The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-30
Census Bureau Divides
Country Into Industrial
Districts.
GREATER NEW YORK
STANDS AT HEAD
Value of Baltimore's Products
Placed Seventh in
Report.

In a bulletin issued today by the
Census Bureau. william NJ Steuart,
chief statistician for manufactures.
deals with the manufactures of the
principal industrial districts Of the
United States in q most interesting
manner. He shows from the data IN
the hands OF the bureau that the dis
trict of Greater New York is the most
important in the country.
The bulletin is prepared from figures
for the years covered by the censuses
of 1900 and 1905
The district OF Greater New York
has an area OF zoe square miles,
population in 1905 Of 5,294, 6S2, and prod
ucts in 1904 were valued at S2,144. ass 0eS.
The Increase in value of the output in
1904 as compared with 1900 was more
than $4,000 600, or S2s per cent. The
increase In the number of persons en-
gagged in these industries was 140,sO6,
the number Of employees in 1904 being
7s5.4sO.
This district includes Greater New
York and $40 square miles outside OF
the corporate limits OF the city, but
closely allied with IT. The products Of
the city alone amounted TO S1.526. 52S. 006
The manufacture Of mems and women s
clothing was the foremost industry in
1904. being valued at nearly SS00000.000
The printing and publishing industry
ranked second: the refining Of sugar
and molasses third: the smelling and
refining Of copper, lead. and zinc fourth.
and the manufacture Of textiles fifth.
Second Is Chicago.
The second industrial district is Chi
eago, with 500 square miles and a popu-
lation of 1.s15 107. The city has 55.S per
cent OF the area. The value OF the
products in 1904 was $970.s74,2S0. Meat
packing was first in Importance.
The Philadelphia district stands third.
IT has 50l square miles, of which the
city occupies 100. The population in 1906
was 1.557, s94. The products of the whole
section were valued at $685., 7s1, III, while
those OF Philadelphia proper at $751;,
ess. 07S Employees TO the number Of
1884 were engaged, and the number
of establishments 7.7S0. The textile in
dustries stood first, and of these the
manufacture OF worsted goods was the
most important. In 1904 the 693 textile
factories reported an output valued al
sI2S 81, 800. The manufacture CT foundry
and machine shop products. the rein
ing OF sugar and molasses, printing and
.
dustry were important with a value
Of products of more than s152. coo, 600.
Boston is the fourth, with the leather
boot, and shoe industry first IN import
ance-
district The iron and steel industries
produced s2SS, S7is72.
St. Louis Stands Sixth
Sixth in order stands the St Louis
district. with wholesale slaughtering
and meat packing Of foremost import
ance. The manufacture Of tobacco was
second in rank
The seventh Industrial district is tina
Of Baltimore. II covers 246 square miles
and the manufacture OF clothing wal
Its first Industry
Eighth sands Cincinnati. including
Covington and Newport, with thei
enormous liquor product foremost.
The districts of Cleveland. Buffalo
Minneapolis and St Paul. San Fran
cisco. and Providence come next, in IN,
order name. AS to these striking fact
are presented. For instance. IN tn
Cleveland district the iron and steel in
dustry was the most important but tn
manufacture Of automobiles grew
nearly thirty-fold IN four and a hal
years. The Buffalo district showed tn
greatest gain OF any district IN 1904. a
compared with 1900 being 49, per cent
OF the power used. more than half :
waterpower from Niagara An enoI
nous amount OF waterpoWer is ais
used at St Paul and Minneapolis froI
the Falls OF St Anthony The leadin
industry at San Francisco, though fe'
probably realize fl, was meat packing
In the Providence district JeWelr
ranked second in the industries.