New Ulm weekly review., 1885-04-01

:tzeG and equipped republic THAT we are here
people might be proud, with hut twenty-seven
years OF statehood behind u.s. is indeed . mira
Gle OF creation. We represent anillon OF kindred
Minnesota, are working out the problems OF
American life. We exhibit to you the evidences
of our activity. the witnesses Of our resources.
Minnesota has sought to align herself with that
universal spirit Of progress which marks the
last decades Of the century. Let us examine
some of the elemental factors ,upoa which we
base our claim to the confidence sand regard Of
our competitive sisters. Tho agricultural re-
SOURCES Of people is one Of tho Mozns by which
we sneasure the importance OF a stats- Here is q
statement from the official ledger revised for
this paper: We raised during ths5ye 1884 Of
wheat, A, ,3o7, 600 bushels; Of oats, SIS. 100000
bushels: Of corn, 25, $50, 600 bushelsz Of bar
ley, q, SIS, 900; Of potatoes, 1000, 600: tame
2,00osooo tons more. The averagc .ofseorn was
thirty-seven bushels per acre. That fwe arc .
corn-producing state if evidenced by the fact
that the department at Washington, ip tho re-
port for 1882, shows that Minnesota lsadi Iowa.
Missouri, Wisconsin. Illinois, Indiana and Ohio
in the Per acre average OF its corn crop Con-
slider in this connection how little Of the 54,-
OOO, 900 Of acres which comprise the total area
of our state are yet under cultivation. About
e.o0O,O Oeot only are improved, and. deducting
our lacnstrine. regions. but one-afsh OF our land
is yet iE use. About 100000 farms are DOW
equipped: :sld in running order.
WHEAT AND FLOUR.
That gr&fld cereal, wheat, has reached tths
wheat shond ssupersede winter wheat in the
quality of its flour product is one of the SUE
prizes Minnesota has given to the country. The
royal exhibit made at this exposition eertifies
to the perfection OF Minnesota Fife wheat This
great fact stimulated its growth, and the grand
result is showpl1n: creating for Minneapolis and
Duluth the largest aggregate OF % actua, business
alone excepted. Its: milling properties arc su-
perior to all Others as it has given name and
fame to the finest brands " -four 10 tho markets
q rbo HS0 Of fhAQA
great facts has been 10 give our state. In the city
OF Minneapolis, the greatest milling center Of
the world. TwenSy-seven establishments, with
an aggregate capacity of $4,000 barrels Of -four
per day, is q superb AND. solid fact i'll commercial
life. Minneapolis ip eight days can Grind
enough -four to supply all the PEG. pee :.
total milling capacity Of .our state is about Co..
600 barrels per day, ana the total production In
1884 was about 8.8O0OO0 barrels. In addition
to this there was 25o.0oo tons Of millstuf.
Minnesota flour is generally carried to New
York at the same rate per pound IS wheat, and
at much less rate by ocean carriers to Europe.
The -four package at every handling, costs less.
50 that the great premium product Of our state
is laid down in Europe cheaper than wheat can
possibly be. The result is that our surplus
Europe as -four we getting the milling profit
and the offal to feed our increasing numbers OF
cattle and hogs. Thus more and more Mime.
sofa is milling for Europe and changing great
commercial problem. These pre-. eminent con.
ditions will not change. tor three reasons First,
from superior milling; secondly, tho superior
qualities of our wheat, and thirdly, there will
always be difference in favor Of faour transpor-
tation as against wheat of at least : cents pei
bnshel The last milling year Minneapolis alone
sent 100000 barrels OF flour to Europe, and
the rest of the state nearly 100000 more.
THE DAIRY INTEREST.
Gen Baker then spoke OF the increase OF
diversified farming in the state. The ex.
hausting era Of wheat has given way to the
era of diyersifcation. Above all, grass and
the honest cow are to tho FORE
We have herds of Shorthorns, Jerseys, Poll
Angus, Herefords and Devons which cannot be
compete with the best buttermakers Of the
world is demonstrated by the meritorious ex.
hibit we have made at this exposition, where
Minnesota captured twenty-one butter prizes,
There are about 100 creameries in operation,
many of which are large establishments The
butter product Of 1888 was about $4,000, OOo
pounds. and Of cheese 75o, 900 pounds, yielding
. sum Of fully $4,000. 900. The butter prizes
taken at this exposition mark an era in the his
tory OF our state. There was no element Of
entihcally tested as sugar. There can be no
mistakes. The competition was abundant and
severe. The judges were experts from all parts
OF the country, and satisfactory to all exhibit
ors. The packages examined were stripped OF
every mark of identification and the severest
tests were applied. What we won we won upon
awarded to Minnesota was $1.5s9. SO. In cheese
we took four premiums, with only two factories
represented.
LUMBER.
The timber interests formed one Of the earliest
and most solid resources Of our state It EN-.
ploys millions Of capital and thousands of men
It has built up parts OF the northern porcion OF
Minnesota with energetic and prosperous towns
railroads. We have not less than 245 sawnills
in the state, and many Of these are among the
largest in the world. In 1888 we cut more than
one billion Of feet, and very nearly the same in
1884 This does not include the enormous out
put of shingles and lath. The total value Of thi.
yield is put at $l7,OOO,OOO. Tue hard woods
are very abundant. such as oak, maple, butter
nut. cedar and walnut, and their manufacture
into the finest and highest decorative order o1
furniture and house finishing has made our me-
chanlcal skill celebrated over The whole country
MINERAL WEALTH.
Nor is Minnesota wanting in true mipera
wealth. She possesses on the north shore of Lake
Superior region Of eruptve, igneous rocks
With. With tabular masses OF trap, slate, granite
metamorphic family, wild in their grandeur
Here is one Of the greatest iron deposits O.
the world. Hard specular hemat1te, or thu
true bessemer iron ore, is found in limit.
less quantities, breaking the trapean crus
through ninety miles of territory, and to which
already line Of railway has been constructed
and new and substantial industries Ind . Beyoni yni
this, there has recently been discovered veins q
argentiferous quartz, richer than that Of silvel
1slet. which. twenty wears ago, gave q Mont,
Chris GhIisto @ celebrity to little rocky island Of tn
much as two entire towships of this metauor.
pnlc rock IN tnaJ region mas peen entered py ex.
ports as gold-bearing, and men and machinsr,
are now at work opening mines, whose fabless
wealth Is as much revelation to ourselves % t
the world at large. Copper mining has recently
be begun in the same region with great promise
The states OF commerce are found in prolific
quantities. Mica, porphvra plumbaeo AMI
6y1ates are abundant. Indeed, the whole nortl
region OF our state, now promises to be til,
richest: and this mineral region has specia
value by reason of its proximity to Lake Super.
ior. ahordinE inexpensive transportation.
The speaker also called particular atten-
tion TO the wonderful stone formations an,
varied clays of the state, illustrating his re
marks by the beautiful exhibits Of lankat,
ana 'hasota He also spoke Of the CROWN,
Importance Of the cement and other allie,
he said: ,-e''Ss =
II the uannfaeture Of hour. blankets aud hui