People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1894 — BIG FIGURES. [ARTICLE]

BIG FIGURES.

A Batch of Interesting Statistic* from th» Census Bulletin. Washington, March 22.—The extra census bulletin which has just been issued contains statistics of manufactures for the United States in 1890 and some very interesting information. According to the figures the largest manufacturing industries in the United States, estimated by the amount of capital and the number of hands employed, is the lumber and sawmill interest. The largest, judging from the amount of wages paid, is foundries and machine shops, and, judging from the value of the output, iron and steel. There are in the United States fourteen industries having more than 8100,080,000 each invested as capital, and they are as follows: Lumber and sawmillsM96 339.968 Iron apd steel works Foundries and machine shops 382,798,337 Cotton goods 354.020.843 Gas works 258,771,795 Breweries 232,471.290 Flouring mills 208,473,503 Agricultural implements 145,313,997 Woolen factories 130,989.940 Wens’ clothing 128,253,547 Newspapers and job printing 126,209,885 Planing mills 120,271,440 Slaughtering and meat packing 116,887,504 Carriages and wagons 104,210,602 Employ Over 100,000 Hands. The following industries have more than 100,000 hands employed: Lumber and sawmills 286,197 Foundries ana machine-5h0p5247,754 Cotton factories22l’sßs Iron and 5tee1212,680 Men’s clothingls6,34l Carpenteringl4o,o2l Boot and shoe factoriesl39,333 Brick and tilelo9’lsl Masonryloß,4os The following pay wages exceeding $1,000,000 a year: Foundries and machine-5h0p58148,389,063 Iron and steel 116,428,651 Enormous Product. There are twenty-two different industries having a product of more than $100,000,000 a year, which are as follows: Iron and steel 8563,954,348 Slaughtering and meat packing 561,611,668 Fouring mills 513,971,474 Foundries and machine shops 4)2,701,872 Lumber and sawmills 403,667,575 Carpentering 281,195,162 Colton goods 267,981,724 Men’s clothing /factories) 251.019.609 Boots and shoes 220,649,358 Masonry.... 190,704,818 Planing mills 183,681,558 Breweries 182,731,622 Printing 179,859,750 Tanneries 138,282,004 Woolen goods 133,577,977 Cigars and cigarettes 129.693,275 Car shops 129,641,698 Bakeries 128,421,535 Men’s clothing (custom made) 126,219,151 Sugar and molasses 128,118,25'3 Carriages and wagons 114,570,555 Distilleries 104,197.869 Some Interesting Figures.

One of the curious things which illustrate the results of the war is the record of fifty-nine establishments in the United States engaged in the manufacture of artificial limbs.

They have a combined capital of $186,896, and the annual value of their output is $475,977. It is interesting to know that in the manufacture of axle grease a capital of $451,228 is invested and that the product is worth $7,829,003 a year. The amount of capital invested in making bicycles and tricycles is $2,058,072, and the product is valued at $2,568,326. There are eighty-three establishments engaged in repairing bicycles, which have a capital of $172,070 and do a business of $301,709 a year. For the benefit of our laundries we have $184,472 invested in the manufacture of bluing, and $457,251 worth of that article was produced in 1890. Over $3,000,000 is invested in the manufacture of buttons, and the value of those necessary articles produced in 1890 amounted to $4,216,795.

There are 1,373 persons engaged in making buttonholes for men’s clothing, and they are paid $526,925 every year. The value of the buttonholes they make is $784,055. Nearly $6,000,000 is invested in the manufacture of clocks, and $4,228,846 was the value of the product in 1890. Seventeen million dollars capital is invested in making coffins, and the value of these necessary articles made that year exceeded $20,000,000. There are 205 establishments for making corsets, with a capital of $6,640,056. They employ 11,370 persons, and pay them $4,062,815 in wages. The value of the corsets manufactured in this country in 1890 was $12,401,575. The crop of false teeth was worth over $10,000,000 that year, and the output of fireworks $592,542. Nearly $10,000,000 is invested as capital in the manufacturing of artificial ice, and the product in 1890 was valued at $4,900,983. There were 126 establishments for the manufacture of kindling wood, with a capital of $1,299,533, and the value of their product was $2,401,873. In the manufacture of regalia and society banners and emblems 137 establishments are engaged, with a capital of $1,841,193, and the output was $3,203,890 in 1890.

There were sixty-three establishments for stuffing birds and animals reported, with a capital of $293,112, and an output of $231,773. There are 436 manufactories of canes and umbrellas, with a capital of $5,646,289 and an output of $13,771,927. The number of establishments for the printing of newspapers and periodicals is given at 12,362, which seems to be very small. State Valuation and Taxation. A final report of the total valuation and taxation, compiled from the figures of 1890, makes the following showing for the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin and Ohio: Illinois, $5,066,751,719; Indiana, $2,095,176,626; Michigan, §2,095,016,272; Wisconsin, $1,833,308,523; Ohio, $3,951,382,384.