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Empire State a Powerhouse of Industry and Tax Aid
The piece extols New York as the leading industrial state with one seventh of US manufactured goods and a dominant clothing industry valued at about 2.7 billion dollars in 1929. It notes New York's role in insurance, imports, exports, and federal tax support, highlighting dairy farming and a mix of urban and rural landscapes fueling its economy. It cites New York’s substantial tax contributions and federal aid impact, including a 1982 figure of 744 million dollars in income and internal revenue receipts.
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