Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-24

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 is. this industry dropped from fifth in 1909 to tenth in 1914.
 Clocks and watches, including cass@1 and materialstConsideri this in dustry as a whole, Connecticut rank ed first among the states in both 1914 and 1909, with 23.2 per cent of the to- tai value of products for the United cent in the earlier. In the manufac- ture of clocks alone the state ranked first in both years, with nearly one half the total value of products for of watches alone it ranked high also in 1914.
 Many Wage Farmers.
 In 1914 the number of persons en- gagged in manufactures was 254,499, of whom 228, ,264, or nearly nine-tenths, were wage earners; 9,149 were propri- etors and officials; and 19,0S6 were clerks and other subordinate salaried employees. Of the wage earners Is years of age and over. e7,S66, or or ope-fourth, were females.
 The greatest proportion of female wage earners 16 years of age and over which is shown for any city in 1914, greatest, for Naugatuck; and the third greatest, for Norwalk The smallest proportion of this class of wage earn- CTS in 1914 and 1909 is shown for An wage earners under 16 years of age in 1914 appears for Norwalk, and the next greatest, for Torrington and Willimantic. the percentage for these two places being the same. The smallest percentage of child wage earners in 1914 appears for New Bri- tain.
 For each or the cities given in thesa tables, with the exceptions of NauSatuck and New London, an in crease in the total average number of wage earners is shown for the ten year period 1904-1914, the greatest percentage increase, 71.3 appearing for Stamford and the smallest. s.s per Hartford, and New Britain the per centages of increase were also large. All the cities, except Middletown, New London, and Norwich, show increases for the five-|sar period 1909-1914. The greatest percentage of increase, 436 for this period is shown for Stam- ford.
 The number of female wage earn CTS in each Of the cities, for which comparative figures are given, in- creased during the ten-year period 1904-1914; and during the five-year period 19091914 an increase in this class of wage earners took place in each city, except Middletown and Nor the twelfth city in value of products in 1914, is noted for its thread, cotton -cloth. and silk mills. The products of these mills repre- value of manufactured products re- ported for the city.
 Printing and Publishing.
 The decrease in the number of pulp ications in the state during the five year period 1909-1914~ is well distri- | kz1 1, ,r~1,z with the exception that the monthly | gained one. The circula- | ion, however, increased for all classes l except the semi -weeklies.S The total | increase from 1909 to 1914 was 71,92o,, i ,r 13.3 per cent; and for the 10 years, 4,S94, or 9.7 per cent. The circula- ion of dailies increased 17,230, or 6.7 | ,er cent, during the semidecade 1909 914 and 46,416, or POP per cent, dug ng the 10 years, while that of the | sunday newspapers increased during he same periods 14,320, or 16.6 per ent and 41,4s6, or TOP per cent, re- pectively.
 The circulation of the dailies con- ulation per issue of all publications n 1914, that of the weeklies, 24.5 per ent, and that of the Sunday papers, 6.4 per cent. The corresponding pro- er cent, and 16 per cent respective y. The circulation of evening news apers increased from 1S6,6o1 in 1899 0 202,161 in 1914 and that of the 1orning papers from 71,s42 to -73,612. he publications printed in foreign anguages comprised 1 daily in Ital- an; II .weekHes, of which were in italian, in German, and 1 in Polish; nd 1 semiweekly and monthly, both l German. Paper and wood pulp-The output of aper boards, increased between 1909 nd 1914 by @35,S tons, or 4.6 per ent, in value. in quantity, and by I11,5s5. @ or 4s:e per per cent in value. Jude chiefly news paper, tag stock, K lotting paper, cayd and bristol boards, nd building paper, also show a decid- increase as compared with previ- rowth in the output of news paper, Lg stock, and plotting paper. The arious other products show decreases.
 Laundries. The amount by laundries for work one increased $691,ss9 or 4s.s per snt, between 1909 and 1914. The Lnk of Connecticut among the states E
 this industry, as measured by mount received for work done, was in 1914; it was twentieth in '09. In 1914, 76 of the establishments ere owned by individuals, 2S by cor ,rations, and the remaining 23 were lder other forms of organization. The , owned laundries did the rgest' amount of business in 1914, eir receipts for work done amount g to $948,073, or 45 per cent of the tal, as against $545, 113, or 3S.5 per mt. in 1909. Establishments owned 7 individuals did work valued at 32,704. or 39.5 per cent of the total. =
 1914, and ss1e,449,. or 4s.5 per cent.
 1909; and the receipts for esta blish- ents under "all other" forms of own ship amounted to s327,234, or 15.5 1T cent of the total, in 1914 and to 54.560, or IS per cent, in 1909. Thread Output. The output of thread has increased nn ntinually since 1904. The gain dur- 1 g the later semidecade was 1924 6S8 unds, or 34.7 per cent, in quantity = Id $1,916,030, or 36.9 per cent, iyi lue. For the entire decade the gain
 quantity was 3,050,103 pounds, or 5 per cent and in value $3, ,369 437,