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The preceding tabulations show that in New York the total 

 capital invested in manufacturing in 1900 was $1,651,210,220, 

 and the value of the annual manufactured product was $2,175,- 

 726,900. 



In Connecticut the total capital invested in manufacturing in 

 1900 was |311,696;736, and the value of the annual manufactured 

 product was $352,824,106. If Connecticut had the same area as 

 Xew York, with proportionate manufacturing, the value of the 

 annual manufactured product in Connecticut would be over 

 $3,500,000,000, or about one and one half times as great as that 

 of Xew York. 



In Massachusetts the total capital invested in manufacturing 

 in 1900 was $823,264,287, and the value of the annual manufac- 

 tured product was $1,035,198,989. If Massachusetts had the 

 same area as New York, with proportionate manufacturing, the 

 value of the annual manufactured product in Massachusetts 

 would be over $6,000,000,000, or roundly, three times as great as 

 that of Xew York. 



In Rhode Island the total capital invested in manufacturing in 

 1900 was §183,784,587, and the value of the annual manufactured 

 product was $184,074,378. If Rhode Island had the same area as 

 Xew York, with proportionate manufacturing, the value of the 

 annual manufactured product would be $7,362,975,120. or about 

 three and one half times as great as that of Xew York. 



As to why this is so, as regards the State of Massachusetts 

 the census report furnishes a decisive answer in the following 

 language: 



The principal advantage which the State of Massachusetts 

 possesses is its water power. * * * The power of the Con- 

 necticut river at Holyoke and at Turners Falls, in the town of 

 Montague, utilized by means of immense dams of the most per- 

 manent construction, and by a system of canals, affords in each 

 place a succession of mill sites along the entire water frontage. 

 The Deerfield. Millers, Chicopee and Westfield rivers, tributaries 

 of the Connecticut, are all noteworthy power-producing streams. 

 At Lowell and Lawrence, upon the Merrimac, the possession of 

 similar advantages led to the selection of these places for the 

 installation of the factory system in the manufacture of textiles. 

 At Fall River the power furnished from Watuppa pond has been 



