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:
INDUSTRIES
Year
Number of establishments
Average number wage-earners
Value of products, including custom work and repairing
Total for selected industries given below for State
1900
9,557
213,545
$547,619,814
1890
7,997
169,057
402,134,891
Increase, 1890 to 1900
......
1,560
44,488
145,484,923
Per cent. of increase
......
19.5
26.3
36.2
Per cent. of total of all industries in State
1900
29.5
61.7
65.8
1890
27.9
57.7
62.7
Iron and steel
1900
107
33,677
138,935,256
1890
101
23,546
65,206,828
Foundry and machine shop products
1900
861
41,799
72,399,632
1890
600
24,795
43,617,072
Cars and general shop construction
and repairs by steam railroad companies
1900
91
11,534
12,975,182
1890
64
7,397
8,096,905
Electrical apparatus and supplies
1900
64
3,773
6,504,847
1890
11
348
604,780
Agricultural implements
1900
78
6,852
13,975,268
1890
106
7,701
14,333,258
Carriage and wagon materials
1900
109
4,529
7,186,271
1890
99
2,697
4,310,607
Carriages and wagons
1900
543
7,274
15,919,173
1890
709
9,493
18,777,866
Flouring and grist-mill products
1900
1,150
2,438
37,390,367
1890
910
3,311
39,468,409
Slaughtering
1900
71
1,765
20,660,780
1890
138
1,346
17,012,198
Soap and candles
1900
55
1,427
8,150,069
1890
49
1,013
5,746,660
Liquors: total
1900
190
3,978
31,771,591
1890
179
3,666
28,484,290
Tobacco
1900
1,196
12,189
20,832,629
1890
995
8,259
16,387,719
Food preparations
1900
31
1,100
7,166,532
1890
35
270
1,029,842
Coffee and spice, roasting and grinding
1900
26
678
5,849,644
1890
32
488
7,806,763
Glass
1900
28
4,546
4,547,083
1890
59
6,435
5,649,182
Pottery, terra cotta, and fire-clay products
1900
248
11,870
11,851,225
1890
125
4,606
5,047,501
Petroleum, refining
1900
9
1,008
8,396,977
1890
15
1,976
16,343,493
Clothing, men's, factory product
1900
539
6,521
16,593,824
1890
508
15,210
20,604,134
Clothing, women's, factory product
1900
126
4,817
7,772,771
1890
31
2,546
4,352,098
Boots and shoes, factory product
1900
81
12,718
17,920,854
1890
63
5,743
8,489,728
Leather—tanned, curried and finished
1900
58
1,384
5,182,065
1890
113
1,447
6,701,670
Rubber and elastic goods
1900
19
3,505
7,330,104
1890
7
658
1,486,777
Printing and publishing: total
1900
1,253
11,021
20,391,868
1890
987
9,026
17,188,851
Lumber and timber products
1900
2,054
8,539
20,790,854
1890
1,461
11,727
15,279,843
Lumber, planing mill products,
including sash, doors and blinds
1900
354
4,696
11,066,671
1890
335
5,356
12,910,538
Furniture, factory product
1900
165
6,723
9,514,764
1890
215
7,076
9,988,129
Paper and wood pulp
1900
51
3,184
6,543,513
1890
50
2,921
7,209,750
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