Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-27
MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS
OF STATE SHOW INCREASE
Value Jumps From S210. 7O4 900, In
1909, to S2Gi ,O30,OOO,
i'm 1914.
INTERESTING CENSUS FIGURES
Increases of 23.G Per Cent I'm Salaries
and 28.S In Capital Are Noted.
Total Amount Invested Placed at
S261 sol 900.

WASHINGTON. D. c.. Juno ga
preliminary statement OF the general
results of the census OF manufactures
for Virginia has been issued by Di-
rector Samuel l.. Rogers, of the Bureau
OF the Census. Department Of Com.
mcrce. II consists Of 4 summary com
pairing tho figures Of 1909 and 1914. By
totals, prepared under the direction
or William NJ. Steuart. chief stats
tcian for manufacturer
The figures are preliminary and sub
lect 10 such change and correction as
may be found necessary from :. further
examination of the original reports
The census Of 1914. like that Of 1903.
with reicrcnc" to manufactures, eN-
cludcd the hand trades. the building
trades. and the neighborhood indus
tries. and took account only of cstab-
lishments conducted under tho factory
system. In the last census. also as in
that for 1909. statistics were not col
lected for establishments having prod
uctS Tor the census year valued at less
man 5000. except that reports were
taken for establishments idle during
portion of the census year. or which
began operation during 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 ono mill or plant, provided they
are owned or controlled and operated
by single individual. partnership cor
poration. or other owner or opcrator
and are located in the same town or
city.
The reports were taken for the cal
cndar year emdin. December 81. 1914,
Wherever the system Of bookkeeping
permitted figures for that period TO he
secured but when the fiscal vcar of
an establishment differed from the cal
endar year report was obtained for
inc operations Of that establishment
Tor It's fiscal year falling most largely
within the calendar year 1914
POPULATION IN 1914
. PROBABLY 2.I5NOOO
The population of Virginia a, the
census OF 1910 was 2.o6i,6l2, and it is
estimated that 1t was also. 900 on July
L, 1914.
Inc summary shows n considerable
increase a the census OF 1914 as com.
pared with that for 1909. with the ex-
ception OF number of establishments
and persons engaged in manufactures
which show decreases.
The decreases, however, are due pri-
marily 10 the fact that at the ccnsu.
OF l903 a large number of reports were
secured from small lumber mills. for
whlch no reports were received in 1914
NILS engaged exclusively In custom
saving for consumption in the immedi-
ate neiehborhood should not be in
Guided i'll the census, hut /, is not al
ways possible to conduct the enumera.
ZION In regard to these establishments
on uniform lines at different censuscs
me decrease in the number OF estab.
nshments. therefore, is no Indication
or a decrease in the manufacturing ac.
iVities of the State
In the order Of their Importance, from
Il percentage standpoint. the increases
LOT me several items rank as follows:
-haterlais, 23.i per cent: salaries 236
per cent capital. EOS per cent: value OF
products. eo1 per cent; primary horse.
power. 1873 per cent: wages. IFS ner
cent; value added by manufacture, 1874
per cent; and salaried EMPLOYEES -
per cent.
me capital invested. as reported I'm
1914, was S2Gl so 900. "A gain of s45
Ios.c0o, or EOS per cent. over S2l6392,-
o"o In 1903. The average capital per
establishment was Approximately s47,-
600 in 1914 and $4,000 in 1903 In this
connection II should be stated that the
inquiry contained in the census sched-
ule calls for the total amount of cant
tai, both owned and borrowed invested
In the business, but excludes the value
or rented property, plant, or equipment
which was employed in the conduct of
manufacturing enterprises. In the final
bulletins and reports the rental paid
rateiy
LARGE INCREASE IN
COST OF MATERIALS
The cost Of materials used was Sl55,-
1900 in 1914 against slo5,5S30bO
in 1909. an increase of s29.7S7.o6o. or
2S.7 per cent The average cost Of ma
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