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UNITED STATES CENSUS, 1890. 9ber of establishments, value of products, aggregate capital, numberof employes and wages paid. Side by side, the aggregatesfor these industries for the whole country are reproduced fromExtra Census Bulletin 07. These industries in rank, accordingto value of products, for this State, are:1. Silk and silk goods.2. Foundry and machine shop products.3. Petroleum refining.4. Carpentry.5. Slaughtering, wholesale, exclusive of meat packing.*6. Liquors, malt.7. Hats and caps.8. Iron and steel.9. Chemicals.!10. Masonry, brick and stone.11. Boots and shoes, factory products.j:12. Dyeing and finishing textiles.13. Cars, general shop construction and repairs by steam railroad companies.14. Flouring and grist mill products.15. Cotton goods. ||16. Woolen goods.\17. Bread and other bakery products.18. Leather, patent and enameled.19. Slaughtering and meat packing, wholesale.20. Tobacco, chewing, smoking and snuff.21. Glass.22. Clay and pottery products.if23. Lumber, planing-mill products.24. Jewelry.25. Fertilizers.26. Sewing machines and attachments.27. Plumbing and gas fitting.Bearing in mind the caution already given, that too much reliancecannot be placed on the comparative totals of any industry,as returned at the 1880 and 1890 censuses, owing to change inclassification and form of inquiry, the following comparativesummary of data for these two periods for the industries, 16,which, as reported in 1890, severally turned out products valuedat $5,000,000, or over, is given for New Jersey :* H meat packing were included, HR in 1880, the rank would be fourth.t If the kindred branches of fertilizers, paints, &c, were included, the rank would be fifth.I Inclusive of custom work, &c, ranks tenth.j| Inclusive of hosiery and knit goods, ranks twelfth.ft Inclusive of worsted goods, ranks tenth,fl Inclusive of brick and tile, ranks tenth.