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trary, more than doubled during the decade ending with 1900. East Liverpool, on the Ohio River, produces nearly one-half of the white ware manufactured in the United States. Yellow ware is manufactured at Zanesville and other points.

The manufactures of clothing, boots and shoes, leather, and rubber and elastic goods are all important. The value of the boots and shoes manufactured in 1900 was twice that for 1890, and the value of the rubber and elastic goods increased fivefold during the same period. Ohio has always been the largest boot and shoe manufacturing State west of the Alleghany Mountains, and only three cities, all located in Massachusetts, rank in this line ahead of Cincinnati.

The following table with respect to the leading industries explains itself. It will be seen that the percentage of the value of products has increased much more than that of the number of establishments:

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INDUSTRIES

 Year 

Number of
 establishments 

Average
number
 wage-earners 

Value of products,
including custom
 work and repairing 

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Total for selected industries given below for State

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$

1900

9,557 

213,545 

$547,619,814 

1890

7,997 

169,057 

402,134,891 

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Increase, 1890 to 1900

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1,560 

44,488 

145,484,923 

Per cent. of increase

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19.5 

26.3 

36.2 

Per cent. of total of all industries in State

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$

1900

29.5 

61.7 

65.8 

1890

27.9 

57.7 

62.7 

Iron and steel

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$

1900

107 

33,677 

138,935,256 

1890

101 

23,546 

65,206,828 

Foundry and machine shop products

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$

1900

861 

41,799 

72,399,632 

1890

600 

24,795 

43,617,072 

Cars and general shop construction	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$
and repairs by steam railroad companies

1900

91 

11,534 

12,975,182 

1890

64 

7,397 

8,096,905 

Electrical apparatus and supplies

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$

1900

64 

3,773 

6,504,847 

1890

11 

348 

604,780 

Agricultural implements

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$

1900

78 

6,852 

13,975,268 

1890

106 

7,701 

14,333,258 

Carriage and wagon materials

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$

1900

109 

4,529 

7,186,271 

1890

99 

2,697 

4,310,607 

Carriages and wagons

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$

1900

543 

7,274 

15,919,173 

1890

709 

9,493 

18,777,866 

Flouring and grist-mill products

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$

1900

1,150 

2,438 

37,390,367 

1890

910 

3,311 

39,468,409 

Slaughtering

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$

1900

71 

1,765 

20,660,780 

1890

138 

1,346 

17,012,198 

Soap and candles

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$

1900

55 

1,427 

8,150,069 

1890

49 

1,013 

5,746,660 

Liquors: total

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$

1900

190 

3,978 

31,771,591 

1890

179 

3,666 

28,484,290 

Tobacco

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$

1900

1,196 

12,189 

20,832,629 

1890

995 

8,259 

16,387,719 

Food preparations

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$

1900

31 

1,100 

7,166,532 

1890

35 

270 

1,029,842 

Coffee and spice, roasting and grinding

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$

1900

26 

678 

5,849,644 

1890

32 

488 

7,806,763 

Glass

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$

1900

28 

4,546 

4,547,083 

1890

59 

6,435 

5,649,182 

Pottery, terra cotta, and fire-clay products

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$

1900

248 

11,870 

11,851,225 

1890

125 

4,606 

5,047,501 

Petroleum, refining

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$

1900

9 

1,008 

8,396,977 

1890

15 

1,976 

16,343,493 

Clothing, men's, factory product

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$

1900

539 

6,521 

16,593,824 

1890

508 

15,210 

20,604,134 

Clothing, women's, factory product

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$

1900

126 

4,817 

7,772,771 

1890

31 

2,546 

4,352,098 

Boots and shoes, factory product

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$

1900

81 

12,718 

17,920,854 

1890

63 

5,743 

8,489,728 

Leather—tanned, curried and finished

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$

1900

58 

1,384 

5,182,065 

1890

113 

1,447 

6,701,670 

Rubber and elastic goods

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$

1900

19 

3,505 

7,330,104 

1890

7 

658 

1,486,777 

Printing and publishing: total

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$

1900

1,253 

11,021 

20,391,868 

1890

987 

9,026 

17,188,851 

Lumber and timber products

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$

1900

2,054 

8,539 

20,790,854 

1890

1,461 

11,727 

15,279,843 

Lumber, planing mill products,	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$
including sash, doors and blinds

1900

354 

4,696 

11,066,671 

1890

335 

5,356 

12,910,538 

Furniture, factory product

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$

1900

165 

6,723 

9,514,764 

1890

215 

7,076 

9,988,129 

Paper and wood pulp

$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$

1900

51 

3,184 

6,543,513 

1890

50 

2,921 

7,209,750 

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Transportation and Commerce. Ohio ranks fifth in its total railroad mileage; and in its mileage per 100 square miles of area—21.61 miles—it is exceeded by only one other of the large States. The first railroad built in Ohio, the Mad River and Lake Erie, now a part of the Big Four System, was chartered in 1832. By 1850 the mileage had increased to 572 miles; in 1870, 3538 miles; in 1890, 7980 miles; and in 1900, 8885 miles. In 1901 there were 100 railroad companies represented in the State. Among the longer lines were the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern, the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton, the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and Saint Louis, the Hocking Valley, the Lake Shore