The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-03
Interesting Resume Of Lead
ing Cities Of United States
MADE BY CENSUS BUREAU
Greater New York Is the Leading Indus.
trial Center Of the Country with
Boston Standing Fourth--Chi-
cago Next to New York.

Washington, D. q, July 3.-Statisticl
have just been prepared by the Census
Bureau dealing with the principal in
dustrial districts in the United States
The findings are summed up in the fol
lowing:
Greater New York.
Products valued at S2,t44.4s 90;
were manufactured in the factories 81
the industrial district Of Greater New
York during the year 1904. The in
crease in the value Of the output OF ths
entire district len 1904 as compared
with 1900 was over half million dol
lars (s530,220,746, or 1928 per cent?
The increase IN the number Of persons
engaged in these industries was lao.
006, the number Of employees in 1904
being 735,460.
The city Of Greater New York wa,
credited with products valued at 81 Z,
526,52S,o06, or TIP per cent Of the to,
tai value for the districts in 1904. In
the SIG square miles that were outside
Of the corporate limits Of the city but
were 50 closely allied With Il Industrial
III that they were ineluacd IN the indus.
trial district, the manufactured product.
were valued at S6t7g65,0s7. The in.
crease in value for the city was 30e
per cent, while for the remainder Of the
district there was gain Of 40 pei
cent
The manufacture OF mems and wo-
mems clothing was the foremost indus.
try in this district in 1904, the products
being valued at nearly one-third Of q
billion dollars and constituting I4s
per cent Of the value Of products Of the
entire district. The average number OF
wage-earners employed IN the indus.
try was over 2 per cent OF the entire
population Of the district The print
ing and publishing industry ranked sec
ond; the refining or sugar and lnolasses
thirds the smelling and refining Of cop.
per, lead. and zine, fourth; and the
manufacture Of textiles. fifth, with
products aggregating over S465,000,00o
in value
Chicago Second in Importance.
The industrial district Of Chicago
comprised on area Of 500 square miles
and had population Of t,si5,107 in
1900. The city Of Chicago is credited
with 1873 per cent of The area and GAS
per cent Of the population OF the en-.
tire district. The value Of products for
the district in 1904 was $970.97 .2s0.
the number Of wage-earners and salaried
persons employed, $500; and the
number Of establishments reported. s.
3s2 The increase IN the value OF pro.
ducts for the district in 1904 as com.
"a
20.4 per cent. The increase for CHI.
cago alone was Si57,157,f36. or 1877
per cent, while the gain for the sur
rounding places was 1884, 500, or $50
per cent. Thus the rate 81 gain for
the section outside Of the central city
was very much greater than that for
the city itself.
Among the industries slanghiering
and meat packing was the first in value
Of products with $3.50 ,5St,5s6. or 276
per cent oil tine total value Of the manu-
featured products Of the Chicago dis
trict. The manufacture Of clothing. The
iron and steel industry. the manufacture
OF foundry and machine shop products,
and the printing and publishing indus
try were Of great importance with ag-
gregate products valued AT S230,4l8,a2S.
Philadelphia Third
The area Of the industrial district Of
Philadelphia Il SOL square miles, of
which the city occupies 1870 square
miles, or 25.0 per cent. The population
Of the district in 1900 was ,537 9at.
The products of the whole district were
valued at S677.7Si III, while those Of
Philadelphia proper were valued at
s591 ,3ss.07s. The percentage Of IN
crease il the city was 1871; outside It
was 3T.1. Employees 10 the number Of
2s6,944 We're engaged in the Industries
of the district. aud the number Of es-
adjustments was 1850 The textile
industries are the Characteristic manu-
features Of the district, and Of these
the manufacture Of worsted goods WIS
most important, rated by value Of pro
ducts In 1904 the sos textile factories
reported an output valued at $I2s, 3d.
800. The manufacture Of foundry and
machine shop products. the refining Of
sugar and molasses, printing and pub
fishing, and the iron and steel industry
were important, with a value Of pro.
ducts Of over 1852 100000.
Boston Is Fourth
The industrial district Of Boston inf
cludes an area Of 500 square miles The
population Of the district was 249 ,504
ii 1900 and 1854 ,855 in 1905, showing
an increase Of 81 per cent The number
Of inhabitants per square mile for the
district was 2,699 in 1905. The total
value Of the products Of the district in
1904 was Sa57 ,254 $50. coming from 4.s70
establishments employing 1910 per-
sons. The increase in the value Of prod
ucts Of Boston was 1873 per cent; outside
IL was 42.7 per cent.
The leather boot and shoe industry is
the leading manufacture Of the district
followed by the manufacture OF rubber
boots and shoes during 1904 these to-.
gether produced an output valued al
Other important industries
are Strengthening printing and publish
ing: leather, tanned, eurried, and fin.
ished foundry and machine shop prod
ucts; clothing; and textiles, with prod-
uets valued at over 100000 in the
aggregate
The Iron and Steel Region.
The area of the pitfsburo- 4 lleohars-