Our country and its resources; . anos for (or with) playerattachments, valued at $20,265,514;9,698 grand pianos without player attachments, valued at $4,201,302; and831 grand pianos for (or with) playerattachments, valued at $413,665. Therewere 6,493 separate player attachmentsmanufactured with a value of $s.~> number of organs manufacturedwas 42,806, valued at $6,378,312. Therewere 2,273 pipe organs, valued at $4,- , and 40,533 r 1 organs, valued at $1,718,011. The value of perforatedmusic rolls manufactured was $833,357 ;piano parts, materials and supplies,• MA
Our country and its resources; . anos for (or with) playerattachments, valued at $20,265,514;9,698 grand pianos without player attachments, valued at $4,201,302; and831 grand pianos for (or with) playerattachments, valued at $413,665. Therewere 6,493 separate player attachmentsmanufactured with a value of $s.~> number of organs manufacturedwas 42,806, valued at $6,378,312. Therewere 2,273 pipe organs, valued at $4,- , and 40,533 r 1 organs, valued at $1,718,011. The value of perforatedmusic rolls manufactured was $833,357 ;piano parts, materials and supplies,• MACHINES The number of phonographs, grapho-phones ami talking machines, includingoffice dictating instruments. manufac-tured during 1914, amounted to 515,154machines, with a value of $15,290,491The 27,221,290 records and blanks pro-duced were valued at $11,111,418. ami supplies were valued at$356,935 and other products at $357, CHAPTER AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY NOTHING in modern invention,in the progress of labor-savingdevices, in the application ofinvention to every-day life, can showa parallel with the remarkable de-velopment of the automobile. Everyone whose memory goesback ten or fifteen years can see tosome extent the effects of this de-velopment, but only figures can givean adequate idea of the wonderfulgrowth of the industry from nothingto its present huge proportions. In 1914 there were three hundredestablishments devoted to the manu-facture of automobiles exclusively,producing cars. A total of91,997 people were employed, ofwhich GO were firm members or pro-prietors, 12,630 salaried employees,and 79,307 wage earners. The capi-tal employed in the industry aggre-gated $312,N76,000, and a total of$84,901,000 was disbursed in pay-ment for services, $66,935,000 forwages, and the balance. $17,966,000,for salaries. Materials to the value of $292,-598,000 were purchased for the man-ufacture of au
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