The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-07-28
What tho 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
S44S, 100000. 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 $50, 900, 900, or nearly
one-seventh of the whole; add to this
SIS, 600, 600 for women's clothing-and
we find that mems and women's cloth
ing make up more than one-sixth the
manufacturing of that busy city. Mems
clothing Is also the principal item in
Baltimore CSC, 1000 00). In Boston it is
tie with sugar ($l6, 900, 00D. and IN
Cincinnati it leads at Sl3. 600, 600, and it
is third on the Philadelphia list at $lS,-
100000. (The statement is made in
round numbers.)
Brooklyn leads in refined sugar and
molasses at $4,000, 900 followed by
Philadelphia with S24, 600, 900, Jersey
City SO, 000, 900 and Boston SIG, 600, 900.
In meat packing Chicago is first, with
$50, 900, 900, the other cities badly dis
tanced. New York, which follows away
ont of sight, packed $29. 000,0 600, the
others trail along-Jersey City with
5000, 900, Cincinnati 81 900, 900,
Brooklyn and ST. Louis running together
with $4,000, 900, Boston and Philadel-
phia with 100000, Milwaukee
Sc, 600, 600.
Philadelphia has long lead on wooden
goods, OF which it produced $2l 900, 600,
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, 100000 to its
credit. followed by Cincinnati with Sl0,-
600, GOO, Cleveland 80, 90, 900, and Phila-
delphia $5,000,00n.
In boots and shoes Cincinnati and San
Francisco run together with 81 900, 900,
followed by Baltimore So ,0O0,000 and
Boston SO, 900. 900.
New York leads in tobacco manufact-
ure at S22, 900, Goo Providence makes
S., 600, 900 of iewelry and Newark 81, 000,-
600. Buffalo takes the prize for the
grape sugar, $3,000,000. In carpets,
WIFI ltS IluuludCtuTeS Ol OH, UOU, wv,
Philadelphia is very long way ahead of
all the rest. Newark rushes to the front
On leather, of which its manufactures are
valued at $14 000,000. A long way off
is Chicago with half AZ much, Pitts
burgh with $4,000 600 and Milwaukee
with 81, 000,000. Pittsburgh leads IN
gloves, 5000, 900. Cincinnati in car
riages and wagons, S5,000,000 New
Orleans in cotton seed oil. go, 700, 600.
Philadelphia in hosiery and knit gloves,
81, 000,0 600. New York in hats and caps,
81, 900, 600, and canned fruits $780,
600. st. Louis is the champion manu-
facturer of Touring and grist mill pro-
ducts, of which it is credited with $l3,-
600, 600, followed by New York with &c.
600, 600 and Milwaukee 81, 900, 600.
The principal industries of the various
cities are, Baltimore, clothing; Boston,
refined sugar Buffalo, musical instru-
ments (; Chicago, meat packing ; Cincin-
natl, mems clothing; Cleveland, iron
and steel; Detroit, iron and steel /;
Jersey City, refined sugar and molasses !;
Pittsburgh, iron and steel Providence,
;ewelry San Francisco, meat packing !;
st. Louis. Touring and grist mill pro-
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