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New York shows an increase of 404,549 horsepower from 

 1890 to 1900. The largest item of this increase is represented 

 by the paper and pulp industry, in which there has been a 

 very striking development during the past ten years, based 

 upon large areas of pulp wood and an abundance of water 

 power, which has been utilized to a very large extent. In 

 1890 the manufacture of paper and wood pulp in the state of 

 New York employed 75,870 horsepower, while for this in- 

 dustry there was reported in 1900 a total of 228,478 horse- 

 power, showing an increase of 152,608 horsepower, or more 

 than one third of the total increase in the state. The luml)cr 

 and wood working industries show an increase of 23,453 horse- 

 power, and the chemical industries an increase of 22,219 horse- 

 power. The remainder of the increase is made up by a large 

 number of small industries. 



Illinois shows an increase in the amount of power used 

 in manufactures amounting to 328,989 from 1890 to 1900. 

 The largest items in this increase are a gain of 81,505 horse- 

 power in the iron and steel industry, and 19,265 horsepower 

 in foundries and machine shops. 



Massachusetts shows an increase of 306,207 horsepower 

 in the ten years, the larger portion of which represents the 

 growth of a few of the leading industries. The manufacture 

 of cotton goods contributed the largest increase during the 

 decade, viz., from 171,924 horsepower in 1890 to 281,032 

 horsepower in 1900, a gain of 109,108 horsepower. Next to 

 this Vv^as the paper and pulp industry, which increased its 

 power requirements of 44,836 in 1890 to 82,893 horsepower 

 in 1900, a gain of 38,057 horsepower. While the woolen in- 

 dustry of Massachusetts shows an increase of only 1,674 

 horsepower in 1900, as compared with 1890, the worsted in- 

 dustr}^ shows an increase from 16,835 to 38,611, a gain of 

 21,776 horsepower. The remainder of the increase in Massa- 

 chusetts is distributed over a large number of industries, all 

 of which have contributed their quota to the large gain in 

 the aggregate of motive power used by the manufacturing 

 establishments of the state. 



A striking illustration of the influence of a single industry 

 is shown in the large increase in the amount of power used in 



