Annual Report of the Commissioner of Labor, Issue 2, Part 2

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"New York typographical union no. 6. Study of a modern trade union and its predecessors ... by George A. Stevens": 1911, v. 2.
 

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Page 12 - ... questions that do not now admit of definite answer. For some reason, possibly the elevation, from some source in northeastern Canada, an ice sheet spread out over New York, covering it as effectually as Greenland is covered by ice to-day. When this went away the surface of the land, though in many particulars hardly affected, was nevertheless in many respects strangely transformed. Over the surface was strewn a sheet of glacial deposit of variable thickness;* some of the hills were planed down...
Page 64 - They' had no manufactures in the province of New York, that deserve mentioning ; their trade consisted chiefly in furs, whalebone, oil, pitch, tar, and provisions. No manufactures in New Jersey that deserve mentioning; their trade being chiefly in provisions shipped from New York and Pennsylvania.
Page 399 - Printing and publishing, book and job. . . . Printing and publishing, newspapers and periodicals...
Page 64 - had seen serge made upon Long Island that any man might wear ; they make very good linen for common use ; as for Woollen I think they have brought that to too great perfection.
Page 35 - No reports were received of the -value of live stock not on farms, but it is probable that such animals have higher average values than those on farms: Allowing the same averages, however, the value of live stock not on farms was $9,649,952. Exclusive of poultry and bees not on farms, the total value of live" stock in the State was $170,189.956.
Page 75 - Live capital, that is, cash on hand, bills receivable, unsettled ledger accounts, raw materials, stock in process of manufacture, finished products on hand, and other sundries, was first called for at the census of 1890.
Page 40 - The acreage in hay and forage in 1899 was 1.6 per cent, less than ten years before. In 1899 the acreages and yields of the various kinds of hay and forage were as follows...
Page 33 - AVERAGE VALUES OF SPECIFIED CLASSES OF FARM PROPERTY, AND AVERAGE GROSS INCOME PER FARM. WITH PER CENT OF GROSS INCOME ON TOTAL INVESTMENT IN FARM ' PROPERTY. CLASSIFIED BY REPORTED VALUE OF PRODUCTS NOT FED TO LIVE STOCK.
Page 503 - Lumber and timber products Lumber, planing mill products, including sash, doors and blinds Marble and stone work Masonry, brick and stone Mattresses and spring beds Millinery and lace goods Millinery, custom work Mineral and soda waters Monuments and tombstones [NB — The manufacture of gns Is not included in this table.] AVERAGE NUMBER OF WAO
Page 240 - At Hempstead, on Long Island, in the Province of New York, a company of gentlemen have set up a new woolen manufactory, and have given notice to gentlemen, shopkeepers and others of any of the Provinces, that by sending proper patterns of any color, they may be supplied with broadcloths equal in fineness, color, and goodness, and cheaper than any imported.

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