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Title: The Americana : a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc. of the world
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Beach, Frederick Converse, 1848-1918 Rines, George Edwin, 1860-
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York : Scientific American Compiling Dept.
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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CINCINNATI The trade and manufacturing interests of thecity are enormous, even beyond the proportion ofits size. It has 13 national banks, clearings ag-gregated $1,154,647,600 for 1903. It has also anumber of State and private banks. The build-ing and loan associations, which had grown tonumber 309 in 1902, are being largely absorbedby new and strong trust companies and savingsbanks. The slaughtering and packing of meats,especially pork, has long been and is still one ofthe leading branches of commerce, the citypacking more than half the meat product of theState. Cincinnati holds the first position in thiscountry in sales of pig-iron, the total yearly re-ceipts and sales for direct shipment amountingannually to nearly $50,000,000. The number ofindustrial establishments is about 8,000, employ-ing a capital of about $135,000,000, and 110,000workmen, and occupying real estate valued at$65,000,000, with an annual product of$315,000,000. The value of commodities received(latest estimate of

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