The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world . f employees, 3,768 : amount of annual wages paid,$3,083,731: cost of materials used, $4,788,384;and the value of products, $10,203,007. Themanufacturing census for 1900 shows an increaseof more than 100 per cent as follows: num-ber of establishments, 953; capital invested,$10,131,651: number of employees, 8,480; wagespaid, $5,575,253: cost of materials. $14,211,190;value of products, $26,373,402. Since 1900. therehas been a still more rapid i


The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world . f employees, 3,768 : amount of annual wages paid,$3,083,731: cost of materials used, $4,788,384;and the value of products, $10,203,007. Themanufacturing census for 1900 shows an increaseof more than 100 per cent as follows: num-ber of establishments, 953; capital invested,$10,131,651: number of employees, 8,480; wagespaid, $5,575,253: cost of materials. $14,211,190;value of products, $26,373,402. Since 1900. therehas been a still more rapid increase both in newworks and in the extension of old ones. Acareful estimate made by the ManufacturersAssociation and the Chamber of Commerce,shows that in the year 1903 the number ofestablishments exceeded : capital invested,$16,000,000: employees, ; wages paid,$: value of products, $55,000,000. Themost important industrial establishments areshipyards, lumber and shingle mills, flour mills,iron works, rolling mills, foundries, and wood-working establishments. The United States bat-tleship Nebraska is under construction at the. y 5 If) w 00 13


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