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:-- No. Capital Wages Value Establishments. State. Invested. Paid. of Product. 194 Mass. $4,308,169 $1,939,122 $23,282,775 185 N.Y. 1,720,356 366,426 6,192,002 455 Penn. 2,570,969 334,950 7,852,177 56 N.J. 1,983,746 762,697 8,727,128 61 Wis. 1,299,425 281,412 4,496,729 18 Ill. 534,786 141,096 2,391,380 Her position in the manufacturing of worsted goods is also an all important one:-- No. Capital Wages Value of Mills. State. Invested. Paid. of Product. 23 Mass. $6,195,247 $1,870,030 $10,466,016 28 Penn. 4,959,639 1,473,958 10,072,473 11 R.I. 4,567,416 1,222,350 6,177,754 Again we find her at the head of another very important industry, the manufacture of paper. The five leading states in production are given their relative positions. No. Capital Wages Value of Mills. State. Invested. Paid. of Product. 96 Mass. $11,722,046 $2,467,359 $15,188,196 168 N.Y. 6,859,565 1,217,580 8,524,279 60 Ohio 4,804,274 839,231 5,108,194 78 Penn. 4,099,000 752,151 5,355,912 65 Conn. 3,168,931 656,000 4,337,550 In 1880 Massachusetts manufactured 27,638 tons of printing paper, 24,746 tons of writing paper, 10,255 tons of wrapping paper, 945 tons of wall paper, 3,706,010 pounds of colored paper, 255,000 pounds of bank note paper, 878,000 pounds of tissue paper, and 27,607,706 pounds of all other kinds of paper. She manufactures more shovels than any other state, about 120,000 dozen annually. Rhode Island comes next with about one-half the quantity, and Ohio stands third, her product being about 7,000 dozen annually. It also falls to her lot to manufacture more Hay and Straw cutters, about 6,000 annually. In the manufacture of hard soap Massachusetts falls a little behind some of her sister states, but she comes smilingly to the front with her 16,000,000 pounds of soft soap, about one half of the total production. New York brings her annual offering of about 5,000 pounds.