The Prescott daily news., 1916-04-10
,y,rFACTURERS IN ARKANSAS

Imipary statement VI .fa.4,,o, a." m. of the census of manufactures (al'' 'l Arkansas gE has been issued by Di- ',..r Sam L. Rogers of the Bureau < ',a, the Census, Department Of Com ,,, "' + consists of summary com F',0g ,si,s, the figures for 1909 and 1914 i sht totals, prepared under the direc. 0f MT. William M. steuart, chief ,..istcian for manufactures.
 rT rhs figures are preliminary and .lis,t @ to such change and correction nav be found necessary from a '..hsr examination of the original To census of 1914, like that of ma with reference to manufactures, .lnded the hand trade. the building add, and the neighborhood indus d. and took account only of estab- ,.monts conducted under the factory ...m In the last census, also, as that for 1909, statistics were not [l,s,ted for establishments having ,.l,,cts for the census year valued bss than $500, except that reports pro taken for establishments idle nng portion of the census year, which began operation during that asr, and whose products for such asOn were valued at less than $500. The word establishment" as used the census reports may mean more an one mill or plant, provided they e owned or controlled and operated a single individual, partnership, tpOration, or other owner or oper- ar, and are located in the same town city.
 The reports were taken for the cal iar year ending December 31, 1914, iqrever the system of bookkeeping mitted figures for that period to secured, but when the fiscal year an establishment differed from the kndar year report was obtained the operations of that establish nt for its fiscal year falling most Fgely within the calendar year 1914.
 Percentage of Increase.
 The population of Arkansas at the hSus of 1910 was 1,574,449, and 1t etimated that it was 1,6S6,000 or, T, 1914.
 The summary shows an increase at census of 1914 as compared with t for 1909, with the exception of nOer of establishments, proprietors fm members, and wage earners, rh show decreases. The decreases que primarily to the fact that at census of 1909 a large number of cFS Were secured from small lum- mills Mills engaged exclusively 'aSlOln saving for consumption in immediate neighborhood should @ included in the census, but it is always possible to conduct the Asfatlon in regard to these estab- nen'S on uniform lines at differ ensuses. The decrease in the l'er of establishments is accom- s' Oy decrease in proprietors 4m members and number of wage 4'ts' but under the conditions is u.lcauon of decrease in the a-ac'urlng activities of the state. ue Ofder of their importance from ''H'age a standpoint, the increases Ie several items rank as follows:
 .''lS' zS'o per cent; salaries. 2O.3 ' .a,. value Of products, 12 per
 'apl'al' 9,5 per cent; wages. SC ''a', % salaried employees, 7.6 per ''u primary horsepower 2.4 per capital Invested.
 ' capital invested, as reported in ' s0a was s76,S6e,OOO, a gain of ss. Ii''' i' ,sSo ss s'5 T per cent, over $7o,174,- .sr.. N iSOs' The average capital ner in'nment n mn, was approximately s3O..
 'a, .'i4 and $24,OOO in 1909. In
 i,an; sV'lOn 1t should be stated that ednS Saty " contained in the census bipl t. calls for the total amount of tss s' :; both owned and borrowed in.
 rsha ' tne business, but excIndes iDaas. ,'as of rented property, plont pHr,t'or or duct as winch was employed in the
 u, final in Manufacturing sn enterprises. a aaia a'ia' bulletins and reports the ''' separately. property will be he ,o.. Cost of Materials.
 ao r' in ,a, U, materials used was s44.
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