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[Twelfth Census, Vol. VII, pages LXVI and 503.]
Industry Group. | Character of Organization. | |||
Total. | Individual. | |||
Number of Establishments. | Number of Establishments. | Value of Products. | ||
Total.......................... | 512,191 | $13,000,149,159 | 372,692 | $2,674,426,373 |
Food and kindred products. .. . | 61,266 | 2,273,880,874 | 42,569 | 444,230,465 |
Textiles | 30,048 | 1,637,484,484 | 18,701 | 262,342,066 |
13,896 | 1,793,490,908 | 5,717 | 107,343,147 | |
Lumber and its remanufact'res. | 47,054 | 1,030,695,350 | 28,463 | 265,781,468 |
Leather and its finished products..................... | 16,989 | 583,731,046 | 12,906 | |
26,747 | 606,317,768 | 16,392 | 127,110,593 | |
Liquors and beverages | 7,861 | 425,504,167 | 5,063 | 69,353,112 |
Chemicals and allied products.. | 5,443 | 552,797,877 | 2,085 | |
Clay, glass, and stone products....... | 14,809 | 293,564,235 | 8,761 | 69,147,764 |
Metals and metal products, other than iron and steel................ | 16,305 | 748,795,464 | 10,666 | |
Tobacco | 15,252 | 283,076 546 | 12,803 | 79,919,991 |
Vehicles for land transportation | 10,112 | 508,524,510 | 5,750 | 43,223,011 |
Shipbuilding....................... | 1,116 | 74,578,158 | 748 | 12,592,136 |
Miscellaneous industries.................... | 29,479 | 1,004,092,294 | 18,545 | 173,848,128 |
Hand trades................................................. | 215,814 | 1,183,615,478 | 183,523 | 777,274,319 |
Industry Group. | Character of Organization. | |||||
Firm and Limited Partnership. | Incorporated Company. | Cooperative and Miscellaneous. | ||||
Number of Establishments. | Value of Products. | Number of Establishments. | Value of Products. | Number of Establishments. | Value of Products. | |
Total................. | 96,701 | $2,565,242,473 | 40,705 | $7,729,520,548 | 2,093 | $30,959,765 |
Food and kindred products. .. . | 11,905 | 394,387,619 | 4,994 | 1,410,298,055 | 1,798 | 24,964,735 |
Textiles.................... | 8,084 | 547,349,114 | 3,245 | 827,705,447 | 18 | 87,857 |
Iron and steel and their products..................... | 3,329 | 177,415,968 | 4,843 | 1,508,493,141 | 7 | 238,652 |
Lumber and its remanufact'res. | 13,893 | 256,014,803 | 4,670 | 508,341,338 | 28 | 557,741 |
Leather and its finished products..................... | 2,990 | 208,571,042 | 1,091 | 257,808,524 | 2 | |
Paper and printing.......... | 5,682 | 106,830,193 | 4,490 | 368,923,042 | 183 | 3,453,940 |
Liquors and beverages | 1,463 | 1,333 | 305,129,467 | 2 | ||
Chemicals and allied products.. | 1,152 | 60,181,725 | 2,205 | 450,008,084 | 1 | |
Clay, glass, and stone products. | 3,891 | 66,327,320 | 2,132 | 157,336,458 | 25 | 752,693 |
Metal and metal products, other than iron and steel. .. . | 4,167 | 88,143,271 | 1,470 | 578,172,577 | 2 | |
Tobacco | 2,085 | 74,456,334 | 358 | 128,478,983 | 6 | 221,238 |
Vehicles for land transportati'n | 2,079 | 2,282 | 430,731,303 | 1 | ||
Shipbuilding................ | 217 | 6,414,398 | 151 | 55,571,624 | ||
Miscellaneous industries.................... | 6,174 | 188,153,370 | 4,750 | 641,875,764 | 10 | 215,032 |
Hand trades................ | 29,590 | 305,612,005 | 2,691 | 100,646,741 | 10 | 82,413 |
*In this table values have been omitted wherever they disclosed the products of individual establishments.
 
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