SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL MANUFACTURES, 1890 AND 1900-(continued). -Wage earners.- Cost of Value of Average Dollars. number. wages. Dollars. Paper and wood pulp.. Patent medicines and compounds.. Petroleum, refining...... Plumbing, and gas and steam fitting. 1890 5,327 29,335,247 35,457 21,915,314 37,735,671 80,905,925 1900 11,876 47,111,264 53,916 31,873,866 65,334,689 131,852,567 Printing and publishing. 1890 16,566 195,387,445 136,836 78,810,319 68,858,915 275,452,515 1900 22,312 292,517,072 162,992 84,249,954 86,856,299 347,055,050 Rubber and elastic goods. 1890 139 13,703,787 9,183 3,663,976 11,113,528 18,708,917 Slaughtering and meat packing, not including retail butchering. 1890 1,367 118,016,066 44,812 24,668,202 482,897,381 564,667,035 1900 1,134 190,706,927 69,441 33,923,253 686,860,891 Soap and candles.. 1890 578 24,821,069 7,821 3,416,854 28,687,412 790,252,586 |