New Britain herald., 1916-05-18
CONNECTICUT WAGES INCREASED l8.4P.C.
Value Of Products Goes Up S54,
 977,O00 in Last Five Years
Especial to the Herald.)

Washington, May 1S.-A prelim- mary statement of the general results of the census of manufactures for the state of Connecticut has been issued by Director Sam. l.. Rogers, of the bureau of the census, department of commerce. It consists of summary comparing the figures of 1909 and 1914 by totals, prepared under the dl- rection of William M. Steuart, chief statistician for manufactures.
 The figures are preliminary and sub ject to such change and corrections as may be found necessary from a 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 ne1ghborhood indus tries and took account only of estab- lishments conducted under the factory system. In the last census, also, as in that for 1909, statistics were not collected for establishme 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 during that year, and whose products for such reason were valued at less than $500. The word "estab1ishment' as used in the census reports may mean more than one mill or plant, provided they are owned or controlled and operated by a 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 cal endar year ending December 31, 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 calen- dar year a report was obtained for the operations of that establishment for it's fiscal year falling most largely within the calendar year 1914.
 Percentages of Increase.
 The population of Connecticut at the census of 1910 was 1,114,756, and it is estimated that it was 1,203,00O on July 1, 1914.
 The summary shows an increase at the census of 1914 as compared with that for 1909 with the exception of a number of establishments and pro- prietors and firm members, which
 
 due primarily to the fact that at the census of 1909 a large number of re- ports were received from small 1um- Der and flour and grist mills. Mills engaged exclusively in custom saving and custom grinding for consumption in the immediate neighborhood would 1 not De included in the census, but it is not always possible to conduct the enumeration in regard to these estab- iShments on uniform lines at different censuses. In 1914 as compared with 1909 there was also a decrease in the number of establishments engaged in the manufacture of patent medicines and compounds, but there was in crease in the value of products for this industry
 The decreases under the conditions are no indication of a decrease in the manufacturing activities of the state.
 Value Added By Manufacture.
 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 s256,795,OOO in 1914, and s233, ,013, 900 in 1909, the increase be- ing $23,7S2,OOO, or 10.2 per cent. The value added by manufacture in 1914 1 formed All per cent. of the total value l of products and 47.5 per cent. in 1909. |
 Salaries and Wages.
 The salaries and wages amounted to $16O,730,000 in 1914, and to $135,- 756,000 in 1909, the increase being $24,974, 900, or 1S.4 per cent.
 The number of salaried employees was 25,111 in 1914, as compared with 9,611 in 1909, making an increase of $500, or 28 per cent.
 The average number of wage earn CTS was 226,264 in 1914, and 210,792 in 1909, the increase being 5,472, or 7.3 per cent.
 The maximum number of wage earners@ (233,071 for 1914 were en- ployed during the month of March, while the maximum number (225,- 862) for 1909 were employed during December. The minimum number of wage earners (219,786) reported for 1914 were employed during the month of August, and the minimum number l G99,325) for 1909 were employed dur ing the month of February. l. Summary for the State.
 A comparative summary for the state for 1909 and 1914 follows:
 The summary for manufacturers | shows a consistent increase at the l census of 1914, as compared with that for 1909. In the order of their inn 1 portance, from a percentage stand point, the increases for the several items rank as follows: Salaries | 38.5 per cent; salaried employees, 28 per cent; capital, 1e.S per cent; T