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 544 SAINT LOUIS TEAR. COTTON, BALES. LEAD, PIOB. R*Jpt.. Shipment!. RectlpU. Coniumptlcn. 1870. 1871. 1872. 1878. 1874. 11,872 41,512 M,4M 88,480 156,948 6,692 85,782 1 '.o-:'.' 70,948 122,694 287,089 229,961 2*5.769 85(1,087 479,448 206,600 226,654 222.907 255,988 200,000 St. Louis is a port of delivery in the customs district of New Orleans, and a port of entry under the aet of 1870 permitting the shipment of foreign goods in bond to interior ports from the port of first delivery. The value of direct importations under this act in 1873 was $1,120,455; in 1874, $843,318. The value of foreign goods warehoused during the latter year was $4,046,428 ; remaining in warehouse on Dec. 31, $276,547; amount of import duty collected during the year, $1,674,116 53. Not- withstanding the extent of its commercial in terests, the prosperity of the city is chiefly due to its manufactures, in which it is surpassed only by New York and Philadelphia among the cities of the Union. The number of es- tablishments in the county (mostly within the city limits), according to the United States cen- sus of 1870, was 4,579, employing 425 steam engines of 15,118 horse power, and 40,856 hands, of whom 32,484 were males above 16, 3,455 females above 15, and 4,917 youths ; cap- ital invested, $60,357,001 ; wages paid during the year, $24,221,717; value of materials used, $87,388,252 ; of products, $158,761,013. The particulars of some of the principal branches are contained in the following table : INDUSTRIES. No. of M- UblUhmefiU. 1 i n 1 - n- ployad. Amount of capi- tal iDYMUd. Value of male- tlmli mad. Annual ralu* of producta. Agricultural implements 5 448 $780000 $657460 $1 475 000 9 888 1 200000 428 100 760 000 Bags. 5 814 605000 1 442,500 6,007 260 148 709 876900 957 680 1 990 940 Bakery products 186 799 664,260 1 968784 2 986 086 Brick v.-, 1 258 1 046,746 874 879 2 768 872 Railroad cart 8 M 670000 1 015,900 1 725,800 g 72 105,000 Mi 11(111 202 000 860 8077 2189426 8811 626 6 665 617 181 828 '248*425 '697800 1 Oil 420 Confectionery 12 j-1 272000 641 890 1 189 166 Coopw*gi, 152 1165 742,450 982 265 1 949680 8 861 489200 481 746 79H 050 Flouring mill products 81 I'M 8860000 12690,684 16717 766 Furniture 106 1 607 2862,000 1 464980 8685659 Gas 1 166 1 815,000 842000 1869250 9 401 1 007 148 626,760 1 465000 " anchors and cables 1 20 20 000 25 750 60000 " nails and spikes 1 47 142, S57 287,260 294000 " railing, wrought 28 871)00 28,710 79600 " pigs 4 784 880000 818,000 1,946,000 " castings, not specified 8 146 C, mm 445620 65!) 050 17 1,564 2762,500 1 416,776 2 987 960 Lead, bars and sheets 1 22 200000 622600 C50000 " pipe 12 52500 128,000 167 000 Liquors, distilled 6 68 817200 495 157 774 694 40 630 4,248800 2,184,760 6,105,500 4 68 641 200 606,780 818750 Lumber, planed 6 94 r.ii.iioo 298,125 488,500 12 887 976,001 1 806,520 1 910 870 Machinery, engines and boilers 80 1,406 2,045,000 1,776,540 8,750,280 9 70 450000 647470 700,550 Stone work 76 486 809600 454,820 1,076,855 158 696 168,200 640572 1 284660 Matches 6 189 1105(10 104,875 546,400 12 BM 8 237 000 8 644 094 11,448,845 Molasses and sugar, refined 1 802 2000000 8,667,000 4,185,250 Animal oil 8 77 626,000 2,866,100 4,100,000 Castor oil 1 88 825,000 866,000 500,000 Paints 8 220 970,000 1,549,048 2,088,000 28 805 1 081.600 762,060 2,086,450 Printing, not specified 28 1,1*1 1,797,600 1,819,270 8.887,260 7 297 197,000 266,500 616,500 20 198 192. SCO 195,650 406.700 Saddlery and harness 97 1,084 1,556,500 2,688,885 4,82fi,276 Sash, doors, and blinds 12 478 1,086,800 1,222,210 2,884,100 Soap and candles 7 260 1,067,500 1,277,780 1,767,600 Tin, copper, and sheet- iron ware 127 798 814,160 998,680 2,079,147 Tobacco and snuff 84 1,408 2,178,600 4,204,760 7,620,940 " cigars IN 1,186 470,260 712,692 1,765,698 Zinc, smelted 2 98 280,000 61,640 162,400 There has been a large increase since 1870 in nearly all branches of manufacture except iron, which since the panic of 1873 has declined ; the value of products for 1874 has been estimated at nearly $240,000,000. Extensive Bessemer steel works are now (1875) in course of erec- tion. There are 7 national banks, 19 state banks, and 30 savings institutions, with an ag- gregate capital of about $20,000,000. On July 1, 1874, the aggregate deposits were $42,088,- 214 69 ; loans and discounts, $48,544,501 51 ; cash and exchanges, $11,903,758 03. The city