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tons. The total value of products of the steel works and rolling mills in 1914 was 918,664,565 dollars ; in 1909, 985,722,534 dollars. The value of output comprised : —

Product*

1914

itdb

Dollar*

Dollar*

Steel rails

54,009,918

81,128,295

Iron and steel bars, ic. .....

110,480,914

127,077,386

Structural shapes, steel .....

57,265,388

64,853,466

Iron and steel (skelp-ilue) hoops, &c.

72,388,381

74.944,409

Iron and steel plates (not armour)

174,941,312

166,768,382

Iron and steel armour plate gun forgings and

ordnance .... ..

19,947,893

10,649,079

Iron and steel rolled blooms, slabs, kc. .

127,707,094

148,507.149

Direct steel castings ....

44,733,698

38,862.44-

Steel ingots manufactured for consumption '

Tons

Tons

Bessemer steel ingots .....

6.175.S67

9,145,668

Acid open-hearth steel ingots

618,007

772,943

Basic open-hearth steel ingots

15,933,420

12,952,840

Crucible ingots

72,765

90,242

Electric and miscellaneous ingots

15,207

12,271

The output of tin plates in 1914 was of the value of 60,258,024 dollar- ; in 1909, 38,259,885 dollars. The output of terne plates in 1914 was of the value of 6,012,321 dollars ; in 1909, 7,555,261 dollars.

The output of sawed lumber in 1909 amounted to the value of 684,479,859 dollars ; in 1904, to 435,708,084 dollars. The output of the leather, tanned, and curried industry, in 1914, was valued at 367,201,705 dollars ;in 1909, at 327,874,187 dollars. The boot and shoe products manufactured in 1914 were valued at 501,760,458 dollars ; in 1909, at 442,630,726 dollars ; leather gloves and mittens, products, 1914, 21,614,109 dollars; 1909, 23,630,598 dollars.

The value of the output of paper and wood-pulp products in 1914 was 332,147,175 dollars; in 1909, 267,656,964 dollars. The value of the output of printing and publishing industries including bookbinding and blank books, engraving steel and copper plate, lithographing, book and job music, and newspapers and periodicals, in 1914, were valued at 901,534,801 dollars; in 1909, 737,876,087 dollars.

The output of the chemical and allied industries for 1914 and 1909, comprised products to the values shown below : —

Products

1914

Dollars

Dollars

Chemicals (acids, kc.)

183,151,613

137,362,158

Cotton seed products (crude)

156,036,437

107,528,204

Dye-stuffs and extracts

20,620,336

15,954,574

Explosives.

41,432,970

40.139,661

Fertilisers ....

153,196,152

103,960,213

Gas.

220,237,790

166,814,371

Paints and varnishes.

145,623,691

124.889,422

Petroleum refining

396,361,4(6

236,997,659