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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[August i, 1902. 



RUBBER INDUSTRY IN THE CENSUS. 



CENSUS Bulletins Nos. 158, 159, and 163, issued from Wash- 

 ington, are devoted respectively to manufactures in Mass- 

 achusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania, for the period covered 

 by the census— the year ending June 30, 1900. From these 

 bulletins has been compiled the following details regarding the 

 rubber industry in the three states named, to correspond with 

 similar information for certain other states reported in Thk 

 India Rubber World of December i, 1901, and May i, 1902. 



MASSACHUSETTS. 



Number of establishments 



Total capital $13,157,321 



Land 8.577.473 



Buildings $1,082,00^ 



Machinery $898,462 



Cash and Sundries $to.799-383 



Salaried oft'icers and clerks 153 



Salaries !f220,32i 



Average number wage earners.. 5.250 



Men 2.921 



Women 2,272 



Children under 16 57 



Total wages. . . $2,456,305 



Miscillaneous expenses $[,081,132 



Rent of works 



Taxes $127,566 



Rent of oflSces, interest, etc . 8953.5^6 



Contract work 



Cost of materials $8,837,688 



♦Principal materials $8,752,482 



Fuel and rent of power $85,206 



Value of products $16,490,015 



Rubber Boots Rubber Hose Rubber and 

 and Shoes. and Belling. Elastic Goods. 

 4 70 



Total 



80 



M, 566. 475 $11,818,650 826,542,446 



$100,300 



$i66,«ioo 

 $964,498 



66 



$70,523 

 316 

 256 



5" 

 9 

 $175,161 

 $23,238 



$2,050 



$6 195 



.?i4.9g3 



$529,998 

 *' '39.5'2 

 $2,:o7,538 

 $8,041,601 



351 

 $512,389 



5.944 



J, 281 



2.536 



127 



$2,401,954 



$652,939 



$25-340 

 $105,319 

 $516,980 

 $5,300 



$S94.459 $?. 554.422 $17,986,569 



$587,41-! $8,398,317 $17.7.38.232 



$7046 $156,085 $248,3i7 



$936,421 $[3,885,059 $3'. 311.495 



The Statb. 



55 



$4,114,297 



$176,909 



$404,077 



$723 672 



$2,809,639 



214 



$312,234 



2,103 



1,009 

 1,052 



$832,113 

 $317,510 



$53.3''7 



$l2,8iB 



$217,605 



$33,720 



$2,997,636 



$2,939,563 

 $58,073 



$5,303,824 



[* Including mill supplies and freight.] 



NEW YORK. 



TheCitv. 



Number of establishments 50 



Total capital $3,378,258 



Land $154,923 



Buildings »24°..34i 



Machinery .'• $644,972 



Cash and Sundries $2,338,022 



Salaried officers and clerk* 192 



Salaries $252,601 



Average number of wage earners 1,871 



Men 844 



Women... 9S7 



Children underi6 40 



Total wages $739>368 



Miscellaneous expenses $270,751 



Rent of works $52,427 



Ta.\es $10,129 



Rent of offices, interest, etc $'74,475 



Contract work $33.72° 



Cost of materials $2,506,126 



•Principal materials . .. $2,558,562 



Fuel and rent of power $-17,364 



Value of products $.4,663,440 



[* Including mill supplies and freight.] 



PENNSYLVANIA. 



Number of establishments " 



Totalcapital $924,106 



Land $42,700 



Buildings $92,9>9 



Machinery $272,721 



Cash and sundries $515,766 



Salaried officers and clerks 3" 



Salaries $43,836 



Average number of wage earners 599 



Men 432 



Women '24 



Children under 16 43 



Total wages $275,699 



M iscellaneous expenses $3 1 . 590 



Rent of works I' '^^l 



Taxes J^l'^^^ 



Rent of offices, interest, etc $28,151 



Contract work $120 



Cost of materials $740,97° 



•Principal materials ^c'b^ 



Fuel and rent of power $8,869 



Value of products $1,170,889 



[•Including mill supplies and freight.] 



