Magnitude of the Meat Industry.—According to the census of 1905, showing the results of the tabulation of the statistics of slaughtering and meat packing and slaughtering, wholesale, for the calendar year 1904, forming a part of the census of manufactures of 1905, which was taken in conformity with the act of Congress of March 6, 1902, the figures indicate that there has been a normal increase in the slaughtering and meat packing industry in the United States, as compared with the statistics of 1900, which covered the fiscal year ending May 31st.
Comparative figures for 1905 and 1900 are shown in the following summary:
PERCENT OF
1905. 1900. INCREASE.
Number of establishments, 929 921 .8
Capital, $237,699,440 $189,198,264 25.6
Salaried officials, clerks, etc.:
Number, 12,075 10,227 18.0
Salaries, $13,377,908 $10,123,247 32.1
Wage-earners:
Average number, 74,132 68,534 8.2
Wages, $40,447,574 $33,457,013 20.9
Miscellaneous expenses, 30,623,108 24,060,412 27.3
Materials used:
Total cost, $805,856,969 $683,583,577 17.9
Animals slaughtered:
Beeves, $289,040,930 $247,365,812 16.8
Sheep, 44,359,804 37,137,542 19.4
Hogs, 329,763,430 278,736,961 18.3
Calves, 12,666,942 7,356,560 72.2
All other, 61,905 559,839
All other materials, 129,963,958 112,426,863 15.4
Products:
Total value, $913,914,624 $785,562,433 16.3
Beef—
Sold fresh, $247,135,029 $211,068,934 17.1
Canned, 7,697,815 9,167,531 17.1[1]
Salted or cured, 8,107,952 9,661,834 16.1[A]
Mutton—
Sold fresh, $36,880,455 $32,963,219 11.9
Veal—
Sold fresh, $12,856,369 $7,812,714 64.6
Pork—
Sold fresh, $91,779,323 $84,019,387 9.2
Salted, 116,626,710 88,674,016 31.5
Hams, smoked bacon, etc., 132,210,611 148,666,859 11.1[A]
Sausage, fresh or cured, 25,056,331 21,472,413 16.7
All other meat sold fresh, 9,579,718 7,813,078 22.6
Refined lard, 74,116,991 52,620,348 40.8
Neutral lard, 8,423,973 8,588,350 1.1[A]
Oleomargarine oil, 10,201,911 11,482,542 11.2[A]
Other oils, 2,595,951 3,440,358 24.5[A]
Fertilizers, 4,397,626 3,300,132 33.3
Hides, 44,137,802 33,925,911 30.1
Wool, 5,229,521 3,335,824 56.8
All other products, 76,880,536 47,548,983 61.7
- ↑ Decrease.
