Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-14

Statistics in u. S.

Washington, d. G., July i1.--Statistics
in detail of tho butter, cheese, and con-
densed milk industry in the United
States for the year 1868 are presented
in a bulletin soon to be issued by Di
rector Harris Of the Bureau of the Cen
sus. Department Of Commerce. 1t was
prepared under the supervision of w.
nj. Steuart, chief statistician for Manu-
features.
OF the S,479 establishments angag ed
in the industry in the United States il
1863, 56.4 per cent reported butter as
their product of chief value, AZ per cent
cheese, and l6 per cent condensed
milk. OF the total value OF products
shown for the combined industry. the
butter factories contributed $i9i, 939. 19S,
or II per cent; the cheese factories sH.
2GS, IL. or 1871 per cent; and the con-
densed milk factories $S5. 295, 343, or 1873
per cent
In this industry the cost of materials
constitutes a very large proportion of
the total value Of products, the pro-
cess of manufacture being relatively
simple and inexpensive. The cost OF
the materials used in 1909 was 1895, 5f6,-
064. forming S5.S per cent of The value
of products. while the value added by
manufacture Chat is. the value of pro-
ducts, less the cost of materially Was
only $39, oh ,65i. The factories of the in
dustry gave employment to an average
of 81, 500 persons during 1909, and paid
out in salaries and wages 4 total of
$14, 67l, go. OF the persons engaged III
the industry, 1S,431 were wage earneTs,
1855 were salaried employees, and sos
were proprietors and firm members.
The average number of persons en-
gagged in the industry in 1909 was 81
SIC. of whom 1889 were reported by
the butter factories, 7.164 by the cheese
factories, and 1852 by the condensed
milk factories OF the total number OF
persons engaged III the combined in
dustry, 1S,431, or 5S.5 per cent. Were
wage earners: 10,4S0, or 1873 per cent
were proprietors and officials; and 1855,
or So per cent, were clerks ami other
subordinate salaried employees. OF the
total number, 29,095, or 1928 per cent
were males, and 2.411, or II per cent,
females.
The average number of female wage
earnerS in 1893 was 1,420, of whom 9Sl.
or 69.5 per cent, were in the condensed
milk factories. Females formed 23.7 per
cent of the total number of wage earn
ers in this branch OF the industry, as
compared with 80 per cent in the but
ter factories and % per cent i'll the
cheese factories.
The Production of Butter.
In 1909 the combined production of
butter in the factories of the butter,
cheese, and condensed milk industry
and on farms, in the United States,
amounted to 1,61a ,4152G3 pounds, an in
crease of 1862, 66l pounds. or Sc per
cent over the production in 1899. During
the decade the output of the factories
increased 20i, 62S, l07 pounds, or 4S.7 per
cent, and the production on farms de-
creased TG,915 446 pounds, or IL per
cent At both censuses the production
of butter on farms greatly exceeded the
factory output. but the proportion
which it formed Of the combined total
decreased from IT'S per cent in 1899 to
GA per cent in 1909
The quantity of cheese produced in
the United States in the factories OF
the industry and on farms during 1909
amounted to 92o,532, ISL pounds. an in
crease of a2.1S7.5s9 pounds, or IA per
cent, over the production in 1899. The
production in the factories engaged i'll
the industry increased 20. 1898 pounds.
or 1913 per cent between 1899 and 1899,
and the production on farms decreased
6,966,454 pounds, or 42.6 per cent. AL
both censuses the quantity made in
factories was many times greater than
the quantity made on farms, and the
proportion which it formed of the COM
bined total increased from 94.5 per cent
in 1899 to 81 per cent in 1909.
Wisconsin Leads.
In 1909 Wisconsin was the most i'm
portant state in the combined industry
as measured by value of products, hay
ing displaced New York, which. had
previously ranked first. In average