Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-01-31

products valued at s., 7s7 .S5s. splendid
gain for the decade.
The manufacture of paper and wood
pulp ranked fourth in 1900. but prob
ael, by this time il ranks first and will
sJon forge FAR IN the lead of all others
In 1900 Maine ranked third in the
.'nion in this industry. but it will be
first long before another census IS
taken In 1860 there We're IS establish
E,ents with 1851 wage-earners and
products valued at l3.22S,21s. IN 1899
there were II establishments, Gos
wage-earners and products valued Il
q as1.o5l. The immense plants q,
Rnmford Falls, Madison and Mill
/, cket have greatly increasei their
,anacitv since the 1900 census figures
v,rp secured.
There. were III establishments en-
.aeed in the canning and preserving OF
E.: + in 1900. with 1851 wage-ea.ners. ana
,rtducts valued at s4179.733. III 1880.
a establishments were reported, WIN
, 81. wage-earners, and pro Iucts Naiued
| at 81. ss0,sSi The increase in the value
! 0; products during the decade vas
S...lS,952. or 1878 per cent. lending
| oranct. Of this Industry is the canning
of small herr,ngs under the name OF
| "ssrdines," and il will surprise many
| to find that il has reached such proper
tons. The bulletin does the Maine sar-
dire the honor of declaring it to be SUI
perior to the imported article.
There were 227 establishments en-
gagged in -four and grist milling in 1900.
with l92 wage-earners. and products
| valued at IS, 3ss. s32. In 1890. 30 estab-
| lishments were reported. with 261
wage earners. and products valued at
50, 254, $50. This Industry is destined
| soon to assume much larger proper
,ioas in the Aroostook region.
There were 1l2 establishments en-
ra-ed In the manufacture of foundry
and machine shop products In 1900
with PAS wage-earners. and products
valued 1T $3,2ss.706 In 1890. So estab-
lishments were reported. with 1858
waee-earners, and products valued at
| 81. eoS,b72.
Shipbuilding ranked eighth in 1900
but this year it would doubtless stand
Z much better on the list. There were
. us establishments engaged in wooden
ship and boat building In 1900. with
1869 wage-earners. and products
valued at s2,491,7 65. In 1890. Sc estab-
Iishments were reported, with 1850
wage-earners, and products valued at
$2.S1S,5f5. AS far back as 1908, the
Virginia" was built by the Popham
colony near the mouth of the kenne-
bee the first ship built in America, and
from that time to the present, ship
building has been one of the important
occupations of this region. In early
days, shipyards were established at
] many points on all the principal rivers
and along the coast, and Maine be-
came the leading shipbuilding State in
the United States. building more than
| half of all the sea-going vessels of the
nation. OF late years there has been a
decline in the industry, but better days
have come and better still are coming.
| There were 81 establishments engaged
| in the tanning currying, and finishing
o. leather in 1900. with 5s7 wage-earn-
ers. and products valued at $2,45l,11
In 1890. 81 establishments were report
ed. with $50 wage-earners, and products
valued at s3,3S3.672. The decline of this
Industry has been steady since 1870,
and is mainly due to the increasing
scarcity of hemlock bark. the principal
material used for tanning purposes.
There were 120 establishments en-
gagged in the printing and publishing OF
newspapers and periodicals in 1900, with
1909 wage-earners. and products valued
at $2.1eO,017. In 1890. l05 esta blishments
were reported, with 949 wage-earners,
and products valued at $,719.477
These figures do not include job and
book printing establishments of which
therc were 79 in the State with products
in 1900 valued at s4l5.O0o. The bulletin
speaks of the first newspaper in Maine
the Falmouth Gazette and Weekly ,Ad-
vertiser. which was founded at Fall
mouth. now Portland. January l, 1875
and has continued. under various
names. to the present time.
IN addition to these 10 leading manu-
featuring industries. the bulletin goes
into details concerning scores. OF
others The other Industries in 1900 In
each Of which the product was valued
at over 81. 900, 900 were the manufacture
of boots and shoes. bakery products
dairy products. canned fruits and vege-
tables, lime and cement. quarry
products. planning mill products. MILL.
merry. plumbing, and worsted goods.
President Eliot of Harvard in his an.
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