Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-24
OVER 4.ooo WAGE
 FARMERS IN NORWICH

OVER 4.ooo WAGE
 l FARMERS IN NORWICH esnsus Report Shows That City Has
 1o5 Manufacturing Establishments. According to the census of manu- features in Connecticut prepared under the-supervision of W. M. Stew art, chief statistician for manufac- lures and just issued by the depart ment of commerce bureau of the sen- sus, Sam l.. Rogers, director. the av- wich is 4.074 these being distributed among 105 establishments.
 A copy of the report has been re- ceived by The Bulletin through the Kindness of George P. Mclean, Unf- ted States senator. The census statistics of manufac- lures are compiled primarily for the purpose of showing the absolute and relative magnitude of the different branches of industry covered and their growth or decline. Incidentally, the effort is made to present data throw ing light upon character of ownership. size of establishments, and similar subjects.
 The census did not cover establish, ments which were idle during the en- tire year ,r or whose products were ya'
 
 turing done in educational, eleemosy- nary, and penal institutions.
 The returns relate to the calendar year 1914, or the business year which corresponded most nearly to that call endar year, and covering a years op- erations, except for establishments which began or discontinued business during the year.
 Wage Banners Tn Norwich.
 The average number of wage earn in IC pi n report as 4,074. In establishments where the prevailing hours of labor per week were 48 and under the num- Sef ef wage H na bsurs is hours a week, 415; between 54 and 60 hours, a week, 2,036; sixty hours a week, 594; between 60 and 72 hours, 12; 72 hours, 225.
 ed by individuals and located in Nor wich is given as 56, the number own ed by corporations, 37. and all others 12, making a total of 105, with an Eight establishments employ no wage earners. Est4 4blishments employing 1 to wage earners are 53 in number, to 20 wage earners o are Fl, and 1od 2l tel earners, 1; 1o1 to 250 wage earners, 8; 251 to 300 wage earners, 8; 501 to 1000 wage earners. 1.
 The local establishments consume
  Ibs.) anthracite coal, and 7S,347 tons C, 900 Ibs.) of bituminous coal, 1516 tons (2,000 lbs) of coke, 1909 barrels of oil, including gasoline, and 9,440, ,000 l cubic feet of gas. Importance and Growth of Manufac-
 lures.
 Connecticut's manufactured prod 1 Ucts in 1914 were valued at $545,47 471,- l 517, and the average number of wage | earners employed in manufacturing | industries was 226.264. In that year Connecticut ranked twelfth among the | states in the former respect and i eighth in the latter.
 For 1914 there were reported from the state of Connecticut 4.104 manu- facturing establishments operating to 254.499 persons dufing the year and paid out s16O.731,359 in salaries and wages. Of the persons 22S.264 were wage earn products to the value oe s545,471,5i7, to p1 odcue which matNrials costing were consumed.
 The manufacturing industries of
 aes raptdS dHrns the perod -909-1914 than during the preceding ive-year period. During the later pe- :icd a decrease of 3.5 Fer cent. in by increases of 7.3 per cent n average number of wage earners, L1.3 per cent in value of products, and I0.3 per cent in value added by man. 
 The most important industries ,hown may be considered briefly.
 Textiles-These industries, taken as group, ranked above any single in { iustry in the state in value of prod tets in 1914 and stood second only to products in number of i wage earners- Brass, bronze and copper products This industry, measured by value of which in 1914 constituted l 2.7 per cent of the total value for all l industries in the state, outranked all I thers in that year. Foundry and machine-shop products I This industry was by far the most !. in the state in 1914, as measured by value added by manufac- l ure and by number of wage earners l mployed. and in value of products 6 ras a close second to the brass, i ronze, and copper industry. In the oundry and machine shop industry I ranked ninth among the g tates in 1914 and sixth in 1909. The ( ut in 1914 were valued at s2S.S0S, 1883, q r 39.3 per cent of the total for the c Jnited States as a whole. t Firearms and ammunition-Connec a cut ranked first among the states in e ne manufacture of these products in o oth 1914 and 1909. The value of out g ut of this industry in the state in- t reased 2S.6 per cent during the five V ear period. Of ammunition alone reported a value of s21,- 16, ,557 for 1914, or 70.4 per cent of the 4 ,taI for the United States, which was = = 30, 0,840,427, and of firearms alone the v utput of Connecticut in that year i, ear was valued at $3,941,24 or 37.4 s CT cent of the total for the United n ties, which was $10,543,7 | Silverware and plated ware-In 1914 V le products of this industry in Con- V ecticut represented nearly 40 per !, ent of the total value for the coun- c v. Tn plated ware alone the state fs d all others with 64.6 per cent of the t,jI 'tal value of products for the Unt i, d States. +l Electrical machinery, apparatus, ., 1d supplies-The growth of this in h Istry in Connecticut has, been notable ., an increase of 45.9 per cent fin value ir products during the last semidecade irr ,vered by the figures. It rose from IT ind Sfyin nfl