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UNITED STATES : — MARYLAND
that year, the State had 3,546 manufacturing establishments employing al- together 4,860 sahiried officials and 79,955 wage-earners. Their aggregate capital amounted to 202,260,000 dollars ; the cost of raw materials in a year to 97,101,000 dollars, and the value of a year's output to 176,029,000 dollai-s. Statistics of some of the leadini^ industries are : —
Industries
Cajiital
Wage- earners
Cost of materials
Value of Oiitput
Dollars
Number
Dollars
Dollars
Paper and wood pulp
65,133,000
8,647
20,504,000
33,950,000
Cottons .
25,653,000
14,634
11,390,000
21,932,000
Lumber and timber
26,586,000
15,086
10,930,000
26.12'S,000
Woollens
19,834,000
8,754
11,362,000
18,490,000
Boots and shoes
7,284,000
6,626
9,941,000
15,509,000
Foundry, <fec. .
6,318,000
2,SS5
2,344,00)
5,237,000
Flour and grist
1,916,000
225
4,027,000
4.507,000
Printing, &c.
2.611,000
1,651
1,10-2,000
3,438,000
The principal seaport is Portland, through which i]i 1907 merchandise to the value of 1,272,863 dollars was imported, and merchandise to the value of 11,681,196 dollars exported. The exports were meat products, cattle, wheat and maize.
In 1911 there were 2,288 miles of railway and 473 miles of electric railway within the State. The railways are connected with the Canadian railway systems.
At Portland there is a British vice-consul.
Books of Reference.
Reports of the various Executive departments.
Census of Maiiufactnres : Maine. Bulletin No. 51 of the Bureau of the Census. Washington, D.C., 1906.
Macdonald (W .), The GovernmeJit ofMaiue. New York, 1902.
Maine Historical Society's Collections. 38 vols. P(>rtla,nd, Me., 1865-1910.
MARYLAND.
Governmeilt. — The General Assembly consists of a Senate and a House of Delegates. There are 27 senators and 101 Delegates. The Senators serve for four years, and the Senate is renewed to the extent of half every two years. Delegates are elected for two years.
There is manhood suffrage for United States citizens who have resided one year in the State, six months in the Congressional District, and one day in the precinct next preceding election.
Maryland is represented in Congress by two Senators and six Representatives.
Governor.— F. L. Goldsborougli, 1912-16 (4,500 dollars).
Secretary of State. — Robert P. Graham.
The '^State is divided into 23 counties and Baltimore City. The State Capital is Annapolis.
