River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-05-21


bling center of the Northwest, and also
that our tributary country is steadily en-.
larging and developing.
BANKS.
Our banking facilities are furnished by
nine banks, four Of which are national
banks. The banking capital is upwards
Of two and quarter millions of dollars,
being double that of Milwaukee, with
its nearly 100000 inhabitants. Below is
a summary Of business for 1874:
Average daily deposits ..... 49,. -. ,673 All
Average daily loans and discounts. 1921 ,679
Amount of exchange sold. -. q, 67S, lag
BIRE's EYE VIEW OF THE COMMERCE OF ST.
PAUL.
The railroad tonnage received in st.
Paul in 1874 amounted to 299,974 tons,
tonnage forwarded to lS0,650 tons,
total Of 480,6 tons, being 3,l6l tons in
excess of 1873.
THE WHEAT TRADE.
Received. Shipped
Wheat OF 1874 -. l,67s, 447 bus. l,624,96e
Wheat 1t 1878 ...... 1871 1896 bus. l,s6s,e0O
Though our imports OF 1874 wei s
% per cent. more of the crop raised in
1874 than that of 1873, showing that our
comprehensive railroad system has un.
changeably fixed this as a wheat ex-
change.
THE FLOUR TRADE.
Received. Shipped
Flour in 1874, bbls. 239,O46 lsO.447
in
Taken in connection with the fact OF
the reduced crop of wheat of 1874, the
TACT that our receipts of -four for that
year exceeded those of 1873, indicates
that g larger proportion Of our grain is
| being manufactured than in previous
years, and is an additional reason why
huge steam -four mill should be reared in
conjunction with the new Elevator.
THE LUMBER TRADE.
Received Shippe
LuLlber in 1874, feet. 1855, 1852 27,67i I'D.
Lumber in 1878, feet. 4O,S3l 800 l6,SS6,s
MANUFACTURES.
While we are Justly anxious to add to
our manufacturing Importance, we should
bear in mind that we have made rapid
strides in that direction during the La,
five years. The expansibility of our
market is evidenced from the fact that
while in 1873 but 305 OF the Edward Har-
yesters were manufactured here, IN 1874
there were made 2,239 Of those reapers.
present a comparison with the statistics
taken from the United States census o
1870, which, though not full, will give
close approximation to the truth. As in
that census, include railroad shops and
newspaper offices under the head of man.
featuring establishments, and the work.
men employed therein as persons en-
ployed in manufacturing.
Number establishments ZIG ~
No. Of persons employed 2,l66 $50
Annual wages paid. -. l,S72,00O 620, 469
Value OF material used. $4,000 $4,000
Value OF products ...... 3,963,0OO l,6l2,S7S
WHEAT.
In the amount Of this staple and aver.
age per acre, Minnesota leads all the
States, except California, and in the Ger.
tdinfy Of the crop has no equal. The
largest crop was that Of 1873, which ag-
gregated 81 ,969,095 bushels. For the last
Is years the highest yield per acre was
2207 bushels in 1855, the lowest 1928
bushels in 1871, the average for that
period being 1872 bushels per acre. Sew.
eral whole townships have averaged rs,
30, and even 40 bushels per acre, numer-
Gus single fields exceeding even the high
est Of these yields.
OATS.
The largest crop Of oats raised in the
State was in 1873, being l3,084,764 bush
els, an average Of 34.25 bushels per acre,
which has been the average maintained
fer the past SIX years, an average sur
passed by no Staten the Union.
CORN.
The corn crop Of 1873 was 7,ls2,370,
being few thousand bushels in excess Of
anv previous crop. The average per
acre for the past six years was 33.43
bushels, the lowest being 30.73 bushels,
the highest 1913. The high average and
marked uniformity Of yield refutes the
assertion that Minnesota is too far north
for the profitable cultivation Of corn.
Ohio, the queen Of the corn States, aver.
aged for twenty years 1895 per acre,
which is only 1883 bushels above the aver.
age Of Minnesota for the past nine years.
AVERAGE or CROPS.
For the past six years barley nesayer.
aged 90. l3 bushels per acre, rye l77l
bushels, buckwheat 1915, and potatoes
for the last three years l06.l3 bushels.
MANUFACTURERS.
The annual value Of products Of manu-
features in Minnesota rose from S3,373,lI
in 1850, to S23,30l,1 LAT in 1870. Taking
this city as test, and those values have
doubled since 1870.
Population Of the State has increased