Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-19
LAWS MADE TO MEET PRESENT
REQUIREMENTS NOW IN
FORCE IN IOWA.
OUTPUT OF IOWA FACTORIES
AMOUNTS TO MILLIONS
Commissioners Uriek Gathers Valuable
Statistics, Which Are a. Vet lneom-
pIete-Extent and Value Of Products
Of Ten Leading Industries Shown
Meat Paekies Leads.
;pecial to .rimes.Repuhlican.

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Des Moines, Sept. 19.-Although
Iowa has had a bureau OF labor statis-
tics for thirty years or more it would
seem as If only a fair start has been
made in the development of such Il
bureau into all the usefulness possible.
The chief reason was that employers ..
labor have been able for many years to
prevent modification of the law so that
full statistics could be secured. Now
the old statutory blank has been sue
ceeded by one prepared by the labor
commissioner and for the first TINE
an effort has been made to get facts
regarding industries and output. But
the facts secured for the first year
were incomplete because the bureau
did not have a list of all employers
and could not secure return of blanks
from all who were asked to report.
If the employers of labor will all make
reports in the future Iowa will soon
have some very valuable statistics re-
garding all industries.
When Commissioner Trick started
in to get statistics last winter there
was no reliable directory of manufac-
turers or employers of the state to nc
had He could get no complete list of
the persons who ought to report.
Then the fact that reports can only be
exacted from employers having five or
more employees was handicap. But
about $500 report BLANKS were sent out
and 1926 reports sufficiently COM
plete for statistical purposes were re-
ceived.
Output Worth Millions.
These 1926 establishments reported
an output valued at $191.01s,220 in
1913 But four years before the feder-
al bureau had secured from 1928 en-
plOyers information as to an output oil
$259,23T, 637. But of that number =
2s1 had an output Of less than $4,000
each and employed an average of AS
wage earners. Thus at least half OF
the establishments making the federal
report were exempt from reporting to
the state.
If to the number reporting this year
should be added the output of those
not reporting, as shown by the federal
returns, the total output in Iowa last
year would bear an estimate OF 1905.
225. 1000. But this computation Is
evidently too high and the labor bu-
reau somewhat less.
Ten Leading Industries.
The bureau will make an effort next
year to secure returns from every en-
ployer OF labor employing five or more
wage earners.
The ten Industries reporting greatest
! value of product were:
Slaughtering and meat pack
ing $43, 450, 057
Foundry and machine shops 2o,42s,S23
Food preparations ......... 17.234.349
Lumber and planning mills. 1O,o95,9bU
mix 9.25O,6s9
Flour and grist mills 1850. 1851. 81
Printing and publishing 5.997.11S
Bread and bakery products. 5,197,2s
BRICK and tile ............. 4,71H.549
Cement 4.143.431
In the matter of stock and materials
used the rank was as follows:
Slaughtering and meat pack
ing $40. 1Ss, S61
Food preparations ......... 12,S62,994
milk ..................... s,e27,os
Foundry and machine shop
products ................. 1,OoI.2of
Flour and grist mill products 6,s27,04l
Lumber and planning mill
PRODUCTS ................ s,4s4,s2s
Rread and bakery products 3,O55.S1S
Sugar. beet and glucose. :, s25, 664
Brick and tile .............. 2,261,s4S
Confectionery .............- 2O0,o4o