The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-11-29
GRAND OLD MISSOURI.

The taxable property In Missouri
is worth 81, 0oO, OOO, 900.
Missouri's surplus products are
worth s140, 600, 900 a year.
Missouri leads the entire world in
watermelonsi
Missouri took more first premiums
ut the worlds Columbian exposition
than any other state.
Missouri is first of the states in the
Of mules, third in hogs and
corn, sixth in iron and horses; sew
in oats, md ninth in sheep.
There are 26, 700 square miles of
coal fields in the state, greater than
any other western state except Him
OILS, and the output of coal is 3,OO0,-
900 tons, worth 81, 900, 900 annually.
Missouri produces $500 tons of
zinc a year.
The production of corn is 19,00O,-
900 bushels; cast, SO, 00o, 900; wheat,
20, 0O0, 900; and tobacco, 5000, 900
pounds annually.
Missouri saw mills turns out SOC, 900
feet of lumber a day, and shipments
from the State are 80, 900 900 feet a
year.
There are 500 900 acres surveyed
~unoccupied government land III the
state, including some of the finest
mineral and agricultural lands under
the sun.
Among the shipped products
yearly: GO 1000 horses and mules,
100000 sheep, 2,OOO,O 900 hogs, 675,-
900 cattle, rs, 200, 900 pounds poultry Z;
10, 600, 900 eggs.
In possession of mineral
Missouri has no superior, scarcely a
rival, in the United States.
The territory represented by Mis-
souri, has been mineral producing for
200 years. The Indians were min
ing lead west of Ste. Genevieve in
1900. Iron mining began about 1915;
coal was discovered in the early
explorations; and zinc was mined
with lead ores for many years, but
was not utilized until 1869. In zinc
production Missouri ranks first in the
country. Between one third and
one-half of the total zinc yield of the
country ONE from her mines.
Her zinc has amounted to 1880, 500
pounds, worth s30,371,O 900.
Missouri has produced 800, 900
tons OF lead, worth $35, 200 900.
Missouri production of iron has
amounted to about 8 1000, 900 tons and
its value is approximately $32, 000,-
600.
Missouri mines have yielded
approximately, 10000, 900 tons of
coal, the total value of which was
$4,000, 900.
Missouri produces immense guam
titles of fire clays, stoneware clays,
china clays and kaolin. All these
nave a nigh reputation-so high,
that one of the largest industries in
the state is that of washing and pre-
pariug clay for the manufacture of
glass.
Missour,'s possessions in limestone,
sandstone, granite and marble alone
suffice to make her a great state in
natural resources, and these have
scarcely been touched except for the
requirements of home industries.
Missouri's onyx of recent develop
ment is of very fine quality. 1t is
of the variety known as Mexican,
and is found in Crawford, Pulaski,
Howell, Stone, Barry, Laclede, Cam =
den and Morgan counties.
Five varieties of mineral waters
of recognized therapeutic value are
found in Missouri, namely: Muria-
tic, alkaline, sulphatic, chalybeate
and sulphur.
Missouri contains considerable
deposits of copper, which has been
extensively mined in Ste. Genevieve
county.
Silver ore yielding 1874 ounces tc
the ton has been mined in Madison
county, and biologists claim it still
exists in paying quality.
Missouri grows 1874 varieties o
wheat and 100 kinds of grasses.
Missouri produces cotton equal t.
the best Sea Island grades.
Taxed acres, in proportion to thu
whole: Missouri, 25,41 per cent
Illinois, BOTS; Nebraska, SIG; Iowa
| G.95; Kansas, 6l.56.
Per capita mortgage indebtedness
Ihieooull, GOV, iiiihoio, WV, NSc
raska, S126; Iowa, 1O4; Kansas
$40.
Missouri's population has Increase
800 200 in four years.
Missouri has thirty five cities wit
over 1000 population each.
Values of shipped products: Lea
and zinc, S., 200, 900; corn and oats
90, oOO, 900; dairy products an
poultry, IS, oOO, 900; coal and iror
"a, 900 900 brick and tile, $2,225, 0C
Leading the world in these and tn
raw clay from which they are mad
Missouri leads the country then o
Mules,
Lead,
Fireclays,
Watermelons, and