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purely rural manufactures but will survey briefly 

 those forms of manufacture, whether rural or urban, 

 that directly use the products of the farm and put it 

 into some new or more convenient form to use. It 

 will be noted so far as possible the extent to which 

 these industries have been transferred from the rural 

 district to the larger centers. 



It should be noted that New York is the leading 

 manufacturing state and is situated near the center 

 of the main industrial region of the country. This 

 follows naturally from the concentration of popula- 

 tion. In 1909 about one-sixth of the total value of 

 manufactured products in the United States was 

 supplied by New York with a total value of $3,300,- 

 000,000. The figures that follow are generally for 

 the last census year of 1909. The value added to 

 the product by manufacturing operations in New 

 York was about $1,500,000,000 or $1,350 for each 

 worker. Of this amount, the workers receive $625 ; 

 $125 may be assigned for interest, leaving $500 to a 

 worker, distributed to other interests. Herein lies 

 one of the problems of distribution which will re- 

 ceive increasing attention in the ensuing years. 

 There should, of course, be a legitimate margin 

 for the agencies of manufacture Imt it is questionable 

 whether an adequate basis for gauging that margin 

 has been applied. Clothing, food-stuffs and timber 

 products are the largest items in manufacturing en- 

 terprises. This is of significance in its relation to 

 agriculture since it constitutes an expansion of the 

 local market as represented by population and local 



