Manufacturing and Mechanical Pursuits 



89 



TABLE 28. NUIVIBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS, WAGE-EARNERS, 

 VALUE OF PRODUCT, AND VALUE ADDED BY IVL'VCHIN- 

 ERY IN COABIUNITIES OF 10,000 OR OVER IN POPULA- 

 TION AND UNDER 10,000, INDIANA, 1909 





Total. 



Places 10,000 and 

 Over. 



Elsewhere. 



Nimiber. 



Per 

 Cent of 

 Total. 



Number. 



Per 

 Cent of 

 Total. 



Population 



2,700,876 



802,265 



29.7 



1,898,611 



70.3 



Number of establish- 

 ments 



7,969 



2,975 



37.3 



4,994 



62.7 



Average number of 

 wage-earners 



186,984 



112,658 



60.3 



74,326 



39.7 



Value of product . . . 



$579,075,046 



$348,759,733 



60.2 



$230,315,313 



39.8 



Value added by man- 

 ufacture 



1244,700,293 



$148,609,815 



60.7 



$96,090,478 



39.3 



§3. Number of Boys and Girls and Men and Women Employed in 

 Manufacturing Establishments 



The number of boys and girls under sixteen and the adult males 

 and females employed in industrial establishments from 1899 to 

 1909 are recorded in Table 29. "While it mil be noted that, in 

 1899, 2.5 per cent of the total number were under sixteen, in 

 1909 this percentage was only 1.9. This connotes real social 

 progress and tends to show that child labor is not a serious problem 

 in Indiana. 



