Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-30
FARGO SHOWS
A GOOD GAIN
Report on Manufacturers 1ndi-
Gates Increase of 43 Per
Cent

Washington, D. C., September 90
A preliminary statement of the gen
eral results of the census of manu-
features for the. city of Fargo, N.
OAK, was issued today by Director
Sam L. Rogers, of the Bureau of the
Census, Department Of Commerce.
1t consists of a summary comparing
the figures for 1909 and 1914, by to-
tails, prepared under the direction of
Mr.. William NJ. Steuart, chief Stats
tician for manufactures.
The figures are preliminary and
subject to- such aohanget and correc-
ton as may be found necessary from
a further examination of the origin
al reports. ii
The census Of 1914, like that Of
1909, with reference to manufactures,
excluded the hand trades, the build
ing trades, and the neighborhood in
dustries, and took account only of
establishments conducted under the
factory system. iIn the last census,
also, as in thate for 1909, statistics
we're not included for establishments
having products for the census year
valued at less than $500, except that
reports were taken for establishments
idle during a portion Of the census
year, or which began operation dur
ing that, year, and whose products
for such reason were valued at less
than $500.
The word establishment" as used
in the census reports may mean more
than n mill or plant, provided they
are owned or controlled and operat-
ed by a single individual, partner
ship, corporation, or other owner or
operator, and are located in the same
town or city.
The reports were taken for the cal
endar year ending December 81, 1914,
wherever the system of bookkeeping
permitted figures for that period to
be secured, but when the fiscal, year
of an establishment differed from the
calendar year a report was obtained
for the operations Of that establish
ment for its fiscal year falling most
largely within tn calendar year 1914.
Percentages of Increase. .
The statistics represent the estab-
lishments located within the corpo-
rate limits of the city. The summary
shows a considerable increase at the
census of 1914, as compared with
that for 1909. In the order Of their
Importance, from a percentage stand
point, the increases for the several
items rank as follows:
Primary horsepower, 61.5 per cent;
capital 43 per cent; wages, 37.5 per
cent; wage earners, 35.1 per cent;
materials, 1916 per cent; value OF
products, ola per cent; value added
by manufacture, 1876 per cent; and
salaries, 1O.4 per cent.
The capital invested, as reported
in 1914, was 1870 900, a gain OF
$685., 900, or 43 per cent, over $2,077,-
900, in 1909. The average capital per
establishment was approximately
$4,000 in 1914 and $4,000 in 1909.
In this connection it should be stat
ed that the inquiry contained in the
census schedule calls for the total
amount of capital, both owned and
borrowed, invested in the business,
but excludes the value of rented
property, plant, or equipment which
was employed in the conduct OF
manufacturing enterprises. In the
final bulletins and reports the rental
paid for such property will be shown
separately.
The cost of materials used in 1914
was $1,741,O 900, as against $1,41O,OOO
in 1909, an increase of $331,1C0, or
'23.5 per cent. The average cost OF
materials per establishment was ap-
proximately $3.50 Q in 1914 and in
1909. In addition to the component
materials which enter into the prod
ucts of the establishment for the
census year there are included the
cost of fuel, mill supplies, and rent