In the case of Massachusetts the rubber establishments are 

 classed under three headings, as willappearin the accompanying 

 table. In New York the whole industry is considered under the 

 classification " Rubb2r and elastic goods." It may be men- 

 tioned that one rubber belt and hose factory is not included in 



the New York figures. Some readers may not be prepared to 

 learn that 50 rubber establishments are credited to New York 

 city and 55 to the state as a whole. 



In spite of the great progress made in the rubber industry 

 in other states, Massachusetts has retained first rank in the 

 rubber industry, which would seem proper, since the industry 

 had its beginning in that state. During ten years past, the 

 growth of production in Massachusetts has been very marked, 

 the increase in the value of rubber and elastic goods since 

 1890 being 63 per cent, and in rubber boots and shoes 68 per 

 cent. 



From the bulletin for Massachusetts it appears that 

 in 1890 there were in that state 50 establishments de- 

 voted to rubber and elastic goods, producing goods 

 valued at $8,518,612 ; 5 rubber boot and shoe factories, 

 making goods of the value of $9.792,024 ; with no 

 separate enumeration for "rubber belting and hose." 

 The total for 1890, therefore, was 55 establishments, 

 with an output of $18,310,636 worth of goods. Refer- 

 ence to the table for 1900 will show what an enormous 

 growth has been made. 



The Pennsylvania figures relate to " Rubber and 

 elastic goods," and do not embrace two rubber boot 

 and shoe factories and one rubber belting and hose 

 factory. 



In the figures which follow are sumed up the total 

 production of rubber goods in the leading states in 

 1900, so far as the census bulletins have given any in- 

 formation : 



RHODE ISLAND. 



Rubber Boots and Shoes $8,034,417 



Rubber and Elastic Goods 2,518,268 $10,552,685 



CONNECTICUT. 



Rubber Boots and Shoes $11,999,038 



Rubber and Elastic Goods 8,246.240 20,245,278 



OHIO. 



Rubber and Elastic Goods 7,330,104 



NEW JERSEY. 



Rubber Belting and Hose. 



$i,(X37.77i 

 $2,388,015 

 $3,341,177 

 $19,805,483 



570 

 $803,233 

 11,510 

 6.458 

 4.859 

 193 

 $5,033,420 



$1,757,309 



$27,390 



$239,080 



$1,485,539 



$5,300 



2.800,145 



Rubber and Efastic Goods 8,458,274 



MASSACHUSETTS. 



Rubber Boots and Shoes 16,490,015 



Rubber Belting and Hose 936.421 



Rubber and Elastic Goods 13,885,059 



NEW YORK. 



Rubber and Elastic Goods 



PENNSYLVANIA. 

 Rubber and Elastic Goods 



Additional Rubber Boots and Shoes in various states, ac- 

 cording to Census Bulletin No. 171 



11,258,419 



3', 311.495 

 5.303,824 

 1,170,889 



4,566,349 



Total $91,739,023 



There remain to be considered the returns of the rubber in- 

 dustry in New Hampshire, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Dela- 

 ware, and California, involving a production of sufficient value 

 without doubt to bring the total for the United States during 

 the census year to upwards of $100,000,000. 



The Ambition ok Mr. Converse.— In an address before 

 the Middle States Jobbers'Association, in New York, some time 

 ago. Colonel Samuel P. Colt, president of the United States 

 Rubber Co.. said that the ambition of Mr. E. S. Converse, in 

 the early days of the Boston Rubber Shoe Co.. was to live to 

 see the time when the daily production of his factory might 

 reach 1000 pairs a day. The production has grown to 55,000 

 pairs a day, and with an aggregate invested capital of $35°- 

 000, the company has divided among the shareholders, under 

 Mr. Converse's management, $29,000,000. 



