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PART II. SPECIFIC FACTS CONCERNlfNQ MANUFACTURING 

 ES TABLISHMENTS 



§1. Number of Establishments, Amount of Wages, and Value of 



Product 



As previously indicated, the second measure of industrial activ- 

 ities relates to the number of manufacturing establishments and 

 workers engaged in these establishments, value of the various manu- 

 factured products, etc. Table 26 indicates these and other facts 

 from 1899 to 1909. 



TABLE 26. NUMBER OF MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS, 

 WAGE-EARNERS, WAGES, VALUE OF PRODUCT, AND PER- 

 CENTAGE OF INCREASE; INDIANA, 1899, 1904, 1909 



Census. 



Estab- 

 lishments. 



Wage- 

 Earners. 



Wages. * 



Value of 

 Prod- 

 uct.* 



Census. 



Percentage of 

 Increase. 



Wage- 

 Earners. 



Value of 

 Prod- 

 uct. 



1909 



7,969 



186,984 



95,510 



579,075 



1899 to 1909 



35.4 



71.8 





1904 



7,044 



154,174 



72,058 



393,954 



1904 to 1909 



21.3 



47.0 



1899 



7,128 



139,017 



59,280 337,072 



1899 to 1904 



10.9 



16.9 



*Expressed in thousands. 



During the decade, 1899 to 1909, the number of manufacturing 

 establishments increased from 7,128 to 7,969 ; the number of wage- 

 earners from 139,017 to 186,984 ; the wages expressed in thousands 

 from $59,280 to $95,510; the value of the products expressed in 

 thousands from $337,072 to $579,075. These years clearly brought 

 a wonderful development and expansion of industrial activities in 

 Indiana. This development in Indiana was in keeping with the 

 industrial growth of the country as indicated in Table 27. 



