1909 and
28.5 per cent in 1904
On the other hand, the small estab-
lishments-that is, those manufacture
ing products valued at less than
$40, 0O0-constituted more than one.
half (51.2 per cent? of the total num-
Der of merchant mills in 1909, but the
value of their products amounted to
only 6.2 per cent of the total. The
great bulk of the output of the mer-
chant mills was turned out by estab.
lishments having products valued at
100000 or over, such establishments
reporting 1875 per cent of the total
value of products in 1909 and CTS per
cent in 1904.
More Grain Ground.
The total quantity of grain during
1909, S72,95O,743 bushels, represented
an increase of 37S07,11S bushels, Oh
AS per cent, over the amount reported
for 1899. The merchant mills devoted
primarily to the manufacture OF
products intended for human consump
ton used S43 per cent of the totaI
quantity reported for 1909; those pro
ducing mainly feed for live stock, S
per cent; and the mills engaged ex
clusively in custom grinding, rs pei
cent.
The value of breakfast foods manu-
featured in 1909 and included with
food preparations" Appropriated
s37, 100000
Of the total quantity of grain ground
in merchant mills, wheat constituted
61.6 per cent in 1909 and 646 per cent
in 1899; corn formed 26 per cent in
1909 and 248 per cent in 1899; and
oats formed So per cent in 1909 and
65 per cent in 1899. The total guam
tity of wheat -four reported for 1909
107, los, 461 barrels, represents an in
crease of 3,5S4,367 barrels, or 3.5 pei
cent. over 1899. On the basis of the
total quantity of wheat and wheat
flour reported, an average of Al
bushels of wheat was used to produce
a barrel of -four both in 1909 and
1899
The number of mills producing
wheat -four decreased from 1856 in
1904 to 7,342 in 1909. Since in 1905
the total number of merchant mills
l.. was 1881, it appears that a great
many did not grind wheat.
Minnesota, the most important -four
producing state, shows a decrease OF