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basic factors conditioning this development. Such being the case, 

 the future will doubtless witness a much greater industrial 

 expansion. 



In the words of the census : 



In 1849 Indiana ranked fourteenth among the States of the Union 

 in the value of its manufactures, the total value of the products being 

 $18,725,000. Each decade since then has shown a large increase, the value 

 of the manufactured products of the State reaching the $100,000,000' mark 

 in 1869. while in 1909 it amounted to $579,075,000, and the State ranked ninth 

 in this respect. The growth has been dependent largelv upon the natural 

 resources of the State, consisting of an abundant supply of timber, im- 

 portant agricultural products, and a large production of petroleum and 

 natural gas. During the past decade the supply of timber, petroleum, and 

 natural gas has fallen off greatly, and some of the industries depending 

 upon these materials show a decrease in their output or less advance than 

 in previous years. The manufacturing industries of the State as a whole, 

 ho V ever, have continued to flourish, lumber having been secured from out- 

 side the State to supplant the local supply, while the increasing amount of 

 coal mined in the State has compensated manufacturing in many lines.* 



*Vol. 9, pp. 303, United States Census, 1910. 



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