The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-07-12
Onr Manufacturing Cllies.i


The statistics of manufactures, as
returned for the tenth census, show
New York to be the greatest manufac-
turing city in the Union. Philadel-
phia, which has hitherto enjoyed that
pre-eminence, is now relegated to the
second place, though it's capital invest
ed in manufactures, $170, ,000. 900, is
$6,000,000 more than is credited to
New York city. In number of estab-
Iishments New York has IL, 162 and
Philadelphia 8,S77. The amount paid
in wages during the census year was:
New York, S93, $40, 900; Philadelphia,
$50 100000. The value If the mate
rails used in the industries was: New
York, 1915, 600, 900, and Philadelphia,
$1S7, ,000,0 600. The value of the prod
ucts was: New York, S44S, ,000, 600;
Philadelphia, 1904, 591, 600.
The largest single item of manufac-
ture in New York is that of mems
clothing, the product Of which for 1880
is valued at $50, ,798,000. The wages
paid in their manufacture we're $40,-
100000. The value of the product in
the manufacture of women's clothing
for the same period is $18, $3.50, 600.
Viewing only the value of the product,
meat packing is the second largest in
dustry in New York city, its product
for 1880 being $29, 297, 900. Printing
and publishing" shows product of
$21, $685. 900. The cigar product is
$18, BAT 900. That. of refined lard is
S14, 758, 900, and sugars and molasses,
refined, $11, 100000.
In Philadelphia the largest single
product of manufacture in value is
sugar and molasses refined-$24, 1884,
920 The industry having the largest
capital invested is that of wooden goods,
with capital of $11, T52, 900, and whose
product in 1880 was $21, $780, 900. The
value of the product in the manufacture
of mems clothing is $1S 800, 600; that of
cotton goods, SIC, $50, 600; carpets,
S14, 263, 900; drugs and chemicals, $11,-
804, 900; machinery, $9,684, 900; boots
and shoes, $9,034, 900; worsted goods,
S8,327 900; hosiery and knit goods,
$7683,000 printing and publishing,
Sc 834, GOO leather, dressed skins,
sc, TAI, ,000
The third manufacturing city is Chi
cago, with 3,479 establishments, having
a capital of $64, 900, 600, paying $685.
600, 900 in one year in wages, and whose
product in 1880 was $241, 900, 900. The
leading manufacturing industry is meat
packing, whose product in the census
year was $85, 100000. BROOKLYN is the
fourth city, with 5,089 establishments,
paying $27 ,000,0 900 years wages, and the
value of whose products is $169, 600, 900.
The leading article is sugar and molas
sss, refined, the product of which in
1880 was $50, I'll, 900. Boston ranks fifth
on the basis of the value of the manu-
factured product, 1T being 1923, ,000 600;
mems clothing and sugar and molasses,
refined, being each $l6, 6,000,0C The
sixth city is st. Louis, with product
of $l04, 600, 900, of which $13, 759, 600 is
houring and grist mill products. Gin
cinnati is the seventh manufacturing
city, its product in 1880 being $94, 000,-
900. The manufacture of mems clothing
brought $13, ,873 900 Of this and meat
packing $I1, GA, 060. Baltimore comes
number eight, with product Of Ss6,-
100000, the largest item of which Is
mems clothing, SO, 446. 600.
Pittsburg is the ninth in rank of
manufacturing cities in the value of its
product. which in 1880 was $74, 900, 600.
it has $4,000. 900 of capital invested
in manufactures, which exceeds that of
St. Louis, Cincinnati, Boston and Bal
timore. and makes Pittsburg in that
respect the fifth manufacturing city OF
the Union, those ranking it being in
order Philadelphia, New York, Chicago
and Brooklyn. The number of Pitts
burg establishments is 1,071 the
men employed are 1851 the
wages paid in 1850 were $l6,918,-
426, and the value of the materials used
was $41, ,201, 900. The largest item of
manufacture is iron and steel, the prod
ucts of which are $35, 100000. The
next is glass. with product of $5,000,
600. After Pittsburg the cities rank in
the order of the value Of their manu-
featuring products as follows: Newark,
tenth Jersey City, eleventh; Cleve-
land, twelfth Buffalo, thirteenth |;
Providence, fourteenth +; Milwaukee,
fifteenth; Louisville, sixteenth New
Orleans, seventeenth, and Washington
City, eighteenth.