GENERAL REPORT. 
tending as far as Ohio on the east, the Mississippi States on the 
south, and Nebraska and Decotah on the west. 
Nor are we permitted to stop even here in our brief enumer¬ 
ation of Wisconsin manufactories of great magnitude. For at 
Two Rivers are immense tanneries, owned and managed by 
Geo. Phster, of Milwaukee, and the Wisconsin Leather Com¬ 
pany, whose annual production of leather at those places and 
at Milwaukee is, at least, $1,000,000 worth; while the great 
boot and shoe factory of Messrs. Bradley & Metcalf, at Mil¬ 
waukee, annually turns out the best of work in its line to the 
value of over $1,000,000, being one of the largest estab¬ 
lishments of its kind in the United States. 
Enterprise like that of these and other manufacturers whom 
we might name is no less an honor to the State that is the field 
of its activities than to those persons themselves, under whose 
wise and skilfull direction it has accomplished such surprising 
results. 
In view of the new interest in this great department of our 
American industry, it is again to be regretted that we are with¬ 
out more reliable statistical information as to what is really 
being accomplished by it in every branch. In its absence, 
taking the returns to the Secretary of State for 1865 as a basis, 
and supplementing it by more recent information gained 
through private sources, we may venture the following esti¬ 
mates of the annual product of a few of the leading branches, 
as being very certainly within, and yet a tolerably clear ap¬ 
proximation to, the real figures: 
Ariicles Manufactured in 1868. Value. 
Lumber and Shingles,.$10,000,000 
.Agricultural Implements and Machinery,. 4,000,000 
Wagons and Carriages and wagon‘’work,. 2,000,000 
Wood and Willow Ware,.. 1,500,000 
Cabinet Ware,. ...••• •. 'J'60,000 
Sash, Doors and Blinds,. 1,500,000 
Pig Iron and Castings,. 1,000,000 
Pig Lead,. 800.000 
Brick,. 500,000 
Leather,. 1,400,000 
Boots and Shoes,. 1,700,000 
Paper,. 600,000 
Linseed Oil,.. 250,000 
Whiskey,.... . . 1,000,000 
Malt Liquors,. 1,600,000 
Woolen Fabrics,. 1,000,000 
Ready-made Clothing,. 1,500,000 
