Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-05-10
1owA's RESOURCES.
marixes Some of the Advan-
tages of the state.

Labor Commissioner O'Bleness in an
article on the resources of Iowa says:
Iowa is very largely an agricuIt ural state.
1t Is In its infancy, so to speak. in manu-
featuring. yet there Is nowhere a locality
10 we'll provided with special facilities for
manufacturing. We have the very best
that the soil Will produce abundance OF
coal can be had for manufacturing estab-
lishments ut very nominal figure, the
purest water flows In our rivers or can be
had in unlimited quantities simply for the
digging or boring. Raw material Of al
most every nature at hand and everything
that goes toward making All ideal manu.
featuring state Iowa can produce.
Iowa Is filled with prosperous farmers,
there being something like 273.2S1 persons
engaged in this line of business. Our mer-
chants and business men and our bankers
are liberal with their money.
According to the census report for 1895
our manufacturing establishments are
valued at s25.60S79S. The amount expended
In material for manufacture in 1884 was
$SS.G1 1855. Value of manufactured product.
$63. 1884, 2o. Total number of males employed
In manufact ure. 25.960: number of females,
S.G42 Total amount paid in wages. Sl0.0S4.-
1888.
Iowa has within its borders 342 coal mines.
The valuation of these establishments
(shafts and machinery, railway, engine and
coal cars) Is $685.. 272. Number of tons OF
coal mined: Lump. S.lO7.3Sl; nut. 57G0O6.
Tons of coal shipped to markets outside
the state: Lump. 39O.465: nut, IS. 1884: slack,
22.l7S. Tons of coal shipped to markets
within the state or sold at the mines for
domestic use: Lump. 1905, 0G3; nut. 2S5 EOS;
slack. l3O.G75. Value of coal mined and sold,
$4.599,23. Total number of miners en-
ployed, 6,SGO. Amount paid for mining, ST.
0s2.04. Number Of men employed other
than miners, 2.2s1. Amount of wages paid
for labor other than to miners, s835.132
We have also 261 stone quarries, which
produced in 1895 SS,STS feet of finished stone
at u valuation of $290.4S9; also S7,51S yards
OF dimension stone valued at $lS1. $50: g.
92l cords of rubble stone at a valuation Of
$l37.655. and 1885, 66 yards Of broken stone
valued at S6i.06S. These quarrIes are prac-
ticably inexhaustib.e and will. for years to
come, furnish the state with a very high
grade of building and other material
Iowa is growing more and more in favor
with manufacturers each year and almost
every city in the state Is offering special
advantages to induce manufacturers to To-
cate with them.
The shipping facilities of Iowa are among
the best. something like 65 lines Of railroads
operating throughout the state, there being
s,4sl miles In operation. Daily trains to and
from all parts of the state to Omaha, St
Paul. Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago, st,
Louis. Kansas City. etc.
The population of Iowa in 1885 as shown
by the census report for that year was
l.753.sso In 1880. 1871 1896. In 1895. 2o5s, oss.
1nls SHOWS an Increase In ten years Of
3O5,OS9.
| 10 any person looking fora location, be it
Tor manufacturing, agriculture, educa-
tional advantages or what not, 'in all that
| Ii sood. Iowa affords the best"