The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-06-13
STATE DIRECTORY
OF INDUSTRY
New Jerseys Great Growth Pic
tured by a New Publication OF
Bureau of Industrial Statistics.
OPPORTUNITIES TABULATED.
Work of the New Jersey Game Farm
Equipment of the Dix War Gar
den to Be Turned Over
to the State.

/ TO LtiC SIdhSs
Irenton.-The sixth edition of the
Industrial Directory of New Jersey,
compiled and published by the Bureau
of Industrial Statistics of the depart
ment of labor, under the direction of
Labor Commissioner Lewis L. Bryant,
is being distributed.
1.-THE indexed list of manufacturers
and all statistical data have been re-
vised and brought up to date" states
the introduction by Commissioner Bry-
ant, "and the descriptive notes relating
to cities, towns and villages of the
| state are rewritten, so as to correctly
present the latest information regard
ing their respective advantages and at
| fractions"
The first edition of the Industrial
Directory was published in 1901, the
second in 1906. and since then a new
revision has been issued every third
year.
I'd to date facts concerning the
status of the state of New Jersey in re-
lation to other states of the Union in
area, manufacturing, farming. pOpula-
ton, value of raw and finished mate
rails and other facts of interest are in
Guided in the book.
In population, for instance, this state
In 1890 ranked ninth, and in 1850 it
ranked nineteenth, and in 1915 it again
was in ninth place. The number of in
| in, tlntS cta
tn 1890 was 24.5, in 1890 the number
was 1923, and in 1917 it was 406. The
estimated total population of New Jer-
sey in 1917 is given as 3,052,211, of
which 1.550,523 are said to be males
and ,501, 6SS females. More men than
women in the state. Rhode Island and
Massachusetts are the only states
which top it in the list of most densely
populated states.
High Industrial Rank
The states manufacturing industries
are of interest inasmuch as the state
ranks high in that class. In value OF
annual product of manufactured goods
it ranks sixth among the states Of the
Union In aggregate wealth in all
forms it holds sixth place
In 1850, throughout the entire United
States, the capital invested in manu-
featuring industries was slightly more
than half a billion dollars The indus
tries of New Jersey alone in 1917 haC
: an invested capitalization of more thai
billion and half dollars The cos
. of material used for manufacturing
purposes throughout the country il
1850 and in New Jersey in 1917 was
$685.. 10, S22 and $1.601, 510,102 respec
lively. The value of all products ir
the United States in 1850 was, roughly
s1,019,O00O0O and in New Jersey III
1917, roughly, $2,560,S 100000.
, The silk industry leads in the mum
her of establishments in this state
; There were 293 silk establishments in
this state in 1917. Machinery is next
with 179; chemical products third, with
, 1873; jewelry making factories fourth
with 112, and metal goods fifth, with
105 places
"In diverseness of industry New Jer
sey is not outranked by any state In
the Union" states Commissioner Bry
ants Introductory remarks, land ii
some of the most important lines OF
manufacture her rank is very high
New Jersey is first in the manufacture
of silk goods, more than One-half of the
total product of that beautiful fabric
comes from the hundreds of mills anC
dye houses of this state. Upward Of
10000 operatives, men and women, are
employed in the various branches OF
this industry alone.
"Other industries in which New Jer
sey ranks first are: Smelling and rein
ing copper. linoleum. sewing machines
and oil refining. New Jersey ranks
second in the manufacture of chem
! icals. rubber products, pottery, terra
,, Gotta, brick and other clay products
, third in the production of electrical
machinery and electrical supplies, an(
fourth in the manufacture of product:
of the precious metals and soaps, witt
other toilet articles"
,, Reasons for Growth.
In commenting upon the growth Of
, the state the introduction states ii
, part:
primarily, of course. the growth o.
New Jersey is due to its geographical
location and indispensable transporta
, ton facilities, but the Directory is un
uuestionably entitled to the credit o.
, having brought a knowledge of thest
, and other favoring circumstances with
in the reach of all. Several of the