FISHERY IXDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1923 



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buttons in 1922 was 12,413,984 gross, with a value of $4,725,242. 

 Several million gross of button blanks manufactured in this region 

 were shipped east for use in making the finished button. Among the 

 by-products from shells were 18,27G tons of poultry grit, valued at 

 $146,142, and 2,335 tons of stucco, valued at :t533,975. 



The following table shows the detailed statistics of this industry. 

 In addition, there were two firms in Muscatine, Iowa, engaged in the 

 manufacture of novelties, not shown below. 



Pearl-button industry of the Mississippi River, its tributaries, and the Great Lakes, 



1922 



Items 



Arkansas 



Persons engaged - 

 Wages paid 



Classification of plants: 



Complete button manu- 

 facture 



Cutting only _. 



Crushers connected with 

 factories 



Independent crushers 



Total separate plants. 



Number 

 209 



Products manufactured: 



Buttons. .gross. 



Button blanks ' do... 



By-products — 



Poultry grit tons. 



Stucco do... 



Lime and dust .do... 

 Waste shells sold do... 



664,667 

 9 



17,194 

 500 



17, 694 



Illinois 



Indiana and 

 Missouri 



Iowa 



Number 

 455 



141, 847 

 45 



1,450 2,300 



2, 156, 863 

 431 

 250 



Value 

 $266,611 



92, 121 



4,900 

 1,000 



98, 021 



454, 613 



3,544 



250 



Number Value 



740 



$444,746 



Number 

 2,922 



85, 251 

 103, 475 



3,400 



19 192,126 



' 10 

 48 



573, 246 

 2, 985, 086 



188, 4841 

 669, 716] 



Value 



$2, 078, 243 



1, 152, 555 

 360, 074 



23,874 

 28,300 



1, 564, 803 



10,712,597 4,086,100 

 7,070,850 1,681,599 



889i 7,069 



30( 300' 



138j 1771 



625 1, 200 



15, 200 

 2, 305 

 2,000 

 6,728 



121,738 

 33, 675 

 2,000 

 16, 572 



' Includes one plant engaged in finishing and grading only. 

 ' Includes one plant engaged in grading only. 



5 Includes all blanks except those made at factories where both blanks and complete buttons are manu- 

 factured. 

 •Includes one button factory, one blank factory, and one crusher in Michigan. 



