Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-08-07


Rraphophones IN the United states fOl
1923 are presented In defail in bull
loiln soon 20 be issued By DircctoI
Harris ~ tho bureau Of census de-.
partment Of commerce. II was pre-.
pared under the supervision Of WIN
NJ tseuart. chief statlatlcian for man.
ufactures
The establishment engaged primar.
ny In the manufacture u pianos IN
1903 turned out products TO the vaiuc
OF $50. 5eo.27a. or TAI per cent 81 che
total value Of products Of the three
branches Of the Industry cOmbined
The value Of the products reported
by the establishment engaged chiefly
In the manufacture Of organs (sf.7ss..
e5s) represented 90 per cent Of the
total for All three branches; and the
value % the products reported by the
establishments engaged chiefly In the
manufacture Of plano and organ parts
and materials ts1s.f74.si6D repre-
scented SOS per cent Of the total value
Of products for the three branches.
The cost OF the materials used in the
three branches Of the industry com-
blned was tf3.7es.797, which is equal
20 ts.7 per cent 81 the total value Of
products, while the value added by
MANUFACTURES tthat h. the value u
products less the cost 90 materials)
Was st6.024.s07.
The establishments In the three
branches OF the Industry combined
tpianos. organs. and plano and organ
parts and materially gave employ
.ment to ai.s22 persons, o. whom as
'O20 were wage earnors. and paid out
s2S,sI3.75a In aiaries and wages. OF
the total number of persons engaged.
67.s per cent were employed in the
piano branch Of the Industry. 6.6 per
cent In the organ branch, and 25.6 per
cent In the parts and materials
branch.
The manufacture 81 pianos and or
gans has had an uninterrupted de-
velopment since 1859. when products
TO the value OF sii.SS6.4af we're re-
ported. IN 1903 the value OF products
was more than seven times AZ great,
SS8,7Se,54a Tho largest increases
are shown for the decade from 1899
10 1909, when the number Of persons
engaged In tho industry Increased SEA-
per cent and the value Of products
1889 per cent. The large plano and
organ factories are OF comparatively
recent development. In 1859 the
average establishment gave employ
ment TO only "a wage earners and the
average value Of products was 34s,-
1917; In 1909 the average number OF
wage earners was rs and the value
Of products ti77,i0o.
The decrease In the number OF pro-
prietors and firm members ls no doubt
due 20 the growth In the corporate
form OF ownership. ON the other
hand. there las an Increase Of 1919
per cent during the decade ending
with 1902 Ia the number Of salarleo
employees
Although statistics are shown In the
bulletin for ~ states separately,
more than twO-thrds (6s per cent? IT
the total value OF products was re-
ported by New YORK. Illinois. and
Massachusetts, New DIRK reported as
per cent OF the total and Illinois ala
pcr cent. Wisconsin shows the great
est relative increase for the tive-year
period i904-ieOg. advancing from 10Th
place In value OF products In 1904 70
18th place In 1903. Michigan also
shows "A marked gain in rank during
this period. ADVANCING from elghth TO
hf,h. Mist OF the states held the
same. or nearly the same rank In 1908
as In 1904. and In general the states
had in 1909 the same, or nearly me
Same rank In number Of wage eerners
ana value added by manufacture as
In value of products
Production eF Pianos.
There has been steady Increase ~
the number and value OF both upright
and grand pianos manufactured since
1899. OF the total number Of pianos
reported In 1903. 97.T per cent were
nrrlghts. OF their total value. that
of the uprights represented 93.s per
cent. The total production OF pianos
OF both kinds reported In 1893 was
374.I54, vaiued at t5s,50i,225, an In
crease in number of 2e3,tsa, or iiS.s
per cent. and In value Of t32. t9s.3
or 20.4 pet cent, over the totals Tor
1898. Upright pianos show the
greater percentage of increase IN
number but grand pianos show the
greater percentage II Increase IN
value. New York and Illinois were
two OF the principal states In the
fuuuhtutthkt OF HFAAhAA fA"teH ~ ''N =
at the three Iaat censusee. In 1908
the total number reported for these
Ytwn states combined (2ii.99D formed
81 per cent Of the total for the United
states. In the manufacture OF grand
pianos, New York aud Massachusetts
were the two most important states,
reporting IN 1893. 6.ssi, or ISL per
cent OF the total number.
az the total number OF upright pit
amos manufactured, St,4e5, or 90 per
cent. were for or with player attach
ments The value Of the instruments
for or with player attachments form
ed 1917 per cent az the total value Of
upright pianos New York reported
1917. or AS pe recent. of the upright
pianos for or with player attachments
OF the tO.S9S player attachments
which we're not attached 10 pianos
arse. or 25,g per cent, were reported
hy establishments located in New
York. hut the value OF the attach
ments made IN New York was more
than half the total for the country
which WAS sl.t1f,630.
alAnufncture 81 Organs.
In 1909. of the total number OF reed
aud Of pipe organs reported. ~ pei
L 80. M htaf - gHs. anHl.