Show I Year Twenty-Year Period in National V VS VV Progress Shows Vast Growth V S CHICAGO Jan 26 By A A. PI Pi P.- The manufacturing and mining output output out put of the United States is at present present pres pres- ent per cent greater than it wa was twenty years ago according to the first report by b the research council of the National Transportation in institute institute institute in- in made public here Despite shortened hours of labor the country country country coun coun- try enjoys 60 per cent per capita more more manufactured goods than In 1900 the report said In agriculture increased use of ot capital and development of more moie efficient methods made possible an output 38 per cent greater with an I increase of less than 5 per cent inthe inthe In Inthe the number of workers continued the report which Is made by Edgar EdgarE E E. Clark chairman of the council and former fonner chairman of the Interstate Interstate interstate Inter inter- state commerce commission This maintained the food supply of ot the nation and the export surplus and andI I left the great mass mas's of additions to the working population free to en- en I I gage in mining manufacturing trade and transportation I MINING INCREASES As a consequence the workers I engaged In manufacturing doubled I while the mine workers Increased I f 70 per cent These two Industries i with the help of new j capital added to the I l already invested In them in 1899 produced per cent of ot the volume in 1900 I Transportation became a more I active function than ever before The av average distance per ton increased in increased in- in creased 25 per cent Revenue ton miles almost trebled This transportation transportation transportation trans trans- service was accomplished with barely twice as many workers as in 1900 and with an addition of I tO tb the represented by the Industry in 1900 From the standpoint of ot the consumer con consumer j sumer we find that the capital I per unit of output In Ia manu nanu- j I and agriculture has more I Ithan than doubled In mining It has increased increased in increased in- in creased by third one-third while In transportation it is smaller than it WAS two decades ago While Willie the number of at persons en engaged engaged engaged en- en in farming has decreased but 4 per cent ent the farm products output out out- put lut has practically kept ept pace with out out-I the growth in our population Each person engaged in farming produced produced pro pro- units of ot products In 1920 as against twenty years earlier EFFICIENCY ON FARMS It Is this Increase In the ef efficiency ef- ef of agricultural production which has made available for the theother theother theother other Industries almost the entire workers added to our population in the thelast last ast twenty years Besides doubling doubTing the number of workers in manufactures Ing the number of miners 70 percent percent per percent cent and doubling the transportation tion force of the country some 6 6 O OOOO people were added to the building trades the electrical industries industries in industries in- in banking mid and finance trade V and professional service I For Tor every I 00 tons of freight transported in 1900 we transported In 1920 The 1920 revenue t ton n miles were per cent of ot those of 1900 Passenger miles Increased Inthe inthe in inthe the the same ratio O OS the national In Income income income in- in come of 1922 was paid for railroad freight tation This constituted about 6 per cent of our our total income This Thin ratio of an annual freight bill of 6 per cent has remained practically constant since 1900 Increase of capital per per unit of output differs widely in the four major industries In manufactures the tho capital involved in producing a a unit of output in 1920 was as against 1 in 1900 Railroad invested invested in invested in- in vested capital per revenue ton mile was 66 cents In 1920 as against 1 In 1900 In agriculture the invested capital per unit of output was 2 77 In 1920 as against 1 in 1900 while in mining it was 1 31 V In J addition to Mr Ml Clark the members of the council are S Sydney Syd- Syd d I ney Anderson congressman from Minnesota Arthur II H. Blanchard University of Michigan l Howard E E. Coffin of Detroit Dr Di G G. W W. Dyer Vanderbilt university W W. N N. Doak Dock Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen Herbert S S. S Houston of ot New York E. E T l Meredith former secretary r of agriculture and John F. F Stevens former chief engineer Panama ca ca- ca- ca I nal I |