STATISTICS OF THE MANUFACTURES OF THE UNITED
STATES.

The subjoined summary of the manufacturing industry of the United
States is derived from the Report of Mr. Kennedy, the Superintendent

of the Census.

The period which has elapsed since the receipt of the returns has
been so short as to enable the Office to make but a general Report of the
facts relating to a few of the most important manufactures.

If, in some instances, the amount of "capital invested" in any branch
of manufacture should seem too small, it must be borne in mind, that
when the product is of several kinds, the capital invested, not being
divisible, is connected with the product of the greatest consequence.
This, to some extent, reduces the capital invested in the manufacture of
bar iron in such establishments where some other article of wrought-iron
predominates-sheet-iron, for example. The aggregate, however, of the
capital invested in the various branches of wrought-iron will, it is con-
fidently believed, be found correct.

The entire capital invested in the various manufactures in the United
States, on the 1st of June, 1850-not to include any establishments
producing less than the annual value of $500—

Amounted, in round numbers, to

Value of raw material

Amount paid for labor

Value of manufactured articles

Number of persons employed

$530,000,000
550, 000, 000
240, 000, 000
1,020, 300, 000-

1,050,000