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number of persons employed in the American 

 manufactures was more than doubled, and the 

 value of their produce was nearly trebled ; and 

 in the course of the next fifteen years, the number 

 of persons employed increased again by nearly 

 fifty per cent., while the value of the produce was 

 nearly doubled.* The cotton industry, supplied 

 with excellent home-made machinery, has been 

 rapidly developing, so that the yearly produc- 

 tion of textiles attained in 1905 a value of 

 2,147,441,400 dollars, thus being twice as large 

 as the yearly production of the United Kingdom 

 in the same branch (which was valued at about 

 200,000,000) ; and the exports of cottons of 

 domestic manufacture attained in 1910 the 

 respectable figure of 8,600,000.f As to the 

 yearly output of pig-iron and steel, it is already 

 in excess of the yearly output in Britain ; J and 



* Workers employed in manufacturing industries : 2,054,000 

 in 1870, 4,712,600 in 1890, and 6,723,900 in 1905 (including 

 salaried officials and clerks). Value of produce : 3,385,861,000 

 dollars in 1870, 9,372,437,280 dollars in 1890, and 16,866,707,000 

 in 1905. Yearly production per head of workers : 1,648 dollars 

 in 1870, 1,989 dollars in 1890, and 2,514 dollars in 1905. 



t About the cotton industry in the United States, see 

 Appendix I. 



J It was from 7,255,076 to 9,811,620 tons of pig-iron during 

 the years 1890-94, and 27,303,600 long tons in 1910 (85,000,000 

 worth). The total value of products of the steel works and 

 rolling mills reached in 1909 the immense value of 197,144,500. 

 In the Statesman's Year-book for the years 1910-1912, the reader 

 may find most striking figures concerning the rapid growth of 

 the iron and steel industry in the States. We have nothing 

 parallel to it in Europe. 



