Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-07
FACTr PRODUCTS
SHO' .ARGE gain
United States Ex-
Substantial
'oWth.
Industries
OUTPUT
I'll "a BILLIONS
d Concentration ls
ease in the Num-
ietors and Firm
mbers.
Tendency
Shown b,
Der of

Substant eases in the value of
manufactuI ducts in the United
States in compared with the
year 1909, Town by figures just
compiled Sam.
A report census of 1914 pre-
pared by reau of the census,
shows tina tai value of products
in the Tn ties in that year was
$24, 246,32 compared with $780,
672,O52,OW 70, gain of 17.3 per
cent.
That Il been a tendency to-
ward co ion Of Industry is
shown b. .l act that while there
were m0sa-0aX is in the quantity and
value o. ~ IS and smaller in
crease ~ nber of establishments
engaged lufactures, there was
n decrea: per cent in the num-
Der of Pr RS and firm members.
In the eport the population of
the Unite es in 1914 is estimated
at 9S,7S1, compared with 1872
266 In 10
Salal ! Wages Increase.
A geneI ward trend of salaries
and wage lown by the fact that
while the er of wage earners en-
ployed du he year showed an in
crease of A per cent, the amount
paid out lges increased 10 per
cent, and the number of salaried
employees .ased % per cent, the
amount p in salaries increased
37.2 per The amount paid out in
salaries ges in 1914 was Sc, 1867, :
249,000, pared with $4365,61
600, a gain Of more than a billion dol
lars.T ~
che census of 1914, like that of 1909
with reference to manufactures, ex-
Guided the hand trades, the building
trades, and the neighborhood 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 col
lected for establishments having prod
ucts for the census year valued at less
than $500, except that reports were
portion of the census year, or which
began operation during that year, and
whose products for such reason were
valued at less than $500.
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, 1871 per cent; salaried employees,
% per cent; primary horsepower, 20.7
per cent; wages, 10 per cent; mate
rails, 1873 per cent; value of products,
17.3 per cent; value added by manu-
facture, 1913 per cent; wage earners,
GA per cent, and number of establish
ments, 81 per cent.
$22, 79o,eso,ooo Invested.
The capital invested, as reported in
1914, was So, 79O,SSOOOO, u gain of
$4,362, $4,000, or 23.T per cent, over
SIS, ABS, 10000 in 1909. The average
capital per establishment was approx.
mately $4,000 in 1914 and $4,000 in
| 1909.
The cost of materials used was $14,.
36S, 0S9,000 in 1914, as against $12,142,.
791 900 in 1909, an increase of $2,225,'
$685. 900, or 1873 per cent. The average
cost of materials per establishment
was approximately $4,000 in 1914 and
$45, 900 in 1909. In addition to the com
ponent materials which enter into the
products of the establishment for the
census year there are included the cost
of, fuel, mill supplies and rent OF
power and heat. The cost of mate
rails, however, does not include un
used materials and supplies bought
either for speculation or for use dur
ing a subsequent period.
The value added by manufacture