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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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MORE FIGURES AND FACTS
FROM THE CENSUS,
GLEANED AT THE NATIONAL BAHTAL
[BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.]
WASHINGTON, D. C , Oct. 19th, 1892.
|5> ECENTLY the Superintendent of the Cen-
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sus has been issuing a series of bulletins,
announced as " preliminary and subject to modi-
fication for final report, therefore fair criticism
and suggestions are invited, with a view to such
revision and correction as may appear neces-
sary. ''
The data appearing in the series has apparent-
ly been chosen with a view of presenting an
epitome of characteristic mechanical and manu-
facturing industries of all principal cities of the
country. Each number is valuable and interest-
ing, but the work can not be fully measured at
its real value by excerpts. However, for our
purpose it must suffice that, at this time, only
such selections of facts and figures shall be
made as are of special interest to the music
trade.
From Bulletin No. 211, referring solely to the
city of New York, as follows, under the caption :
Musical bistruments—Pianos and Materials.
Number of establishments (reported)
74
CAPITAL EMPLOYED—Aggregate.. $10,260,317
HIRED PROPERTY—Total
2,144,733
PLANT—Total
2,052,341
Land
Buildings
Machinery, tools and implements.
LIVE ASSETS—Total
750,000
643,600
658,741
6,063,243
Raw materials
751.978
Stock in process and finished pro-
duct.
2,813,645
Cash, bills and accounts receiv-
able, and all sundries not else-
where reported
2,497,620
WAGES PAID—Aggregate
$4,256,365
Average number of hands employed
during the year
5,512
Males above 16 years
4,088
Females above 15 years
8
Children
4
Pieceworkers
1,412
MATERIALS USED—Aggregate cost. $4,833,666
Principal materials
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Mill supplies
All other materials
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES—Ag-
gregate
4,533,126
33,354
3,150
264,036
$501,296
Amount paid for contract work
25,000
Rent
193,026
Power and heat
3.625
Taxes
38,783
Insurance
63,923
Repairs, ordinary, of buildings and
machinery
34,160
Interest on cash used in the business
47,511
All sundries not elsewhere reported.
95,268
GOODS MANUFACTURED—Aggre-
gate value
$12,014,179
Principal product
11,854,532
All other products, including re-
ceipts from custom work and re-
pairing
159,647
Please refer to page 224, No. 11, Vol. X I I I . of
T H E MUSIC T R A D E R E V I E W , dated December 20,
1889, t o J a n u a r y 5, 1890, there you will find
certain information with which the above may
be profitably compared. To save the reader, let
the paragraph be quoted—(it is from the census
of 1880):
127.—Musical Instruments Pianos and Materials.
Number of establishments in the U. S . .
174
Capital invested
$9,869,577
Average number of hands employed
Males above 16 years of age
6,449
Females above 15 years of age
57
Children and youths
69
Total amount of wages paid during year $4,663,193
Value of materials
$5,283,119
Value of products
$12,264,521
In one decade the Empire City, of the Empire
State, had so grown and increased that in the
eleventh census year her manufactures, in this
special line, were '' within an ace,'' as the say-
ing is, of being equal to those of all the United
States, as reported in 1880.
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From Bulletin No. 232, referring to Boston,
Mass., we take the following :
Musical Instruments—Pianos and Materials.
Number of establishments (reported)...
29
CAPITAL EMPLOYED—Aggregate.. $3,581,714
HIRED PROPERTY—Total
826,705
PLANT—Total
698,053
Land
Buildings
Machinery, tools and implements.
