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

fact that certain ostablishmen ts
chat wero located outside tho cor
porate limits Uf tho city wero i'm
properly included In tho city totals
for that year.
Wage Farmers. by Months (Table
| O.-Tho statistics for wage-earners
! In this table are intended to show
tho stcadiness OF employment. or
| the reverse. In accordance with the
Industrial conditions exciting during
the three census years.
Wage Farmers. by Months. for Sc
| iccted Industries and for Cities
| CRADLE S).--ln addition 10 showing
the number of wagc-carners en-
| pioSed by months for selected In
dustrics. similar data nre given FOR
males and females for nil industries
combined for the State and for each
! city. except Newport News. having
| 10000 inhabitants or more The
! number OF female wage-earnrrs is
also presented for tn. Industries
that employer larH" number of fc-
| males. The ten cities combined re =
| ported larger proportion OF te-
male wagc-carncrs than tho State a.
a whole. 20 per cent as compared
with l6S per cent for the state
Prevailing Hours Of Labor CRADLE
Other" has been a marked short
cning OF tn" working day in Viz
Iinia sine" 1911. In tina, year only
per cent of the wage-"arncrs wer.
included in the Eromp "iS and nm
. der as agaius, 3I4 per cen, IN laiH
In 1914 the ga" and over co.
groups constituted 5+S per cent OF
the total wagc-"nrners. ~ compa ID
with - per cent In 1912
size or establishments. nv Aver
age Number OF Wage Farmers
Tor Selected Industries and for Cities
CTab!e l0J-Th" prrdominance Of
the number of small establishments.
when based on the number or wage
"arncrs employcd. is evidenced In
this tabl" by the fact that OF the
total number OF establishments In
the state. go per cent were In the
several classes having fewer than
iOl wage-carners. while such es-
Establishments employed but 35.l per
cent OF the total number 0t wage
"arn"rs. On the other hand tho eg-
Establishments employing an average
az more than 100 waEc-oarncrs ron
resented only rs per cent ~ the
total number OF manufacturing ex-
adjustments In the State. hu, re-
ported 6la per cen, OF the total
number OF waeo.cnrners
Si7" 10 Establishments. by Value
az .fr0ducts CTahl" - At The
'"usnscs 81 1909 and 1914 establish
m"nts with. products valued a. 100
200 80 81 600 600" Cons,ltutod ono
grour. hut.at IN" CENSUS OF lHi" this
cro'.r was subj !vId"d into $40 GOO
20 $500 600" aud "sa0nood 20 81 OJo
900" Separate figures for the mum
her ut establishments and valu" Of
products hav" been COMPLIED. how
ever from the returns for irli The
table. therefore. gives corn bluri iip-
ur"s for these two groups for all
items for 1903. and In Ia" cas-. 81
tho average nurnb-- az wtu--"arn-
"rs and va!u" added by manufacture
for i"li
SJa" "r Establishments by valu"
OF Products. for Selected Industries
'Tall" ~ LIN the preparation or
thIs table II was necessary ia several
instances 10 combine the establish
ments 6t one group Of the Industry
that Industry to avoid Tn" possibility
~ disclosing ia" operations ~ In
dividua! establishments
size Of Establishments. hy Value
~ Products. for cities o: l0.ooO Ia
habitart~ or Nor" ,TahI- i1i THIS
table illustrates the fact tina, tho
number Of establishments o.; itself
is IL" real index o! IN. extent Of
manufacturing activities.
Character Of Ownership liable
10 The prcporderauc- of corpor-
ate ownership - clearly brought out
iu this table. Although corporations
owned but 2i.5 per cent Of tho num-
h"r Of establishments In the Stat"
N 1919. ;hcy reported :; pcr cen; Of
tEc average number al waEc-carn-
crs and ST. per cent ~ IN. total
value Of products During the five
Year period, 1914 10 I9ls, the aver
age number of waEc-earn"cr in cor
p"rations increased =;ii2. or 81
per cent. and the value 81 products
S3iT?i5,7G7. or 1876 per ccnr.
Manufactures. by Population
Groups. in cities OF 10000 lnhabi.
tants or More ,TaLic l5J-ThiS