Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-03
DEPARTMENT OF
LABOR OF STATE
MAKES REPORT
Interesting Figures On Colo.
RADIO Industries Complied
By Secretary Of State

TO THE CITIZENS OF COLORADO:
| have the honor to submit herewith
for your consideration and information
some interesting statistics and facts
from my office.
The Department of State Factory
Inspection. connected with the Bu-
reau of Labor statistics. under the
Secretary of State, has kept the four
inspectors. provided by law, busy dur
ing the year gathering statistics oe
the industries of the State. The re-
suits achieved are quite remarkable,
considering the small number of in
spectors available for this important
work.
While 1t is not pretended that the
figures furnished are complete in
every reGpect, nevertheless the Depart
ment 10 able to give figures that COM
prehend the industries of the State as
a whole in a manner that reveals their
general extent and vast importance.
This has never been done before by
the Labor Department Just in this
way, but so many inquiries were made
by the manufacturing. commercial and
labor interests of the State for such
facts that the head of the department
decided that it was in the interests of
all concerned TO compile such figures
and give them out to the public.
The figures compiled show one i'm
portant thing beyond doubt. and that
is that we have here in Colorado a big
payroll. After all is said and done the
size of this annual payroll and its per-
menent character looms up. While
many seasonal occupations appear
still for the most part occupations chat
are continuous are predominant. This
affords a stability that is all import
ant and means much when the work
ers are considered both from the stand
point of producers and consumers.
The figures secured in connection
with tho beet sugar industry are in
teresting when considered separately
from the other enterprises of Colorado
Sixteen sugar factories ara considered.
To supply these with the raw ma
terial approximately 100000 acres of
land were In cultivation in 1921. To
cultivate and harvest this crop In
volved payment for labor amounting
to $50 per acre, making a total paid to
workers in the beet fields of ss,coo,ooo.
This amount is included in the grand
total Of wages paid. The manufacture
of sugar from the heets In the Is factor
sugar from the boets in the 16 factories
les gave employment to $3.50 men and
252 women. The men received pay to the
amount of s5,3o2 1856; the women re-
ceivei s147,Osn. This makes a total
payroll for all the Is factories of So.
s49.4ts This added to the amount paid
for the cultivation of the crop amounts
to a grand total of t11 ,4ia, 600.
MANY NEWSPAPERS
The totals given in connection with
tho manufacturing of the State include
tho weekly and daily newspapers Of
Colorado. There are, as far as it has
been possible to discover, 255 news
papers printed in this state outside Of
Denver. and in Denver there are So
Reports were received from about
so per cent Of the State papers. From
these an estimate was made which 1t
is believed accurately gives the figures
AZ to all the papers.
It is found that these give employ
ment to 275 women and 1908 men; that
the amount of money paid TO this help
reaches S3,3I9,ass yearly: and that the
amount of capital invested In the
country newspaper business in Colo
RADIO amounts to s5 5.262. .097.
When it comes to including the Dem
yer newspapers in the grand total it
is found that an entirely different con-
dition exists. That is to say. most of
the Denver weekly and monthly pub
lications are issued from plants that
are equipped for other purposes of
printing as well az printing news
papers. However, # is believed that