This section is from the book "Scientific American Reference Book. A Manual for the Office, Household and Shop", by Albert A. Hopkins, A. Russell Bond. Also available from Amazon: Scientific American Reference Book.
[Twelfth Census, Vol. VII. page CXXXVII.]
Industry Group. | Cost of Materials Used. | Per Cent of Cost of Materials to Gross Value of Products. | Per Cent of Cost of Materials Purchased in Raw State of Net Value of Products. | |||
Purchased in Raw State. | Purchased in Partially Manufactured Form. | Fuel, Freight, etc. | Purchased in Partially Manufactured Form. | Purchased in Raw State. | ||
Total......... | $2,389,138,828 | $4,632,151,315 | $322,337,732 | 35 6 | 18.4 | 28.6 |
Food and kindred products............. | 1,279,450,388 | 523,069,057 | 35,148,815 | 23.0 | 56.3 | 73.0 |
Textiles................. | 314,089,230 | 555,523,236 | 26,372,330 | 33.9 | 19.2 | 29.0 |
74,781,646 | 809,668,990 | 102,747,734 | 45.1 | 4.2 | 7.6 | |
Lumber and its re-manufactures. .. . | 64,502,232 | 483,467,490 | 13,440,897 | 46.9 | 6.3 | 11.8 |
Leather and its finished products.. . . | 134,809,625 | 254,116,050 | 6,625,557 | 43.5 | 23.1 | 40.9 |
11,396,844 | 186,519,667 | 16,241,912 | 30.8 | 1.9 | 2.7 | |
Liquor and beverages................... | 37,340,408 | 76,346,549 | 8.531,116 | 17.9 | 8.8 | 10.7 |
Chemicals and allied products....... | 154,470,332 | 180,259,020 | 21,422,432 | 32.6 | 27.9 | 41.5 |
Clay, glass, and stone products....... | 18,971,906 | 48,117,117 | 27,526,258 | 16.4 | 6.5 | 7.7 |
Metals and metal products, other than iron and steel........................ | 98,737,311 | 377,641,018 | 20,601,039 | 50.4 | 13.2 | 26.6 |
Tobacco.................. | 86,709,511 | 19,023,973 | 1,449,172 | 6.7 | 30.6 | 32.8 |
Vehicles for land transportation. . . | 1,342,802 | 257,902,133 | 8,966,610 | 50.7 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
Shipbuilding............. | 32,085,640 | 1,401,132 | 43.0 | |||
Miscellaneous industries................. | 103,685,431 | 365,900,756 | 20,487,518 | 36.4 | 10.3 | 16.2 |
Hand trades.............. | 8,851,162 | 462,510,619 | 11,375,210 | 39.1 | 0.7 | 1.2 |
 
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