The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-10-07

The balance between industry
and agriculture is a notable phen-
omenon of many Ohio counties
where farming is the leading
source of employment. Thirty
seven Ohio counties had more
than 1000 and fewer than 10000
manufacturing workers.
Ohio's increase of SO percent
was computed on the basis of the
U. S. Census of Manufactures re-
port that in October 1889, before
the war boom set in, 792,336 per-
sons were employed in manufact-
uring in Ohio. This figure COM
pares we'll with the 783, 1877 in
manufacturing according to the
1910 Census. Seasonal fluctuations
in employment make some diff
ference and the coverage is not
exactly the same. The Census of
Manufactures is the only listing
in 1889 that distributed workers
by counties.
The Census of Manufactures
and the Ohio Bureau of Unem-
ployment Compensation give en-
ployment where the factories are
located. The 1910 Census reports
workers where they reside. Ex-
cept for trips to work across state
lines at Cincinnati, Portsmouth,
Ashland, Parkersburg, Wheeling,
Steubenville, East Liverpool and
Youngstown, the state of Ohio is
practically self-contained in man.
ufacturing employment.
During 1899 business was on the
upgrade. Manufacturing employ
ment increased 100000 from jan
uary to the end of the year. The
October figure is closed to the
years peak. In 1910, preparedness
stepped factory work up notably,
and almost 100000 more were ad-
ded to the rolls of workers. In
May of 1941 the number of manu-
featuring employees covered by
the Ohio compensation law exec
eded one million for the first time.
The average for 194l was 1922
,274.
The war peak in Ohio manu-
featuring employment was reach
ed in 1943. The Bureau of Unem-
ployment Compensation figure
for August l943 was 1888, ,626, and
the years average was 1885, ,32l.
Average for 1914 was l,327,654.
The number of workers in manu-
featuring dropped to l,283,045 in
December of that year.
Early in 1945 Ohio manufact-
uring employment increased some
what and reached 1,314,478 in
February. There was some drop
more rapid after VI Day to a low
for the year of l,023,980 in Oct
ober Reconversion brought the
postwar low in February 1916, at
al ,015,42l. During 1916, the year,
of reconversion, the highest figure
reached was 1891 sol in Novem-
ber, and the annual average was
l,156,320. At the beginning of l947
the peacetime activity was well
established. The March l947, fig
ureS are the latest available on a
county basis.
How do the individual Ohio
counties stack up in the increase
in employment? Completion of
that computation must wait until
the U. S. Bureau of the Census
totals all the county figures of the
1889 Census of Manufactures.
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment
Compensation records on covered
workers by counties do not ex-
tend back before the war.
A few comparisons, however,
can be made now. The Cleveland
Metropolitan District, including
Cuyahoga and Lorain Counties,
had 314,294 manufacturing work
ers in March 1947 against l88,739l
in October 1899, making sc per-
cent increase. Summit County in
creased rs per cent from 56,094 toI
98,556. Lucas County increased
86 per cent, from 50,566 to 94,348.
Columbus and Canton figures areI
not yet available for comparison
on county basis, and the Cincin
natl and Youngstown Metropoli-
tan areas are complicated by ex-
tending into other states.
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