, 1900-02-15
A oREAr
tremendous output of manufao'uri"
and Agricultural Products In the
Norfbwaat

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Northwest
some Interesting facts concerning
the unparalleled business actlvities Vi
the great protection year OF 1893 come
from the treasury bureau of statistics
relative to the tremendous output Oh
the great producing and manu1actur-
ing regions bordering upon the Urea.
Lakes, as illustrated by h report %
the business passing through the sauit
Ste, Marie canal connecting Lake su-
perior with Michigan, Huron, ERIE anu
Ontario. The report shows an increase
in the number of vessels, numper vi
quantities OF freighl' anu
in practically all of the classes OF
freight passing through that greas
waterway, and makes for the year 1888
the highest record of business ACTIVITY
on the Great Lakes. The number o
sailing vessels increased Z per cent
as compared with last year, the NUM-
Der of steamers 10 per cent, the numper
of unregistered vessels 20 per cent,
the quantity of registered freisht 10
per cent, the quantity of actual
freight 10 per cent, passengers 10
per cent, lumber 16 per cent, anu
that great factor in manufacturing ac-
t%ivities, iron ore, 80 per cent. In all
these important features, which sho"
the activities of the producing anu
manufacturing interests, the record VI
lake in the year 1893 sur
passes that of any preceding year., the
only case in which the years record
falls below that of any preceding
year being in wheat and -four, OF which
the supply of 1899 was slightly below
hat of n n or two preceding years.
and the foreign demand materially De-
low that of 1898.
A study of the figures of the busi-
ness of the 500 in 1899 compared
with that of earlier years indicates the
wonderful growth of the carrying trade
on the Great Lakes, and of the pro-
ducing and manufacturing industries
of the sections contiguous to them.
The number of sailing vessels, which
in 1869 was 939, was in 1879 l,4O3, In
1889 2,635, and in 1899 4,776; the num-
Der of steamers increased from 1893 in
1869 to 1918 in 1879, 6,501 in 1889, and
1879 in 1899; the number of persons
passing through the canal increased
from 1857 in 1863 to 1879 in 1879,
rs, 713 in 1889, and 49,0S2 in 1899, and
registered tonnage increased from 524,-
SS5 in 1869 to 1.677,071 in 1879, 7,221,-
1856 in 1889, and 81, 95S. 347 in 1899.
In the important articles of freight,
such as flour, wheat and other grains.
coal, iron ore, copper, lumber and
building stone, the growth is equally
striking. Flour increased from 32,007
barrels in 1868 to 451 900 barrels in
1879, 2,22s. TOT barrels in 1889, and T.
114.l47 barrels in 1899; wheat from
40, 700 bushels in 1870 to 2,603, 666 BUSH
els in 1879. 1921 ,s54 bushels in 1883,
and 1897. 1856 bushels in 1899; other
grain, from 1928, Sol bushels in 1869 to
951 ,469 bushels in 1879, 2,139, PAS bush
els in 1889, and 80, 1000, 1886 bushels in
1899; iron ore, from 239. 1868 tons in
1869 to 540,0 75 tons in 1879, 4,095 1855
tons in 1889. and 1885, 40 tons in
1899; copper, from IS, 662 ons in 1855
to 22,30s tons in 1879, 80 1866 ton IL
1889, and 1900 tons in 1899, and lum
Der increased from 1.260. 900 feet in 1855
to 35,59S, 900 feet in 1879, 815, 554, OOt
feet in 1889, and 1893, O57 900 feet IL
1899.