1893 - State Library Information Center

UNITED STATES CENSUS, 1890. 11It is a question, however, what constitutes a leading industry—whether its rank, as such, should be gauged by the value of goodsturned out, the capital invested, the amount of wages paid or thenumber of wage-earners engaged therein. Much less can it bedecided, oft-hand, by means of such census data, which is themost beneficial industry to the community. How differently anindustry may rank when measured by any one of the three itemsmentioned, is apparent from the following summary, based onthe total amount ot wages paid in 26 New Jersey industries,where such amount exceeded one million dollars in any one iudustryduring the 1890 census year:RANK A8 TONPKCIFIKI) INDl'STKISS.IIFoundry and machine shop productsSilk and silk goodsjCarpentry .,,..* iHats and caps•Masonry, brick and stone .,,ICars, general shop, construction and repairsby steam railroad companiesGlassClay and pottery productsBoots and shoes, factory productsIron and steel ,Sewing machines and attachmentsDyeing and finishing textilesCotton goods..., ,Clothing, men's*Petroleum refiningBrick and tilePlumbing and gas fittingPainting and paper hangingWoolen goodsJewelryLiquors, maltPrinting and publishing, newspaper, book,job ,Bread and other bakery products28 22 18179 23 22Chemicals' 24 25Lumber, planing-mill products ' 23 25 26Leather, patent and enameled18 26 27"52 1 ! 21 2 14 3 37 4 410 5 1513 r> 821 7 522 K 10n« 9|10 1326 11 142612l 12 1615! 13 (>•....! 14 Hi3 15| 2029 16 927! 17, 2130| 18| 2316! 191 1204! 201 2416 21 32* This includes both custom work ami factory product, separated in census returns$919,693 nnd $»»05i,QX4, respectively ; employes, 1,714 and 3/164, respectively.$7,957,700.7,170,1005 317,6003,568,2003,104,9002,877,5Oo!2,862,7002,590,700:2,488,900]2,162,300"2,124,4002,057,6002,054,3001,970,700'1,618,5001,529 5001,507,6001,483,8001,481,3001,417,4001,408,9001,408,4001,264,7001,184,8001,180,3001*166,20013,43217,9177,0456,6883,8985,2335,8404,6285,4554,0563.9473,8645,6834.3702,7034,7982,2422,0314,2282,0061,3952.9722,1351,8841,8271,789Wages paid,