Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-10-21

York. Pennsylvania, New Jersey
Massachusetts. Illinois ana ohio.
These states together reported SO .
per cent OF the total average number
Of wage earners. S2.G per cent Of the
total value Of products. and sal per
cent of the total value added by man
ufacture.
New York the Leading state.
New York was the leading state
in the Industry ranking first at the
censnscs Of 1909 and 1904 During
1909 this state produced electrical
machinery. apparatus. and supplies
20 the alue OF st9,2S9.St5. or more
than onc-fifth 81 the total for the
United States The number OF wage
earners employed in the state In
creased SO per cent during the de-
cado ending with 1909. while the
value of products and the value adj
dcd Pos manufacture more than dou-
bled
Pennsylvania ranked second among
the states In 1909 and 1904 in value
of products and in value added by
manufacture, though ln the average
number oi wage earuors employed IL
dropped from second place in 1904
TO four place loo 1903. In 1903 New
Jersey which showed the most rapid
development of any OF the six lead
INK states BIO the Industry, ranked
third in number of wage carners
employed and value Of products, adj
yancing from fourth place IN num-
bier OF wqyo sarncrs aud from fifth
place in value OF products during the
preceding five years. Michigan.
which occupies q position Of mi1or
importance among the states Ina the
Industry, shows The largest percent
ages Of Increase iu ail three items.
whilr Connecticut, Indiana and Wis
consin also show large relative gains.
Form of Ownership.
Establishments owned hy corpora
tions constituted more than two
thirds of tho total number ~ cstab-
lishmcnts reported. and the value of
their products represented 96.3 per
cent ot the total vab.e Ga 1903 and
g5 per cent in 1905 In 1903, 1899
wage oarners or 49, per cent Off the
total, were employed On establish
mcnts under individual ownership.
11G1, or l.3 per cent. in those under
firm ownership; and 1887. cor 9G.7
per cent in those owned by corpora
tions
OF The 1000 establishments report
ed for 1909. 30 manufactured proc
ducts valued at $1,000. 600 or over In
1903 there were ~ Embellishments OF
this class out of q total ol 1st While
such establishments represented hut
! q comparatively small proportion ~
| tho total number ut both ccnsusrs,
they reported ST. per cent uf The
| total value of products loo 1903, and
| G0.5 per cent m 1904. The average
value Of products pcr establishment
increased from Si70.6O4 IN 1904 to
| S2t9.335 in 1909. ana the acreage wall
me- added by manufacture, from sAt,-
35S Co stli737 The average num-
her of wage earncra per establish
mout increased from "a IN 1904 To Sc
in 1908.
Value or Products.
IN 1909 there was G.79t dynamO5
Of all kinds manufactured of "a total
value og Si3,OSi.OiS. OF these. a.
sS2 were OF direct current. and 2,9O9
of alternating current. During the
decade ending with 1909 there was
an increase OF COS per cent IN the
number and of ii3.2 per cent in the
total capacity of dynamos produced.
The average capacity per machine i'm
creased from 55 Silowotts In 1899 TO
I6f klowatts in 1909.
There were 1879 transformers
manufactured Of total value of So
60f,Ot0.
The production OF switchboards ia
1903 was valued az S5.97t,B0i
Some 50i.O3O motors of a total
horsepower of 2,733,tfS aud value
of s32,0S7,fS2 were manufactured la
1909
The number. capacity ana value Of
motors for transforming electric cur
rent into mechanical power were very
much larger Ia 1900 than In 1893.