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The industrial movement has developed to a great extent during 

 the last 20 years, especially in the Federal District and Sao Paulo, 

 Kio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, etc. The following table shows the 

 distribution of factories per State, the capital employed and number 

 of workpeople :— 



Besides the cotton spinning and manufacturing industry, which are 

 dealt with in Chapter ii. in the book, there are factories for manu- 

 facturing wool, cigars, cigarettes, beer, wine, rum and other forms of 

 alcohol, maize and mandioca farinhas, shoes, carriages, railway wagons, 

 diamond grinding, matches, ropes, cheese, butter, jerked beef, chilled 

 and frozen meat, preserves, chocolates, oil, vinegar, tea, mate, salting 

 of fish, gum elastic, hats, crockery and earthenware, varnished leather 

 and morocco, glassware. 



