Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-07-02


Value OF mill products. .............. 1156CgOO4
saiue OF manufactures. ...,.-....... 2,1l2.61a
Aggregate value OF products =. $167, 237 $40
The production Of this value required the
employment OF S270, ,012 invested cap
ttal; the employment In the forest of 78.-
652 men, 90 women, and 10 children, and
also the labor of 80, 491 animals; the labor
In the mills of $1,000 men, SAC women, and
633 children; the operation of machinery
and mechanical appliances valued at $685.
55e,334; the removal CT 1,262, ISL, 1870 cubic
feet OF merchantable timber from natural
growth; the investment Of 81 800, 254 In
vessels, railways, and waterways, specially
used ana owned by tn 8 industry for the
transportation OF its material and product,
and the expenditure OF SOC, 6S8, 1858 fol
wages, subsistence, supplies, and miscel-
laneouS expenses.
The value Of forest products not manu-.
featured at mill. by States, is as follows:
Mlcngan .S14 u.s. 964
Wisconsin ....:..................... 10,978 6O1
NinnesotA' .......................... 1891 62f
Iotal. $50, 1926 1874
The value of the mill products by States
is as follows;
Mlonigan. ............,...,..... $83. .9st
Wisconsin 86, 10o,67l
AAAiAAcSoo1 III, SI
Total.... .$115, SOC COZ
The value of manufactures by States Is
as follows:
MSaanl $,S582M
yaeconsin '''......... IL, 437,7A
minnesota. Observation-Disclosures. 6,S156T
Total Observation-Disclosures l. ll2 6ll
The percentage OF increase in the value
OF mill production and manufactures from
the value reported in 1880 is as follows;
Michigan, 90. OF per cent. Wisconsin, 175. o.
per cent; Minnesota, 15961 per cent.
In some localities In Michigan, the sup-
ply OF all kinds of timber has become prac.
ideally exhausted. and the decreased pro-
duction Is noted, while in Others where the
pine has been denuded, other varieties oi
timber are now utilized into greater
variety OF products. The fact is cited in
explanation OF the increase shown in res
manufactures -
According to the census of 1880, the sir
principal lumber producing cities In this
group were, in order, as follows:
!. Bay City, Mich. output M GOT oos
=. Muskegon, Mich, output. .....,,, 8Ia9 25d
q S MinineapoMs. MINI, output.......... e,74OsA
4. Saginaw Mich, output. ............2 OS66V
o. Manistee, Mich, output 1851 SM
o. Menom1nee Mich, output .....,.... 1,2g4sSi
At the present census this order of rela-
tive rank has materially changed, Saginaw.
ana Manlstee Mich, having been outclass-
ca from the SIX principal cities, the order of
which Is now as follows:
l. Minneapolis, Minn output a6 5sa AKA
T. Menom1nee, Mich., output. ..,,..,, 42OS,68a
=. Muskegon, Mich. output ..,, 4018 0u
4 6ay City Mich. output. zoos 2H
0. Oskosh' Wis, output. ............,, $3.50 1850
D. La crosse, Wis.,. output. ............ B2O2 6M
The production of white pine lumber was
carried to its highest point I'm 1880 at the
mouth of Saginaw River, Michigan. and
that point still holds first rank In this res
spect.
The aggregate value of production "a.
ported for Bay City, West Bay City<sag-
1naw, Essexville and Milwaukee, constitute
ing the principal productive points ON the
Saginaw River, was $500. 943 in 1880 and
Se, OPT, 4O5 in 1890. The aggregate quantity OF
materlal consumed during the census year
1890 was about $50, 100000 feet board meas
ure, and the quantity offs tanding limb now
owned by establishments In the places
named is reported to be about $500 900. OO0
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. 600, 900 feet. board
measure, and the quantity of standing
timber now owned by establishments in the
places named is reported to be more than
,0O0,000,000, 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
OF the Federal Government to furnish data
or approximate estimate showing the area
OF tlmDered lands In Michigan, Wisconsin,
and Minnesota owned by the Government ii
would be possible to approximate The gross
average of ttmbered lands owned by both
the Government and private parties II is
shown from returns of individual manufac-
turers that their present holdings OF stands
ing timber in this group OF States are onlv
sufhclent to supply them for about Ave
years at the present rate of consumption.
The quantity in reserve is believed to ba
principally comprehended by what is stand
Ing on lands owned by Federal and State
Governments. This quantity, however, Is
unknown. The Federal Governments sau-
plies no information ON this subject. bnf
the holdings of public lands reported bv
State Governments indicate that no consid
cradle area of timbered lands Is owned hv
the State of Michigan.
The total area of land held by the Stat,
OF Wisconsin Sept. 30, 1890 is renorted I'd
671, 633 acres. Most OF this land is located
In the northern counties and abont ones
half Is said to be timbered. The State Of
minnesota reports ownership OF 10000 900
acres OF timbe; cd land, containing 20, 900.
0oo.oOo feet OF standing timber. mostly pine,
valued at $50, 900, 900.
The total capital invested In timbercd
lands and standing timber by the estal lish-
ments reporting in the respective States il
as follows: .a
$45 566 4sa
Experimentation. 34,t03n4A
aiiiuesOta. ..........-.......-....... 5.70l924
Iotai.. ........................... S., 1881 448
OF the foregoing. the amounts inves. ed
II lands located outside the group OF Stases
are as follows:
Michigan. "a gf7 155