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

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	Total commercial crop.	Taken for home consumption.
		By North- ern mills.	By South -ern mills.	Total.
	In thousands of bales.
1884	5,713	1,537	340	1,877
1885	5,706	1,437	316	1,753
1886	6,575	1,781	381	2,162
1887	6,499	1,687	401	2,088
1888	7,047	1,805	456	2,261
1889	6,939	1,790	480	2,270
1890	7,297	1,780	545	2,325
1891	8,674	2,027	613	2,640
1892	9,018	2,172	684	2,856
1893	6,664	1,652	723	2,375
1894	7,532	1,580	711	2,291
1895	9,837	2,019	852	2,871
1896	7,147	1,605	900	2,605
1897	8,706	1,793	999	2,792
1898	11,216	2,211	1,254	3,465
1899	11,256	2,217	1,415	3,632
1900	9,422	2,047	1,597	3,644
1901	10,839	1,964	1,583	3,647
1902	10,768	2,066	2,017	4,083
1903	10,674	1,966	1,958	3,924
1904	10,002	2,046	1,889	3,935
1905	13,654	2,292	2,270	4,562
1906	11,234	2,335	2,292	4,627
1907	13,540	2,510	2,495	5,005

	Raw cotton imported.	Exports of manufactures of cotton.	Imports of manufactures of cotton.
	Pounds.	Dollars.	Dollars.
1884	7,019,492	11,885,211	29,074,626
1885	5,115,680	11,836,591	27,197,241
1886	5,072,334	13,959,934	29,709,266
1887	3,924,531	14,929,342	28,940,353
1888	5,497,592	13,013,189	28,917,799
1889	7,973,039	10,212,644	26,805,942
1890	8,606,049	9,999,277	29,918,055
1891	20,908,817	13,604,857	29,712,624
1892	28,663,769	13,226,277	28,323,841
1893	43,367,952	11,809,355	33,560,293
1894	27,705,949	14,340,886	22,346,547
1895	49,332,022	13,789,810	33,196,625
1896	55,350,520	16,837,396	32,437,504
1897	51,898,926	21,037,678	34,429,363
1898	52,660,363	17,024,092	27,267,300
1899	50,158,158	23,566,914	32,054,434
1900	67,398,521	24,003,087	41,296,239
1901	46,631,283	20,272,418	40,246,935
1902	98,715,680	32,108,362	44,460,126
1903	74,874,426	32,216,304	52,462,755
1904	48,840,590	22,403,718	49,524,246
1905	60,508,548	49,668,080	48,919,986
1906	70,963,633	52,944,038	63,043,322
1907	104,791,784	32,305,412	73,704,636

Iron and Steel Manufacturing in the U. S.: Comparative Summary, 1870 to 1905, with per cent of increase for each decade.[BB]

[From the United States Census.]

	Date of census.
	1870.[CC]	1880.[CC]	1890.	1900.	1905.
Number of establishments	808	792	719	669	606
Capital	$121,722,704	$209,904,965	[DD]$414,044,844	$590,530,484	$948,689,840
Salaried officials, clerks, etc., number	[EE]	[EE]	4,325	9,217	16,566
Salaries	[EE]	[EE]	$6,462,236	$11,741,788	$20,758,412
Wage-earners, average number	77,555	140,798	171,181	222,607	242,740
Total wages	$40,514,981	$55,451,510	$89,273,956	$120,836,338	$141,439,906
Men, 16 years and over	75,037	133,023	168,943	219,635	239,383
Wages	[EE]	[EE]	$88,840,642	$120,157,007	$140,545,610
Women, 16 years and over	82	45	58	1,071	1,455
Wages	[EE]	[EE]	$17,106	$266,888	$441,967
Children, under 16 years	2,436	7,730	2,180	1,901	1,902
Wages	[EE]	[EE]	$416,208	$412,443	$452,329
Miscellaneous expenses	[FF]	[FF]	$18,214,948	$32,274,100	$47,164,970
Cost of materials used	$135,526,132	$191,271,150	$327,272,845	$522,431,701	$620,171,881
Value of products	$207,208,696	$296,557,685	$478,687,519	$804,034,918	$905,854,152
Tons of products (2,240 pounds each)	3,263,585	6,486,733	16,264,478	29,507,860	34,844,933

	Per cent of increase.
	1870 to 1880.	1880 to 1890.	1890 to 1900.	1900 to 1905.
Number of establishments	[DD]2.0	[DD]9.2	[DD]7.0	9.4
Capital	72.4	97.3	42.6	60.7
Salaried officials, clerks, etc., number	…	…	113.1	79.7
Salaries	…	…	81.7	76.8
Wage-earners, average number	81.5	21.6	30.0	9.0
Total wages	36.9	61.0	35.4	17.1
Men, 16 years and over	77.3	27.0	30.0	9.0
Wages	…	…	35.3	17.0
Women, 16 years and over	[DD]45.1	28.9	1,746.6	35.9
Wages	…	…	1,460.2	65.6
Children, under 16 years	217.3	[DD]71.8	[DD]12.8	0.1
Wages	…	…	[DD]0.9	9.7
Miscellaneous expenses	…	…	77.2	46.1
Cost of materials used	41.1	71.1	59.6	18.7
Value of products	43.1	61.4	68.0	12.7
Tons of products (2,240 pounds each)	98.8	150.7	81.4	18.1

	Date of census.
	1870.[CC]	1880.[CC]
Number of establishments	808	792
Capital	$121,722,704	$209,904,965
Salaried officials, clerks, etc., number	[EE]	[EE]
Salaries	[EE]	[EE]
Wage-earners, average number	77,555	140,798
Total wages	$40,514,981	$55,451,510
Men, 16 years and over	75,037	133,023
Wages	[EE]	[EE]
Women, 16 years and over	82	45
Wages	[EE]	[EE]
Children, under 16 years	2,436	7,730
Wages	[EE]	[EE]
Miscellaneous expenses	[FF]	[FF]
Cost of materials used	$135,526,132	$191,271,150
Value of products	$207,208,696	$296,557,685
Tons of products (2,240 pounds each)	3,263,585	6,486,733

	Date of census.
	1890.
Number of establishments	719
Capital	[DD]$414,044,844
Salaried officials, clerks, etc., number	4,325
Salaries	$6,462,236
Wage-earners, average number	171,181
Total wages	$89,273,956
Men, 16 years and over	168,943
Wages	$88,840,642
Women, 16 years and over	58
Wages	$17,106
Children, under 16 years	2,180
Wages	$416,208
Miscellaneous expenses	$18,214,948
Cost of materials used	$327,272,845
Value of products	$478,687,519
Tons of products (2,240 pounds each)	16,264,478

	Date of census.
	1900.	1905.
Number of establishments	669	606
Capital	$590,530,484	$948,689,840
Salaried officials, clerks, etc., number	9,217	16,566
Salaries	$11,741,788	$20,758,412
Wage-earners, average number	222,607	242,740
Total wages	$120,836,338	$141,439,906
Men, 16 years and over	219,635	239,383
Wages	$120,157,007	$140,545,610
Women, 16 years and over	1,071	1,455
Wages	$266,888	$441,967
Children, under 16 years	1,901	1,902
Wages	$412,443	$452,329
Miscellaneous expenses	$32,274,100	$47,164,970
Cost of materials used	$522,431,701	$620,171,881
Value of products	$804,034,918	$905,854,152
Tons of products (2,240 pounds each)	29,507,860	34,844,933