Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-02

when rude corn mills and mana looms pro-
provided bread and clothing; when primitive
looms and smeiters enabled horse nails ana
shoes and rifle bullets to be mihulac'ui eu
when the broad axe came into play ior he"
ing and squaring logs for pioneer houses.
and huge and clumsy wooden moiu- poaIoS
tore the mellow soil into burrows; the plach-
smith and the eunSmith, the clockmaker
and the halter were the aristocrats OF me-
chanical industry.
With the advent of steam power and the
enlargement it Immediately caused IN popu-
Iation and wealth came more leisure anu Wy
sion for luXuries and closer scrutiny in'o
the abundant natural resources Tor acqulr-
ing wealth, hitherto unrecognlzed or I'M
touched.
The rapid expansion of agriculture pro-
duced a vast and valuable surplus OF cereais,
repuiripu mills to fit it for newly opened
markets. and these mills not only demanded
MACHINERY but the broad acres where tne
grain was grown were multiplying so rapid
" that better labor saving implements LluS'
be brought into use. Thus the praclieai pe
ginnings of the present enormous aSSresa-
ton of capftal in manufactures III Missouri
were made.
BITUMINoUs COAL.
The production of bituminous coal mas
gradually increased throughout the worlo
until now it ranks among the chlef articles
of trade. Its uses are far too numerous lot
calculation here, yet suffice it to say II is tine
important steam and fuel industry OF this
country, and in no limited degree IL IS our
domestic fuel. Prof Garland {. Broadhead,
professor of geology. etc, in the Missouri
University at Columbia furnishes Il very
valuable paper on the mines and mineral
resources of Missouri. in which the coal ana
other mineral productions are intelllgently
discussed.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
There is not space for a recapitulatioh'
n condensed
tiStcs recorded in the general report re-
Specting river transportion, river ana ran
way commerce and their development ana
present condition, mines and manufactures,
cotton trade, etc. Nor is it necessary, TOR IN
an intelligent and methodical manner the
report brings to view, in elaborate statistics,
all these interests in connection with the
four leading distributing and trade ccnters
of the State-St. Louis, Kansas City, St. 10
seph and Springtield-the historical and
other information, in regard to which is IN
tensely interesting, elaborate and valuable.
No citizen of either of these cities, or of the
State, should omit to study them.
FLOUR
st. Louis still maintains her pos ition, gain
ed several years ago, the greatest flour
distributing market of the country, and
stands second to Minneapolis in point OF
amount annually manufactured. Prior TO
the passage of the Inter State Commerce
law, st. Louis was virtually shut out from
competing with MlnncdpOllS loF tnt I-aSlti II
and European trade by the discrimination IN
freight rates in favor of that city, but since
then has had fair chance to reach her legi-
innate position as the great manufacturing
and distributing point of the Mississippi
Valley.
In 1888 there % mills in St. Louis run
ming with IA total output for that year of l.
Sg2 ,653 barrels. Now, in 1883, with only Is
mills in operation, the output was 20l6,6l9
barrels, an increase over that of five years
ago of 1913 $50 barrels, and daily capacity
exceeding that of 1888 by $50 barrels.
BARLEY.
There is close relation between the bar
ley trade and the manufacture of beer at St
Louis. This is one of the largest beer brew
ing points in the country, exceeded perhaps
IN amount sold for local consumption, but
standing first in amount shipped to domestic
and foreign markets. During 1883 the re-
ceiptS of barley were 3,044.9I bushels, near
ly all of which was consumed by local brew
cries.
The following figures show the develop
ment of the brewing business in st. Louis
during the past twelve years, together with
the exports to foreign countries from this
market for 1887 and 1883: