The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-07-27
What the Cities Manufacture.


The census returns OF manufactures
in the twenty principal cities show rath-
er curious results. New York, which. Of
course, is first on the list Of manufact.
ures, reports the product OF 1880 at
e448, O00,O 900. Yet If one were put to
guessing at the principal item in the list
he would guess clothing among the last,
and then he would be badly out. The
manufacture of mems clothing in the
year exceeded $50, 600, 600, or nearly
onc-seyenth Of the whole; add to this
SIS, DOC, 900 for women's clothinp-and
we find that mems and women's cloth
ing make up more than ones sixth the
manufacturing Of that busy city. Mems
clothing is also the principal item in
Baltimore (S9, 900, OOO. In Boston it is
tie with sugar ($l6. 900, OOo), and in
Cincinnati it leads at $l3, 600, 600, and it
is third on the Philadelphia list at s1a.-
DOC, 900. (The statement is made in
round numbers
Brooklyn leads in refined sugar. and
molasses at $59, 900, 900 followed by
Philadelphia with $24, 600, 900. Jersey
City $22, 900 900 and Boston SIG. 600. OO0
In meat packing Chicago is first. with
So, O0O, 900, the other cities badly dis
tanced. New York, which follows away
out of sight, packed 500. 600, 900. the
others trail along-Jersey City with
SIS, 100000, Cincinnati $11, 600, 900,
Brooklyn and st. Louis running together
with $4,000, 900, Boston and Philadel-
phia with $7,OOO,OOO, Milwaukee
&c, 600. 600.
Philadelphia has long lead on wooden
goods, Of which it produced $21 900 900,
that, next to sugar, being its chief in.
dustry.
In the production Of iron and steel
Pittsburgh is long way ahead Of its
competitors, with $35, 600. 900 to its
credit, followed by Cincinnati with So.
600, 900, Cleveland 49,. 90, 600. and Phila-
delphia 81, 100000.
In boots and shoes Cincinnati and San
Francisco run together with "a, 600, 900,
followed by Baltimore S3,OOO,O0O and
Boston 81, 900. 900.
New York leads in tobacco manufact-
ure at $22, OOO,0 900. Providence makes
$5, 600, 0OOof iewelry and Newark 81 600.
600. Buffalo takes the prize for the
largest manufacture Of glucose and
grape sugar, $4,000, 900. In carpets,
with its manufactures of 214, 900, 600,
Philadelphia is very long way ahead ol
all the rest. Newark rushes to the front
On leather, of which itsmanufactures ore
valued at $14,OOO,OOO. A long way of
is Chicago with half as much, Pitts.
burgh with $4,000, 900 and Milwaukee
with $4,OOO,OOO. Pittsburgh leads il
gloves, IS, 600, 900. Cincinnati in car.
riages and wagons, 5000, 1000 New
Orleans in cotton seed oil. ~, TOO, 600
Philadelphia in hosiery and knit gloves,
81, O00, 900. New York in hats and caps,
81, 600, 900, and canned fruits 81, OOO,.
900. st. Louis is the champion manu-
facturer of Touring and grist mill pro
ducts, of which it is credited with 3d..
600, 900, followed by New York with Sc,
600, 900 and Milwaukee "a, 600, 900.
The principal industries Of the variou.
cities are, Baltimore, clothing; Boston
refined sugar Buffalo, musical instru
ments Chicago, meat packing Cincin-
natl, mems clothing; Cleveland, iror
and steel; Detroit, iron and steel
Jersey City, refined sugar and molasses
Pittsburgh, iron and steel Providence
jewelry San Francisco. meat packing
st. Louis. Touring and grist mill pro
ducts. Post.
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