Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-07-17

Washington. b. O.. july ~. Stat.
isiice fnr the iron hiast-furnacc To-
duFtfy "a ~ l'hlttd Fintcs Tor ip0s
are presented To detail III q bulletin
soon % bc issued hy director Harris
81 the urcau ~ ccnsuF. department
az commerce.. a Nnr prepared under
ne fupcrsieion Of VIM. NJ. Stewart.
chief siptisticlun Tor mannfNctUr..
The hlliii furnace industry IN the
lnfcd State n 1909 employed as
taa vase caintfA. 90 whnn A2t.Goe.-
ESQ wa: luii IN NeeeH. The Vnuc
~ shc woducia WAS reported a.
titfsAsesa isui tH4 esst a. mnior-
liis tneiudiiw The lnrso litm nf fnol
lc,rl vat ta4Uge1 $50 ruual "a STA
Tti CeHt - the value nf nrnrnrg4
Tho pro, sscs in the Industry arc
leDnnara' hcly simple. ard the yaun
addcd - manufacture is rcialiicly
much less Than ln most other inaus-
The ppducilon ~ all kinds OF pla
ten during tho census scar 1909
aWennird a. 2a.ebl.fls tons. ns conn
barred with id,G33.Gz5 tons Ia i80i.
and iatts.5ai tons in 1895. an In
etfasc ~ 3f,3 per cent Tor tho period
iaot-ioos ana ~ is.i per cent Tor
me period isssiisus. For the dec
AIDE tho Increase was 100000 tons.
~ ff.a per cent. During the decade
there was. however q decrease In
number of establishments and Of
wage carriers.
The average ooNt OF materials per
ton va 1908 was si2s0. or si.s pes
cent ~ the nNefag. value pcr ION az
pig iron produced tslh.i2l where;s
Ia 1893 Il was sale. or 63.r prr ,en'
Of the value 81 pix iron Csif29
There has been an incrouse in the
average annual pie-iron pr1d''ct ncr
wage Garner from PCS tons IN 1859 "a
jsS tons in lS9g. lT4 tons 10 1901. ana
s6S tons Ia 1903 The avene' ton.
aage per wage Garner Tor the LARK
est plants Is much high-,. Tho 10
establishments producing osc 500. 600
tons of iron each employed a.l9i wake
oai ners IN 1909 and reportcu an ont
put of i0.3Sf,ifG tons of iron. nr an
lavcrage 81 LI29 TONS per Wnr" earn
or. During the period az 80 ycug
mnce t1sTO tho iopul iuoii e tno
country increased ias per COM. while
the pir iron production Increased
J 900 per cent
pcnnsyiNauia's Output
Mufc than two-iifths at Tho pi.-
iron product Of the country g. pro-
duced In western PcnnsyivprR. east
fern Ohio mot including counties hur-
dcring on Lake Eflci, and fhc Pan
handle 81 West Virginia. This dis
itFlet reported In 1903. i05 rctlVa FUR
4 naccs. which produced 1857 go tlns
Of pig iron. or as per cent II The
total output Of the country. The ores
used are almost exclusively from the
! Lake Superior district coming GOWN
lby water 10 Lake Erie ports. and
thence being transported by rail To-
the furnaces Although Pcnnsyl,mnin
/ Is far in advance Of al competitors,
the blast furnace industry increased
much les rapidly. proportionately be-
tween 1899 and 1903 In that state
! than ga either New York Illinois.
/ Michigan. or Ohio.
Other important districts. In which
cheap frcights on ore and fuel meet.
consist 81 the counties bordering on
Lake Erie and the southern end OF
Lake Michigan. The Lake Erie dis
trict. comprising parts of Michigan,
ohio. Pennsylvania, and Sew York.
lrcported 90 furnaces which produced
a.3S799S tons OF pig iron; and tho
district bordering the southern part
~ Lake Michigan. Including counties
In Wisconsin. Illinois. and Indiana, re-
ported "a furnaces with an output OF
l3.2eS.i67 tons. All OF the establish
ments IN this region use Lake SUI
pcrior ores,
F, In tho industry AZ a whole the larg-
est number ~ wage carncrs employ
cd during any month Of 1909 was 90
72S. for December. and the smallest
number. 80. t5S. for April In the ma
llOrity of tho states the maximum
number was employed Ia December
land the minimum number IN the
spring or early summer months
! The operation Of q blast furnace h.
necessarily continuous ana most fur
nacos operate with two 12-hour shifts
and WORK seven DAYS "A week. CO the
/ total number Of wage carncrs. 3l,129,
or see per cent. were Ia establish
mcnts where the prevailing hours
were over g per week und l,3Nf, or
i3.i pcr cent. in establishments where
they were ~ per week. No. estab-
iishments reported their prevailing
thourA IT labor ms O. per week or less.
Character Of Ownership.
Oniy ~ establishments in the blast
furnace industry or SIS per cent were
owned by individuals or firms in 1903,
land the value Of the products Of such
establishments was only s4,9l3632, or
l.3 per cent of the total. The busi-
ness is one Of large units and rs main
lly in the hands Of corporations.
| IN 1909. So of tho hlagt-f furnace cs-
ltuhil.hmcnts or fi.a per cent of the
total numhcr reported products val