Table No. 4 contains the same data as No. 3 reduced to averages by establishments; the average number of persons employed in each of the 503 is 121; the smallest, 102; the greatest, 133, and the excess of greatest over smallest, 31. Table No. 5 gives the number of persons employed by months, and distinguished as to sex. The industries in which females are employed, and the percentage their number bears to the total, are given in the following table: In the following industries 50 per cent. and over of the persons employed are females: Boxes, wood and paper, 69.63; clothing, 67.01; corsets, 92.23; cotton goods, 83.54; knit goods, 78.00; silk throwing, 54.46; shirts, 77.18, and woolen and worsted goods, 56.61. The percentage of females employed in the broad silk and ribbon mills is 48.12; in the throwing mills the percentage is 54.46, while in the third branch of the industry, dyeing, it is only 3.04. The proportion of females to the total number of persons employed in the various industries should be borne in mind when examining the tables of average wages and yearly earnings, as, doubtless, both are to a considerable degree affected thereby. Table No. 5 gives the number of persons employed, male and female, by months, for each industry, and also for all combined; the period of greatest or least activity will be, of course, that month in which the largest or smallest number of persons were employed; in this connection the reference previously made to the habitual closing down at certain seasons of the year of some particular industries, such as the manufacture of glass, brick and the canning of fruit and vegetables, must be borne in mind; in these cases suspension of activity during some certain month is, as before stated, a custom of the trade. Table No. 6 gives the aggregates of wages paid in the various industries during the year, and also the average yearly earnings; the range of yearly earnings is from $199.81 to $864.24, the lowest amount being in the canning of fruit and vegetables, and the highest in brewing lager beer and ale; the average yearly earnings is $399.06. In the following industries the yearly earnings are under $300 per year: Buttons, clothing, corsets, knit goods, silk throwing and shirts. Three hundred dollars, but under $400: Brick and terra cotta, boxes, carpets and rugs, cotton goods, cotton goods (dyeing and finishing), hollow ware, leather and leather goods, mining (iron ore), shoes and woolen and worsted goods. Four hundred dollars, but under $500 : Artisans' tools, bar steel and iron, book-binding and printing, chemical products, electrical appliances, glass (window and bottle), glass (bending and staining), gas fixtures, metal goods, rubber goods, silk goods (broad and ribbon), silk dyeing, scientific and musical instruments, structural steel and iron and wooden goods. Five hundred dollars and over: Brewing (lager beer and ale), floor oilcloth, heaters and boilers, hats, jewelry, lamps, machinery, paint and varnish and pottery. The aggregate amount paid in wages for all industries is $22,172,205, and the aggregate average yearly earnings, as before stated, $399.06. Table No. 7 gives the classified weekly wages and the absolute number, male and female receiving the various rates in each of the 43 industries; also a summary giving the same classification for all industries, with the percentages of each sex receiving the different rates. Table No. 8 gives the average number of days in operation and the average proportion of business done in each of the 43 industries during the year. The following table gives the number of days in operation, the number not in operation and the percentage of ment for the principal industries: unemploy Assuming that all recognized holidays are observed, there remain 306 working days in the year; two industries on the list have worked more than that number, all the rest fell short of full time, variously from 8 to 79 days; the average proportion of business done for all in dustries is 68.48 per cent., which is 31.52 per cent. less than their full productive capacity with existing facilities. The value of the goods made by the 503 establishments, run as they were to the above average proportion of their full capacity, is $82,069,367; the same establishments, if run to the full limit, are capable of producing, without any increase of plant, goods to the value of $107,931,217. Table No. 9 is a special presentation of particular industries, important because of their being among the principal ones carried on in the State, and also because of their comparative completeness. All the data relating to them are brought together in this table for the convenience of review. |