LIVE ASSETS—Total
192,800
191,200
314,053
2,056,956
Raw materials
313,103
Stock in process and finished pro-
duct
755.877
Cash, bills and accounts receiv-
able, and all sundries not else-
where reported
987,976
WAGES PAID—Aggregate
$1,479,337
Average number of hands employed
during the year
Males above 16 years
Females above 15 years
Children
Pieceworkers
1,970
1,764
64
142
MATERIALS USED—Aggregate cost. $1,742,529
Principal materials
$1,405,198
Fuel
17,129
Mill supplies
2,600
All other materials
317,602
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES—Ag-
gregate
$221,940
Fuel
Mill supplies
All other materials
2,909
18,349
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES—Ag-
gregate
Amount paid for contract work
Rent
Power and heat
Taxes
Insurance
Repairs, ordinary, of buildings and
machinery
Interest on cash used in the business
All sundries not elsewhere reported.
GOODS MANUFACTURED—Aggre-
gate value
CAPITAL EMPLOYED—Aggregate..
HIKED PROPERTY—Total
PLANT—Total
WAGES P A I D - A g g r e g a t e
Average number of hands employed
during the year
Males above 16 years
Females above 15 years
Children
Pieceworkers
Amount paid for contract work
Rent
Power and heat
Taxes
Insurance
Repairs, ordinary, of buildings and
machinery
Interest on cash used in the business
All sundries not elsewhere reported.
GOODS MANUFACTURED—Aggre-
gate value
PLANT—Total.
Land
Buildings
Machinery, tools and implements.
LIVE ASSETS—TOTAL
122,900
82,892
10,000
31,500
41,392
332,342
Raw materials
Stock in process and finished pro-
duct
Cash, bills and accounts receiv-
able, and all sundries not else-
where reported
WAGES PAID—Aggregate
207,514
$173,978
Average number of hands employed
during the year
268
Males above 16 years
Females above 15 years
Children
Pieceworkers
MATERIALS USED—Aggregate cost.
Principal materials
34,948
89,880
165
26
1
76
$172,933
151,675
$468,309
$14,675
10,625
Land
Buildings
Machinery, tools and implements.
1,700
LIVE AssETs--Total
2,350
Raw materials
1,000
Stock in process and finished pro-
duct
1,050
Cash, bill, and accounts receiv-
able, and all sundries not else-
where reported
300
Principal product
3,929,748
All other products, including re-
ceipts from custom work and re-
pairing
18,200
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From Bulletin No. 226, city of Worcester,
Mass., we make this quotation :
Musical Instruments—Organs and Materials.
Number of establishments (reported)... .
6
HIRED PROPERTY—Total
1,448
9.135
19,931
1,700
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES—Ag-
gregate
$538,134
9,831
2,450
2,831
2,482
Principal product
467,809
All other products, including re-
ceipts from custom work and re-
pairing
500
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From Bulletin No. 236, for the city of Augusta,
Georgia, these figures, referring to
Musical Instruments and Materials—{Not
Specified.)
Number of establishments (reported)....
4
Amount paid for contract work
16,840
Rent
62,003
Power and heat
8,274
Taxes
18,834
Insurance
27,272
Repairs, ordinary, of buildings and
machinery
9,572
Interest on cash used in the business
36,208
All sundries not elsewhere reported.
42,937
GOODS MANUFACTURED—Aggre-
gate value
$3,947,948
CAPITAL EMPLOYED—Aggregate..
$48,108
MATERIALS USED—Aggregate cost.
Principal materials
Fuel
Mill supplies
All other materials
$9,224
15
13
1
1
$1,975
$i,6oo
375
Principal product
All other products, including re-
ceipts from custom work and re-
pairing
$1,090
850
40
200
$13,175
12,125
1,050
In the Bulletins there appear certain compara-
tive statements and much other matter of gene-
ral interest, and no one can judge of their
importance and value only from what appears
herein. This communication must necessarily
be brief, nevertheless it may serve to invite
attention to the fact that the manufacture of
musical merchandise is now ranked among the
leading industries of the country. The trade is
to be congratulated upon its recognition in
economic statistics. Whoso looks into the mat-
ter closely may learn that sentiment may be
closely allied to facts. Heaven born music ap-
pears doubly blessed when an industrial army is
reviewed, engaged in honest and profitable labor
of building instruments required in her benign
and civilizing service.
WM. E. MCARTHU*.