52 ; 
Pennsylvania has 6 establishments, producing millinery and neck-tie 
goods and ribbons. Massachusetts and Kansas havé 1 each, fabricating 
only ribbons. 
Forty firms are engaged in dyeing either their own products or tffose 
of others. They have $386,840 invested in dye-works, employ 360 men, 
pay $205,719 for labor, and dyed 1,037,946 pounds of silk during the 
year. 
In the manufacture of laces and braids, 92 firms are employed, 56 in 
New York and 14 in Pennsylvania, with 392 power-looms, 728 hand- 
looms, 45,148 braiding-spindles, 180 chenille-spindles, 287 cord-spinning 
wheels, and 50 lace-machines ; number of hands employed, 2.753, (two- . 
thirds females;) wages paid, $1,350,920; capital invested, $3,645,500 ; 
total product, $4,298,196, including laces, $103,000, (all in New York ;) 
braids and binding, $308,790, (all in New Jersey and Connecticut ;) veils 
and veilings, $33,706, (all in New Jersey ;) military trimmings, $68,000, 
(all in Pennsylvania ;) upholstery trimmings, $340,000; ladies’ dress- 
trimmings, $3,444,700. 
The 180 establishments were scattered through 13 States, of which 
New Hampshire, Maryland, Vermont, Missouri, and Kansas, had but 1 
each ; Illinois 2; Ohio and California 3 each ; Massachusetts 11; Con- 
necticut 21; Pennsylvania 23; New Jersey 42; New York 70. New 
Jersey has the largest amount of capital invested—$4,193,942, or over a 
third of the whole—and reports the largest product, $6,097,692, nearly 
a third of the whole; she employs, also, over a third of the laborers— 
5,714. Her 42 establishments average $145,183 of manufactured pro- 
ducts, $99,858 of capital invested, and 129 employés. Her enterprise 
is mostly directed to thrown and spun silks, broad goods, ribbons, laces, 
_ braids, and trimmings. 
Connecticut ranks next in the extent of production and capital em- 
barked. Her 21 establishments show the largest averages reported, 
viz: Capital, $186,381, value of products, $241,710, employés, 126. 
Her chief enterprise embraces thrown and spun silks, sewing-silks, twist, 
broad goods, and ribbons. 
New York, with the largest number of establishments, ranks only 
third in capital and production; her 70 factories average $48,168 in cap- 
ital invested, $64,238 in annual production, and 48 hands employed ; 
56 of her establishments manufacture laces, braids, avd trimmings, in 
which branch she takes the lead, and produces more than half of the 
whole. 
The 23 factories of Pennsylvania, employed mostly in the fabrication 
of laces, braids, trimmings, broad goods, and ribbons, average $66,846 
of capital, $81,597 of products, and 67 employés. Massachusetts takes 
the lead in sewing-silk and machine-twist, producing about two-fifths 
of the whole; her 11 establishments average $122,981 of capital, $197,- 
151 of products, and 113 employés. Ohio manufactures only ladies’ 
dress trimmings and upholstery trimmings; her 3 establishments aver- 
age $14,000 of capital and $20,000 of products, employing altogether 
100 hands. California has 3 factories, producing tram, machine-twist, 
and ladies’ dress and upholstery trimmings; they average $54,000 of 
capital, and $36,766 of products, employing together 100 hands. Illinois 
has 2 establishments engaged in manufacturing ladies’ dress and 
upholstery trimmings; together they report $32,500 of capital and 
$50,000 of products, and employ 35 hands. New Hampshire has 1 fac- 
tory, producing machine-twist and sewing-silk to the amount of $44,000, 
employing a capital of $27,000 and 19 hands. Maryland, with 1 fac- 
tory, employing $30,000 capital and 25 hands, produces $35,000 worth 
