St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-27

corn. Sioux City, name which was
obscure enough few years ago, has
the good fortune to be situated in the
center of this corn belt, of which the eS-
timated corn crop for the present year
is SOC, 000,00 bushels. Sioux City is
notable example of city which is the
result OF the introduction of steam and
electricity into the wilderness. Before
1904 the region was unknown to the
white man. In 1856 the population
amounted to $50 souls. and the city was
first mapped out and named after the
largest and most powerful tribe of In
dianS now eXtant. During the last six
years the population has increased from
1900 to over sc, 00O and the city is now
the third greatest pork and beef packing
entrepot in the Union, while five great
Trunk lines of railroad, with thirteen
! branches. combine TO make it railway
center of the first Importance in the
West.
Northwestern Iowa has escaped eX-
tremes of drought and rain, and, with
few exceptions, has produced abundant
crops for many consecutive years.
These vast yields of corn and wheat, it
is found, can be utilized more prOfitably
as feed than as crude products. Farm
ers can readily become manufacturers,
as it were, by transforming field crops
into stock. the only difficulty heretofore
having been the securing of markets.
difficulty now fully obviated i'll the case
of Sioux City. The cost of sending
sixty live hogs to Chicago from the Mis-
souri, river is the same as the cost of
sending the manufactured product of
$50 hogs that distance. This fact
has induced packers to select the
Missouri valley as the site of their
packing houses, so that Omaha and
Kansas City rank next to Chicago as
meat-prOducing centerS. Following this
line of policy, several of the heaviest
operators in Chicago have recently de-
cided to make Sioux City point of OPP
Grafton. Messrs. Fowler Brothers, Sill
berhorn and Armour, three of the Oper-
atOrs who have made Chicago the capt.
tai of the meat supply of the world, have
begun the construction of immense
packing houses in the city, and within
six months five new establishments will
be i'll active operation, which, Jointly
with those already on the grounds, will
have capacity of preparing for the
market daily 1,500 head of beef cattle
| and 1900 hogs.
''IE grateful recognition of what the
prodigious corn interests of this flour
lSlhIiS IcSiOH IidNc dCulcfcU lOI tl6lI
city, by tempting some of the largest
| corn and beef packers in the country to
settle among them, the people of Sioux
City erected magnificent corn palace
an allegOrical temple of CereS-hold-
ing grand harvest jubilee festival
from Oct. TO Oct. s. The palace, which
consisted of framework covered with
com and other agricultural products,
measured 200 feet by 100 feet, and 90
feet to the top of the dome, the whole
designed by q skilled architect, and
tastefully arranged by experienced and
Jealous hands. 1t held exhibits of the
products of the surrounding country,
and there were various amuSementS
band carnivals, military drills, illumi-
nations, concerts and dances. In fact,
the event was made one of general re-
| Joicing, and no pains were spared to
entertain the crowds who came to
| visit the palace during the festival.
"As an illustration of the growth and
| prospects of this promising city, it may
! be stated that the Northwestern system
| of railroads is now engaged in con-
Structing bridge across the Missouri,
from Sawyer's bluff, in the eastern part
OF the city. to the opposite shore on the
| Nebraska side, at an expense Of 81, 5O0,-
| 900. In dimensions this bridge is TO be
| four spans of 400 feet, exclusive of ap-
proaches, and it will be a structure in
which not on.y Sioux City, but the
whole state, will feel a laudable pride.
| During 1875, 81, 10000 will have been
expended here on the bridge, the pack
ing houses, and other permanent i'm
! prOvementS."
Sioux City stands next to Kansas City
as pork-packing center. and all this