.l.-.ade. Itnth these lust tun iifin- lmv- incrcaaed 

 ill :i inin-li smaller rut.- (lian U-foi,- 



Tin- following I:' 1 ''' 1 sho\\ III.- n -1:1(1.111 :il .-aril COOBUK 

 Ix-txv. . n tin- nilllllN-r uf establishment-, nil tlli-nlli- hand. 

 nil tlir .i[.ital. eiuplox ees, wage*, material, iin.l product 

 nil tin- nthi-r: 



TU.I. -- \VI l:\..l i UMTU M Ml'.l II i'K IMHi'V 



\v\.,i- \i\n i:i\is 4M. i-i:i>|.i .TS i-i i: i -i M:US|| 

 \n \ r 



- 





Th. striking feature nf this fcilile, aside from tin- 

 gem-nil increa.s in the magnitude of thecwtal'lishment-. 

 is the cliange that hus taken phieo tetween 1M< and 

 190"'. All tin- figures indu-ate the multiplication of 

 -: . i-.stahlishmentx iii i- . capital, ft mrttUjiafV -. 

 less wages, smaller amount nf material uxed, and less 

 value of product. This multiplication of estaMish 

 meiit- ! proUihly the n-snlt of the great inereatte in 

 tin- value of lumlnT in the year or two preceding the 



-l|s. 



.: 3.-AVKK.\i.K W.Vi.ls \\|, ul'TI'IT I'KK 

 EMPL01 



Avrrac* linmimt . 

 WAfM per put t*-r -m per MB- 

 nplojnM. ptojrc*. ptoTM. 



- . 



. 

 i 



,- 



n* 



s 



M 



l-'ii-in tin- :ili\e figures it ap|M-n \iigv itnil 



ill. i. -in -\ |I:IM- i. n tin- whole increa>, iiqje 



- - IH-I empl.>\ . ,- II.-IM- ini-rewed 87 |*-r.ent in (In- 

 half cenliir\. an. I I! ige gttWx output nf the 

 indu-ii\ per employe has increii.sed in much gn 

 |in>|Mirtiiui. If \M- i-ini-iiii-1- tin- m-l pro,lu,t ..nl\. tlnil 

 i-. (h. ii.. leased \alin- given In tin- product l>\ tin- iimnii 

 fa. luring pi iiicli i- roughly olilained l.y ul 

 tracting (In- value of tin- raw iniitcriiil frmii that of the 

 finished product, as given aJiove, we find, hnuc\ i-r. iliut 

 flic net i>ut|iut |N-r employee liui increased onl\ }-.' |M-r 

 cent in the half century. 



XaMc I shows, in . oinpiin-on. the figure.* of the, 

 lumlier industry l>\ states and for thc I'liited StateaM 

 returned at the cen-.UHOH of iSTu. l>sn. |S;MI, und 1900, 

 and un> jriven in a form Mtniliir to that of Tiilile 1. 

 1'rior to I.V.MI. the reports of o|M-ratimis designated in 

 tlie present ceiisii-. a.s fiiiilNT camps." were not taken, 

 (tut have lieen included with the ti^uren of the ntlier 

 Iminclies of the lumlior industry for IV.MI an<l I'.MNI. 

 In making comparisons, the pre>cnce of tlie-c ti^un-- 

 for the lasi I\M) cen.*<urieM .should U considrred. Thn 

 ntimlM-r of v\a^e earners >hown for 1H70 and 1 .*" is 

 thr niiniliei of employees en^Hjjed in the indiistrv. 

 while the lifures for IV.l'llind l'- MMI represent the iiiini- 



U>r of wajfo-earninjj emplnyi-es only; all Kalurieil 

 employees. >uch us jjenenil .su|x?rintondents, malingers, 

 clerks, and salesmen. U>in^ excluded, distinction IMMIIJJ 

 liarply drawn U-twi-en salaried empln\ec-- and wage- 

 earning empli'vees or " wajfp-earncrn." 



This cnmjdinitive table iM'injjf in the .-. .ndensed form. 

 doen not show, in the total nunilicr of wage-can 

 those hand- cmplnyed in de|M>ndent log^in^ camps, the 

 logging camp conducted liy the sawmill Ix-ing cnnsid 

 ored a> a jmrt of the sawmill e.stuhlishment. and all of 

 the ex|H-ns<'s incident to the delivery of logs at the mill 

 added in to give the total cost of materials. 



TABLB 4. COMl'AKATIVK SfMMAKY: 1900, 1800, 1880, 1870. 



M*, for pnpOMi o( cooputooo, "Oaxol 



.... lad children not Mpanlclr Aown In 1KO and IMO. 

 ml roaputeatbcralDao< ufa> ibuuld be reduced ibmi 10 per eeal 

 > Mport received pnor to UM. 



. :; 



547. 710 

 Ml, 710 

 M&.tU 

 10.000 



t b4d o< " Lotttnc " and "CUM ol kM^ol ulJMk.- 

 ry lor lhi jreu. 



