The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-08-07
MANUFACTURES.

Kansas City Railroad, on tho i'm
portance Of manufactures ~ an ele-
ment OF city growth appears in the
journals Of that city. That 10 the way
to pad the census. Diversity indus
tries. Let the farm, the factory, the
mill. and tho forge. be near together.
Then the food producer and the food
consumer will be near together. This
will solve tho transportation prob
lem, and many other problems a. we'll.
We hope that oil our cities and towns
win feel tho force OF Mr.. Stickney'a
statements. True, national inderend-
ence consists IN producing In our own
borders Ill that p essential 70 our sub.
Slsts0co and comfort. Cities and
towns offer . home market TO the
farmer. Then the producer Of grain
cattle, etc., will no longer be at the
mercy OF distant markets. We CON-
mend to the attention of every reader
to the following facts SIT forth in this
timely address
The Importance of securing more
manufacturing industries in this city
IL its progress il to be maintained II
we'll understood. It is well known
that the largest cities are those who Do
tho most manufacturing. New York
city, the foremost in population and
commerce, IL also the largest manutac,
turing city in respect to number OF
employes. Its manufactures. accord
inc to the census of 1880, employed
over 227 600 out of its total population
of ! 200, OOO-or about 10 per cent. rh':-
adelphia, then the second city III pop
ulation. was also second city in the
business of manufacturing, aud thus
employed over 185, 900 out Of \ total
,,opulation of 847 ,OOO-or about 81 per
cent: while Chicago then only en-
ployed in this line about e, 600 out OF a
total of sos, OOO-or Is per cent, and
St. Paul alr,Mt $3.50 out of a total of
Il, OO0-or l24 per cent, very yearly the
same percentage rs Chicago.
SINCE 1880
Chicago has gone from the fourth place
in point of population to second place.
and, although actual figures are not
available, it is generally understood d
that this growth is due very larg, y
not to her increased commerce, whit b
has probably been comparatively little i,
but to the wonderful development IT
her man featuring institutions. 1t i
generally supposed that the census t
this year will show Chicago the second
city IN this respect rs we'll "A pop'Ia'
tion; that is to say, that fully 20 per
cent of her entire population IS sup
ported by wages received for making
something"
Speaking of the lack of financial en-
enlargement to manufactures, Dir.
Stickuey says:
In no other city where lam acquaint-
ed do these conditions exist. In CHS
cagO manufacturers are in good stand
ing aud high favor. No Struggling of
the shoulders there when Il citizen or 4
stranger talks Of investing III An in
dustr,al enterprise. have tried to
comprehend the prevalent feeling here
and AIN compelled t" believe it Is
chiefly due to the 'spOOks" of two o.
three important concerns which de-
parted this life in this city away back
in the seventies, and wLOse ghosts
have since haunted the mental vision
OF the unfortunate stockholders, who
happened to I've largely interested III
the leading banks OF the city, and
through them have cast their baleful
shadows over the whole community
and such has been the depressing infiu
eOce of these two or three failures that
1t would seem that 80 per cent. of thu
very men who talk the loudest about
THE NECESSITY OF DOING SOMETHING
as they term it. believe in their hearts
that there is no profit in the business
They overlook the fact that while
there had been two notable failures
prior to 1880, that by the United States
census of that year there were In THU
city, which then had only 43, 600 pc"
pie, 597 manufactures, employing Owe
5000 men and women, paying out TO-
wages $3.50 $50 annually, which hat
not failed. They overlook the fac
that the wealth of Minneapolis ha
been chiefly made in manufacturing
and that there are plenty OF manufac
turing plants in this city to-day tina
arc earning 20 Der cent. or more annu
ally on tho capital invested.
Az the result of this timely and adj
address the citizens of st. Pau
promptly subscribed over $500. 600 AZ
fund for the encouragement Of manu-
features. Build up manufactures ant
tho city census will need no villanou
padding. The census will take care o
itself.