Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-10-17

~ fit III 2ht NillP9 over i'pv' carloads q
season.
"Gne county in Missouri. Jasper. puts out
two-thirds Of the zinc used in the entire
United States
One county in Southeast Missouri
Dunklln. raises the best cotton in the
dunrons q our farms forests and mines
during 1886 apprcEmatcd $40 001h1o made
up of such items as S00 no head Of live
stock; 2S6, 90 nl6 bushels of grain; 200 dn1 t0N
pounds Of fruits and vegetables 5000 200
pounds Of poultry; On. 900 tf1 dozens Of eggs.
S25.c@c. Wo feet of lumber: 10000 carloads OF
cooperace, ties and other timber: e SEQ OtN
tons Of coal. 10000 tons of lead and zinc
ana 1000 tons OF iron. TO enumerate the
varied productions cf our soil would in
Guide almost every crop grown in the Tenn
perate zone. While not generally consid-
ered among the ccttOn-raiSing states, Mis-
souH's planters produced last year almost
t7,hS1t9 pounds of cotton. worth l,6Gt 900.
other Industries Sot Neglected.
Besides making such splendid progress
in agriculture, horticulture, stock raising
and mining. manufactures have not been
neglected. We have within the boundaries
Of our state l5.@3 manufacturing establish
tories and workshops capital amount
ing to Slio09T.Ro, the aggregate value
Of S5o,t the a., 9atp2t .d G6. from whtgh tG,. vas
tremendous array Of capital ana produc-
tion. when the almost inexhaustible sur
ply, Of our coal lead. zinc, iron, onyx granite
ufactures may he said TO be In their in
-, Missouri has 1874 varieties Of wheat and
Our cotton is equal to the best Sea ISL
and grades.
The per capita mortgage Indebtedness in
Missouri is $50; Illinois, 500 Nebraska, $l26;
iowa Slei. Kansas, S76
Missouri has thirty-fiye cities with over
i,sp population each.
Missouri has the most widely circulat ted
ntwspapers in the United States outside Of
New York. As newsgatherers the Republic
ara Clone DEMOCRAT have few, if any,
Tine secretary of the state board of agri-
cutture estimates the fruit crop Of Missouri
by reason Of high coioring. superior fiayor
ana good sniIfing Qualities. will comma nd
an extra price Every variety Of apple has
done well More orchards have been plant
Cd IN Missouri during the last two years
than in any other state in the Union
thousands OF acres are being set in grapes
much wine as two tons of California
grapes. The Missouri pear is selling as
g5r gsP IS IS 81 6aza 6S 56 , Rsaoa eFS FS d sh
l5Stoo bushels at 81 bbsheI; another re-
ports S,FS' worth Gf PEACHES from six acres
reported 6ooGD0 bushels For fruit Of all
kinds Missouri is admitted to lead the
Hnnhed Debt Very Light
The bonded debt Of the state Is only
the tax rate is only % cents on the 500
valuation. Our bonds are worth premium
in any market in the world We have the
option upon them, and II is my ambition
to see them all paid off before the expira-
ton Of my term in January, 1891 Our
T@%qh @ g9sqs a are tv Peng , Fapay d N pald %f
They now draw ( ana per cent interest
and command par the country over.
S6o eMad5ss2afI ~ m 1856 had 4 P39ulaiticn OF
AMOUNTING 70 hut 81 5G1 go.
During the decade from 1880 to 1850 the
taEabe wealth Of Missouri increased from
s0o.Ggbo0p TO s561 ,G1o GGD. IN the year 1860,
with 4 population Of i,72l go her bank de-
rosjts were but A,557coo. less than s3 per
population Of about Z 900, our banks held
deposits amounting 10 $it7 eJ0 Wh or $50 per
capita. The banking capital Of Missouri
posits amount to $50 900 0r0
st. louis passed through the panic Of
the government millions Of gold when the
reserve fund in the treasury was endan
gered
superb confidence in the future Of their
state are building their work upun strong
and enduring lines, content 10 believe that
the judgment of the future will assign
tnenn no mean places in the financial his
tory Of the nation. with such resources as
Missouri possesses banking in Missouri,
notwith thstanding its ranid strides to the
front. in the past, is yet in its infancy.
The future is fun Of prornise TO the bank
ers Of the state.
Railroads ~ the state.
In 1851, there were only thirty-cicht
miles of railroad i'm Missouri o-day sew
enty-one different corporations have
spread their iron network throughout the
state. giving us 4 raiiroad trackaec OF
$50 miles. Ont Of III counties in Missouri
but seven counties are without railroad fa-
time when they, being rich in resources,
VIII he supplied. Even if there were no
railroads in our state, we could still carry
on m enormous commerce for by way Of
the Mfssissfrpi ana Missouri rivers ana
their tributaries. giving us 200 miles of
uavigdble water. direct water connection
is had with every. state in the region of
During the corning three months about
eighry-hve miles Of railroad win be added
to the present main track rniIeaGe, making
railroads Of Missouri pay taxes on assess
rnent of nearly SSQfHN Gh. The earnings Of
the railroads Of Missouri may. be stated at
s35,fHnofn about u per cent Of this amount
being passenger earnings There are Is no
men employed in railroad service in Mis-
souri,.
Educational Institutions.
In educational instrurnentalities Mis-
souri, acknowledges few equals and no su-
pertors among the states.
Her state university is the oldest insti-
tuition of higher learning west Of the Miss
fil, eqaihbed in &rnerica It has All the ereat
literary and scientific Departments usually
Constituting such an Institution. Il was
among the first to establish upon its camp
US. in organized and correlated form, addi-
tiouai colleges for instruction ana training
In all the leading Industrial pursuits. and.
v hat is probably still more scFviceable to
the state. orr university has taken the lead
ir z concerted movement to carry indus
trial education down even to the clement
ary classes in the rernntest rural school
Missouri has nine great private colleges
taking rank with state universities i'm the
character Of instruction given She has
more tHan one hundred seminarias. acad-
eTnias and minor colleges doing tine work
Of secondary schools
Her three state normal schools have an
annual attendance Of more than two thou
sand students preparing for the profession
Of teaching.
Lincoln institute with property costing
the state Sl5A61n constitutes both college
and normal school for the negro citizens
cf the state. II has also well equipped in
dEstriai departments for both male and
female students.
onr Common School system.
"'Fhs state maintains extensive establish
rnents for the instruction Of the deaf and
blind, and also schools for training back
into rieht habits the seemingly ineorrieible
girls and boys Of the stats But best OF ali