The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-07-12
Our Mnnufaetnrine CilIes.E


The statistics OF manufactures, as
returned for the tenth census, show
New York to be the greatest manufac-
turing city in the Union. Philadei
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. 000 is
$4,000, 1000 more than is credited to
New York city. In number Of estao-
lishments New York has ii, 162 and
Philadelphia S,S77. The amount paid
in wages during the census year was:
New York, 500, SIC, 900; Philadelphia,
$50 0O0,000 The value tf the mate
rails used in the industries was: New
York, 1915, 600, 900, and Philadelphia,
S1S7, 900, 600. The value Of the prod
ucts was: New York, S448, 900, 600;
Philadelphia, $304, sol 600.
The largest single item of manuiac-
sure in New York is that OF mems
clothing, the product Of which for 1880
is valued at $60,798,00 The wages
paid in their manufacture were S4o,-
100000. The value Of the product in
the manufacture of women's clothing
for the same period is $18, $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 proIuct of
$21, ,696, ,000 The cigar product is
SIS, BAT 600. That of refined lard is
S14, 758, 900, and sugars and molasses,
refined, $11, $4,000.
In Philadelphia the largest single
product Of manufacture in value is
sugar and molasses refined-$24, /, ,294,
92O The industry having the largest
capital invested is that Of wooden goods,
with capital of $11, 752, 900, and whose
product in 1880 was $21, ,350,0O0 The
value of the product in the manufacture
of mems clothing is $18, 800, 600; that Of
cotton goods, $16,35O, 600; carpets,
S14, ,263, 900; drugs and chemicals, $11.-
8O4, 900; machinery, $9.684, 900; boots
and shoes, 1904, 900; worsted goods,
IS, ,327 900; hosiery and knit goods,
81, ,683, 900; printing and publishing,
Sc 834 600 leather, dressed skins,
So, TAI, 900.
The third manufacturing city is Chi
cago, with 3,479 establishments, having
capital of S64, 1000, 600, paying $685.
000, 900 in one year in wages, and whose
product in 1880 was $241, ,OOO, 600. 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, 200, 900 years wages, and the
value of whose products is $169, ,000, 600.
The leading article is sugar and molas-
ses, 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, 900;
mems clothing and sugar and molasses,
refined, being each SIG, ,O0O,0 The
sixth city is st. Louis, with product
of $l04, 600, 600, of which $l3. 759, COO is
Touring and grist mill products. Cin-
cinnati is the seventh manufacturing
city, its product in 1880 being $94, ,0OO,-
900. The manufacture of mems clothing
brought $13, 873 900 of this and meat
packing $I1, 614000, Baltimore comes
number eight, with product OF Ssb,-
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 it's
product. which in 1880 was $74, 600, 000.
| 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 l,071 the
men employed are 1851 the
wages paid in 1880 we're $16,916,-
426. and the value of the materials used
was $41, ,2Q1. 900. The largest item OF
manufacture is iron and steel, the prod
ucts of which are $S5, 1905 900 The
next is glass. with product of So, 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.