People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-08-25
FIELDS OF WEALTH.


Comprehensive Exhibit Of tn. Pre-
ducts and Resources Of the Gre.,
Northwest
The products and resources of thu
great northwest are consequently ad-
yertised in several departments OF the
Worlds Fair, but nowhere on the
grounds is the matter put TO better ad-
vantage than in the exhibit of the
Northern Pacific railway in the Trans
portation building. The lines of the
Northern Pacific road, extending from
Chicago to Puget Sound on the Pacific
Goa T traverse the seven great states
OF Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Da-
kota, Montana, Idaho, Oregon and
Washington. The aggregate mileage
OF the road is 5,6sS miles
The broad belt Of coun.
try through viii h the road passes
Is as yet sparsely settled; but with it's
mounta ms of gold, silver and iron, its
forests OF choicest woods, its majestic
grazing fields and the fertility of the
vast expanse OF grain producing soil,
1t is only natural that it will soon be
thicky populated And the Northern
Pacific is painting the way to the land
OF wealth in the most iorcible ma, ner
possible. The exhibit of the states
named is shown on two specially con.
structed cars. 1t is so ne tly and
comprehensively arranged that the
visitor at once gets IN idea OF the
principal products of thes state named.
The products on exhibition inc ude
all kinds Of grains in the str W;
threshed grains aud seeds; fruits and
berries; wild and cultivated grasses;
ores, woods, iron and coal: precious
metals and stones; hops, tobacco and
fax; flour, wool and fish; tanning ark
and tanning acid; marble, building
stone, pottery and brick; aersted,
dried, preserved and canned iru Is;
vegetables, petrifed woods, fine min
eral spec mems, etc, etc. In short,
the exhibit comprises general co lee
ton OF all kinds OF products 10 show
the diversified resources of tho seven
great northwestern states traversed
by the Northern tactic railroad. On
the outside of one OF the cars
are seven anners with statistics of
the population and products Of
each state up TO the present year.
Wisconsin-Population, May i. 1893,
1900, 900. Products in 1892: Yield OF
grains, III, 77s, 96l bushels; lumber cut
3,677,O3i, 966 feet; shingles cut, l,644,-
374,9O0; iron ore output s3O,652 tons;
pig iron produced, l74,06l tons live
stock. 4, l4i ,OO6 head.
Minnesota-Population, May l.
1923, 10000. Products in 1892
Yield Of griins, 124, 2O7, 59S bushels;
lumber cut, 1,462, 491, 1884 feet; iron ore
output l,l7l,s9 tons; live stock,
1855, Ols head; free government lands,
6,5l0,6ll acres: Northern Pacific L. Z.
lands, l,2Oe, 900 acres.
North Dakota-Population, May |,
1898, 275,000. Products IN lS92: Yield
OF grains, 55,733,sl5 bushels; wool
clip, s,l23,9OO pounds; live stock, L.
U93, 900 head; fire., government lands,
ly,500,555 acres; Northern Pacific rail-
road lands, $3.50, 900 acres.
neutrality-suspicious., May /, 1893.
200 600. PRODUCTS in 1882: told, silver,
copper and lead. SIS sos, 626; wool clip,
lS,lS6, $50 pounds; live stock, 3.s47.465
head; free government lands 74,5js,-
l43 acres; Northern Pacific railroad
lands 1900, 900 &C es
Idaho-Population, May 1888, 1oO,-
900. Products in 1892: Gold. silver,
copper and lead, $40. 7S6, s42; wool clip,
5,349, s3i pounds; live sto. *, i,463,09O
head; free government land, "a. 225, i4s
acres; Northern Pacific L. Z. lands,
i,740,0C0 acres
0regon-Population, May !, 1893,
100000 Products in 1892: Yield Of
gratis, 22,s51, 900 bushels: wool clip,
14,964, $40 pounds; live stock, 3,S4s,24s
head; salmon fisheries, value, $780,
600; free government ands. 3S,455,S73
acres; Nor hern Pacific z. K. lands,
300, 900 acres.
Neutrality-suspicious., May I,
1893, AIS, 600. Products ID 1899: Lum-
Der cut, 1,i6I. 425, $50 feet; shingles
cut, 1,ss3, sos, $50; coal output, 1855
coo tons; vi Id OF grains, 20,2s9,0 900
bushels; yield OF hops, 5,oss, $50
pounds; wool clip, 1894, $50 pounds;
live stock, l,7lO, 765 head; free govern
ment lands, 1p,O0s,49O acres; Northern
Pacific railroad lands, 100000 acres.
The exhibit is the only one of the
kind in the building, fact which re-
fleets considerable credit on the man-
agement Of the Northern Pacific. 1t
is needless TO say that it attracts
great atten ion from visitors.
Hon. George $. Boutwell,, when elected
Governor of Massachusetts,, was the
youngest person ever elected TO that Of
fee. Now he is t Q senior Ex-Governor
Of the state rs well as the Oldest in
years.