Excerpt from Census of Shipbuilding (Including Boat Building) 1916 and 1914
As compared with the total number of establish ments reported for the entire shipbuilding industry, those plants constructing and repairing steel ships form but a small proportion, per cent in 1914 and per cent in 1916. The relative importance of this branch of the industry, however, is shown by the fact that in 1914 and 1916 it gave employment to per cent and per cent, respectively, of the total number of wage earners, and contributed per cent and per cent, respectively, of the aggregate value of products.
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