Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-06-04
AUDRAIN's SURPLUS.
A Correct Report of Our Out
Shipments-The Labor Com
missioner Compiling Very
Valuable InfOrma-
tiOn.

mo AoW 1c4 4utics su0 LaooI So4A>
missioner to make an inspection of,
and to report annually on the con-
dition of the faetoriea and work.
shops of the State; also to make a
showing of the value of goods manu-
factured, cost Of raw material,
amount paid out for wages, salaries,
taxes and insurance, fuel and re-
pairs for each Touring mill, saw
mill, brick-yard, creamery, machine
shop, foundry; in fact, every man
ufacturing establishment in the
State. The Commissioner of La
Dor is also required to make a re-
port, showing the wages paid en-
ployes in manufacturing establish
ments, and the conditions of work
ing women in the large factories
of the State.
In addition to these investiga-
tions, he has taken up one that
will be of interest to the farming
class, and benefit to the entire
State. He prepares blanks and
sends to each railroad station agent
in the State, also to each river
shipping point. These blanks, when
filed out, will show the surplus
commodities in carload lots, men
toned in the caption headings of
the blanks. and these commodities
are the product of the farm, factory,
forest and mine. These shipments
are only the out shipments from
each station, the out shipments
being the surplus of that station.
These blanks are prepared for
1O6 counties in the State, 8 coun-
ties having neither railroad nor
river shipping points. These sta
ton shipments, when added to-
gether for each county, will indi-
cate the surplus of that county,
and when the county shipments
are added, will show the States
surplus. 1t is an easy matter to
fix fair valuation on a carload of
each of the commodities mention
ed, multiply this by the number of
carloads of that commodity, the
result will be the value of the
States surplus of that commodity;
add all these values together and
the result is the total value of Mis-
souri's surplus.
This information will be given
in the Labor Commissioners re-
port, by counties, arranged al
phabetically, beginning with Adair
and ending with Worth county. A
person living in distant State or
a foreign country, desiring to live
in Missouri, can look at each coun-
ty and tell from the surplus, not
only the county, but the station
that is best adapted to his busi-
ness. If a family coming to Mis-
souri, has this information before
them, they will save great deal
of time and money by knowing in
just what county to locate.
Audrain county, IN 1890, ship
ped $40 carloads of cattle; say an
average of II head to the car gives
13, no head of cattle from Audrain
alone. The other shipments will
show for themselves. 1t is very
interesting to note what counties
excel in certain commodities.
Cooper, Vernon and some others
rank very high In fruit shipments,
while Scott county comes forward
! with over 1000 carloads of water
melons. In other counties the
lumber and tie shipments are i'm
mense, as are also the lead, zinc,
iron, coal, wood, fax, flour, hay &c.
Audrain's "out" shipments were
as follows:
Mexico-Cattle 233, hogs 1856, horses and
I mules 172, sheep 4s, corn Is, hay 80, oats 10,
wheat II, broom corn 3. flour 16O, fire brick 679,
fruit 8, lumber 2s, scrap iron g. poultry q, junk
| 10. miscellaneous 1o3, lime 4s, total 1872.
Rush Hil-Cattle 43. bogs SO, horses and
mules 6, sheep 4. corn Is, hay 16, oats 80, wheat
7, fax 4, broom corn 2, emigrant outfit 2, total
| 164.
| Laddonia-Cattle 100, hogs 155, horses and
mules q, sheep 49, corn 2, hay Ii, oats 81, wheat
Z, fax 30 junk Z, emigrant outfit 8, total 431.
| Farber--Cattle Ga, horses and mules 3, sheep
1, corn 1, hay 10, oats IS, coal G, junk /, emil
grant outfit /, total lis.
| Vandaiia--Cattle ia, hogs 17G, horses and
mules 6, sheep ., corn /, hay 146, oats 100, wheat
2, fire brick Z, coal lilo, fruit 2, poultry 4, junk
| 2, emigrant outfit Z, total 74s.
Thompson--Cattle so, hogs "a, sheep 5, hay 2,
| lumber 3, total 164.
Benton City--Cattle Is, hogs 46, horses and
mules g. sheep 2 IL, oats 0, flax 5, total 1os
Martinsburg- Cattle 42, hogs Sc, sheep 6, corn
1, hay 81, oats 81, wheat 1, lumber 1, miscella-
neous 8, fax seed 10, weol 1, total I69.