The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-07-21

increase Of this manufacture has general through
OFT Unoa ard The four ctcs II New York, Phila-
Dc phia Cincinnati and Eoston, amounted in value q
marty forty and one quarter millions Of doliars
eighty tree ger of The oauct cf the whole lpioa
IN 1850 The manuacture Of shirts and collars, OF lalie
cioaks andmantas-a rev branch which has received
its principa impulse within thu last ten years-and OF
ladies' and senteuens furnishing goods generally form
large items in the general aggregate Of this branch
They ssversly esploy extensive aud numerous estab
lshments, many Of them in large cities with heavy
capital In troy New York, the value OF shirt collars
alone annually manufactured is nearly $780, o0 approx
mating in value 10 the product OF the numerous and
tensivs iron boundaries which have been source Of
wealth TO that city.
The influence Of improved machinery is also conspcu
ousy exhibited in the manufacture OF sawed and planned
Lumbar in which the United States stands altogether I'M
rvalled well for the extent and perfection OF the
mechanism empoye the amount OF the product. This
reached in 1850, the value OF S5S52 976 and In $780,
SOS an increase 81 per cent in the last decade
The Western states alone the latter year produced
humber the value Of $50 793 increase OF SIS 691
543 Us cent over their manufacture IN 1890 The
Pacific States and Territories produced TO the value OF
s617l :i and the Southern SIT e4l 162 respective in
S. Sal s26 and - o946s6 in those sections be-
ing ratio OF 1872 and 1923 per centnm.
FLOUR GRIsT Mills.
Several branches of have intimate rela-
ton 10 agriculture and tho landed interests ana oy their
powerfully promote those interests as well as
that of Surprising all others OF this or any
the value OF products and Of the raw mate
consumed Is the manufacture OF flour and meal Tho
product Of -four and grst mills in 1885, reached value
OF nearly hundred and thirty millions of dollars,
while in 1860 The exhibit value Of $223 3S9
increase sS 563 Ca per cent In the last
years. The production and increase Of tho several sec
tons were as iolows:-
and s;saI Iscrcase. i,scrsase.
New England States. 81 156, AS $4S34s5s 765
western States % oss ia $3.50 500 1850
southern states. 30.767.457 14ls6,640 s55
s tss mil n swssS ss% York
produced 600 900 barrels OF -four; the next two in
Richmond, Virginia. made 10000 and 100 000 respec-
lively and the fourth in New York city, returned l46
coo barrels The value Of annual production OF each
ranged from ono million and half to two million dollars
spiRITUoUs LIQUORS.
The manufacture of spriluoIs liquors In the United
States employed 13S distleriss independent OF large
number o. rectying establishments the product Of the
value OF s24 ,253 ,176 The Middle and Western States
were the largest producers, the latter yielding nearly
" whskey, high and alcohol the aggregate value
in each section being almost eleven millions OF dollars
1t satisfactory to observe that more than nnstya
per OF all tho spirits made was from materials OF
domestic production, little over four million gallons OF
New England having been the product Of imported
moasses.
The manufacture Of malt liquors. though of less magn
tude and far less perncious in its effects, shows still
larger increase. 1t derives It's material wholly from
agriculture aud its extension promises substantial
benefits 10 the country than the last.
The Northern States returned 969 breweries, more
than double the number in the Union in 1850 The
tty OF all kinds OF malt liquors made including SIS S03
of 5 per cent upon the total product Of $780, while its
vaue returned at SIT 97 1855 being than three
times the amount produced by breweres In that year
Nearly oncha OF the whole quantity made in New
York and Pennsylvania The former had IT'S establish
msnts-45 OF them in the city Of New York-and the
latter State lI2 oil which aimed 6S. The
manufacture lager beer much increased in all the
Middle and Western States. about Al per OF the
whole being the product OF the two States last named
Among the Eastern States Massachusetts,, and among
the Western States Ohio Illinois and Missouri the
largest producers of malt liquors There II brewe
r.lkf IN
about per cent Of the total value Of the manufacture
sA# sEt
Among the great branches Of pure manufacture In the
United States that OF cotton goods holds tho first rank in
respect to the value OF the product and the amount OF
Of capital employed AIDED by the possession Of the
terprise and Ingenuity of peoples this valuable indus
try has grown with rapidly almost unryaiiod. n-
Eng lind was $50 sol 5s5 ana IN the Mode states s2s
2T2 11-an increase Of 1914 per cent in the former aud
III in the alter Tho .emaiuins states produced oshe
value OF So 56i $50 making the whole production daring
that year Sl5 1877 e26 against Sos sol $751; the value OF
this branch increase in the general business Of
Ieary rs centr in ten In the States ef Maine
and New Jersey tho manufacture increased in tho
time 1862 per cent? IN Pennsylvania lo2 per cent ia
hesets nearly 60 per Rhode Island 49, per
cent The total production in this branch at tho rate
pr enra OF 81 % for every individiai IN the Union,
iuvalent to 40 yards OF Goth for each az inc medium
price OF cents per yard The product per head
IN 1850 S2ll yards. The ncreAse alone has there
fore zen at the rate IL yards for each person or
nearly equal to average consumption per capita
ia 1880, when it estimated to amount 10 II yards
The number Of hands employed in the manufacture in
1860 As 3i5 males and 70 605 females Increase
In the male operatives Of 10 020, and In the female Of
10 GA 1850 The average product OF the labor of
each operative 5000. The number oil spntles
returned ~ 035 73S being increase OF 402 los,
3s per the aggregate Ia 1850, which eat
mated AT s35 ,G93 Tie New england States possess
8 1853 297, or 1916 per cent Of the whole, while
Mas sachnsetts alone employs I,739,700, or 29.3
per cent OF the number returned in the
Union The Increase or spades in the last decade was
Now England. 20S PIG, so per cent In The state
Hampshire. 20 ;s4, 1921 per cent; In the state OF
Massachusetts, 45i 900, So per ceu In the state OF
Rhode Island III ,s52 or p per ccIt in the state Of
Connect cut 2ll 1ss, or ST. per cent; while In Vermont
il exhibited decrease.
Tie product per spindle varies in the different States
partly accounted tor by the fact that many maniac.
purchase yarns which have been span In other
States.
The product OF goods per spindle is follows
IN Maine, ST. IL Massachusetts,, SCI II; New Hump
shire s2f 81 Vermont Sls 10 Rhode Island JIG; Con-
nectlcut sl5 49, The Average in the Now England States
SO so in the Middle States $50 as, AMI IN the whole
Union, go So. M #
The quantity Of cotton used in the fabrication OF the
above goods 36t 036 23 pounds or 80 90 bales 0
400 pounds each. or this amount the New England
States consumed Gil 1913 bales, aud Massachusetts, alone
3l6 e35. The consumption per spindle in that year In
the various states and sections was as follows
lbs. per
No. spinfles. Lb'. cotton. spindle.
siaine:.. ....;........ 10000 2SaSs,72s 7s.
Vermont. .......... s19,si2 057 $50 53
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