Honolulu Republican, Volume IV, Number 496, 14 January 1902 — MANUFACTURES OF HAWAII $25,000,000 [ARTICLE]

MANUFACTURES OF HAWAII $25,000,000

l i - h t'j * . ~s, t J , on man ; factoring in Hawaii has been received from the Census Bureau? Hon William R lr rector of the Census The statistics of Hawaii are presented in six tables; Table 1 being a summary of the statistics of the . Territory for 1900; table 2 shoving all the industries of the Territory divided between hand tra !-- am 4 thmanufactures proper, and also the stat - of establi-hm* nt- a • a product of le-s than t'-fsi table -I show mg the totals of the city of Honolulu in comparison with the to tals for the entire Territory; table 4 showing statistics for the Territory by islands; table 5 showing t o- statistics for the Territory by -p rifle,) industries; and table 6 showing the statistics for the city of Honolulu by specified industries. In some instances, the number of proprietors and firm members, shown in th- 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 or co-operative cstabments. The reports show a capital of 111. 541.655 invested in manufactures and mechanical industries in the 395 establishment- reporting for the Territory of Hawaii. This sum r*pr, seats the value of land, buildings, machin- , ery. tools, anil implements, and the live capital utilized, but docs not in- \ dude the capital stock of any of the manufacturing corporations of the , Territory of Hawaii. The value of i th products is returned at $24,992. ; 068. to produce which involved an ■, outlay of $622,664. for salaries of of- t ficials. clerks, etc.. $1,886,756 for i wages. $57.3.3"0 for miscellaneous ex- I penses. including rent, taxes, etc., i and $12,848,663 for materials used. I mill supplies, freight, and fuel. It \ is not to he assumed, however, that * the difference between the aggregate - of these sums and the value of the t products is. in anv sense, indicative i of the profits in the manufacture of t the products during the census year i The census schedule takes no cogai- t ?ance of the cost of selling manufac- t turcii artiebs, or of interest on cap i ital invested, or of the mercantile i losses incurred in the business, or of depreciation in plant. The value C

of the product given is the va’uc 35 obtained or fixed a*- the shop or factory. This Mat-aont is n-c-s-ary in order to avoid erroceocs c aclu- - from th tisr:r«rs pr»s- nt»'d Ta- value of product- for the T-r- *.;* >. is the gr value, and not the net or true value. difference between thes* two -hould be carefully noted. The pros- -.alue is found by adding tfae takfe of products in the separa:- establishments But the finish-d pro duct of one establishment is oft n the raw material for another. In such cases the value of the former i"appears in th iatt- r. and thus th original cost of certain mat rials may Ig. included several rises in th* gn >s value. The net cr true value is found by subtracting from the gross value the value c-f all materials purchased in a partly manufactured form. In this way the duplications in the gross value are eliminated. The schedule asked for the value of the materials in two class-s. those purchased in the crude state and those purchased in the partlv manufactured form. From the answers to these questions the rut or tru value of products may be computed Thus, f r Hawaii the gross vain of py- <■ i *s for 1 was $_’4d<'*i!.i>* \ Th> value of materials purchas 1 in a partly manufactured form was IS.1"1 s T1 ■ diff fence. $:M n is the net or true value of products, and represents the increase in th? value of raw materials resulting front th- various processes of manufacture.) Attention may properly be directed to s. me features of these Hawai ian statistics. The Territory became a part of the United States in IShS. and the census of 1900 is. therefore the first census takt n by this Government. This fact renders it impossible to make comparisons with previous years. Industrial conditions in Hawaii are very different from those which exist in other parts of the Uni- ■ d Slates. Sugar manufacturing con stilutes 77 per cent of the manufacturing of the Territory, as measured by the value of products, the other manufacturing industries being eh: fly the hand trades. Moreover, only raw sugar is manufactured, no sugar refining or molasses manufacture be-: ing carried on in the Territory Very respectfully. S H. D. NORTH. Chief Statistician for Manufactures.