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RECENT REPORTS OF STATE BUREAUS OF LABOR STATISTICS.

INDIANA.

Sixth Biennial Report of the Department of Statistics of the State of Indiana, for 1895-96. Simeon J. Thompson, Chief of Bureau. 503 pp.

The following statistics are presented in this report: Industrial statistics, 240 pages; social statistics, 27 pages; judicial circuits, 19 pages; real estate transfers, 10 pages; mortgages and satisfactions, 14 pages; county expenditures and indebtedness, 25 pages; railroad statistics, 34 pages; farm products, 71 pages; miscellaneous, 44 pages.

INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS.-These were compiled from returns received. from 968 establishments located in 128 towns and cities, and representing 40 distinctive manufacturing industries. Returns were received both from proprietors of establishments and from employees. A set of tables, with analysis, is given for each industry, followed by a general summary of manufacturing industries and an analysis relating to women wage earners.

The introduction to the report states that returns received from the 968 establishments show a capital of $42,507,737 invested in buildings, grounds, and machinery. The cost of material used the past year was $83,202,319, the gross value of the goods manufactured $132,788,421, and the amount paid for wages $28,062,083. The establishments employed 80,184 persons, of whom 61,555 were men, 9,735 boys, and 8,894 women and girls. The plants were in operation during an average of ten and a half months.

In addition to the statements of the proprietors of the 968 establishments, agents of the bureau personally visited and received statements from 10,275 male and 867 female employees. These statements were used as bases for determining the probable conditions for all male and female employees respectively. The figures, therefore, which are represented as employees' statements are not the actual returns, but are simply estimates based upon a much smaller number of actual returns. The following tables present for 40 industries some of the more important of the statistics brought out in the report. While the figures in the introduction relate to 968 establishments, but 967 are reported in the tables. The reason for the difference is not known.

NUMBER AND WAGES OF EMPLOYEES AND VALUE OF PRODUCT IN FORTY MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.

EMPLOYEES, HOURS CONSTITUTING A DAY'S WORK, AND ESTABLISHMENTS REPORTING INCREASE OR DECREASE OF WAGES IN FORTY MANUFACTUR

EMPLOYEES, HOURS CONSTITUTING A DAY'S WORK, AND ESTABLISHMENTS REPORTING INCREASE OR DECREASE OF WAGES IN FORTY MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES-Con. luded.

Referring to the above tables, it will be seen that of the manufacturing industries iron had the largest number of employees and paid the greatest amount for wages. Ten hours constituted an average day's work. The average length of the working day varied from 9.2 hours in the glass industry to 11.2 hours in the cerealine and hominy industry. Of the 967 establishments, 113 reported an increase in wages during the year and 79 reported a decrease.

The report states that the average daily wages for men were $1.79; for boys, $0.67, and for women and girls, $0.75. Strikes were reported in but three establishments, all of which were in the glass industry.

According to estimates made from the statements of about 14 per cent of the employees, 47,626 of the men were native and 13,676 were foreign born, 18,172 were single, and 43,130 were married, with an average family of 4.2 persons; and of the married men, 16,983 owned their homes, while 25,994 paid rent at an average monthly rental of $7.73. Reports regarding 153 others were indefinite on this point. It was estimated that building and loan association stock was owned by 8,577 men, holding on an average 5.7 shares each; houses had been built by 2,952 of the shareholders, and life insurance was carried by 17,388 men to the average amount of $1,214 per person insured. The estimated population directly depending upon these industries, namely, employees and their families, was 218,065 persons.

Reports received from female employees showed that 20 per cent received 50 cents or less per day; 42 per cent, from 50 to 75 cents; 31 per cent, from 75 cents to $1, and 7 per cent more than $1 per day. The average age of the female employees reporting was 19.5 years, and

the average length of time at work 3.4 years. They were employed an average of 214 days during the past year, and the average length, of the working day was 9.6 hours.

The estimates made for the total number of females employed in 967 establishments showed that of the 8,869 females 8,231 were single, 147 were widows, and 491 were married and had an average family of 2.2 persons each. Of the married women, 213 owned their homes and 278 paid rent at an average rate of $7.41 per month. Building and loan association stock was owned by 515 female wage earners, and the average holding was 3.3 shares per member. Houses were built by 98 of the shareholders. Life insurance was carried by 1,120 female employees.

The statistics relating to the stone quarry, coal mining, and railroad industries are treated separately. Reports from 112 quarries showed a production of stone valued at $1,958,376 during the year. The amount paid for wages was $940,684. There were 3,519 men and 175 boys employed. The average daily wages were $1.65 for the men and $0.67 for the boys. An estimated population of 11,578 was dependent upon the stone quarries.

Reports from proprietors of 86 coal mines showed an investment of $1,912,199 in that industry, a production of 2,737,686 tons of coal during the year, and a total of $2,196,868 paid in wages. The number of employees was 8,669 persons. Strikes occurred in 54 of the 86 mines. The estimated population dependent upon the 86 mines was 38,418 persons.

MORTGAGES AND SATISFACTIONS.-Reports were received from 90 counties in 1895 and 89 counties in 1896 out of a total of 92 counties. Some of these, however, failed to report upon releases or satisfactions, Following is a summary of the reports received: