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313. The localization of industries. — The manufactures of the United States were confined chiefly to that part of the country north of the Potomac and Ohio and east of the Missis- sippi rivers, and were especially dense in southern New Eng- MANUFACTURING FOR HOME USE 389 land, southern New York, New Jersey, and eastern Pennsyl- vania. This predominance in the northeastern section of the country may be accounted for on historic and economic grounds which have already been described; but there w...ere asserting themselves at the same time other industrial tenden- cies which are less obvious but no less interesting. These were the localization of industries in particular States and cities, the specialization of certain localities, and the shifting of in- dustrial centers. The following industries were highly local- ized in 1900, more than one half of the total value of the products in the United States being manufactured in the specified States: collars and cuffs and leather gloves and mittens in New York; plated and britannia ware, clocks, and brassware in Connecticut; oyster canning and preserving in Maryland; coke and iron and steel in Pennsylvania; safes and vaults in Ohio; whips in Massachusetts; and vinous liquors in California, Within these States the localization in cities was carried still further: thus 85 per cent, of the collars and cuffs were manufactured in Troy, N.
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