POWER EMPLOYED IN MANUFACTURES 231 



of power used in the cotton manufacture is worthy of note, 

 as these, which were only 390 horsepower in 1890, amounted 

 to 27,886 horsepower in 1900, a gain of 27,496. The classi- 

 fication of ''other power" consisted chiefly of electrical 

 power, the use of which, as noted elsewhere, has increased 

 in this industry very rapidly during the past ten years. 



The following table shows the total horsepower em- 

 ployed from 1870 to 1900 in a few of the larger industries, 

 the percentage of increase, the average number of wage earners 

 employed, the amount of power used per wage earner, the value 

 of products, and the horsepower per $1,000 of products. 



Total, Horsepower in Selected Industries, With Per Cent of Increase, 

 Power Per Wage Earner, and Per $1,000 of Products: 1870 to 1900. 



Selected Industries. 



Agricultur'l implements 



Boots and shoes, 

 factory product 



Cotton goodst 



Flouring and grist 

 mill products 



Hosiery and knit goods 



Year. 



Iron and steel. 



Lumber and timber 

 products 



Paper and wood pulp. 



Silk and silk goods. 



Woolen goods. 



Worsted goods. 



1900 

 1890 

 1880 

 1870 

 1900 

 1890 

 1880 

 1870 

 1900 

 1890 

 1880 

 1870 

 1900 

 1890 

 1880 

 1870 

 1900 

 1890 

 1880 

 1870 

 1900 

 1890 

 1880 

 1870 

 1900 

 1890 

 1880 

 1870 

 1900 

 1890 

 1880 

 1870 

 1900 

 1890 

 1880 

 1870 

 1900 

 18S)0 

 1880 

 1870 

 1900 

 1890 

 1880 

 1870 



Amount of 

 horse- 

 power. 



77,189 



50,395 



44,731 



26,082 



51,073 



30,686 



11,. 574 



3,055 



811,347 



464,881 



275,504 



146,040 



1,016.8.59 



7.53,365 



771,201 



576,086 



,58,087 



31,. 538 



11, .561 



6,498 



1,670.. 547 



745.824 



397,247 



170,675 



1,613,747 



961,316 



821 ,928 



641,605 



764,847 



297,72-1 



§123,912 



54,287 



61 ,395 



29,(>38 



8,810 



1,911 



139,645 



123,.501 



106,507 



85,101 



97,383 



.57,111 



16,437 



8,016 



Percent of 



increase in 



total horse 



power. 



Average ; 

 niimber of 

 wage- 

 earners. 



53.2 

 12.7 

 71.5 



66.4 

 166.1 



278.9 



74.5 

 68.7 



88.7 



35.2 

 t2.5 

 33.7 



08.3 

 198.8 

 77.9 



124.0 

 87.8 

 133.8 



67.9 

 17.0 

 28.1 



1.56.9 

 140.3 

 128.3 



107.2 

 2:i6.4 

 361.0 



14.0 

 15.0 

 2.5.3 



69.9 

 247.5 

 105.1 



4 6,. 582 



38,827 



39,580 



25,249 



142,922 



133,690 



111,153 



91,702 



303,861 



218,876 



185,473 



135.519 



37,073 



47,403 



58,407 



.58,448 



8S.387 



59,588 



28,885 



14.788 



236.161 



148,715 



140,978 



77,.5.55 



283,360 



311,964 



147,9,56 



149,997 



49,&16 



31,0.50 



2.5,631 



18,031 



65,416 



49,383 



31,337 



6,699 



69,350 



76,915 



86,.504 



77,870 



56..551 



42,978 



18.803 



12,920 



Power 



per wage 

 earner. 



1.7 

 1.3 

 , 1-1 

 1.0 

 0.4 

 0.3 

 0.1 

 (*) 

 3.7 

 2.1 

 1.5 

 1.1 

 27.4 

 15.9 

 13.3 

 9.9 

 0.7 

 0.0 

 0.4 

 0.4 

 7.4 

 5.0 

 3.8 

 3.3 

 5.7 

 3.1 

 .5.6 

 4.3 

 1.5.4 

 9.6 

 4.8 

 3.0 

 0.9 

 0.6 

 0.3 

 0.3 

 2.0 

 1.6 

 1.2 

 1.1 

 1.7 

 1.3 

 0.9 

 0.6 



Value of 

 products. 



Horse- 

 powerper 



$1,000 of 

 products. 



$101,207,428 



81,371,a51 



68,010,486 



53,066,875 



261,028,580 



320,019,358 



100,0,50,354 



146,704,055 



339,200,320 



267,981,724 



210,9.50,383 



177,489,739 



.500,719,063 



513,971,474 



50.5,18.5,712 



444,985,143 



95,483,566 



67,241,013 



29,167,327 



18, 111, .564 



835,7.59,034 



478,087,519 



296„557,685 



307,208,096 



506,833,984 



437,9.57,382 



2.38,268,739 



210,159,327 



127,286.162 



78,937,184 



55,109,914 



50,813,445 



107,2,56,358 



87,298,454 



41,033,045 



13,310,663 



120,038,793 



133,.577,977 



160,606,721 



155,405,358 



118,705,710 



79,194,a53 



33,549.943 



22,090,331 



0.8 

 0.6 

 0.7 

 0.5 

 0.3 

 0.1 

 0.1 



(*) 



3.4 

 1.7 

 1.3 

 0.8 

 1.8 

 1.5 

 1.5 

 1.3 

 0.6 

 0.5 

 0.4 

 0.4 

 3.0 

 1.6 

 1.3 

 0.6 

 2.9 

 2.3 

 3.5 

 3.1 

 6.0 

 3.1 

 2.3 

 1.1 

 0.6 

 0.3 

 0.3 

 0.3 

 1.3 

 0.9 

 0.7 

 0.6 

 0.8 

 0.7 

 0.5 

 0.4 



*Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent, 

 tinclude.s cotton small wares. 



§H.P. exclusiveof wood pulp, for Which figures not accessible. 



