Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-03

computed on this basis Is found to be SS.9s
per cent.
The results obtained respecting the prin-
cipal subjects are summarized in the follow
ing exhibit the group Of States:
Value Of forest products not manu-
incurred a. mill .:................... eS0,41 ~
Vnlne OF mill products. .............. 1860 004
Aggregate value of products. 80. .&167. 297 e1s
The production OF this value required tho
employment OF S270,152,012 invested cap
ital; the employment in the forest Of 49,
G5: men, 90 women, ind 10 children, and
also the labor of 32,401 animals; the labor
In the mills OF 81. 939 men, 646 women, and
G53 children; the operation of machinery |
and mechanical appliances valued at S23,- |
a59.334; the removal Il 1859. ISL, $50 cubic
feet OF merchantable timber from natural
growth; the investment OF S7,s90,254 in |
vessels, railways, and waterways. specially
used and owned By til industry for the
transportation Of its material and product,
and the expenditure OF $99,6Ss,256 for
wages, subsistence, supplies, and miscel-
laneous expenses.
The value Of forest products not manu-
factured at mill. by States, is as follows:
Minnesota. 5,32l ,6M
Iotal.. Csc, 426 1874
is as follows;
Nyianata '''''''' ..'..'. So.1W61
Mlhnesota 13,606 $50
Total. .a15. eas oo4
The value Of manufactures by States ia
rs follows:
michigan. q, 350 zoe
Wyisooetn 739
6.S15 67s
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. IN. ia GIG
The percentage Of increase in the value
OF mill production and manufactures from
the value reported in 1880 is us follows:
Michigan, 20. % per cent; Wisconsin, 1851 90
per cent; Minnesota, 1901 per cent.
according to the census of 1880, the six
principal lumber producing cities in this
group were. in order as follows:
!. Bay City, Mich. output .,,..,. .eseN, 2ea
y. Muskegon, Mich, output. 9,189250
). Minneapolis. Mimi, output. s74O.s4s
s. Manistee. Mich, output. -. ......... Is67,51
b. Menominee, Mich, output. .......... 12.4 1884
At the present census this order of rela-
tive rank has materially changed, Saginaw,
and Manisteo. Mich, having been outclass-
ed from the six principal cities, the order of
which is now as follows:
!. Minneapolis, Minn., output. ,4e .6s4. 458
Menominee, Mich, output. ...,. 42OSG89
Muskegon, Mich. .'output. ............ 4,O16o 1884
s. Oshkosh, Wis. output. ............... s,sl9 $50
6. La Crosse, Wis. output. s.2V2 63s
The aggregate value OF production re-
ported for Bay City, West Bay City, Sag
NAV. Essexville and Milwaukee, constitute
ing the principal productive points on the
SAGINAW River, was ss,52O.943 in 1880 and
81, 927, 405 In $780, The aggregate quantity of
material consumed during the census year
1890 was about CSC, 900, 900 feet board meas
ure. and the quantity offs landing timber now
owned by establishments in the places
named Is reported to be about 1850, O0O, 900
feet
The city of Menominee, at the mouth Of
the Menominee River, in Michigan, shows
the greatest increase of production during
the decade. In 1880 1t ranked sixth in the
nine principal lumber-producing points in
the United States, and is now found to be
| second.
The aggregate quantity of material con-
sumed at those points during the census
year 1890 was about $50. 000, 900 feet board
measure, and the quantity OF standing
timber now owned by establishments in the
places named Is reported to be more than
4,O00, 900, indicating a sufficient supply
at the present rate OF consumption for
another decade
The principal material used by this in
dustry consists OF standing timber, and but
for the fact of the inability OF the officials
or the Federal Government to furnish data
OF timbered lands in Michigan, Wisconsin.
and Minnesota owned by the Government It
would be possible to approximate the gross
average OF timbered lands owned by both
| the Government and private parties. 1t is
shown from returns of individual manufnc-
turers that their present holdings of stand
ing timber in this group of States are only
| sufficient to supply them for about five
years at the present rate OF CONSUMPTION.
The quantity in reserve is believed to be
| principally comprehended by what is stand
ing on lands owned by Federal and state
Governments This quantity, however, is
unknown.
The total area of land held by the State
OF Wisconsin Sept. 80, 1890. is reported at
GIL, 1888 acres. Most of this land is located
In the northern counties and about one
| half is said to be timbered. The State Of
Minnesota reports ownership OF IL, 600. 900
acres of timbe.e ed land, containing %, 600.
| 0oo,o feet of standing timber, mostly pine.
| valued at $50, 100000. 10'
The total capital invested in timbered
lands and standing timber by the establish
ments reporting in the respective States il
| as follows: -
Ts.e.:: Si5, 56G 476
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