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be either prevented or punished. It is to have 

 this question determined that the Attoruey- 

 General has begun the proceedings." 



Industrial Statistics. The appended industrial 

 statistics for the year are taken from reports 

 made to the Department of Internal Affairs: 



Barrels and Casks. Establishments 12; 

 employes, 387; wages paid, $152,462; value 

 of product, $698,924; annual wages, $394. 



Bessemer Steel. Converters, 21 ; employe's, 

 12,309 ; wages paid, $5,345,506 ; value of prod- 

 uct, $23,195,220; average annual wages, $434. 



Blast- Furnaces. In blast, 107; out of 

 blast, 34; employes, 7,634; decrease, 2,028; 

 wages paid, $2,988,570; increase, $1,345,273; 

 value of product, $22,259,902; average annual 

 wages, $405. 



Bloomaries and Forges. Establishments, 12 ; 

 decrease, 8; employes, 236; decrease, 219; 

 wages paid, $61,708; decrease, $132,532; 

 value of product, $317,101 ; average annual 

 wages, $261. 



Boat- Builders, etc. Establishments, 6 ; em- 

 ployes, 90; wages paid, $22,335; value of 

 product, $52,125 ; average annual wages, $248. 



Boilers and General Machinery. Establish- 

 ments, 75; employes, 1,639; wages paid, 

 $761,035 ; value of product, $2,362,424; aver- 

 age annual wages, $465. 



Boots and Shoes. Establishments, 62 ; em- 

 ploye's, 4,547; wages paid, $1,732,385; value 

 of product, $5,925,808. 



Boxes. Establishments, 80 ; employes, 961 ; 

 wages paid, $276,781 ; value of product, $1,- 

 219,030; average annual wages, $288. 



Boxes, Bags, and Envelopes. Establish- 

 ments, 31 ; employes, 1,278 ; wages paid, 

 $297,749; value of product, $969,939; aver- 

 age annual wages, $233. 



Breweries. Establishments, 239; increase, 

 53 ; employes, 2,805 ; increase, 202 ; wages 

 paid, $1,902,500; increase, $70,688; number 

 of barrels of beer, ale, and porter manufact- 

 ured, 1,947,871; increase, 209,573; value of 

 product, $13,134,450; increase, $966,364; av- 

 erage annual wages, $607. 



Brushes and Brush-Blocks. Establishments, 

 18; employes, 160; wages paid, $57,200; value 

 of product, $177,175; average annual wages, 

 $357. 



Carriages, Wagons, etc. Establishments, 94 ; 

 increase, 32 ; employes, 1,381 ; increase, 289 ; 

 wages paid, $582,107; increase, $111,629; 

 value of product, $1,662,264; increase, $365,- 

 932 ; average annual wages, $422. 



Cigar-Manufacturers. Establishments, 119; 

 employes, 2,974 ; wages paid, $1,077,732 ; value 

 of product, $3,205,450; annual wages, $362. 



Clay and its Products. Establishments, 68 ; 

 employes, 2,880; wages paid, $806,492; value 

 of product, $2,058,836; annual wages, $410. 



Coffin and Casket Manufacturers. Estab- 

 lishments, 7; increase, 3; employes, 408; in- 

 crease, 248; wages paid, $190,678; increase, 

 $127,048; value of product, $640,025; in- 

 crease, $466,377 ; average annual wages, $467. 



Cordage, Rope, Twine, etc. Establishments, 

 15: employes, 804; wages paid, $215,864; 

 value of product, $2,555,910; average annual 

 wages, $268. 



Crucible Steel. Establishments, 16 ; de- 

 crease, 6 ; employes, 4,487 ; decrease, 564 ; 

 wages paid, $2,425,439; decrease, $454,846; 

 value of product, $7,737,290; decrease, $1,843,- 

 045 ; average annual wages, $540. 



Distilled Liquors. Establishments, 45 ; de- 

 crease, 2 ; employes, 297 ; increase, 52 ; wages 

 paid, $135,701 ; increase, $30,253 ; barrels of 

 liquor made, 56,044; decrease, 2,500; value 

 of product, $1,100,436, less Government tax 

 of 90 cents a gallon ; decrease, $70,444 ; aver- 

 age annual wages, $456. 



Foundry and Machine- Shops. Establish- 

 ments, 305 ; employes,17,686 ; wages paid, $7,- 

 807,657; value of product, $19,420,107; aver- 

 age annual wages, $440. 



Furniture. Establishments, 73 ; employe's, 

 3,382; increase, 304 ; wages paid, $1,499,199; 

 increase, $133,384; value of product, $3,956,- 

 733; increase, $394,648; average annual 

 wages, $444. 



Glass, other than Plate. Establishments, 

 41 ; employes, 7,301 ; increase, 362 ; wages 

 paid, $2,894,581; decrease of $56,699; value 

 of product, $5,761,470; annual wages, $897. 



Harness, Trunks, etc. Establishments, 28; 

 employes, 205 ; wages paid, $92,265 ; value of 

 product, $360,703 ; annual wages, $450. 



Hubs, Spokes, Handles, Musical Instruments, 

 Staves, Shooks, Headings, and Wooden-ware. 

 Establishments, 97; employe's, 1,524; wages 

 paid, $545,205; value of product, $1,785,782. 



Iron- Ore. Employes, 2,026 ; decrease, 402 ; 

 wages paid, $427,516; decrease, $195,360; 

 value of product, $1,641,948; annual wages, 

 $211; decrease, $45. 



Leather and its Products. Morocco Manu- 

 factures. Establishments, 37; employes, 2,- 

 423; wages paid, $1,269,195; increase, $237,- 

 121; value of product, $6,267,788; average 

 annual wages, $523. 



Lumber audits Products. Agricultural Im- 

 plements. Establishments, 39; employe's, 1,- 

 169; wages paid, $547,874 ; value of product, 

 $1,672,018; average annual wages, $468. 



Oil- Refineries. Number 29; employes, 3,- 

 224; wages paid, $1,372,662; value of prod- 

 uct, $15,061,173; average annual wages, $425. 

 There was an increase of 1,169,016 barrels of 

 refined oil last year as compared with the pre- 

 ceding year. The exports of refined oil for 

 illuminating purposes were 10,567,653 barrels. 

 The estimated value of all oil exports was $49,- 

 214,285. The average production was 55,000 

 barrels a day. There are about 17,000 wells 

 in the State, and 4,000 of this number are 

 pumping the bulk of the oil. 



Paper and its Products. Printing and Pub- 

 lishing. Circulation of daily newspapers. 526,- 

 438; weekly, 1,169,439; employed, 6.675; 

 wages paid, $3,262,032; annual wages, $487. 



Planing -Mills. Establishments, 268; in- 



