Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-17

wages In 1000 totnlod t4.G0s. 900; do
creased to H.067.00O In 1914, and in
creased TO s8.i87.00O In 1919. Cost Of
hatorihls dropped from .S2l.7sb. 900 In
iso9 TO *l6.ss6.o00 In 1914. ana In.
creased to ess.S2l.ooo In 1919. The
nnioe or products IN 1909 wus O4i.l77.-
oVo' which dropped to $25.ss7.OOO in
1914. and Increased to io2.O3sooo I'm
| 1913. "
General stntc Statistics.
The introduction to series Of
very interesting t<bles. from which
the above Information relative 10
Hnchmond and tho state was com
pied covers two pages II will be of
value to the business man. as well
as 70 the students In colleges and
! pupils In the public schools of the
State Copies OF the repor, vii, he
h'h'iapie to the general public
through the libraries OF the city and,
state. The notation Of tables
were certain Information tx TO be
round is lief, In the reproduction OF
'ne introduction for the convenience
Va nose who may wish To follow any
'n feature OF the report. The.
statistics for Virginia follow:
:. 'oherai Character OF tho State
q ''.'' ON" OF the original thir-
'ceh states, has a gross are. or
i2,627 square miles. Of which IN 90.
irpr.s"nt land surface. The inhabi
,"htS OF the state in 1909 Numbered
i,N"''ist; In 1910. 2.OGi.Si2 and in
IsZp. 23Os.iS1 In total popul;ti,n
Virginia ranked twentieth anonu
'he states in 1920. The number az
ihhahitants per suuar. mile i'm 1910
was 'l2 the corresponding iiyur.
Tor 1920 being 57i
In W." there We're eleven cities
Z n tat No.,
inhabitants. (Sce Table 81 Th.
combined population OF these cities
In that year Was 55O26I. which
formed 23.S per cent OF the total for
virginia Separate statistics OF
manufactures for Newport News are
excluded from all tables in order TO
avoid the possibility OF disclosing
the operations OF individual cstab
iIshments IN that city. The popula-
ton OF thesc cities. oxciusiv. of
Newport News. represented 223 per
cent or the population OF the State.
ana they reported So per cent OF
TIA. value OF tho States manufac
turcd products in 1919
Importance and Growth o. Manu-
features tTable D.--Th. Increases In
salaries and wages cost OF materials.
ana tn" value OF products. from 1914
L" 1919. as presented In Table /. are
largely due 10 the change in indus
trial conditions brought ab.u; by
TIA" World War, and. therefore. cam
not properly he used to measure. tho
Growth OF manufactures during tn.
census period 1914 To 1912 Tn" in
cr"as"S shown. however. In nuntbcro,
wag"-.arn-rS aud hors. power ar.
indicative uf decided growth I'm
ia" manufacturing activities OF IN.
fi,. adj In, -
ln""m" tax since 1914 viii account
f"r tn. large Increase In rent and
;aN-s"
statistics Tor tn. State. by Coun-
tics Crabl- Figures for county
totals prior 10 1919 ar. not available"
and. therefore. comparison cannot
h." mad" cities in Virginia are in
dependent OF the counties: they
hav" been inc!ud"d in the table
however, each combined with ~
contiguous county. except N.wpoi,
News. which is included in "all
other counties" 20 avoid disclosing
tho operations OF Individual cstah-
lishm"nts in that city. OF the 100
counties and twenty independent
cities In tn" State. llenr!co County
and R!chm"nd city combined. re-
ported 2iS per cent OF the total
value OF the states manufactured
products in 1919. and ISIS per cen,
OF the average number Of wage
carncrs.
principal Industries. Ranked by
Nalu" nt Products liable 3).-Thc
ranking 81 Industries 10y value Of
products is often misleading a. to
their real Importance from manu-
featuring standpoint. The industry
of grading. roasting, cleaning. and
Smelling peanuts. for instance. which
ranked sixth In valu. Of products
ranked eighteenth in number al
war"-carn.rs and tw"n;r-,irst in
value added by manufacture.
Persons Engaged in Manufacture
ing Industries CTable I.-T'h" age
classification 81 tn" avcrag" number
OF wasc-"arucrs in this and other
tables * an estimate obtained by ia"
method described In the "cxplana-
ton OF terms" The classification
by sex for 1919 was reported sep
aratcly. but for 1914 and 1909 was
obtained in the same manner 40 the
distribution by age Figures for in
dividual Industries will he found in
Table a.
Average Number o, Wage Farmers.
by Selected Industries CTablc 81
The Industries covered by this table
arc those which employed more than
800 'waec-caruers in 1919 and for
which statistics can be shown with
out Ia" possibility of disclosing the
operations Of individual establish
mcnts.
Average Number Of Wage Earn
crs. by Sex and Age. and Value o:
Products for cities Of 10000 fnhah-
tants or More Crable 6).--In most OF
the detail figures for the cities. In
crcases are shown from 1914 TO 1919
The decreases In waEe-carncrs in
Norfolk is due principally to the
disappearance OF an establishment
manufacturing lumber and timber
products In that city in 1914
changes in the 1914 figures. as pub
ushcd for that year. are due to the
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