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Title: National star-spangled banner centennial, Baltimore, Maryland, September 6 to 13, 1914
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: National star-spangled banner centennial commission O'Connell, Frank Albert, 1886- Coyle, William F
Subjects: Star-spangled banner (Song) Baltimore, Battle of, Baltimore, Md., 1814
Publisher: (Baltimore, Munder-Thomsen Press
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ge Cotton Duck Plants;Steel Rails; Shipbuilding Interests, etc.; cheap Light and Fuel; noLabor Troubles. ^^i,^ CCORDING to the United States Census of1910 there were, at that time, within the Citylimits of Baltimore (which is 31;^ square milesin area) 2502 manufacturing establishments,comprising 123 specific industries, employing 9369 salariedemployees and 71,444 wage-earners, who were paid annually$41,742,000. The annual value of their output was $186,-978,000. The capital represented by these enterprisesamounted to $164,437,000, not including the value of rentedbuildings. A reliable compilation during 1910 shows thatthe Baltimore industrial district (that area contiguous to andincluding the City of Baltimore) produced manufactured prod-ucts to the value of $265,000,000 yearly. A later compila-tion made in 1914 shows that the manufactured products ofthis district had increased in value to $300,000,000. Thismakes Baltimore one of the foremost industrial centers of theUnited States. 57
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BALTIMORES PICTURESQUE HARBORChesapeake Bay Pungies Unloading tropical fruits Immigrants disembarking TH& B/5>wLT1IviORlE^ BOOK LEADS IN CANNING AND PRESERVING Baltimore ranks first among the cities of the United States inthe canning and preserving industry, which employs thousandsof workers. Its annual product is valued at millions of dollars. MANUFACTURE OF CLOTHING In the manufacture of clothing Baltimore occupies a leadingposition. United States Census of 1910 shows that the valueof mens and womens clothmg (mcludmg shirts, overalls, etc.)amounts annually to $41,000,000. These industries employ24,000 persons. Most of this clothing is of the higher grades.There are 393 establishments in Baltimore, some of them thelargest in the world. SHIPS MOST FERTILIZER More fertilizer is shipped from Baltimore than from the com-bined manufacturing plants of any other State. The value offertilizer produced in Baltimore annually is $16,000,000. THE GREAT STRAW HAT INDUSTRY The straw hat ind

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