Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-25

s.i2a arc published west OF the MIssour
Tho assessed valuation OF property, rea
aud personal. In the states and terr,ore,
west OF the Mississippi aggregates $3.50,
Sl4Do. OF which 81 200 900 represents the
assessed valuation OF property west OF the
Missouri river. The assessed value Is less
than one-thlrd Of the real value. and II is
safe 10 say that the aggregate value OF prop
etty OF the country beyond tn Mississippi Is
not less than $4,000, 900. 900.
LIVE STOCK. GRAIN AND MINERALS.
Perhaps the most striking proof Of the
wealth and resources OF the country west OF
the Mississippi Is Afforded by the reports of
the Department Of Agriculture for 1891. At
the close OF last year the number of horses
and mules In the states and territories west
OF the Mississippi was computed to be $685.
500. and their value is estimated at $462, ,6S9,-
62l. The number OF cattle Is computed at
3O,97O,6l6, and their value Is estimated to be
1851 ,O93 266, The number Of sheep and hogs
Is computed at 50,Sll 800, and their value
Sl6S ,15S0i5. In other words, the aggregate
value OF the live stock and horses We ST of the
Mississippi in round numbers is 81. .09t 500, ,962.
West Of the Missouri and exclusive Of
Texas, Louisiana. Arkansas and Missouri. the
number of cattle is 6.24S COZ. and their value
is estimated at S213, ,9S7, $50; the number of
horses and mules 1885, ,0S0, value S244,T75,-
O53; number of sheep and hogs % .3S2, 1888,
value 594,9S0. making the aggregate value
OF horses and live stock $543, 1857. .602. The
total product of horses and mules Of all the
other states is 1854. .030, and their value is
estimated at s719 S36, ,OS5.
The total number of cattle In the states
east OF tho Mississippi is 23096 974, and the
value is estimated at s461, 1884, ,021 so that the
value of the cattle west of the Mississippi is
fraction greater Than that of all the states
east of the Mississippi. and the value of the
cattle west of the Missouri is nearly one-half
of the total value Of all the cattle east of
the Missouri. and the same ratio prevails as
regards sheep and hogs.
MINERAL PRODUCTION.
The production Of lead west of the Mis-
souri, for 1891 is computed at sl2, ,3S5,7SO cop
per, $13,261 .665; silver, $50 614 O04; gold $751;
6S5,l1S; add to this coal, si2 ,262 and you
have grand total of $3.50, .s27 in the
products of the mines. This computat alton,
made by Wells, Fargo g. Co., will fall short
by many millions of the actual value Of the
products by reason of the omission Of the
various minor metals. The coal product
west of the Mississippi in 1890 was $24,-
Alb, 262, Of which the Rocky mountain region
produced 81 1886, 900, and the amount of wages
paid in the transmississippi valley for coal
mining was SIT, ,I56.395, Of which $5,55S.244
was paid out in the Rocky mountain region
The number of persons employed was &c. 165.
or these 9,793 were employed in the Rocky
mountain region. You will observe that
stock raising and farming has produced
vastly more wealth within the past few years
in the region west OF the Missouri than has
been realized from the mining of precious
metals.
The Great West is rapidly gaining on
the east in the number and extent of manu-
featuring establishments. According to the
most conservative estimates the number of
operatives now employed in factories and
mills west Of the Mississippi is 1876. .7S4, earn
ing in wages SIS, 5,4S6,37s a year; 74,5s5 of
these factory and mill hands are in the coun-
try west Of the Missouri and their yearly
earnings aggregate $32,773,414. The value of
the. product of the factories and mills west
of the Mississippi during the year 1891 is
con- puted at $423, ,O6S. sos, and the product of
the states west of the Missouri alone Is COM
puted at S19S, 722. .653. and yet manufacturing
in the west is only In its infancy in the
valley.