1900: summarv of the extended tables; Table 2(1. estab- 

 lishments: Table 27, capital logging and sawmill 

 plants; Table 28, capital planing-mill plants; Table :.".', 

 capital independent timber camps; Table 30, employ- 

 ees and wages; Table 31, employees and wages in 

 logging; Table 32, employees and wages in mills; 

 Table 33, employees and wages in independent timber 

 camps; Table 34, average number of wage-earners 

 employed -in logging; Table 35, average number 

 of wage-earners employed in saw and planing mills; 

 Table 36, average number of wage-earners employed in 

 independent timber camps; Table 37, number and cost 

 of keep of animals used in logging; Table 38, number 

 and cost of keep of animals used in timber camps, and 

 cost of transportation; Table 39, materials used in log- 

 ging; Table 40, materials used in sawmills; Table 41, 

 materials used in planing mills; Table 42, materials used 

 in independent timber camps; Table 43, miscellaneous 

 expenses; Table 44, summary of products, in quantity 

 and value; Table 45, rough lumber by species, conifers; 

 Table 46, rough lumber by species, hard woods; Table 

 47, shingles by species; Table 48, cooperage materials; 

 Table 49, other sawed products; Table 50, planing-mill 

 products; Table 51, timber-camp products; Table 52, 

 power; Table 53, classification of mills, by persons em- 

 ployed; Table 54, summary of establishments with a 

 product of less than $500. Tables 26 to 54 include the 

 detailed figures of establishments, capital, employees, 

 wages, materials, and products. 



In drafting the schedules of inquiry for the census 

 of 1900, care was taken to preserve the basis of com- 

 parison with prior censuses so far as was possible. 

 Comparison may be safely made with respect to all the 

 general heads of inquiry except those relating to the 

 average number of wage-earners and such items as 

 appear first in this census. The limitations and quali- 



fications of the figures are explained in the bodv of the 

 report, in the introduction to the several tables. 



In some instances the number of proprietors and 

 firm members, shown in the accompanying tables, falls 

 short of the number of establishments reported. This 

 is accounted for by the fact that no proprietors or firm 

 members are reported for corporations. The imports 

 show a capital of $611.611,524 invested in the 3?,. 035 

 establishments reporting for the industry. This sum 

 represents the value of land, buildings, macliinerv. 

 tools, and implements, and the live capital utilized, but 

 does not include the capital stock of any of the cor- 

 porations. The value of the products is returned at 

 $566,832,984, to produce which involved an outlay 

 of $11,260,608 for salaries of officials, clerks, etc.; 

 $104,640,591 for wages; $17,731,519 for miscellaneous 

 expenses, including rent, taxes, etc.; and $317,923.548 

 for materials used, mill supplies, freight, and fuel. It is 

 not to be assumed, however, that the difference between 

 the aggregate of these sums and the value of the prod- 

 ucts is, in any sense, indicative of the profits in the manu- 

 facture of the products during the census year. The 

 census schedule takes no cognizance of the cost of sell- 

 ing manufactured articles, or of interest on capital 

 invested, or of the mercantile losses incurred in the 

 business, or of depreciation in plant. The value of the 

 product given is the value as obtained or fixed at the 

 factory. This statement is necessary in order to avoid 

 erroneous conclusions from the figures presented. 

 Veiy respectfully, 



Chief Statistician for Manufactures. 







