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Production in United States 





1891 



1893 



1895 



1896 



1897 



1898 



Home production 



Imports , 



454 813 

 2 983 313 



590 653 

 2 674 149 



990 324 

 2 997 395 



1 543 023 



2 989 597 



2 667 775 

 2 090 594 



3 692 284 

 2 013 818 







Total 



3 443 126 



3 264 801 



3 987 719 



4 532 620 



4 758 369 



5 706 102 







Exports , 





14 276 



83 682 



53 466 



53 466 



36 732 









This shows that the total consumption has increased between 

 SOfo and 40^, and that this increase has been supplied mostly by 

 American factories, the imports having remained nearly station- 

 ary. It will be noticed that in 1893 the United States also began 

 to export some Portland cement. 



PivOduction by states 1899 



Q. . Number of Product, Value not includ- 



^^^^^ works barrels ing packages 



Arkansas 1 50 000 $87 500 



California 1 60 000 120 000 



Illinois 2 53 000 79 500 



Indiana !N"one in 1899 



Maryland " 



Michigan 4 342 566 513 849 



'New Jersey 2 892 167 1 338 250 



Ne^y Mexico 1 1 500 4 500 



New York 7 472 386 708 579 



North Dakota 1 1 700 5 100 



Ohio 6 480 982 721473 



Pennsylvania 9 3 217 965 4 290 620 



South "^Dakota 1 35 000 70 000 



Texas None in 1899 



Utah 1 45 000 135 000 



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5 652 266 $8 074 371 



The uses of Portland cement are daily increasing, those now 

 important including: concrete, for river improvement and canal 

 work, culverts and bridge abutments, sidewalks, masonry. In this 

 connection the following remarks of Prof. S. B. Newberry may 

 be quoted. 



