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persons, at an average yearly compensation of $383 44 

 each, as appears by the report of that Bureau. This 

 gives $18,439,639 as the value of the mechanical work 

 that was performed in that industry. Adding twenty 

 per cent, to that amount for profits and incidentals, 

 will give $21,727,566 as the utmost real contribution 

 which the industry of boot and shoe making has given 

 to the productive occupations of the State, in place 

 of $90,000,000, as claimed. 



It makes a very fine showing to carry all the items 

 separately into the account, and then, also, to add the 

 totals as another item. In commercial exhibits such 

 accounting would be deemed fraudulent, and under 

 some circumstances become indictable. 



So, also, in textile manufactures. In the second 

 volume of the Massachusetts Census Reports, page 

 xxiii, $136,251,783 are given as the product of that 

 industry. But this sum includes the cotton, wool, 

 flax, dyes, dressings, etc., which are the products of 

 other and distant peoples, as boot and shoe making 

 are made to include great foreign industries. In the 

 manufacture of textiles, as reported by the Labor Bu- 

 reau, there were employed 78,967 persons, at an aver- 

 age compensation of $320 85 per annum. This gives 

 $25,572,392 as the amount paid for labor. Adding 

 twenty per cent, for profits and incidentals gives 

 $30,686,870 as the amount that the textile industries 

 have contributed to the mechanical productions of 

 that State, against $136,251,783, as reported. 



Here is seen a reduction of $105,564,913 in textiles, 

 and $67,648,226 in boots and shoes ; an aggregate 

 dropping of $173,213,139, from the imaginary to the 



