[Trade Journal]
Publication: Thirty-Second Annual Report of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
Cincinnati, OH, United States
vol. 32, p. 1,43,50-51,53,55,57,115,225-228, col. 1
THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
CINCINNATI
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
AND
MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE,
FOR THE
COMMERCIAL YEAR ENDING AUGUST 31, 1880.
CINCINNATI:
GAZETTE COMPANY, PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS, CORNER SIXTH AND VINE STREETS.
MDCCCLXXX.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.
THE TRADE AND COMMERCE OF CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE,
September 1, 1880.
H. WILSON BROWN, Esq.,
President of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce:
DEAR SIR — I have the honor, in compliance with the Constitution of the Chamber of Commerce and Merchants' Exchange, to submit, herewith, my Review of the Trade and Commerce of the City of Cincinnati, for the commercial year of 1879-80:
Very respectfully,
SIDNEY D. MAXWELL,
Superintendent.
GENERAL REVIEW.
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To these specific commodities, a long list of more general articles, which go to make up the great aggregate of our city's business, might be added, in nearly all of which the year has been one of prosperity. In dry goods, notions, clothing, silk and millinery goods, boots and shoes, hardware, drugs, crockery, glassware, jewelry, silverware, hats and caps, furs, books of all kinds, paper, musical instruments, flowers, carriages, chemicals, confections, paints, oils, and the multitude of articles which can not be measured in any way by packages, there has been a good year's work. All have not prospered alike, but there has been visible, in all, the evidences of increased vigor, though profits, in some instances, may not have been what was desired.
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THE MANUFACTURES OF THE CITY OF CINCINNATI.
Table showing the cash capital invested, the value of real estate occupied, and the number of hands employed, in the various classes of manufacturers in the City of Cincinnati and immediate vicinity, together with the aggregate value of the production, and the number of establishments engaged in each, for two years:
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a, Estimated.
b, 32,305,4820 lbs., 1879. Hands included with Provisions.
c, Previous year’s figures.
d,10,020,761 gallons, 1879.
e,18,252,459 gallons, 1879. Hands, product, etc., of bottling establishments included.
f, 9,218,147 gallons, 1879.
g, Cigars 94,744,100, 1879. Cigarettes 1,698,200, 1879.
h, 150,845 barrels, 1879.
i, Number of establishments manufacturing plug tobacco, 2; fine-cut 9, smoking, 16; snuff, 6. Quantity produced: plug, 110,800 pounds; fine-cut, pounds, 1,861,968 1/2 pounds; snuff 16,562 pounds, 1879.
j. Butterine inckuded.
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CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE.
The business in crockery, during the year, has freely participated in the improvement which has reached all departments of business. The increased sales of crockery are estimated at full 40 per cent. over the preceding year . The area of our trade has especially extended southwardly; along the line of the Cincinnati Southern Railway, and in the States now accessible through the instrumentality of this great highway. This has added materially to our business, but the main increase has come from the generally improved financial condition of the people. They have been more able to buy, and have manifested it, not only by buying, but by demanding a better class of goods. A peculiar feature of the business is the rapid displacement of the white goods by colored wares. Everything seems to be moving in the direction of fancy and artistic designs. It not infrequently occurs, too, that the highest priced goods sell first, and this not only to the people of the city, but as well to those from the interior. Country merchants have been buying more liberally, and have been seeking a better class of goods. There has been little change in prices. It is believed that crockery is now selling lower than ever before in its history in this country. Our domestic manufacturers have been prosecuting their business with their accustomed vigor, and are steadily improving the quality of their wares. Cincinnati ware now has wide distribution, being largely sold directly to the retailers by the manufacturers. The business of home production has received greatly increased interest from the large number of ladies here who have turned their attention to pottery. That many ladies from the best walks of life should have devoted much of the year to the drudgery of manufacturing, is indeed phenomenal. In many instances the results have been surprisingly artistic, and though much remains to be accomplished, there has been progress made of which few dreamed two years ago. While the most of the ware so produced is for the adornment of the ladies' own homes, not a little has found its way into the channels of commerce. A significant sequel to this aspect of the business here, has been the erection of a pottery by a distinguished amateur, where it is proposed to work out the problem of the production of enameled Faience, under more favorable circumstances than have hitherto attended the praiseworthy efforts of our energetic and talented townswomen. The increase to the business in glassware has been as marked as that in crockery. This has been particularly the case in fruit jars, for which, on account of the abundant fruit crop, there has been an almost unexampled demand. The rapid progress which the manufacturers of domestic glassware have been making, has never been more marked than of late, and in this our manufacturers here have enjoyed full participation. There was an advance of 10@15 per cent. in glassware, early in the year, a part of which was subsequently lost. In fruit jars, the largely increased demand carried prices, late in the year, fully 40 per cent. above the previous quotations.
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EXPORTS FROM CINCINNATI,
For six years, commencing September 1st and ending August 31st, of each year.
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*Prior to 1874-75, the hog product was reported in packages, without regard to the kind of meats. In 1874-75 and since, it has been reported in pounds, with a view of having each kind of product under its appropriate head (the bulk meats, loose, also embracing green meats), though, on account of the indefiniteness of the bills and books of transportation companies in this respect, it is difficult, in many instances, to arrive at exact facts as to the kinds of meat.
† Embracing also sales made in Cincinnati, where goods were shipped directly from the place of manufacture or storage, without stopping at this city.
¶ Not reported.
‡ Supplemental reports embraced.
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⮾ DESTINATION AND MODE OF SHIPMENT OF THE PRINCIPLE ARTICLES EXPORTED
FROM CINCINNATI,
For three years, commencing September 1st and ending August 31st, of each year.
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⮾ This table embraces solely such exports as their daily reported on the books of the Merchants’ Exchange, but does not include any movement embraced in supplemental reports or returns; see Crockery, Cooperage, Horses, Oil, Pig Iron, Salt and Starch.
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