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Show Italy's Macaroni Industry. Italy has some 5,500 macaroni factories fac-tories employing nearly 25,000. A number of these factories are large, using Improved machinery nnd steam power. The total annual output of macaroni exceeds 215,000 tons. It Is a growing Industry. The local consumption, con-sumption, as well as tho exports, Increase In-crease steadily. Tho exports of macaroni maca-roni In 1889 wero 7,719 tons; In 1900, 8,898 tns; in 1901, 9.C73 tons; in 1902, 11,322 tons; and In 1903 (eight months), 13,120 tons, Nenrly iio per cent of tt(0 abovo exports went to the United States. |