'Old Marion' Teachers Guide
1900 Manufacturing Activity

The 1900 U.S. Census contains the following information about manufacturing activity in Marion County.
Number of manufacturing establishments 182
Total capital invested in manufacturing $1,133,336
Capital invested in machinery, tools $379,309
Average number of wage earners in manufacturing 545
Average number of male wage earners age 16 and above 432
Average number of female wage earners age 16 and above 101
Average number of wage earners under age 16 12
Total wages of wage earners in manufacturing $217,745
Wages paid men in manufacturing age 16 and over $189,808
Wages paid women in manufacturing age 16 and over $25,294
Wages paid to children in manufacturing under age 16 $2,643
Total cost of materials used in manufacturing $904,558
Cost of fuel and rent of power and heat $18,577
Value of products of all manufacturing establishments $1,506,156