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Alabama Industry Growth Highlighted in Census Bulletin
A Census Bureau bulletin on Alabama industries notes iron and steel lead the state’s output with capital of 15.9 million and 7,233 wage earners, followed by coke, foundry and machine shop products, and cementing iron ore coal and limestone deposits as key cost drivers. The report also cites 1,111 lumber and 31 cotton establishments in 1900 and shows wage earners rising to 4.0 percent of the population from 1880.
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