in a few words, we

would state: -

Amsterdam has the

largest pearl button

factory in the world.

Amsterdam has the

largest steel spring

works in the United

States.

Amsterdam is the first

city in the world in the

manufacture of brooms.

Amsterdam is the third

in the manufacture of

knitted goods.

Amsterdam is the ninth

city in the state in the

value of its products."

-- Statistical paper on

the manufacturing

interests of the city of

Amsterdam for 1907, by

Isaac A. Lyon.