PRODUCTION AND INDUSTRY
485
tons. The total value of products of the steel works and rolling mills in 1914 was 918,664,565 dollars ; in 1909, 985,722,534 dollars. The value of output comprised : —
Product*
1914
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Dollar*
Dollar*
Steel rails
54,009,918
81,128,295
Iron and steel bars, ic. .....
110,480,914
127,077,386
Structural shapes, steel .....
57,265,388
64,853,466
Iron and steel (skelp-ilue) hoops, &c.
72,388,381
74.944,409
Iron and steel plates (not armour)
174,941,312
166,768,382
Iron and steel armour plate gun forgings and
ordnance .... . .
19,947,893
10,649,079
Iron and steel rolled blooms, slabs, kc. .
127,707,094
148,507.149
Direct steel castings ....
44,733,698
38,862.44-
Steel ingots manufactured for consumption '
Tons
Tons
Bessemer steel ingots .....
6.175.S67
9,145,668
Acid open-hearth steel ingots
618,007
772,943
Basic open-hearth steel ingots
15,933,420
12,952,840
Crucible ingots
72,765
90,242
Electric and miscellaneous ingots
15,207
12,271
The output of tin plates in 1914 was of the value of 60,258,024 dollar- ; in 1909, 38,259,885 dollars. The output of terne plates in 1914 was of the value of 6,012,321 dollars ; in 1909, 7,555,261 dollars.
The output of sawed lumber in 1909 amounted to the value of 684,479,859 dollars ; in 1904, to 435,708,084 dollars. The output of the leather, tanned, and curried industry, in 1914, was valued at 367,201,705 dollars ;in 1909, at 327,874,187 dollars. The boot and shoe products manufactured in 1914 were valued at 501,760,458 dollars ; in 1909, at 442,630,726 dollars ; leather gloves and mittens, products, 1914, 21,614,109 dollars; 1909, 23,630,598 dollars.
The value of the output of paper and wood-pulp products in 1914 was 332,147,175 dollars; in 1909, 267,656,964 dollars. The value of the output of printing and publishing industries including bookbinding and blank books, engraving steel and copper plate, lithographing, book and job music, and newspapers and periodicals, in 1914, were valued at 901,534,801 dollars; in 1909, 737,876,087 dollars.
The output of the chemical and allied industries for 1914 and 1909, comprised products to the values shown below : —
Products
1914
Dollars
Dollars
Chemicals (acids, kc.)
183,151,613
137,362,158
Cotton seed products (crude)
156,036,437
107,528,204
Dye-stuffs and extracts
20,620,336
15,954,574
Explosives.
41,432,970
40.139,661
Fertilisers ....
153,196,152
103,960,213
Gas .
220,237,790
166,814,371
Paints and varnishes .
145,623,691
124.889,422
Petroleum refining
396,361,4(6
236,997,659
