| Per cent of increase. | ||||
| 1870 to 1880. | 1880 to 1890. | |||
| Number of establishments | [DD]2.0 | [DD]9.2 | ||
| Capital | 72.4 | 97.3 | ||
| Salaried officials, clerks, etc., number | … | … | ||
| Salaries | … | … | ||
| Wage-earners, average number | 81.5 | 21.6 | ||
| Total wages | 36.9 | 61.0 | ||
| Men, 16 years and over | 77.3 | 27.0 | ||
| Wages | … | … | ||
| Women, 16 years and over | [DD]45.1 | 28.9 | ||
| Wages | … | … | ||
| Children, under 16 years | 217.3 | [DD]71.8 | ||
| Wages | … | … | ||
| Miscellaneous expenses | … | … | ||
| Cost of materials used | 41.1 | 71.1 | ||
| Value of products | 43.1 | 61.4 | ||
| Tons of products (2,240 pounds each) | 98.8 | 150.7 | ||
| Per cent of increase. | ||||
| 1890 to 1900. | 1900 to 1905. | |||
| Number of establishments | [DD]7.0 | 9.4 | ||
| Capital | 42.6 | 60.7 | ||
| Salaried officials, clerks, etc., number | 113.1 | 79.7 | ||
| Salaries | 81.7 | 76.8 | ||
| Wage-earners, average number | 30.0 | 9.0 | ||
| Total wages | 35.4 | 17.1 | ||
| Men, 16 years and over | 30.0 | 9.0 | ||
| Wages | 35.3 | 17.0 | ||
| Women, 16 years and over | 1,746.6 | 35.9 | ||
| Wages | 1,460.2 | 65.6 | ||
| Children, under 16 years | [DD]12.8 | 0.1 | ||
| Wages | [DD]0.9 | 9.7 | ||
| Miscellaneous expenses | 77.2 | 46.1 | ||
| Cost of materials used | 59.6 | 18.7 | ||
| Value of products | 68.0 | 12.7 | ||
| Tons of products (2,240 pounds each) | 81.4 | 18.1 | ||
[BB] This summary includes only active establishments for 1880, 1890, and 1900; such establishments were not reported separately in 1870. The 669 establishments in 1900 and the 606 establishments in 1905 include in each case 1 penal institution, the figures for which are not included in Parts I and II of the Report on Manufactures.
[CC] For explanation of the apparent discrepancies in the data for 1870 and 1880, see remarks, page 2, Part I, Manufacturing Industries, 1890, in regard to the depreciated currency in 1870; and in regard to the inclusion of capital, employes, and wages relating to mining and other operations in the figures for 1880, see page 745, Statistics of Manufactures, 1880.
Production of Pig Iron and of Crude Steel in the United States, 1880 to 1907, and relation of same to Imports and Exports of Iron and Steel Manufactures; also Prices of Representative Iron and Steel Products during the period named.
[From official reports of Bureau of Statistics.]