The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-25
NEW YORK CITY STILL LEADS.
Produces More Than the Next Four
Leading cities Combined.

Just how great a city New York is IS
now being told by the Census Bureau
at Washington through statistics that
were collected recently about this CITY.
1t shows that New York is still pre-
eminent in the states IN almost every
respect. AS manufacturing centre
II Is go per cent. greater than Chicago.
the second most important ;nanufactur-
ing city of the country. In number OF
industries and operatives employed not
to speak Of the total population Of the
city. New York is far ahead OF any
other city. According to figures coll
lected by tho Government scarchcrs
there are in New York city 25.?3S n
dustries: in Chicago 1855 in Philadcl-
phia, S,379; in Pittsburg. 1859 VI the
industrial aspect. of-the- city is COM
sidered New York's lead over others
will be Increased
The Industrial district ~ New York,
according to the Census Burrau n
cudes all nearby towns of New Ter.
sey. The district which thcv mapped
out as being influenced hy this city
comprises fifteen cities. fortS-uno Dor
oughs, two villages. seventeen town.
ships. practically all Of the territory
lying within ten miles of the city limits.
This district has an area OF flGg2S
acres. The city alone has an area of
$4,000 acres. Within the former area
6,I1456S persons live, 3l72S industries
will he found, in which 1S9.t1 persons
are employed who turn out IN IL year
products valued at So 9IO1i3.3N2.
Though the industrial district of New
York is more than three times the area
of the city, s2,02a.G"3.00 worth or
products is turned out In year within
the city limits. Tho adjoining cities and
towns and townships and Burroughs IN
the industrial environments of New
York produce SSi0,45 3N2 worth ~
goods year.
The industrial district OF Tho city.
census figures show. produces more
goods than any stat in the Union eN-
cept New York and Pennsylvania The
value of the combined products of chi
Cago, Philadelphia and boston. the next
ranking cities would not equal tho
manufactures of New York. just how
much New York is ahead of its nearest
competitor, Chicago, may bc acou from
the fact that in the industrial area NJ
Chicago, which measures 4u9,GS7 acres.
there are 2,4i6,92l persons living, Of
whom 32j,92i are employed IA io.202
factories, which produce in year
81 oS,179,slS worth of goods
The New York industrial district
ranked first in five out of fifteen loading
manufacturing industries i'm the l'uitod
states. namely, women's c'uth.nS with
over two-thirds Of the total products ~
the entire United States, nous cloth
ing, with about 40 per cent. of the total
products in the country, printing and
publishing, with practically our-Guartcr
Of the total output. the baking Industry
and tho manufacture ~ tobacco
products.
The LEADING industry in IA" Sew York
Industrial district is the mUauido'u mr."
of womcns clothing. ~ 1909 there
were 30jS establishments, with a Total
/ product valued at over, $25o.ucoo eco, or
practically nine and unc-tcuth per cent.
Of the value of all the industrial prud-
uCts Of the district.
The manufacture Or mons clothing
ranked second, with $50 "StaN. .-amoUt~.
Tine value of their product was almost
So 100000, ar seven aud six .tcuths
per cent. of the total for IN" district
other Industries, with the value ~
their products, are as follows;
Printing AND nuhlishluP y 4