The Coconino sun., 1916-03-03
WHAT WAS MANUFACTURED
 IN ARIZONA IN 1874


 A preliminary statement of the gene ral results of the census of manufac- lures for Arizona has been issued by Director Sam L. Rogers, of the Bu- reau of the Census, Department of Commerce. It consists of summary comparing the figures for 1909 and 1914, by totals, prepared under the di- rection of Mir. William M. Steuart, chief statistician for manufactures.
 The figures are preliminary and subject to such change and correction as may be found necessary from further examination of the original reports.
 The census of 1914, like that of 1909, with reference to manufactures, excluded 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 of 1909, statistics were not collected for establishments 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 establishment" as used in the census reports may mean more than one mill or plant, provided they are owned or controlled and operated by single individual, partnership, corporation, or other owner or opera tr, and are located in the same town or city.
 The reprts were taken for th calendar year ending December 31, 1914, wherever the system of book keeping permitted figures for that period to be secured, but when the fiscal year of an establishment diff fered from the calendar year a report was obtained for the operations of that establishment for it's fiscal year falling most largely within the calen- dar year 1914.
 Percentage of Increase
 The summary for Arizona shows consistent increase at the census of 1914, as compared with that for 1914, 1914, as compared with that for 1909. In the order of their importance, from a percentage standpoint, the increases for the several items rank as follows: Salaries, TIC per cent; salaried em- ployees, 69.8 per cent; value added by manufacture, 48.9 per cent; primary horsepower, 34.S per cent; value of products, 27.5 per cent; capital, 22.5 per cent; materials, 169 per cent; wages, 13 per cent; and wage earners, 6.9 per cent.
 Capital Invested
 The capital invested, as reported in 1914, was s40,2S2, 2,000, a gain of ST. 5000, or 22.5 per cent, over S32,- 873,000 in 1909. The average capital per establishment was approximately s125, ,000 in 1914 and $106,000 in 1909 In this connection it should be stated that the inquiry contained in the cen- sus schedule calls for the total amount of capital, both owned and borrowed, invested in the business, but excludes the value of rented property, plant, or equipment which was employed in the conduct of manufacturing enter prises. In the final bulletins and re- ports the rental paid for such proper ty will be shown separately.
 Cost of Materials
 The cost of materials used was S39 ,263,000 in 1914, as against $33,-. 100000 in 1909, an increase of $5,- S663, ,000, or 16.9 per cent. The aver age cost of materials per establish ment was approximately $122,000 in 1914 and $108,000 in 1909. In addi- tion to the component materials which enter into the products of the estab- lishment for the census year there are included the cost of fuel, mill supplies, and rent of power and heat. The cost of materials, however, does not in clude unused materials and supplies bought either for speculation or for use during a subsequent period. The census inquiry does not include amounts paid for miscellaneous ex- penses, such as rent of offices, royal ties, insurance, ordinary repairs, ad- vertising, travelling expenses, or al- lowance for deprecation.
 Value of Products
 The value of products was $64 ,068,- 900 in 1914 and $5O,257 ,000 in 1909, the increase being $13,S11 ,000, or 27.5 per cent. The average per establish ment was approximately $200000 in