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Douglas Knoop, American Business Enterprise, 33
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LLUSTRATING THE
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RODUCTION
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Average per Establishment
Industries. Year. Number Capital. $ Wage Earners
of Average Wages.$ Products. $
Establish- Number.
ments.
Agricultural implements 1900 715 220,571 65 31,400 141,549
1890 910 159,686 43 19,898 89,310
1880 1,943 31,966 20 7,905 35,327
Boots and shoes (factory 1900 1,600 63,622 89 36,985 163,143
product) 1890 2,082 45,765 64 29,139 105,980
1880 1,959 21,947 57 21,951 84,763
Carpets and Rugs (other 1900 133 334,205 214 83,619 362,349
than rags) 1890 173 220,860 166 64,291 276,128
1880 195 110,095 104 35,052 163,040
Cotton Goods 1900 1,055 442,882 287 80,170 321,517
1890 905 391,183 242 72,905 296,112
1880 1,005 218,412 185 45,387 209,901
Glass 1900 355 173,025 149 76,295 159,267
1890 294 139,343 153 71,041 139,629
1880 211 94,051 115 43,337 100,259
Hosiery and knit goods 1900 921 88,882 91 26,448 103,673
1890 796 63,578 75 20,827 84,474
1880 359 43,397 80 18,667 81,246
Iron and Steel 1900 668 858,371 333 180,869 1,203,545
1890 699 591,085 250 136,652 683,124
1880 699 294,692 197 78,020 418,583
Leather, tanned, curried 1900 1,306 133,214 40 17,298 156,231
and finished 1890 1,787 54,890 24 11,891 96,327
1880 5,628 13,039 7 2,932 35,584
Liquors, malt 1900 1,509 275,205 26 17,115 157,236
1890 1,248 186,275 24 16,597 146,420
1880 2,191 41,629 12 5,567 46,124
Paper and Woodpulp. 1900 763 219,538 65 27,191 166,876
1890 649 138,412 48 20,346 121,629
1880 742 64,878 35 12,089 77,314
Shipbuilding. 1900 1,116 69,321 42 22,257 66,826
1890 1,006 27,100 22 13,006 37,838
1880 2,188 9,589 10 5,811 16,819
Silk and silk goods 1900 483 167,872 135 43,441 222,063
1890 472 108,067 105 37,632 184,954
1880 382 50,066 82 23,944 107,416
Slaughtering and meat 1900 1,134 168,172 61 29,915 696,872
packing 1890 1,367 86,332 33 18,046 413,070
1880 872 56,673 31 12,051 348,122
Tobacco, chewing, smok- 1900 437 100.358 67 16,270 237,424
ing and snuff 1890 395 78,079 75 17,588 166,693
1880 477 36,074 69 13,457 110,677