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INCREASE IN VALUE OF MANUFACTURES 1810 to 

 184-0 "-d IN EACH DECADE FROM I8f0«l900 



IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS 



4-002 



24-37 



866 



254- 

 I 



1810 



TO 



I8H0 



535 



I8t0 



TO 



1850 



104-7 



3641 



1850 



TO 



I860 



I860 



TO 



1870 



1870 



TO 



1880 



1880 



TO 



1890 



DIAGRAM NO. 2 



VALUE OF MANUFACTURES PER CAPITA 1810 



IN DOLLARS 



1890 



ro 



1900 



-1900 



no. 56 



'09-78 107.59 



27.4-3 



1810 



28.31 



1840 



'50 '60 



10 



•80 '90 



1900 



INCREASE 18501300 ZBiJ. 



handling was further reduced and pro- 

 duction greatly stimulated. 



No 2.— INCREASE IN VALUE OF MANU- 

 FACTURES, 1810TO 1840, AND IN EACH 

 DECADE FROM 1840 TO 1900 



This shows the actual increase in the 

 value of manufactures reported in each 

 census year, as compared with its pre- 

 decessor, and confirms what has just 

 been said relative to the growth in the 

 decades 1 860-1 870 and 1880— 1890 and 

 1 890- 1 900. 



No. 3.— VALUE OF MANUFACTURES PER 

 CAPITA, 1810 TO 1900 



The very great increase in popula- 

 tion suggests, of itself, a great increase 

 in manufacturing, and it is therefore 

 proper to show the value per capita of 

 the manufactures of the United States 

 in each census year. It will be seen 

 that the value of manufactures reported 

 in 1810 and 1840 averaged about $28 

 per capita, and are now about $170 per 

 capita, or three times as much for each 

 individual at present as in i860, four 

 times as much as in 1850, and six times 

 as much as in 1840. This indicates 

 that the per capita value of manufact- 

 ures consumed by the masses has in- 

 creased at about this rate, as 97 per 

 cent of the manufactures are consumed 

 at home, while the fact that prices have 

 greatly fallen meanwhile indicates that 

 the quantity consumed is probably five 

 times as much per capita as in i860 and 

 ten times as much as in 1840. 



No. 4.— NUMBER OF PERSONS IN EACH 

 1,000 ENGAGED IN MANUFACTURING 

 AND AGRICULTURE, 1S70 TO 1900 



This shows the number of persons in 

 each 1,000 engaged in manufacturing 

 and agriculture, respective^. It will 

 be seen that the number engaged in 

 manufacturing has increased from 53 

 per thousand to 74 per thousand, an in- 

 crease of 40 per cent since 1870, while 



DIAGRAM NO. 3 



