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The United States Census Bureau has issued a report indicating the places where many of the most important of American industries are concentrated. Measured by the value of products, these points are as follows: More than 85 per cent of the collars and cuffs are made in Troy, New York. More than 64 per cent of the canning of oysters is done in Baltimore. More than 54 per cent of the manufacture of gloves is carried on in the adjoining cities of Gloversville and Johnstown, New York. More than 48 per cent of the coke supply comes from the Connellsville district in Pennsylvania. More than 47 per cent of the brassware in the United States is made in Waterbury, Connecticut. More than 45 per cent of the manufacture of carpets is carried on in Philadelphia. More than 45 per cent of the manufacture of jewelry is carried on in Providence, Rhode Island, and the adjoining towns of Attleboro and North Attleboro, Massachusetts. More than 36 per cent of the silverware manufacture is done in Providence, Rhode Island. More than 35 per cent of the slaughtering and packing business is done in Chicago. More than 32 per cent of the plated and Britannia ware is made at Meriden, Connecticut. More than 24 per cent of the agricultural implements are made in Chicago. The whole of the silk manufacture in the United States is conducted in Paterson and West Hoboken, New Jersey. The number of wage earners engaged in slaughtering and meat packing in South Omaha, Nebraska, constitutes 90 per cent of the total number employed in all industries in that city. The iron and steel industry forms 89 per cent of all the industries in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. The pottery manufacture constitutes 87 per cent of all business in East Liverpool, Ohio. The fur hat industry forms 86 per cent of all manufactures in Bethel, Connecticut. In Tarentum, Pennsylvania, the glass manufacture makes up 80 per cent of all business done there. In Fall River, Massachusetts, the manufacture of cotton goods constitutes 80 per cent of all business done there. In Brockton, Massachusetts, the boot and shoe manufacture forms 77 per cent of all business done there. PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE UNITED STATES—AT HOME AND ABROAD |