The St. Joseph observer., 1920-12-04

! ~ Z LlNSpN CITY, NOV. EV.-
! Especial Corrcspoudcnce.) - Bakery
! products with a first wholesale value
of S3S,132.475, consisting Of 19O,6C2
tons Of bread, pies, cakes ice cream
cones, prctZcls, spaghetti, noodles,
macaroni ana all other form of pas
| try, and food commodities with flour
as the basis, were manufactured in
| Missouri in 1919, according to ad-
vance information from the 1920 In
! dusrial Red Book Of the state Bureau
/ of Labor Statistics given publicly to-
! day by Commissioner William H..
Lewis. The 1,14S bakeries of the
state which furnished the information
on which this official preliminary
announcement is based that year en-
| pluycd S,473 salaried and wage-earn-
ing workers, consisting Of 6,547 men
and youths and 1926 women and
lassys who drew a total of S8,O30,747
for their services.
While the higher cost Of flour, su-
gar butter lard and other ingredients
OF bakery products assisted material
ly in swelling the 1919 wholesale
worth Of all such food commodities
manufactured in Missouri that year,
a larger demand for such ddintics as
ice cream cones and for more sub
stautial articles as pies, cakes and
similar tasty products, helped to in
crease the output, 1919, over any 9TH
er past year in the history Of the
commonwealth. The statstician WHO
prepared the tables on which this
treatise OF Mlssourl's bakery prod
ucts, total value and production,
1919, was formulated, places the value
of Missourls bakery products, 1913,
1929 bakeries considered, at $35,96S,-
21S; that OF the year 1917. 1,027 bak-
cries considered at $31,9lS,472; 1915,
1851 bakeries considered, G23.2S9.-
920; 1915, G,O47 bakeries considered,
s21, ,555, 5,O2O, and 1914. 1,O43 bakeries
considered, sl9,94O,499.
Mothers Pits Not Included
Home baking, including pies such
as Mother used to make, and the
bakery commodities hotels and res
taurants turn out daily for their own
consumption worth fully as much as
tho output Of regular baking cstab-
lishments, are not included in the
statistical information impaired in
this array of facts and figures. OF
the $8S,132,475 representing the first
wholesale value o. all the produces
las Missouri bakeries turned out in
1919 a total Of S3i,44l,bSG or q little
over 9O.3 per cent was disburscd for
materials and supplies, wages and
salaries, rent and taxes and insurance,
and for interest, discounts, advort.s-
Ing losses and al other miscellaneous
purposes, leaving S3,G9O.999 or little
less than o. per cont, for dividends
profits and other earnings. The total
capital invested in 1919 in Las Mis-
souri, bakeries was $1S,649,346 as
compared TO $l5,157O71 in 1914
when the balance for profits, divi-
dcnds and other earnings on receipts
totaling 213,940,49o were S2,522,O2S,
or a little over 1871 per cent.
on $1S,G49,3t5 the capital invested,
in las bakeries the year 1919, the
earnings were nearly 1913 per cent
as comparcl TO l7.2 per cent on to-
tai capital OF S151JIC71 for l,O43
bakeries in 1919.
Output 1919, 81 Louis Bakeries
For 81. Louis, alone, the year 1919.
the output of 48G large and small
bakeries, had a total first wholesale
value Of $19,S26,9sl. The 4,357 en-
ploycs and salaricd propr.ctors, con-
sisting Of 2,S82 men and youths and
1,474 women and girls, there was paid
a total of &3,6SC.OG1. The capital in
vested in the industry 1919 totaicd
! SS,148,G7S. Similar information 1919
for Kansas City and -, Joseph fol-
lows:
Kansas City, 1919: Number Of
bakeries considered. III; total SELL
ing value of products, S13,G58,7s3;
paid in salaries and wages, S2,7O8,-
$50; capital invested, S6,936,492; en-
ployos, 8,l27, consisting Of 1859 mas
culine workers ana 1888 feminine.
St. Joseph: Number Of bakeries
considered, 3S; value Of production,
| $l,342,SS5; paid In salaries and wages,
| $226,94S; capital invested, SI9G,O86;
number of employees, 272, consisting
Of 1S4 masculine workers and IS
| feminine.
Salt PrctzcIs Stiu in favor
That the high bakers art Of pret-
eel making was not lost to civilization