Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-07-01

Washington. y. c.. July stalls
tics Of the manufacture of automo-
biles. including bodies and parts In
the United States for the year 1909,
are presented IN bulletin soon to DO
issued by the bureau OF the census,
department Of commerce. u was
prepared under the direction OF w. NJ.
Steuart chief siatisticlan FOR manu-
features.
The statistics Of the automobile in
dustry cover tho operations Of two
classes Of establishments: G) Those
which manufactured complete auto
mobiles NJ their product Of chief wall
uc. and t2) those in which the great
or part Of the value Of products rep-
resented automobile bodies and parts.
OF the 74a establishments engaged
ir the manufacture Of automobiles,
including bodies and parts. IN 1908.
only 26b manufactured complete au-
tomObilcs as their product Of chief
value hut these establishments em-
ployed more than two-thirds OF the
average number OF wage earners en-
gnged In the entire industry.
Tho total value OF products ia the
year 1903 for the two branches Of tho
Industry combined was t24e. 202. O76.
81 which tto3.S23 i0s was the value
OF products reported by che establish
ments engaged principally IN tho man
ufacture Of automobiles, and 5.37S.-
as7 that reported by establishments
manufacturing principally automobile
bodies and parts. Tho total obtained
NaH e. q
branches 81 tho industry involves con-
siderable duplication. however: prob
ably better measure Of the actual
value Of tho products Of the automO-
bile industry IN 1909. would be tho
total value 81 tho complete machines
manufactured. which was st6i.26e. o.
32f
Of the 1883 automobiles turned
out by establishments OF the industry
in 1903, all but twonty-throe wero
made IN establishments reporting
complete automobiles az the product
Of chief value In addition To the au-
tomobiiss manufactured by establish
menis assigned 20 this industry, 69i
automobiles were reported by estab-
ilshmentE engaged primarily In tho
manufacture OF other products.
Michigan the Leading state.
Michigan WAS the leading state In
the industry. holding first rank at
the censuses of 1909 and 1904 In re-
spect TO tho average number of wage
oaruers employed, the value of pro-
ducts and the value added by manu-
facture In 1908 the factories IN
Michigan reported 33.6 per cent OF
the average number of wage carners
employed In the Industry. SIS per
cont of tho value or products and
asa per cent of the value added by
manufacture.
The total number 81 persons en-
gagged In the industry la 1903 was So
3ba. ~ whom T5.72t. or SS7 per cent.
we're wage carners. 2.5Gt, or 3 per
cent proprictors ana officials. ana
7.O7i. or SO per cent clerks--a class
which also includes other subordinate
saInried employees. OF the persons
Engaged la the industry h. 1903, 50.
as. or al per cent. were males and
2.ttf. or 20 per cent. were females.
The average number nf children un-
dor rs wears of age employed ~ wage
oarnrrs Ia tho industry in 1909 was
t62. of whom i59 we're males and 3
we're females.
Corporate Ownership.
In both 1909 and looi more than
rve-oighths of tho total number ~
establishments were under corporate
ownership. the percentage being
slightly higher IN 1903 than in 1901
ThM group of establishments, how
ever. contributed much larger pro-
norton 81 tho total value ~ pro-
duets In 1909 than IN 1904, 9i6 pr
cont ~ compared with ssh per cent
The proportion of embellishments IN
uer individual ownership ncrensed
siirhtly during the five yea" period.
uut tho value OF produces reported
for this group formed smaller per
ccntnse of the total In i9o9 ihan IN
1894
90 the 7ta establishments reported
ns engaged lea the industry In 1903. %
or 70 per cent had products valued
IA more than 81 600, 600 each. the
corresponding figures FOR 1904 wcr,
ten out of i7S establishments. or 90
per cent. Although these establish
mspts were relatively unimportan'
numerically. they reported large
proportion Of the total value ot pro
ducts the percentage Of 1909 t6sAl