The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-09-24
Wooden Manufactures.


The complete statistics of the manufac-
lures of wooden goods in the United States,
as returned at the Ninth Census for the
year ending June LIST, 1870, have just been
sent to press from the Census Office, and
exhibit the following totals:
Of the 1891 establishments in the United
States, there are in Pennsylvania 457 New
York 25l, Ohio 223, Massachusetts lS5,
Indiana 175, Missouri l56, Tennessee AS,
Kentucky 1875, Illinois 100, Connecticut
l03, Maine 107, Iowa So, New Hampshire
u, West Virginia "a, Virginia IS, Rhode
Island 65,> Vermont IS. Wisconsin 81,
Michigan 81, North Carolina so, Georgia
46, Maryland 81, New Jersey 20, Texas
90, Utah Is, South Carolina 10, Alabama
IA, Arkansas IS, Delaware II, Mississippi
II, Minnesota 10, Kansas 8, Oregon 8,
California j., Louisiana 2, Florida !, and
New Mexlcol. .s1 ~ 2
The capital of these 1891 establishments
is reported at 500 ,S24,53l LIZ
Tie number of steam engines is 1850,
with horse power of $1,000, and water
wheels . ,092, with a horse power of 3d.
1872. a*'s
The number Of sets Of cards is 1856,
with daily capacity of S57 1892 pounds Of
carded wool number of broad looms a.
030, narrow looms 20, IA, spindles 49,
49G. s.... ..at.... ..-.. tsaEa5s.
The average number of hands employed
during the year has been of males above
sixteen, ~ TBS; Of females above fifteen,
27 ,6S2, and of children and youths, 0,643.
The amount of wages paid to these hands
during the year is reported at s26, S77 ,575.
The total value of the materials used
during the year was SOC, 432 ,G0l, OF which
the amount paid for chemicals and dye
stutfs was So, s33, BAG. go .ra
There were consumed during the year
1871 ,s24 elbs of foreign wool, 54,7G7, )
| O75 elbs of domestic wool, II ,57l 1929 elbs
of cotton, 10, 1872 ,062 elbs of shoddy, q
| 573, 4l0 elbs of wooden yarn, 3,263, $40
elbs of cotton yarn, 1872 $50 yards OF
cotton warp, 1913 elbg of warp. The
value of all other materials used was So,
670,250.
Among the production of these 1881
establishments are G3,340,6l2 yards Of
cloths, cassimeres and doeskins; So 1855 ,2St
yards of flannel; i, 94l 500 yards of feteC
cloth; 2,663, 767 yards of repellants, 2,S53, !
ass yards Of tweeds and twills; 1908,
$50 yards of satinets 5,506,oo2 yards o
kerseys; "a ,4S9 1856 yards of jeans; IA, 1870,
274 yards of linseys; 1882 1882 yards o
negro cloth; number of pairs of blankets
1000 ,439; number of horse blanket
S,533 number of carriage robes %, 500
number of coverlids G,74i; number O
shawls 2 ,3l2, 76l number of elbs of yarl
14,l5e ,237; number of elbs of rolls s,sG3,
0e9. Total value of production sl55 ,4o5, 05
MOTHERS. one has said that
! young mother is the most beautiful thing i
nature. Why qualify it? Why young
Are not all mothers beautiful? The sent
mental outside beholder may prefer yout
J in the pretty picture, but am inclined t
think that sons and daughters, who al
) most intimately concerned in the matter
love and admire their mothers most whe
t they are old. How suggestive of som'
$ thing holy and venerable it is whe
a person talks of his "dear mother.
Away with your rnincing mammas,
: suggestive only Of a fine lady, who deput'
o her duty to nurse, drawing room matern
' parent, who is afraid to handle her offsprir
Il for fear of soiling her new gown. Give n
d the homely mother, the arms of who
IS love are all.embracing, who is beautif
d always, whether old or young, wheth
e arrayed in satin, or modestly habited
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