28 Mass. $8,613,500 $1,815,431 $9,482,939 16 R.I. 5,912,500 1,093,727 6,874,254 60 Penn. 3,884,846 1,041,309 6,259,852 Nearly one half of the entire American production of felt goods comes from her, as indicated in the classification of the four leading states:-- 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.