, 1873-12-23
The Exhibit for 1973.--1,968..
600 Hogs Packed.
Sho Employs a Force Of 10000 Workers,
aud Pays Them 500, 100000.
Value Of Annual Products, $685..
100000.
a Gain Of ia Per Cent Since 1870, and
GO Per Cont Since 1879.

Ihc manufacturing iuteroats OF Chicago. which
suffered so eeyorely IN the Great Fire, exhibit
results Hinco TINT time which aro equally na
wonderful rs tho great rebuilding. OF Which thoy
form an important part aud layo taken evon
creator strides tim our rapidly growing COM
lnorco. Tholr growth is, indeed, almost without
parallel, either in another city at any timo, or
in Chicago itself during any former period Of
equal time. It Ia cqtally remarkable tint Tho
pania of soptombor lust, Which caused such widc-
spread dieaBtor among manufacturers Epst aud
Woat, was but littlo, felt In this city, beyopd
temporary suspension Of payments to opor-
atlvcs for one or two weeks, and a
moro general reduction Of wages. Thoro
wero really but few stoppages, other than those
due to the change of tho soaaons. and to the les
eoncd transportation OF produce and other prop
crty, which threw some railroad workers out Of
employment, and caused tho dsbandmant Of
several vessel crews mouth earlcr than usual.
Tho reason OF this comparative exemption lies
not more in tho nevor-say-die character Of Chi
cago men than in tho faot that TO hayo no
specially hero that absorhs tho attention aud
energies Of o very largo ciasB. Pittsburgh do
ponds almost entirely upo.l her iron mannfac-
turcs; Lowell, Mass., OH Gotten; mud Boston
largely on boots end eloca. Each city suffers
with atagnnton In It's particular line willie
tho Industries Of Chicago aro 80 variaa that tho
Btoppage Of any one branch ia only an itom in
tho grand total.
Our statistics Of manufactures III former rcarB
have uniformly boon gathered by tho writer Of
The TntnuNE Annual Revlow, by canvass among
tho leading houses in each branch OF Industry;
except as tho incomplete tgurca Of tho consuB
nghtened tho labor in aoma directions. For thin
ycat, most Of tho results llayo been gathered py
spother-AIr. s. 5. Scho1l. q journalistic worker
Of long standing.-who Ina gone oyor large
part of tue ground Ia an exhaustive way. Ho,
however, omitted to noto ouo Of tho largest in-
dnstries of all-tho packing interest-an4 a few
minor onos, tho statstica Of which wo herewith
furnish. in connection with those gathered by
Alr. scho1; besides supplying his omissions in
some branches the statistics Of which wero in
completely gathered BY him.
ponK AND DEEP PACKING.
In this department Of manufacturing industry
Chicago has led tho world, over since sho OUT
stripped Cincinnati in lie winter OF 18G2.3 when
her packers cut up tho immense number Of
0,2G4 hogs. Tllls number wns not again a,-
proaclod even in Chicago. Till tho winter prccod-
ing tho fire, wheu 913,0S7 hogs wore packed.
The diaastor Of tho succeeding autumn left tho
packing interest comparatively unharmeG, all
=, e. e " "o 'Ao !''A''o
q sne cohnasrat1oh-as hrdfeport md the
Union Stock Yards. Since tlon tho business Inns
further increased fully GU per cent in magnitude.
About 40 firms arc now engaged in the work of
Pack,ng pofR prooncts' Y Of whom have large
establishments in which tho process Of killing,
cutting, and packing arc carried out with celer-
ity That borders on tho marvellous. Tic cthera
nlo smaller firms. who buy dressod hogs, or hayo
their live hoss titled on commission in tho city.
ca1orf,or voor "a y comnoncoa vii, 49, ~, -
November aud culs with the mouth of February. |
nurin, tle w,utor of 1a7o,e tt,o ch;cooo 1,nr.o.
cut up 1,3G53G4 live, and 50,715 dressed hogs,
mnltiir totai nf l. l25. .f79 1,eaj rho r,roa,,ct |
- .,.;a.,,.. ~. 49,, nm nor ,sS, -"s te"as
$50 - ono @ 90 ~ ~ potn' t9''oo4
~ n1a ,oraas 49, @ 10 e"e ooo NO. 9' aua
a'oa,s tho u,,na D naa". na ae % oler
ns.~;.' n..a,s uu' "s'6uAe - 80. .on5'
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