Business Administration: Theory, Practice and Application. [Vol. 1] Business Economics

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	1900.	1905.
Number of establishments	973	1,077
Capital	$460,842,772	$605,100,164
Wage-earners, average number	297,929	310,458
Total wages	$85,126,310	$94,377,696
Cost of materials used	$178,441,390	$282,047,648
Value of products	$332,806,156	$442,451,218
Active spindles, number	19,008,352	23,155,613
Looms, number	450,682	640,910
Cotton consumed, bales	3,639,495	3,743,089
Cotton consumed, pounds	1,814,002,512	1,873,074,716

Silk Manufactures in the United States, 1870 to 1905.

[From official reports of the United States Census Office.]

	1870.	1880.	1890.	1900.	1905.
Number of establishments	86	382	472	483	624
Capital	$6,231,180	$19,125,300	$51,007,537	$81,082,201	$109,556,621
Wage-earners, average number	6,649	31,337	49,382	65,416	79,601
Total wages	$1,942,286	$9,146,705	$17,762,441	$20,982,194	$26,767,943
Cost of materials used	$7,817,559	$22,467,701	$51,004,425	$62,406,665	$75,861,188
Value of products	$12,210,662	$41,033,045	$87,298,454	$107,256,258	$133,288,072
Raw silk used, pounds	684,488	2,690,482	6,376,881	9,760,770	11,572,783

	1870.	1880.
Number of establishments	86	382
Capital	$6,231,180	$19,125,300
Wage-earners, average number	6,649	31,337
Total wages	$1,942,286	$9,146,705
Cost of materials used	$7,817,559	$22,467,701
Value of products	$12,210,662	$41,033,045
Raw silk used, pounds	684,488	2,690,482

	1890.
Number of establishments	472
Capital	$51,007,537
Wage-earners, average number	49,382
Total wages	$17,762,441
Cost of materials used	$51,004,425
Value of products	$87,298,454
Raw silk used, pounds	6,376,881

	1900.	1905.
Number of establishments	483	624
Capital	$81,082,201	$109,556,621
Wage-earners, average number	65,416	79,601
Total wages	$20,982,194	$26,767,943
Cost of materials used	$62,406,665	$75,861,188
Value of products	$107,256,258	$133,288,072
Raw silk used, pounds	9,760,770	11,572,783

Cotton Production and Manufacturing in the United States, also Imports and Exports of Cotton Manufactures.

[From the Statistical Abstract of the United States.]

	Total commercial crop.	Taken for home consumption.			Raw cotton imported.	Exports of manufactures of cotton.	Imports of manufactures of cotton.
		By Northern mills.	By South-ern mills.	Total.
	In thousands of bales.				Pounds.	Dollars.	Dollars.
1884	5,713	1,537	340	1,877	7,019,492	11,885,211	29,074,626
1885	5,706	1,437	316	1,753	5,115,680	11,836,591	27,197,241
1886	6,575	1,781	381	2,162	5,072,334	13,959,934	29,709,266
1887	6,499	1,687	401	2,088	3,924,531	14,929,342	28,940,353
1888	7,047	1,805	456	2,261	5,497,592	13,013,189	28,917,799
1889	6,939	1,790	480	2,270	7,973,039	10,212,644	26,805,942
1890	7,297	1,780	545	2,325	8,606,049	9,999,277	29,918,055
1891	8,674	2,027	613	2,640	20,908,817	13,604,857	29,712,624
1892	9,018	2,172	684	2,856	28,663,769	13,226,277	28,323,841
1893	6,664	1,652	723	2,375	43,367,952	11,809,355	33,560,293
1894	7,532	1,580	711	2,291	27,705,949	14,340,886	22,346,547
1895	9,837	2,019	852	2,871	49,332,022	13,789,810	33,196,625
1896	7,147	1,605	900	2,605	55,350,520	16,837,396	32,437,504
1897	8,706	1,793	999	2,792	51,898,926	21,037,678	34,429,363
1898	11,216	2,211	1,254	3,465	52,660,363	17,024,092	27,267,300
1899	11,256	2,217	1,415	3,632	50,158,158	23,566,914	32,054,434
1900	9,422	2,047	1,597	3,644	67,398,521	24,003,087	41,296,239
1901	10,839	1,964	1,583	3,647	46,631,283	20,272,418	40,246,935
1902	10,768	2,066	2,017	4,083	98,715,680	32,108,362	44,460,126
1903	10,674	1,966	1,958	3,924	74,874,426	32,216,304	52,462,755
1904	10,002	2,046	1,889	3,935	48,840,590	22,403,718	49,524,246
1905	13,654	2,292	2,270	4,562	60,508,548	49,668,080	48,919,986
1906	11,234	2,335	2,292	4,627	70,963,633	52,944,038	63,043,322
1907	13,540	2,510	2,495	5,005	104,791,784	32,305,412	73,704,636