No.                    Capital          Wages          Value
of Mills.    State.       Invested.          Paid.       of Product.

11        Mass.        $820,000       $163,440      $1,627,320
6        N.J.          313,000         86,170         685,386
4        N.Y.          157,500         35,289         257,450
1        Penn.         150,000         80,000         450,000

Massachusetts is also an all-important factor in the total production of American carpets.  The 59 mills in the United States made in 1880 a wholesale product valued at $31,792,802.  Massachusetts made the most Brussels, 1,884,723 yards; Pennsylvania came next with 919,476 yards.  She came next to New York in yards of Tapestry, and next to Connecticut in Wiltons, a good second in these important grades.  The three leading carpet states are thus classified:—­

No.                    Capital          Wages          Value
of Mills.    State.       Invested.          Paid.       of Product.

10        N.Y.       $6,422,158     $1,952,391      $8,419,254
172        Penn.       7,210,483      3,035,971      14,304,660
7        Mass.       4,637,646      1,223,303       6,337,629

In the manufacture of Boots and Shoes Massachusetts stands conspicuously at the front; her position in this great industry is clearly seen in the three states controlling this special product:—­

No. of                  Capital          Wages          Value
Factories.    State.       Invested.          Paid.       of Product.

982        Mass.     $21,098,133    $24,875,106     $95,900,510
272        N.Y.        6,227,537      4,902,132      18,979,259
145        Penn.       3,627,840      2,820,976       9,590,002

One evidence that Massachusetts is not sitting down all the time is the fact that she stands up to manufacture so many chairs.  From a small beginning of wood and flag seated chairs, Mr. James M. Comee in 1805, with his foot lathe, in one room of his dwelling in Gardner.  Mass., laid the foundation of this important industry, which has given the town of Gardner, where over 1,000,000 of chairs are annually made, a world wide reputation.

The relative positions of the five leading chair states:—­

No. of                  Capital          Wages          Value
Factories.    State.       Invested.          Paid.       of Product.

62 Mass. $1,948,600 $1,028,087 $3,290,837 62 N.Y. 991,000 472,974 1,404,138 45 Penn. 111,700 143,037 437,010 37 Ohio 497,026 321,918 821,702 37 Ind. 395,850 232,005 632,746

In the currying of leather Massachusetts is a notable leader:—­