, 1877-01-01
MANUFACTURERS.

the previous scar. In this respect
the situation Is a gloomy one,
especially this winter, when there arc
probably many moro hands In the city out
Of employment thah ever before. It IS small
consolation to know that tha other principal
cities Of tho Union haya Jared worse than CHI
cago In The almost utter prossratfon Of many
lcailag branches Of Industry not yet recovered
from tic effects OF the panic.
Tho manufacturing Industries Of Chicago ars
80 many and 50 varied TINT one eau scarcely
hope TO cover the whole ground in a statistical
way. It II believed, however, that the follow
Ing summary ia complete enough to give gen
crnlly close idea Of the magnitude Of our opcr-
atfons and the relative Importance OF the items
In the grand total
PORK AND DEEF PACKING.
ritIs IMPORTANT lxpusTRf
again exhibits large increase In the result Of
tho years work, and In tic prcponderanee Of
Chicago as packing point. Fifteen years ago
1t was our boast that we had at last dissanccd
Cincinnati IN the race. by cutting up 9'0,2ol
hogs In ono season. Bince then Chicago Inns not
only held her own as agaInst Cincinnati, but has
yearly increased her advantage TIT now she has
absolutely no competitor. We are not Rb1c 10
obtain, at this date, the Statistics OF packing all
! over the Wcst for the talcnlar year 1S76; but
| thcro ia little doubt that IL wo had
them at command our city would be found to
have actually killed very nearly half Of the en-
| tire number Of hogs TINT yielded at tho potnt Of
/ the knife Ia the twe're Western States. Wd
! now Kill ono hog for evory 15 persons Ia tho
population Of tho United Statos and Territories.
| The busncss has grown 10 much TINT the place
| where the packing Is dono iorns no srnalf
"city" Of itself; aud the business has attracted
so much capital that the majority Of Our pacls-
crs arc Obliged to work at only about ono-ha!f
~ ,no1- fn1i ranoc,tv-tbc INN. not co,n,nr- IN
| x.. saa,-h y. i...at H. ,1n,,.,,
last enough 10 meet the ue'"a"o'
AoHn THAN FORTY r1RMs
arc now engaged In tue work Work o. paslaog .s Pork
inv 1,t.,rff lors. or l,nyo their hors killed fur
nay u.s''a s,1ot n' ~ "'e 49,. ,na"ts ~.
them On commission, Or ouS green meats 1oF
curing. The other thsee-fourths haso largc cs.
| Establishments In which the PROCESSES of killing,
cu,tnr and curing mr., carried nm sln,ultaucous
~ ar!, ,.,,, rr,,ittr lint c.n scarcc,v I,e ron,
eeirca ed withoa Being witnessed. ~ Tic capacity
Of the huuscs ranges from l0,ooo hogs
daily md downwartis. Several additions
wcrc made during the INST ycar 10 previously
existing nn ere re- ,", t'g" r as
entered t!ie enashess makns 'mS totnl Mo.Mllc =
| caihci1y nl,oa1 ho!ss per II uay. LUZ, hu"eYss,a y
ta auze q bar M cs it
nrm having tissolYeu parthefsn'p' 1hs lcaFes
heapattty ol nealay
flrIf THOUSAND Hons rIm ~ ~,
Whicfi would Keep more tIan o,ul Aanas etn-
p!oySd during tho iotlr winter hluuths.N Norcia-
1el, December, January, and eotaaryH = en1uRn
| oi the "a" innterta! cohltt ne ohtalnca 70 KEEP
Ihein o. wosK 10 .1s top Di the'r peni az ,ts IL
they employ aoout 4,tW tAcn, MclnalhE etclNs
anu iore'icn, eut nut az on lail thug. Ing aR
0reRnte1 weekly wages y III t'!o hclgnnoInoou III
f9r tc ss9ge fonr a m9nths: ,, io wagss
staEo Is cunsidcrloiy less t!nn tho pfcfous ytif,
snHlG Of INC llllHtf pttcca I'en fece!!lnK ~ uer
tent less than then, willie there has been tt!c
reduction III th9 price u lo#-ETatto inbor. Mth-
IN tl'o past TWO ur three years sae work ths
been prosecuted on Il smaller scale through rue
suininer, and ttls brunch q tis hus.neas 10 HOW
increasing very raPidiy. About ,4ouoo hugs
were cut during tic summer" eight months
Of 1910, Or IN average Of moro than b,ou ior
caell working luy, giving employment to lsloo
pcrsoHs.
4no Mueatiohs noM afe t!A. Stu to!!x .tsu -,
work 0f mug packing VII! DC distributed hearty