The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-12-09

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1t is striking to learn Of an increase Of al.
most loo, OO0, 900 bushels of corn in twenty
years, yet in 1850 that product aggregated
but . trife over 6,OO0, 900 bushels. The
total average annual value of the principal
crops OF Kansas is not much less than $780,
OOO,OO0, and Of cattle and other farm animals
probably nearly 50, 0O0, 900.
30 much attention as its importance de.
mands: Eastern Kansas, particularly, is
well adapted for this business, and there the
product has been rapidly increasing Cheese
factories have been established in q number
OF counties, and there are instances in
which the increase Of cheese manufactured
has been 800, 400, and even as great as 800
duced in the whole State in 1878 amounted
to ID, 79O, S74 pounds, and the cheese to
1,05 1858 pounds. In 1880 the cheese product
had increased about 1872 per cent.--the for.
mer aggregating $3.50, S01 pounds, and the
latter II, 100, O63 pounds.
The most prolific winter wheat producing
section lies along the Arkansas River, be-
tween Great Bend and the line Of Indian
Territory; directly north of this, along the
Kansas, Smoky Hill and Saline Rivers, and
on the divide between these, the cluster of
twelve contiguous counties Saline, Dickin.
son, Marion, MCPHERSON, Rice, Barton,
Reno, Harvey. Sedgwich, Butler, Cowley
and Sumner. This region produces about
half the winter wheat. The richest spring
yond the Kansas River, on lands watered by
the three leading northern tributaries.
The coal measures of the State cover an
area OF about 8, 600 miles, and have already
proved OF great value in attracting manufac-
turers. These coal beds underlie the greater
part OF seventeen counties. The thickest
and, all things considered, the best bed Of
Crawford and Labette counties. The thick
ness OF the coal is from fifteen to ifty-four
inches. 1t cokes well, and is good gas
producer: In 1879 careful estimate showed
that nearly three.fourths of all the Missouri
and Kansas lead product came from the
Short Creek (Kansas) mines. From the dis.
covery OF these rich deposits, in May, 1877,
this locality was estimated at &c, 000, 900
pounds.
Not only has Kansas prospered from an
agricultural standpoint, but her manufac-
lures have expanded in q most satisfactory
manner. There are now 2, 762 manufactur-
Ing, establishments in the State, and this
without including the industries taken by
the special experts, such as mining, iron
manufacturing, etc. The capital invested
exceeds $40, 900, 900, and the annual products
$3O,OOO,OOO. In 1850 the U. s. Census makes
no mention OF the industries of Kansas. Ten
years later, it seems, 1,735 hands were EN-.
ployed; in 1870 this number had increased to
6,S44, and to-day they exceed Ii, 600 persons.
The following table will give some idea OF
this great industrial growth:
1860. 1870. 1880.
wages paid...s $50 siS as7s Ssfi 7as siM
Per capita wages. 507.40 347.39 24S3s
Capita. ........... 1,0S4,935 4,3l9OOO 1O,lS3 800
Materials. 1,444,975 6,ll2,l6s 2O,I22,3s7
Net products. 2.oss,o7 s,ssS.iSS ' S.5s7ST
Here is found the increase of capital in
The hrst decade 29S per cent. {; in the second,
55per cent. the increased value of material
used S2S per cent. in the decennial period
ending 1870 and 229 per cent. in that ending
1880; the value Of the products manufac.
tured increased l73 per cent. in the first and
159 in the second; but the net value of pro-
ducts, after deducting the value of the ma.
terial used and the wages paid, exhibits an
increase OF s1xty-seven per cent. in the ten
years ending 1870, and no less than 95 per
cent. In the last ten years-an actual gain in
the increase of net products of the second
over the first decade Of % per cent.
Milling Is an important industry in Kan.
sas. There are over three hundred estab.
lishments, with capital of nearly 81, OOO, 600,
and turning out product valued at over
$4,000, GOO. The growth in population and
wealth OF the four principal cities of Kansas
may be better realized by glance at the
following:
Total ass'd