Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-02-28
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within q few states. We do not here
refer TO the trades or mechanic arts,
such as those of the carpenter, brick
lavcr, tailor or shoemaker (not in the
factory, nor to those industries which,
bv the single treatment ~ material, tit
il for use without adding materially to
its value. or the latter class, the griSt.
mill and tho saw-mill give tho best il
lustrations. The Touring mills turn
out in value nearly one-tenth of the en-
the product OF nearly all "manufac-
tul es,' SO called, and yet employ lit
tie more than one.ffticth Of the
hands, and y ield only about one-thir-
tieth of the added value givon to
materials. The saw-mills employ n
larger number of hands and add more
TO the value of material, but are never
theless essentially of the same class of
industries These differ radically in
character from those great organiza-
tions of capital and skilled labor by
which what are more commonly under
stood rs manufactures are carried on.
But the industries OF the latter class are
singularly concentrated, so that few
spots on the map represent the terri
WI w WhlOh tllC1 %lC COIhuCh.
From these comparatively small spots,
and the tremendous concentration OF
forces there, 60 out productions of in
calculable value to the nation.
A few tables in the second volume OF
the new Census-tables to which hard
! ly any attention has Yet been paid
furnish striking picture of this con.
centration of the great industries.
| These tables show the amount of water
power and OF steam-power employed
! in all kinds of manufacture III each
state and territory BY comparing
them, we find that nearly half of the
horsepower employed in the country
is in nour and saw milis-74S, ,67;
! horse power by water, and S44 45t
! horse. power by steam, or in all 1898
1z9 horsepower. The aggregate N
the whole country, Ia all kinds Of man
ufacuripg, is 3,410. 857 horsepower
Picking out the power employed il
these two classes OF industry, we may
take the remaining power III each state
as an approximate measure OF the i'm
portance there of those indus strie5 which
are more commonly understood by th'
word manufactures. Assuming, then
that the 1,817,70S horsepower EN-
ployed in manufactures otneI than gIiS
and saw mills roughly represent th'
manufactures proper, we find tina
PENNSYLVANIA alone uses of this aggre
gate 354,774 horsepower, New Yorl
$50. .099, and Massachusetts 279 ia
These three states, therefore, use 9l3,
987 horse power in manufactures othe
than grist and saw-mils, and all tn
other states and the territories onl
903, 721. But Ohio also uses thus l42,
S53 Connecticut 104 552, New Jerse
1917. Illinois 70, ,046, Rhode Islam
90, 500, New-Hampshire So 2S5, an
Maine As 937 horsepower. In thes
ten states we have nearly tive-sixths {
all the manufacturing power not en-
ployed in grinding flour and meal an
saving lumber. Six other states thu
use about 200, 200 horse power nor,
, and all the rest of the states and terr
tories employ only 1874 600 horse -powc
in manufacturing, otherwise than i
grist and saw.mills. The six are Mici
igau AZ, 600, Indiana Al ,000 Marylan
81 600, Missouri and Vermont M
Wisconsin eGcA about %, 600.
, 1t will bo noticed that these figure
present in very strong light the weaI
ness OF the southern states heir lac
Of diversified industry. Arkansas, fC
instance, uses l6 1877 horsepower Il
grist and saw-mills, and 1871 for q
other manufactures; Texas 25,S24 f
grist and saw mills, and 3,0O8 for :
other manufactures; Mississippi &C.
. for grist and saw-milIs, and 2Gl3 f
al other manufactures; Alabama 2;
800 for grist and saw-milis, and 4 o
: for all other manufactures. la sho!
. the states south of the Potomac al