The Washington herald., 1913-06-29
soon To ISSUE
AUTO FIGURES
Bureau Of Census Will Give
Statistics on Manufacture
During Year Of 1909.
MICHIGAN Is In THE LEAD
Factories that Turn Out Complete Ma.
chimes, Although in Minority,
Employ Majority of Labor.

Statistics on the manufacture OF au
tomobiles, including bodies and parts
in the United States for the year 1906
are presented IN a. bulletin soon to be
issued by the Bureau OF the Census,
Department of Commerce. II was pre-
pared under the direction of w. NJ.
Steuart, chief statistician for manufac-
lures.
The statistics of the automobile in
dustry cover the operations of two
classes of establishments: Firts, those
which manufactured complete automo-
biles as their product of chief value.
and second, those in which the greater
part of the value of products repre-
scented automobile bodies and parts.
OF the 743 establishments engaged in
the manufacture of automobiles in
GLIDING bodies and parts, in 1903, only
26S manufactured complete automobiles
as their product of chief value, but
these establishments employed more than
two-thirds of the average number of
wage earners engaged in the entire in
dustry.
The total value OF products in the
year 1903 for the two branches of the
industry combined was $40. 9O2,075. of
which s193. SIS. los was the value OF pro-
ducts reported by the establishments
engaged principally in the manufacture
of automobiles, and $55.37s967 that re-
ported by establishments manufacturing
principally automobile bodies and parts.
The total obtained by adding the fig
ures for these two branches of the in
dustry involves considerable duplication.
however, probably a better measure Of
the actual value of the products of the
automobile industry in 1909 would be
the total value of the complete ma
chimes manufactured, which was S16i,-
1924
OF the la6, 500 automobiles turned out
by establishments of the industry in 1903,
all but . were made in establishments
reporting complete automobiles as the
product of chief value. In addition to
the automobiles manufactured by es-
Establishments assigned to this industry,
59i automobiles were reported by es-
adjustments engaged primarily in the
manufacture of other products.
Michigan In Lesd. e.r
Michigan was the leading State in the
Industry. holding first rank at the CEN
suses of 1909 and 1904, in respect to the
average number of wage earners en-
plcyed. the value of products, and the
value added by manufacture. In 1909
the factories in Michigan reported s36
per cent of the average number of
wage earners employed in the industry,
Ss.S- per cent of the value of products,
and 36i per cent of the value added by
manufacture.
The total number of persons engaged
in the industry in 1909 was $3.50 of
whom OH. or ss.7 per cent. were wage
earners. 1854. or per cent. proprietors
and officials, and 7.074. or IS per cent,
clerks-a class which also includes other
subordinate salaried employees or tire
persons engaged in the industry in 1909.
S29ls. or 81 per cent, were males and
2,ii1. or 90 per cent, were females. The
average number of children under six
teen years of age employed as wage
parners in the industry in 1909 was 1S2
of whom 159 were males and three were
females.
In both 1909 and 1901 more than five
eighths of the total number of establish
ments were under corporate ownership,
the percentage being slightly higher in
1879 than in 1904 This group of estab-
lishments, however, contributed much
larger proportion of the total value of
products in 1909 than in 1904. s46 per cent,
as compared with SS.1 per cent. The pro-
portion of establishments under indi-
vadual ownership increased slightly dur
ing the five-year period, but the value of
products reported for this group formed
a smaller percentage of the total in 1909
than in 1904
OF the 743 establishments reported as
engaged in the industry in 1909. fifty-six,
or 70 per cent. had products valued at
rlore than S1.Oo0,Oo0 each. The corre-
s7oadinC figures for 1901 were ten out of
lis establishments, or Sc per cent. AL
though these establishments were rela-
lively unimportant numerically, they re-
ported a large proportion OF the total
value of products, the percentage for
1903 $50 being much larger than that
for 1904 $50.
Figures on Gasoline Cars.
or the automobiles turned out by estab-
nshments engaged In the industry in
1909, 95l per cent were gasoline vehicles,
the proportion being considerably larger
than in 1904 Cs6.2 per cent?. The number
of gasoline automobiles made in 1903
was more than six times as great as the
number made in 1901 Steam and electric
vehibles gained in number at a much
less rapid rate, showing increases Of
514 and 1855 per cent, respectively. and
each of these classes formed a smaller
proportion of the total number in 1903
than at the precedent census. In 1904
more steam than electric automobiles
were reported. but in 1903 the reverse
was true
Michigan was the leading State at
each census in respect to both the total
number and total value Of motor vehicles
manufactured. The automobiles made
in Michigan. where the industry is large
iy centralized, represented SD per cent
of the total number and as per cent of
the total value in 1909. and al per cent
ard rs per cent. respectively, in 1904
Indiana and Ohio ranked second and
third, respectively, in 1909. in the total
number of automobiles produced, but in
the value of the output Ohio was second
and Indiana third. While less than half
as many automobiles were made In New
York as in Indiana, the value Of all
machines produced in the former State
was practically equal to shat reported for
the latter.
More than half (s4,2s2, or 5s.I per cent?
of the total number of gasoline auto
mobiles and nearly half (e9 80, 2z3. or Is
per cent? Of their total value was re-
ported by Michigan In 1909. Ohio was the
leading State In the production OF cleo
trio and steam automobiles, reporting
80 pez cent and 81 per cent respecftysay.