Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-04-29
! Observation-Disclosures.

TIE Journal cffG1asmerre has compiled
from the census reports table showing the
man utec,uricg industries in each Staterpro>
ducipe over 81 ,o0o,0oD worth of'any rone
description Of manufactured merchandise
From this table some curious results are
gathered. In no less than twenty four of the;
States aouring'and gristmiff products from the
leading manufactured staple, showing an ans
nual vaiue ranging from ST SIG, $50 in Me-
braska, to $50, 237 ,220 in New York, which
gives the largest return Of any of the States.
IN Illinois the Touring and gristmill products,
are set at Si3, S76,775; in Ohio at S31 Co.,
30; in Indiana at s25, 371 1922, and in Mis-.
souri, at s3l 1897 1851. The returns for New
York show that next to the gristmill product
the largest branch of manufacture is that of
mems clothing, amounting to S44 ,718, 491;
after which come in the order of their i'm
portance, refined sugar, $40, 1897, 1874 tanned
leather, exclusive of morocco, dressed skins,
and curried leather, SIG, 9sS, 42O; and boots!
and shoes to the'value ofSs22,679, 1874. The
heaviest manufacture in Massachusetts is not
cotton goods, as most persons probably sup
pose, but boots and shoes, which are annually
turned outthere to the value of SSS, 500 ,5S3.
The product of cotton goods in Massachusetts
amounts to $50, 267 $50, and of wooden goods,
S39, 400 ,242. The only States in wl,ish the
manufacture of cotton goods forms the lead
ing manufacturing industry are Maine, New
Hampshire and Rhode Island, and their pro-
ducts are respectively, Maine, s11, 739,7S1
New Hampshire, SIG, 1893, 072,; and Rhede
Island, S22, G72, 203. In Pennsylvania the
iron interest of course 'predominates over all
others. Its product in pig bloom, forged and
rolled iron, together with iron bolts, nuts,
washers, rivets, nails, spikes, pipe and castings,
IS set down at the sum of s12S, 7O1 ,9O7, in
addition to which, machinery and boilers to
the value of S29, 1858, 1873 are manufactured,
besides nearly 7,0O0,O 600 worth of STEEL
Connecticut's leading manufacture is that of
wooden goods, amounting to 81, 1865, 14S-
Sawed lumber is the principal manufactured
product Of Michigan, Mississippi, Florida and
Washington Territory, the figures for the first
named State being set at s31 ,9946, 1896, the
other two States and Washington Territory
returning less than SO, 900, 900 each. But
Names product Of sawed lumber nearly equals
in value its cotton goods, amounting to SILL
S91, 747 annually. In Louisiana, molasses
and sugar form the staple manufacture, the
production amounting to s10,341, s5s.-
Milled quartz to the value of sig, 1910
heads the list of manufactured products in
Nevada, and Maryland's leading manufacture
is that of refined sugar, amounting to 81 OO7,-
857 yearly. West Virginia turns out forged
and rolled iron, nails and spikes to the value
of sS,69o,s2o every year. These are the
leading manufacturing industries of the sev>
e-al States, though other branches of manu-
iac:ure not here enumerated amount in some
instances to far greater sums in the aggregate
than the single Ones we have specified