New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-08
OF 1915
IN THE NATIONS
FACTORY POWER
Increase of 1873 Per Cent
i'm the Value of Manu-
featured Products.
Washington, d. C., Aug. 8.

A preliminary statement of the gen
eral results Of the census of manufact-
ures for the United States has been
issued by the Bureau of the Census,
Department of Commerce. II consists
of summary comparing the figures for
1909 and 1914, by totals.
The figures are preliminary and sub
ject 10 such change and correction as
may be found necessary from a further
examination of the original reports.
The census of 1914, like that Of 1909
with reference 10 manufactures, exclud-
ed the hand trades, the building trades
and the neighborhood industries. and
took account only Of establishments
conducted under the factory system.
In the last census, also, as IN that OF
1909. statistics were not collected for
establishments having products for the
census year valued at less than $500.
The word establishment" as used IN
the census reports may mean more tnan
one mill or plant, provided they are
owned or controlled and operated by
single individual, partnership. corpora
ton or other owner or operator, ana
are located in the same town or city
The population of the United States
at the census of 1910 was 9l,9I2,2oo,
and il is estimated that it was 9S,iSl,-
600 on July l, 1914.
The summary shows increases at the
census Of 1914, "a compared with tha'
for 1909 for all items except proprle-
tors and firm members, for which
sliyht decrease is shown.
In the order of their Importance
from a percentage standpoint, the IN
creases for the several items rank As
follows: Salaries. 972 per cent capt.
col 237 per cent; sslarieC employees
% n4r cent; primary horsepower, ~"
nor cent; wages, 10 per cent; materl-
ole 1s3 per cent; value Of products
ia nsr cent: value added by manufact-
ure. 1873 per cent; wage earners' "a
nor cent. and number OF establish
ments, 81 per cent.
Capital Invested
The capital invested, as reported in
1914. was $50, 79O, $50, 900, gain Of 81
3s2 .6lO 900, or 2S.7 per cent, over slo'-
A2s 90. 900 in 1909. The average capt
tai per establishment was approximate
~ ss3. 900 in 1914 and $4,000 in 1909.
The cost Of materials used was slf,-
sss O8e. 900 in 1914. as against SEIZE
7ol 900 in 1909, an increase OF S2'2Zo'-
2es 900, or 1873 per cent.
The value Of products was s24,24o,-
323 900 in 1914 and s20,672, $4,000 in
1909, the increase being s3,574,21l,O Oo'
or 1913 per cent. The average per es-
tablishment was approximately Soo'oOo
in 1914 and $1,000 in 1909.
The value of products represents
their selling value or price at the
plants as actually turned out by the
factories uullnS NHc NN"'NS '''
does not necessarily have any relation
70 the amount Of sales for that year
The values under this head also in
clude amounts received for work done
on materials furnished by others.
The value added by manufacture rep
resents the difference between the cost
of materials used and the value OF the
products manufactured from them
The value added by manufacture was
se.s7s. 2S4 900 in 1914 and ss,529,26l 600
in 1909. the increase being sl.S4s,973,-
600, or 1873 per cent. The value added
by manufacture formed 4O.7 per cent
Of the total value of products IN 1914
and Ala per cent in 1909.
Salaries and Wages.
The salaries and wages amounted "a
s5,ss7, 2.e 900 in 1914 and TO si,365,'
6i3, 1000 in 1909, the increase being ST.
Dol $3.50, 900, or 229 per cent
The number OF salsried employees was
s64,2i7 in 1914. as compared with 790,.
267 in 1909. making an increase OF
1880, or % per cent
The average number of wage earners
was 7,O36,357 in 1914 and 6.6l5,o46 in