CHAPTER II: The Distribution of Industries in the United States

i Difficulties of the industrial census—Manufactures and hand trades—Difficulty of comparison with previous census—Exclusion of undertakings producing less than $500.
ii Distribution of industrial establishments—Their numbers from 1859 to 1900—Number of existing establishments in 1900 and number founded in 1900—Classification of establishments according to ownership by individuals, firms, and limited companies—Iron and steel industries—Timber trade—Leather—Paper and printing—Metallurgy other than the iron trade—Tobacco—Liquor trade—Chemical industries—Pottery and glass—Coach-makers and wheelwrights—The hand trades.
iii Seventeen industrial classes in 1850 and in 1900—Increase in number of establishments in twelve classes.
iv Number of employees and workmen per undertaking—Classification of establishments according to number of wage-earners.
v Edward Atkinson—Tendency towards individualism Massachusetts—Individual labour—Conclusion.

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