The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-16

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turing section, it's manufactures show
healthy progress. ~-z,<..- 81
The value of the products of ITS
manufactures hare increased from So,
$1,000 in 1849, to- .S51,515, 900 in 1890,
and to SOS, 100000 in 1909, or an IN
\ crease from 1919 to 1909 of nearly
''eight times as much as it was at the
earlier date. '<@*F
In the same period OF. TING the num-
Der of wage earners employed in the
4 manufacturing establishments .-increasHF
ed from S,44a or 81 per cent=to 33,7s8s
or 9.5 per cent OF. the population OF
the state. During the same time the
gross value Of the products of the man
ufacturing establishments increased
froms per capita rate of $27 to $192.
Vermont is one of the smallest OF
the states in the Union, both in size
and in population, its gross area be-
ing only 1854 square miles. of which
440 square miles are water surface.
Its population in 1910 was 355,956. In
1900 the population was 3$3,S41, and
in 1910 the population was 1872 ,422.
These population figures give a den
sity of population in 1910 Of 80 per
square mile as compared with 81 in
. 1900. The tendency of the population
to concentrate in the cities and towns
is shown by the fact than in51010 just
AIS per cent lived in suchSc 6mmuni-
ties, as compared with 40.5 per cent
in 1900. "*%+'-
Percentage of Illiterates Small.
The percentage of illiteIrates in the
population of Vermont is exceeding
lv small, there being in 1910 only 81
per cent classed as illiterates. Yer
mont makes the best showing of any
state in the entire country in the
number of its children between 10 and
Il years of age who afea@HtteHding
school. 1t had the great percentage of
) 966 of such children in school in
: 1910. The number of males between
4: and 20 years in school wfSs as high
!: as shown in almost any state in the
|: country, and the number of females
/: of the same age attending school was
|: higher than any other state in the
|: Union.
/: Among the various industries in Yer
mont the most important Is the mar.
/: BILE and stone-worll braneA sgshieh in
/: 1909 employed one-third OF KlIe wage.
|: earners engaged in manufSe tufing ane
|: represented fifth of tlis HotaI val
|: lie of the products of manufactures
/: Vermont is still first among all the
|: states in the output of marble.
/: In the marble and stone-working in
/: dustry the value of the iefeettets ii
|: 1909 was $12, 395,0O0, and the valu,
/: added by manufacture was $9,877, 900
/: Between 1904 and 1909 this industr,
|: showed an increase of 113 manufactur
|: ing establishments, an increase of 90
|: per cent in the value of the products
/: and an increase of 300 per cent in tn
VA Inc added bV manufacture
|: Flour and Grist Mill Products u
|: From 1904 to 1909 the -four an
/: grist mill products increased in va
ne 2S.9 per cent, and in the valu
/: added by manufacture increased 81.
4: per cent. The canning and .perservin
/: industry increased in the value of it
I: products no less than 1858 per cent
y: and in the value added by manufaC
- ture showed an increase of 1873 pc
cent. ~ z
The gas Illuminating and heatin
industry showed an increase of 115.
per cent in the value of its product.
and an increase of $50 per cent i
the value added by manufacture
Ie Bread and other bakery products il
u creased in value 99.2 per cent. and i
aJ the value added by manufaetur
u. jumped up 66.7 per cent. Cooperag
o. and wooden goods showed an ineFeas
H. in the value of products of SOL De
on cent, and in the value added by; man,
ell facture rose $50 per cent.
ut The confectionery business increa
" ed the value of its products # ID py
In cent, and the value added BY ananufa
ture increased 29.1 per cent Thg CT
and general shop construction, by raj
roads increased the value of IFS pr
dnctS 80 an ha w dc
by manufacture increased 1855 q,
cent. &9@2 sa7rsa
In the printing and publishing ebuS
ness the value of PRODUCTS went |
lis per cent, and the value added !
manufacture increased 1874 per cen
The value of the products of the bu
. ter, cheese and condensed milk =, i
dustry in 1909 was So, 112 ,239,r Shown
an increase in the decade Of $2,45t
900, or 43.4' per cent, and an fncTea
in the value added by mafufactufe
81 per cent. go <@a
From 1904 to 1909 the value of t
products of the foundry and MACH
shop industry increased 11.1 per eel
In 1909 the number of spindles in It
wooden and worsted mills was 81 AZ
as compared with 37,46O in 1890, a
there We're 1897 looms in 1909, as co
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Farms Average 142 Acres.
There is $3.50, 800 acres of land ar
in Vermont, of which 4,6e5,57f aer
or 1919 per cent, is in farms of
average of 142.6 acres each, and 81
per cent of the. farm arescisa dmprov
Hand. The value of ala farm pr,
erty in 1910 was $145, 399, 72Sg as co
. pared with sos, 54l,4 27 in, 1909,
increase of $38,948,3Q1, or l per ce
The value of the land alone .increas
--!sn the 10 years $12,571 ,422, or. 27.4
- cent. The value of the farm blii
- sings Increased $l6,945, 233, or 45.57
cent, and the -vaiue1of the maehin,
80 and implements or theg farms show
- an increase in value of $40 per. 'ce