BOOTS AND SHOES. In 1909 there were produced in the United States 247,643,197 pairs of boots and shoes. The classification of this product was as follows, Men's, 93,888,892; boys' and youths', 23,838,626; women's, 86,595,314; misses' and children's, 43,320,365. Of slippers there were manufactured 17,507,834 pairs, distributed as follows, Men's, boys' and youths', 4,802,841 pairs; women's, misses', and children's, 12,704,993. There were 15,000,721 pairs of infants' shoes and slippers manufactured, and of all other goods of this nature there were 4,865,429 pairs. The products of the essential-oil industry in 1909 had a total value of $1,737,234. VIII. GLOVES AND MITTENS-LEATHER. The total value of the manufactures in the United States, in 1909, was $23,630,598. Of gloves, mittens, and gauntlets, there were manufactured 3,368,655 dozen pairs, valued at $22,525,861. Of these there were made for men 2,585,977 dozen pairs, valued at $17,060,797; this included 921,259 dozen pairs lined gloves and mittens, valued at $5,222,174; 1,664,718 dozen pairs unlined, valued at $11,838,623 | For women and children there were manu- || factured 782,678 dozen pairs, valued at $5.465,064; this included 365,477 dozen pairs lined gloves and mittens, valued at $1,718,198 417,201 pairs unlined, valued at $3,746,866. The value of all other products of this industry was $1,104,737. CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS. The total value of chemicals and allied products in the United States in 1909 was $117,688,887. The value of the acids was $11,926,389; sodas were valued at $21,417,982; of potashes there were manufactured 1,866,570 pounds, valued at $88,940; the value of the alums manufactured was $2,578,842; coal-tar products were valued at $2,675,327; the value of the cyanides was $1,941,893; bleaching materials were valued at $1,635,046; chemical substances produced by the aid of electricity, were valued at $17,968,277; 121,946,967 pounds of calcium carbide, were produced, valued at $2,984,001; 11,802,076 pounds of anhydrous ammonia, valued at $2,503,315; of carbon dioxide, 47,238,267 pounds were produced, valued at $2,317,808. DYESTUFFS AND EXTRACTS. The total value of these products for the year 1909 was $15,954,574. The 12.267,399 pounds of artificial dyestuffs were valued at $3,462,436. EXPLOSIVES. The total cost of the materials used in the manufacture of explosives was $22,811,548; 188,889 tons of nitrate of soda were used, valued at $7,892,336; 51,764,694 pounds of mixed acids costing $1,512,626, were needed; 7,591,756 pounds of nitric acid, costing $541,314; 22,501 tons of sulphuric acid, costing $406,204; 17,389 tons of sulphur or brimstone, costing $367,866. The cost of all other materials used was $12,091,202. The total value of the manufactured products was $40,139,661; the value of the 177,155,851 pounds of dynamite used was $18,699,746; 28,913,253 pounds of nitroglycerin, sold as such, $3,162,434; 9,339,087 twenty-five pound kegs of blasting powder, valued at $9,608,265; of permissible explosives 9,607,448 pounds valued at $863,209; 12,862,700 pounds of gunpowder, valued at $1,736,427; 7,464,825 pounds of other explosives, valued at $3,913,787. value of all other products was $2,155,793. FERTILIZERS. The The total cost of the materials used in the making of fertilizers in 1909 was $69,521,920. The total value of the products was $103.960,213. 5,240,164 pounds of fertilizers, valued at $92,369,631. SALT. The total value of the salt products of the United States in 1909 was $11,327,834. There were 29,933,060 barrels of salt, valued at $8,311,729; 728,875 pounds of bromine, valued at $92,735; the value of all other products was $2,923,370. SALT, CLASSIFIED BY GRADE (BARRELS). Common, coarse. Coarse, solar. Rock salt, mined 3,042,824 7,745,204 2,843,393 385,802 1,109,396 5,938,721 Milling, other grades and brine 8,867,720 PROCESS EMPLOYED PAINT AND VARNISH. In the manufacture of these products the following materials were used.-145,917 tons (2,000 pounds) of pig lead, costing $12.014,859; 1,683,382 gallons alcohol, costing $920,086, 1,327,157 gallons of which was wood alcohol, costing $693,362; 356,225 gallons grain alcohol, costing $226,724. The total value of these products in 1909 was $124,889,422. The value of the pigments was $16,985,588; 85,234,414 pounds of white lead, dry, was valued at $3,921,803. The value of paints in oil was $56,763,296; 246,567,570 pounds white lead in oil, were valued at $15,234,411. The value of varnishes and japans was $31,262,535. The value of fillers, all kinds included, was $3.126,271; of these 1,159,569 gallons of liquid fillers were valued at $823,063. TURPENTINE AND ROSIN. The total value of the turpentine and rosin industry for 1909 was $25,295,017; the 28.988,954 gallons of turpentine were valued at $12,654,228; the 3,263,857 barrels (280 pounds each), of rosin, were valued at $12,576,721. |