The Washington times., 1915-07-02
Increase in Value of Products
Estimated at $3,615,OO0,
or ID Per Cent.
MORE WAGE FARMERS HIRED
Capital Interested in 1914 Was
$40,799,00O, Gain of $1O,-
246,000 Over Previous One.

Products valued at s2S,904,OOO were
turned out by District manufactu
establishments during 1914, according to
a preliminary statement of the general
results of the census of manufactures
for the District of Columbia issued by
the Bureau Of Census, Department of
Commerce, today.
The increase shown is $S,615,Oo or
II per cent as compared with the figures
of the census of 1909. The average per
establishment for 1914 was approximately
$4,000 as compared with $4,000 in 1909.
Number Of Plants Less.
The value of products represents their
selling value or price at the plants as
actually turned out by the factor es
during the census year, and does not
necessarily have any relation to the
amount Of sales for that year. The
value under this head also includes
amounts received for work done on
materials furnished by o.ners.
A consisten increase over the census
OF 1909 Is shown except that the number
OF establishments decreased from 9lS IN
1909 to 613 in 1914. This is accounted
for, the Census Bureau says. by de-
crease in the number of establishments
IN the bakery industry. from seventy
one in 1909 to fifty-eight in 1914
The capital invested, as reported in
1914. was $40, 1893 ,0O0 a gain of SIC, ,2i6. 900,
Or "a per cent over $50, $50, 600 in 1909
The average capital per establishment
was approximately $4,000 in 1914 and
$4,000 IN 1909.
Increase in Cost of Materials.
I'm this connection it should be
stated" says the Census Bureau, that
the Inquiry contained in the census
schedule calls for the total amount of
capital, both owned and borrowed, in
vested in business, but excludes the
value Of rented property, plant or equip,
ment which was employed in the con-
duct of manufacturing enterprises. In
the final bulletins and reports the rent
paid for such property will be shown
separately
The cost of materials used in 1911
was $l2,074.000. as agaist s1O,246 in 1909
an increase of IS per cent. The value
added by manufactures representing the
difference between the cost of materi-
ais used and the value of the products
manufactured from the mwas SIG, $50. 900
an increase og sl,7S7,0 ,000 or II per cent
over the figures of 1909.
oMre Wage Farmers.
The salaries and wages in 1871
amounted to IS, ,622, 900. or an increase OF
$l.787.C00, or 26 per cent over 1879. lr
1914 the number Of salaried employee
d was 1,S91 as compared with 1876 in 1909
making an increase of Ais. or &c pei
cent. The average number of wage
earners in 1914 was 1854. and in 1909
1907, the increase being ILL., or Is pei
cent.
"A lare proportion of the wage earn
ers of the District are employed by th'
Federal Government in opera tiOns simi
lar to those carried on in manufaCtur
ing establishment conducted under priv
ate ownership says the statement II
conclusion. "These operations, how
ever, are carried on for the exclusiv
benefit of the Government. The prod
ucts are not manufactures for sale, AM
have no commercial value. and tn
value of products, therefore, represent
statistics for the Government establish
ments are, therefore, presented separ
ately.'
There was decrease of twenty-sevel
persons in the number employed il
Government manufacturing plants II
the District in 1914.
The Census Bureau bulletin say
that there were employed in Govern
ment manufacturing establishments i
the District during 1914. 1859 persons
as compared with ! .666 in 1909.
The work during 1914 involved an out
lay Of 500 s63 900 as capital as compare
wages paid in 1914 amounted to $ll .73l,
900. In 1909 they amounted to $ll, $50, ,O0
The materials used in 1914 are estimate
at S. 903, ,0O0 and the value of the prod
ucts for the year is placed at Sl7S63, ,0N
as compared with $l5, ,70i 900 in 1909.