The Connecticut labor news., 1921-10-14
NEW BRITAIN HAS
 MORE EMPLOYMENT
Census of Manufactures Shows Growth From 1914 to
 1910.

Washington, Oct IA preliminary statement of the general results of the 1920 census of manufacturers, covering the year 1919, for New Britain was is- sued to-day by the bureau of the census, department of commerce. The figures are preliminary and subject to such change and correction as may be found necessary from a further examination of the reports.
 The census of manufactures, l9l9, like that of 1914, excluded the hand trades, the building trades, and the neighborhood industries, and took account only of establishments conducted under the so called factory system. The word "estab- lishment" as used in the census reports may mean more than one mill or plant provided they are owned or controlled and operated by a single individual, part nership, corporation or other owner or operator, and are located in the same town or city.
 The reports were taken for the cal endar year ending December 3l, 1919, or the business year of the establish ment most nearly conforming to that cauendar year.
 CAPITAL
 The census inquiry calls for the total amount of capital both owned and bor- rowed, invested in the business, but eX cludes the value of rented property.
 COST OF MATERIALS
 In addition to the component materials which enter into the value of products, the cost of materials in this summary includes the cost of fuel, mill supplies, and rent of power and heat.
 VALUE OF PRODUCTS
 The value of products represents their selling value or price at the plants as actually turned out by the factories dur ing the census year, whether sold or on hand.
 In 1919 the city had 116 establishments and 120 in 1914, a decrease of 3.3 per cent. Persons engaged in manufactur- ing numbered 19,679 in 1919 and 15,884 in 1914, an increase of 23.o per cent. Propretors and firm members numbered seventy-r1ine in 9l9 and eighty-eight in 1914. Salaried employees numbered 2388 in 1919 and AVG in 1914, an in crease of o1.8 per cent The average number of wage earners was 17,212 in 1919 and 14,320 in 1914, an increase of POP per cent. Primary horsepower was 25,424 in 1919 and 17.137 in 1914, an increase of ASA per cent. Capital was $5o, ,o44OOO in 1919 and $34230O00 in 1914, an increase of 742 per cent, Fig ures for services in 1919 were 23,o4O,OOO. In 1914 they were 9,352,0O0, an increase of l56 per cent. Salaries in 1919 agre- gated $4,3O9,OOO and $19o7O in 1914, an increase of 115.8 per cent. Wages i'll 355,OOO in 1914, an increase of lo69 per cent. Figures for materials in 1919 were $22, 166 ,OOO. In 1914 they were $8,385 ,OOO,an increase of 164.4 per cent. The value of products in 1919 was S5,' 622,OOO The 1914 value of products was 23.-227, ,OO, an increase of 173-o per cent In 1919 the value added by manufacture, the value of the products less the cost of materials, was $4l ,456OOO In 1914 the value in this connection was $l4,- 842OOO, an increase of 179.5 per cent.
 FIGURES FOR DERBY
 Summarizing figures for Derby in 1919 follow: Number of establishments, 46; persons engaged in manufactures, 1857; proprietors and firm members, 35; salaried employees, 255 wage earners Beverage number), 1,567; primary horse powes, 3,624: calital, $8, 45,00O; services, $2, 582 ,OOO; salaries, $651 ,OOO; wages, $1,- o31 ,OOO; materials, $4, ,322, GOO; value of products, $1O,386,O00; value added by manufacture (value of products less cost of materials), $6O640O0.