Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-05-19

Of steam railroad repair shops. which
In turn. becomes second. while bakery
products becomes fourth IN order in-
stead Of fiour.mili and grlstmill manu-
fncturera, which. IN turn. becomes
NTH. owing 20 the comparatively
simple processes involved In the latter
Industry. and th1 extent 10 which
these processes nre carried on By ma
chincry, the value added BY manufac
ture IL not commensurate with tho
gross value 81 products or the number
1.-THE embellishments
of the specfned industries. printing
and publishing shows the greatest per-
centage Of increase from 1894 to 1909
both IN value OF products and IN value
added by manufacture.
IN addition 10 the seven Industries
separately presented, there arc two
important industries included In tho
group "ali other industries" one Of
these IL the manufacture OF coke,
which ranks among The leading In
dusiries OF the territory. but for which
separate figures can not be given
without disclosing individual opera
lions. The other IL the Manufacture
Of malt liquors.
The average number Of persons en-
gagged IN manufacturing during 1903
was f.76G. OF these. 4.l43 we're wage
earners, $50 were proprietors and on
cials. and l77 were clerks.
or the total number OF persons en-
RnGCd In manufacturing industries,
"a wore proprietors and officials. 81
per cent clerks. and S6.a per cent wage
eafnerE. In the -FOUR mill and grist-
mill and the printing and publishing
Industries the majority OF the esgab.
lishmcnts are small ana the work IN
done 20 large extent by the propri-
ctors or their immediate representa-
ynes. Therefore the proportion II
persons cnsased In the Industry fall
ing the class of proprietora and OH
cinls h very much higher than for
other industries or for All Industries
combined. The smallest proportion
Tor this class Ii shown for steam
railroad repair shops. and In due 10
the fact that corporations To- which
class these establishments belong. re-
port no proprielors. in addition TO
watch general officials are no rs a
rule assigned 10 the supervision Of
this particular branch of work
For an industries combined. aG.f
Der cent of the average number OF
wage carncrs were males over 10
years 0f age. per cent females over
ls years Of age. and 80 per cent per-
sons of both sexes under the axe oi
l6. The largest part of the total num-
Der Of female wage earners is employ
ed IN the printing industry. about one
seventh were females i6 years " age
The printing and publishing indus
Try gave employment 10 the largest
proportionate numoer Of wage earn
ers under rs years OF age. gompar-
aple figures are not obtalnable for
1893.
There IL no industry OF importance
In the territory which il distinctlveiy
seasonal. but nevertheless the num-
Der of wge earncrs underwent con-
siderable change from month to
month Tho last six months Of the
year showed u larger number employ
ed than during the first six months.
The number In February. tho lowest
month WAS ISIS per cent OF the mum.
Der In September.
The lumber Industry Is the second
Industry Ia the territory IN respect 90
nUmberof wage earners employed; and
the variation IN this number. which
Is considerable. affects 20 some extent
the totals for all industries combined.
This Industry gave employment m
1909 20 an averag, ~ i.4Ta wage
carncrs of 1915 per cent OF the total
number employed in al the industries
Of the territory. OF these wage
carners an average for the year OF
96f, or $50 per cent were employed
In the mills. and SIT, or sac per cont
were employed In the logging branch
Of the industry The maximum num-
Der Of wage earncrs both In the mills
and In logging. was reached In the
month OF september. when ilI7
we're employed In the former and 593
Ia the latter branch of the industry.
The smallest number employed In the
mills, Sli or Ga,2 per cent Of the
maximum, Was IN January. and the
smallest number employed in logging
operations. 407. or CSC per cent Of
the maximum. was In June
For the great majority of wage
earners employed In the manuNctur-
ing industries Of New Mexico the pre-
vailing hours OF labor are 60 "A week
or 10 hours day. only 23.i per cent
OF the total being employed In ostab-