Show HIGH III IND istre greater new york Is first with chicago second clothing heads in gotham while meat packing holds first place in illinois olis oils as compiled washington tho industrial district of chicago embracing an arna ara of COO square miles and a population of in 1900 la Is the second industrial du district in importance in the country according to bulletin just issued by the bureau of the census the figurs figures upon which the comparisons are based are taken from the manufacturing census of 1900 and 1905 now new york of oe course ranks first in importance whilo while philadelphia boston tho the lion iron and steel region around pittsburg st louis baltimore cincinnati cleveland buffalo minna apolis st paul san francisco and providence follow in the order named the bulletin shows the influence of the large urban populations with their enormous wealth and transportation facilities upon the tha manufacturers of the country the bulletin which Is a summary of ohp conclusions reached in a long report illustrated with maps shor ig g the cities and towns townships hipa in the ws is tricks with the steam lind and electric railways rivers and canals says products valued at were manufactured in the factories factora es of the industrial district of greater new york during the year 1904 th the 0 increase in the value of the output of the entire district in 1904 as compared with 1900 was over halt half a billion dollars or per cent the increase in the number of persons engaged in these industries was the number of employed emp loyes in 1904 being the city of greater now new york was waa credited with products valued at or per cent of tho the total value for the district in 1904 1901 in the square miles that were outside of the corp corporate crate limits of the city but were so closely allied with it industrially that they were included in the industrial district the manufactured products were valued at I 1 the increase in value for the the city was per cent while for the remainder of the district there was waa a gain of 40 per der cent the manufacture of mens and clothing was the foremost industry in this district in 1904 the products being valued at ne nearly arly one third of a billion dollars and constituting per cent of the value of the products of the entire district the average number of wage earners employed in the industry was over two per cent of the entire population of the district the printing and publishing industry ranked second the refining of 0 sugar and molasses third the smelting smelling sm elting and refining of copper load lead and zinc fourth and the manufacture of textiles fifth with products aggregating over in value the industrial district of chicago comprised an area of equale miles and had a population of 0 in 1900 the city of chicago Is credited with per cent centon of the area and per cent of the population of tho the entire district the value of products for the district in 1904 was the number of wage earners and salaried persons employed and the number of establishments reported tho the Inc increase in the value of bf the products for the alib district in 1901 as compared with adoo 1900 was or per cent the increase for chicago alone was or per cent while the gala gain tor for the surrounding places was or per par cent thus the rate of gain for the section outside of the central city was much greater than that for the city itself among the industries slaughtering and meat packing was the first in n value of products with or per cent of the total value of the manufactured products of the chicago district the steel industry the manufacture of foundry and machino machine shop products and the printing and publishing industry were of great importance with aggregate products valued at 11 |