. Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians . :%>. run evenly. PHILADELPHIA unquestionably ranks as the leading manu-facturing city of the- United States as to diversity of indus-tries, number of establishments and value of finished manufacturing census just completed accepted the phrase*^^^ manufacturing interests in its broadest and most complete sense, as meaning productive interests of all sorts whereby anymaterial turned out by skilled labor was a manufactured product and itsproduction a manufacturing industry. This insured the collection of tin-statistics embracing establis
. Philadelphia and popular Philadelphians . :%>. run evenly. PHILADELPHIA unquestionably ranks as the leading manu-facturing city of the- United States as to diversity of indus-tries, number of establishments and value of finished manufacturing census just completed accepted the phrase*^^^ manufacturing interests in its broadest and most complete sense, as meaning productive interests of all sorts whereby anymaterial turned out by skilled labor was a manufactured product and itsproduction a manufacturing industry. This insured the collection of tin-statistics embracing establishments of all sizes, from the gigantic refineries, each ofwhich tabulated a yearly output of forty millions, to the modest weaver of rag carpet,who put his annual gross income at less than a hundred dollars ; of all ages, from the^V \ ^^^—^ malster who commenced operations (or at least whose ancestors did) in 16S7 to him whose existence was hardly longer than a year ; of all power, from the large mill owner who reporteda force of a thousand hand
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