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


now rather monotonous asperity Of the
census racket between the cities Of st..
Paul and Minneapolis, = sensible and
eloquent address from A. B. 8tiokney,
President Of the Chicago, st. Paul 4
Kansas City Railroad, on tho i'm
portance Of manufactures - IN ele-
msnt OF city growth appears in the
journals Of that city. That 10 the way
to pad tho 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 40 well.
We hope that oil our cities and towns
win feel the force OF Mr.. Stickney's
ltatements. True, national inderend-
ence consists in producing In our own
borders MI that = sssential 10 our sub.
sIstsnce 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 COM
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
! II its progress is to be maintained is
we'll understood. It is we'll known
that the largest cities are those who do
tho most manufacturing. New York
city, the foremost in population ana
commerce, IL also the largest manutao:
| turing city In respect to NUMBER OF
employees. Its manufactures. accord
| ing to the census of 1880, employed
over 227 ,OOO out of its total population
of ! 200, ,OOO-or about 10 per cent. Pull
adejphia. then the second city in pop
ulation. Was also second city in the
business Of manufacturing, aud thus
employed over $4,000 out Of \ total
,upulation of 847 ,OOO-0r about Fl per
cent: while Chicago then only en-
pluyed in this line about 79, 900 out o! a
total of sos, ,OOO-or 13 per cent, and
St. Paul alrout $3.50 out of total of
Al, ,O00-or, ,l24 per cent, very Eearly the
Same percentage rs Chicago.
SINCE 1880
Chicago has gone from the fourth place
il, point of population to second place.
and, although actual figures are not
available, 1t is generally understot d
that this growth is due very large J
not to her Increased commerce, whit b
has probably been comparatively LITTLE
but to the wonderful development cf
her manufacturing institutions. 1t
generally supposed that the census t
this year will show Chicago the second
city in this respect as we'll "a pop"la
tion; that is to say, that fully 20 per
cent of her entire population is sup
ported by wages received for "maktng
something"
Speaking OF the lack of financial en-
couragement to manufactures, Mr.
Stickuey says:
In mo- otl.arcitx. where Lam -acgn4ipt:
ed do these conditions exist. III Cu!"
cago manufacturers are in good stand
ing aud high favor. No Struggling ot
the shoulders there when citizen or
stranger talks Of investing i'll An in
dustrlal enterprise. l have tried to
comprehend the prevalent feeling here
and AIN compelled t" believe 1t 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, aud wLose ghosts
have since haunted the mental vision
of the unfortunate stockholders, who
happened to he largely interested III
the leading banks Of the city, and
through them have cast their baietul
shadows over the whole community,
and such has been the depressing inf1u
ence of these two or three failures that
1t would seem that 80 per cent. OF the
very men who talk the loudest about
THE NECESSITY OF DOING SOMETHING
~ 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 this
city, which then had only 43, 900 pep
pie, 597 manufactures. employing over
900 men and women, paying out fol
wages 1893 $3.50 annually, which had
not failed. They overlook the fact
that the wealth of Minneapolis has
been chiefly made In manufacturing
and that there are plenty Of manufac-
turing plants In this city to-day that
are earning 20 Dor cent. or more a0nu-
ally on the capital invested.
As the result of this timely and abl'
address the citizens of st. Pau
promptly subscribed over $4O0. 600 as
fund for the encouragement of manu-
features. Build up manufactures an<
tho city census will need no villanou
padding. The census will take care o
itself.
Kemmler, the wife murderer, WHIT
Was tho 6rst criminal sentenced to di,
BY electricity, was executed on th'
morning Of Wednesday, Aug. 9Th. TIL,
6rst enosk~ VA. applied at $40 .. N.
and continued Is seconds The victim
revived and breatlIed heavily. Th,
second current was kept on for fou,
and half minutes, until his flesh &C.