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[Twelfth Census, Vol. VII, page CLXIV, and Vol. VIII, page 18.]
Industry Group. | Number of Establishments. | Rank. | Rank. | Average Number of Wage-earners. | Rank. | |
Total.................. | 512,191 | $9,813,834,390 | 5,306,143 | |||
Food and kindred products............... | 61,266 | 2 | 937,686,610 | 5 | 311,717 | 7 |
Textiles.................. | 30,048 | 4 | 1,366,604,058 | 2 | 1,029,910 | 1 |
13,896 | 11 | 1,528,979,076 | 1 | 733,968 | 2 | |
Lumber and its remanufact'res. | 47,054 | 3 | 945,934,565 | 4 | 546,872 | 4 |
Leather and its finished products................ | 16,989 | 7 | 343,600,513 | 13 | 238,202 | 10 |
26,747 | 6 | 557,610,887 | 6 | 297,551 | 8 | |
Liquors and beverages................... | 7,861 | 13 | 534,101,049 | 7 | 63,072 | 14 |
Chemicals and allied products.. | 5,443 | 14 | 498,282,219 | 8 | 101,489 | 13 |
Clay, glass, and stone products. | 14,809 | 10 | 350,902,367 | 12 | 244,987 | 9 |
Metals and metal products, other than iron and steel.. . . | 16,305 | 8 | 410,646,057 | 9 | 190,757 | 11 |
Tobacco........................... | 15,252 | 9 | 124,089,871 | 14 | 142,277 | 12 |
Vehicles for land transportati'n | 10,112 | 12 | 396,671,441 | 10 | 316,157 | 6 |
Shipbuilding................ | 1,116 | 15 | 77,362,701 | 15 | 46,781 | 15 |
Miscellaneous industries................ | 29,479 | 5 | 1,348,920,721 | 3 | 483,273 | 5 |
Hand trades........................ | 215,814 | 1 | 392,442,255 | 11 | 559,130 | 3 |
Industry Group. | Wages. | Rank. | ||||
Gross. | Rank. | Net. | Rank. | |||
Total............... | $2,320,938,168 | $13,000,149,159 | $8,367,997,844 | |||
Food and kindred products. | 128,667,428 | 8 | 2,273,880,874 | 1 | 1,750,811,817 | 1 |
Textiles..................... | 341,734,399 | 2 | 1,637,484,484 | 3 | 1,081,961,248 | 2 |
Iron and steel and their products........................ | 381,875,499 | 1 | 1,793,490,908 | 2 | 983,821,918 | 3 |
Lumber and its remanufactures.......................... | 212,124,780 | 4 | 1,030,695,350 | 5 | 547,227,860 | 6 |
Leather and its finished products............................ | 99,759,885 | 10 | 583,731,046 | 9 | 329,614,996 | 11 |
Paper and printing........ | 140,092,453 | 7 | 606,317,768 | 8 | 419,798,101 | 7 |
Liquors and beverages..... | 36,946,557 | 14 | 425,504,167 | 12 | 349,157,618 | 10 |
Chemicals and allied products...................... | 43,850,282 | 13 | 552,797,877 | 10 | 372,538,857 | 8 |
Clay, glass, and stone products........................... | 109,022,582 | 9 | 293,564,235 | 13 | 245,447,118 | 14 |
Metals and metal products, other than iron and steel. | 96,749,051 | 11 | 748,795,464 | 7 | 371,154,446 | 9 |
Tobacco.................... | 49,852,484 | 12 | 283,076,546 | 14 | 264,052,573 | 12 |
Vehicles for land transportation....................... | 164,559,022 | 6 | 508,524,510 | 11 | 250,622,377 | 13 |
Shipbuilding......................... | 24,839,163 | 15 | 74,578,158 | 15 | 42,492,518 | 15 |
Miscellaneous industries. . . | 202,746,162 | 5 | 1,004,092,294 | 6 | 638,191,538 | 5 |
Hand trades.................... | 288,118,421 | 3 | 1,183,615,478 | 4 | 721,104,859 | 4 |
 
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