White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-05
COST OF PRODUCTION
OF MUSLIN INDERWEA

The manufacture of women's mus
lin underwear in the United State;
has reached a total annual production
of $50. 1000, 1000 TO $40, 900. 600.
with an aggregate investment OF
SIS. 900, 600, and the industry has
practically no foreign competition.
The successive stages in the making
and marketing of this class of cloth
ing are explained in a report just IS
sued by the bureau of domestic and
foreign commerce on the cost OF pro-
duction of women's muslin under
wear.
Field agents of the bureau obtain
ed the information that has been col
lected from SIS establishments locat-
ed in nine states. Some of the plants
were large and some small. but all
are declared TO have been fairly rep
resentative of the industry. Their
aggregate sales during their last bus
mess period. usually one year.
amounted to s14.s19,51s. SO that a
good proportion of the total output
was represented. The work was be-
gun in January, 1914. and the bureau
VIZ aided by the owner of the
association known as the Cotton
Garment Manufacturers of New York.
the manager IF which sem TO all of
its members a circular letter express
ing his approval of the bureaus plans
and urging cooperation.
An important fact which is brought
out In the report now published is
that a manufacturer can do business
on very little capital and that many
factories which started in with very
small capital have developed into
large enterprises. The net sales of
the establishments visited ranged
from less than $4,000 to more than
$1,000. 600 during the last business
periods. The total net sales of 40
concerns in New York City were So
ooAsVV@ al afttoSC vi VIZ DCi
establishment: the total net sales of
22 concerns elsewhere we're $5,2S7,-
$50. an average of s240,357 per es-
tablishment. Ii is estimated that the
entire number of establishments In
this industry in 1918 was 400, and
more than one-half were located in
New York City. Other states from
which reports were received are
Massachusetts,, Connecticut, New Jer-
sey. Pennsylvania, Maryland. Illinois
Missouri and Wisconsin.
The bureau finds that practically ali
of the women's muslin underwear
made In this country is trimmed more
or less with lace and embroidery,
and the average cost Of the trimming
is about So per cent of the cost of
the materials used. The present rate
of duty on women's muslin under
wear made of cotton and trimmed
with lace or embroidery is 6 per cent
ad valorem, which lie the highest ad
valorem rate of duty In the cotton
schedule, and which differs but
slightly from the rates under the
tariff act of 1909. The same rate of
duty is placed upon all cotton laces
and embroideries. Manufacturers es-
innate that of the trimmings used in
the making of muslin underwear
from rs to 40 per cent of the lace and
from S to IS per cent of the embroid-
ery are Of domestic manufacture.
During recent years there has been a
great increase in the quantity and
Improvement In the quality of both
the lace and the embroidery made in
the United States.
The capital employed in business
at the beginning of the year by the
6a establishments from which re-
ports were received amounted to $4,-
150,357, or an average per estab-
lishment of $63,852. OF the IS es-
Adjustments, SO earned profits and
6 had losses on their years business.
T~hirty-four earned a manufacturing
profit of more than 20 per cent on the
capital employed in the business, one
concern earning fully 100 per cent.
The average manufacturing profit OF
all the companies on the capital em-
ployed in the business vas 21.1 pei
cent.
The average manufacturing profit
OF all the establishments on the net
sales was CTS per cent. Eleven oil
the concerns earned a mnufcturine
profit of more than 10 per cent and
81 a manufacturing profit of more
than 8 per cent on net sales; The
highest being 1924 per cent, Tbs
great difference between the prof.
based on capital and that basel or
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