The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-08-22
MANUFACTURES
SHOW INCREASE

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Aug. pa
/ preliminary statement of the general
results of the census of manufactures
for the United States has been issued
| by Director Sam l.. Rogers, of the
| Bureau of the Census, Department OF
Commerce. 1t consists of summary
comparing the figures for 1909 and
1914, by totals, prepared under the
direction of Mr.. William NJ. Steuart,
chief statistician for manufactures.
The figures are preliminary and
subject to such change and correction
as may be found necessary from fur
ther examination of the original re-
ports.
The census of 1914, like that of 1909.
with reference to manufactures, ex-
cluded the hand trades, the building
trades, and the neighborhood indus
tries, and took account only of estab-
lishments conducted under the fac
tory system. In the last census also,
as in that for 1909, statistics were not
collected 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.
VI UCSdA OPC1dli itn6 lAdt
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 one mill or plant. provided they
are owned or controlled and operated
by single individual, partnership,
corporation, or other owner or oper-
ator, and are located in the same
town or city.
The reports were taken for the cali
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 the calendar year 1914.
The population of the United States
at the census of 1910 was 91,972, ,266.
and it is estimated that it was 9S,-
781, 900 on July 1, 1914.
The summary shows increases at
the census of 1914 as compared with
that for 1909, for all items except pro-
prietors and firm members, for which
slight d crease is shown.
| In the order of their Importance,
| from q percentage standpoint, the in
creases for the several items rank as
follows: Salaries. 37.2 per cent; capt
tai, 23.7 per cent; salaried employees,
% per cent; primary horsepower, 207
per cent; wages, 10 per cent; mate
rials, 1873 per cent; value added by
manufacture, 1873 per cent; wage
earners. ga per cent; and number of
establishments. 2.7 per cent.
The capital invested, as reported in
1914. was $22, ,790. $4,000, a gain of
$4,362. $4,000, or 23.7 per cent, over
| $1S.42S, 900 in 1909 The average
capital per establishment was approx
| imately $4,000 in 1914, and $4,000 in
| 1909. In this connection it should be
stated that the inquiry contained in
the census schedule calls for the to-
tai amount of capital, both owned and
borrowed, invested In the business,
! but excludes the value of lented prop
erty. plant or equipment which was
employed in the conduct of manufac-
turing enterprises. In the final bulle-
tins and reports the rental paid for
such property will be shown sepa-
rately.
The cost of materials used was S14.-
36S.089.00 in 1914, as against S12,142,-
791 900 in 1909, an increase of $2.225,-
298.000, or 1873 per cent The average
cost of materials pc. establishment
was approximately $4,000 in 1914 and
$4,000 in 1909. In addition to the
component materials which enter into
| the products of the establishment for
| ho fna1udad
the cost of fuel, mill supplies, and
rent of power and heat. The cost of
materials, however, does not include
unused materials and supplies bought
either for speculation or for use dur
ing subsequent period.
The census inquiry does not include
amounts paid for miscellaneous ex-
penses, such as rent of offices, royal
ties, insurance, ordinary repairs, adj
yertising, travelling expenses, or al
lowance for depreciation.
The value of products was $24,246,-
$4,000 in 1914 and $20672, ,052, 900 in
1909, the increase being $3,574, ,271, 900,
or 17.S per cent. The average per es-
tablishment was approximately $685.
900 in 1914 and SIT 900 in 1909.
/ VI plOduStS AOPANoOhtS
their selling value or price at the
plants as actually turned out by the
factories during the census year and
does not necessarily have any rela-
ton TO the amount of sales for that
year. The values under this head also
include amounts received for work
done on materials furnished by others.
The value added by manufacture
represents the difference between the
cost of materials used and the value
of the products manufactured from
them. The value added by manufac-
ture was $9,S7S.234,000 in 1914, and
$S,529, ,261, 900 in 1909. the increase be-
ing $1,34S, ,973,00 or 1873 per cent.
The value added BY manufacture
formed 407 per cent of the total value
of products in 1914, and 41.3 per cent
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