Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-23

eonIeeIlgnery 22, elnploylng 2S3i carriages and wagons, 92. employing 57S leather, 8, employing 150; furni- ture, 25, employing 29s; butter, cheese and condensed milk, 30 employing 1G5; fancy articles, 8, employing 99T; cordage and twine, 8, employing 23s; leather goods, 1S, employing 212, lime, 10, employing S26, and all other indus ries $50, employing S0,e71.
 Brass and Bronze Lead.
 Brass and bronze products are the leading industries of the state. In the year 1909 the state ranked first in the combined value of the brass and bronze products in the United States. Two -fifths of the total value of foun- dry and machine shop products for the United States in 1909 were pro- dueed in Connecticut
 In 1904, exclusive of government es- tablishments, almost four fifths of the total value of ammunition and over one-fOurth of the total value of fire arms manufactured in the United States were reported from manufac- turers located in Connecticut. In 1909 the state was first in the total value of these combined products.
 Both in 1904 and in 1909 Connecticut produced over two thirds of the total value of plated ware produced in the country. Over one third of the cor sets produced were produced in Con nectiCut.
 Connecticut also ranked first in the production of cutlery and tools both in 1904 and 1909
 Clocks and Watches.
 The state ranked first in the produc- tion of clocks and watches in the value of it's production. In 1904 nearly three fourths of the total value of clocks manufactured in the United States were made in Connecticut.
 Every city and borough for which comparative figures are available, ex- Cept New London, shows an increase in value of products for the ten years and for each five year period. New London shows decrease of AS per cent. from 1904 to 1909. due to the decline of shipbuilding The largest relative gains in value of products dur ing the decade were as follows: Stam- ford 1929 per cent; New Britain, 9S.5 per cent, and Bridgeport 95.6 per cent. For most of the cities shown the percentage of increase in value of product were greater from 1904 to 1909 than from 1899 to 1904.
 In 1909 the foundries and machine shops in the city of Bridgeport turned out products valued at S9,752, or 14.9 per cent. of the total for the state. The corset industry had an output of s6,S99, ,000 or 53.8 per cent. of the pro- duction of the state
 Hartford shows an increase of 56.6 per cent in the value of it's products and BOA per cent. in the number of wage earners. These gains. the report states, are due to the increase in the manufacture Of automobiles, foundry and machine shop products, rubber goods and typewriters and supplies. Theso, it says, are the four leading in dustries of the city.
 Waterbury shows an increase of 55.6 per cent. in value of products and 30 per cent, in the number of wage earn CTS. Unlike the manufactures in other cities of of,importance in the state, those of Waterbury are largely concentrated in a single industry that of brass and bronze manufactures, which in 1909 re- ported products amounting to s31, ,482, . GOO, 62.5 per cent. of the total for the city. Tweaty-f0ur and e-tenths per cent, of the total value of rolled brass and eepper and 42.2 per cent, of ths total value of br9ssware nanufac- tuFed in the United States during 1904 were reported from this city, and in 1909 91 per cent of all the brass and bronze products were reported from this city Twe-ffths of the total val ue of clocks manufactured in the state during the same peried was reported from Waterbury.
 Norwich Gain.
 0f the ether cities given separately in the table, Norwich shows the great est relative increase frem 1904 to 1908 in value of product, 55.9 per cent, and New Britain the greatest in number of wage eaFneFs, 34g per cent. E The manufacturing interests of New Britain are So centralized in the man. ufaetl4Ee of hardware that the output of this industry represents 5a.9 per cent. of the total value of products ei the city.
 In Norwich the textile industries are of most importance.