The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-01-26

| first among the states In the produc.
| tion Of granite and marble, and second
4 in the production of slate and tale and
soapstone Thasc principal industries
granite, n. Die, slate and tale and
soapstone accounted for 9S.l per cent
| OF the total value OF mineral products
and employed 07.6 per cent Of all wage
earners engaged in the mines and quar-
Tries Of Vermont in 1910.
The granite industry, which leads all
other mineral Industries iii the state,
reported products to the amount Of 3d.
563,T34, which was Ali per cent Of the
total value oil products Of all mines
and qnarries IN Vermont and was 1916
per cent OF the total value of products
for the granite industry of the United
States lsIs.279,345l In 1910. The pro-
dliction Of granite was reported chiefly
from Washington county. but also
from Caledonia, Orange, Orleans and
Windham counties.
The marble industry, which was sec
ond in Importance in tile state in 1910,
reported products valued at S2,I0S,s72
81 24.1 per cent Of the total value Of All
mineral products IN the state and 4S
per cent Of the total value Of products
Of the marble quarrying industry in
the United States tS4,3g7.0l2}. The
production Of marble, reported chiefly
from Rutland county, was also report
ed from Addison, Bennington, Frank
lin and Washington counties.
The Vermont slate quarrying indus
try. which was third in rank among
the mineral industries in the state for
1919 with production valued al g.
057 1888, or "a per cent Of the total
value Of all mineral products IN the |
state, was second only to that of Penn |
sylvania and amounted to 81 per cent |
OF the total value of products Of the |
Safeguarding industry in the United /
States lS5,720,702l. The production re-
ported from Vermont was quarried III
Rutland county.
Tale and soapstone mining was
'o,Tth ID Importance among the min
raj industries lii Vermont III 1919
With production valued at 5000 .2BI,
" rs per cent Of the total value Of all
mineral products in the state and 2S.S
,er cent Of the total value Of products
i the tale and soapstone industry III
hc United States tS2 ,3O2 ,yn3s The
production of tale and soapstone In
Vermont ID 1910 came from Addison,
4amoille, Washington, Windham and
Windsor counties.
Among the operators of quarries and
mines in Vermont corporations are in
he majority. Enterprises having this
orm OF organization conducted 6l.3
YER cent of the total number Of enter
rises, employed S3.S per cent OF the
otal number Of wage-earners, and re-
orted SIS per cent Of the total value
I products.
or the total number of enterprises
! Vermont in 1919, 925 per cent were
} classes having no wage -earners or
,as than l0l. and such enterprises en-
Logged 3s.5 per cent of the total mum.
err of wage-earners. Enterprises en- i
Toying more than 100 wage-earncrs
seven and constituted rs per
mt of the total number of enterprises,
nd employeds4l.5 oil the total number
/ wage-earners. These larger enter. !
rises were.all in the principal quarry :
" industries granite, marble and
ate.
In $40 per cent OF all enterprises i
nploying wagc-earncrs and for 52.l
sr cent of the wage.earners the hours !;
labor were "a to 81 per week. IN the :,
arble and slate industries the nine !
our day prevailed. while in the gran
e industry shorter hours were re-
,rted. Z