The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-11-10
Bulletin Issued by Census Bureau
Shows Industry Ranks Third
Exceeded Only by Lumber,
Foundry and Machine Shops
MARKED GROWTH In
SOUTH Is SHOWN
Nearly One Half Of the Staple Con-
sumed in the Cotton Growing
States New England
Shows Falling Off
TeIegram by united Pres.

Telegram by United Press.
Washington, d. c.. Nov. 10.-Final
statistics Of the manufacture of cotton
goods, including cotton small wares, in
the United States for 1909 are present
ed in detail in a bulletin soon to be
issued by Director Harris of the bureau
Of census, department of commerce.
IL was prepared under the direction OF
w. NJ. steuart, chief statistician for
manufactures.
The cotton goods industry is one Of
the Oldest and most typical factory in
dustries in the United States. In 1903
it ranked third among the industries
OF the country in number of wage
earners. being exceeded only by the
lumber industry and the foundry and
machine shop industry. and seventh
in value of products and in value aGded
by manufacture
In 1909 there were 1924 establish
ments in the United States engaged in
the manufacture of cotton goods, in
cludig cotton small wares, which was
an increase Of 25.5 per cent over 1893.
The value of products reported for
1909. which. however, involves consid-
erabie duplication. was s62s, ,3s1,Sl3.
and the total cost of materials was
So. ,C19,47O. The industry gave en-
ployment to an average of 3s7,771 per-
sons, Of whom 37S.8S0 were wage earn
ers, and the amount paid in salaries
and wages was sl47,270,903.
Massachusetts First.
Massachusetts is the most important
state. ranking first both in 1909 and
in 1904. In 1909 this state employed
2S7 per cent Of the total number of
wage earners and contributed 29.7 per
cent Of the total value of products for
the United States. North Carolina
ranked second and South Carolina
third, these two states having chang
ed places since 1904. Rhode Island
ranked fourth. Georgia, Pennsylvania,
]
bama. in the order named, were the
states next in rank. In general, the
percentages of increase in the leading
southern cotton manufacturing states
we're decidedly greater than those in
the northern states
The average number OF persons en-
# -,
dustry as a whole during 1909 was
3SI771, Of whom s7S.SSO, or s7.7 per
cent. we're wage earners. Of the total
number 221. .299 or 571 per cent were
males, and 166.472 or 42.9 per cent
were females The average number Of
children under 16 years of age en-
ployed as wage earners was 39,S06, of
whom nearly one half were girls. Chill
dren constituted l0.4 per cent OF the
total number Of wage earners.
In three Of the southern states-Ala-
bama, North Carolina and South Car
olina-nearly 19 per cent Of all wage
earners in the industry in 1909 were
cniluitu uHuti 10 YEARS VI age. III
Massachusetts,, the leading state in the
industry, however. only 81 per cent
were children. The proportion Of wo-
men employed, however, was much
larger in Massachusetts,, New Hamp-
Hshire and Rhode Island than in the
southern states.
OF the total number Of wage earn
ers in 1909 ia per cent were spinners
and 26.4 per cent were weayers. In
1904 spinners constituted 1871 per cent
and weavers 322 per cent of the total
number Of wage earners. The marked
decline in the proportion Of weavers is
due in a measure to the more general
r installation Of automatic looms, which
+ make possible great increase in the
i output per weaver.
e Practically one half l5o4 per cent?
! of the wage earners employed in the
; cotton manufacturing industry in 1909
e. we're in the establishments where the
4, prevailing hours of labor were between
o "a and so per week. and nearly one
e third Oils per cent? were employed
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