The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-19

center than Philadelphia, and the lake
district. of which Chicago is the center,
sustains some Of the mcst successful man
ufacturing towns in the United States
Rockford for instance, ia almost eXclu"
siyely manufacturing city. Two tnirdh
Of its entire population derive their "
come from Industrial institutions.
During my trip no place Interested re
more than Milwaukee, which. contrary to
accepted belief. produces great many
other articles besides beer. No city Ia
this country more thoroughly illustrates
what can be accomplished through d'ye.-
sihed manufacturing than Milwaukee,. 1t
IS In the very shadow Of Chicago, in tact
you can make the round trip by lake
steamers for 81, and the great Western
metropolis capped Its wholesale trade ana
/ forced the people Of Milwaukee either to
| 60 out of business or to go into manufa,
/ turing and they went Into the production
! of almost every conceivable commodity
Milwaukee Is today the greatest mining
machinery manufacturing center In this
country. She makes an enormous amount
OF ready to wear" garments OF every
kind and In spite of'botug In the shadow
of Chicago ana being cut off on the West
by both ST. Paul and Minneapolis, Milwau-
! kec has made a growth in the last ten
] years which + certainly remarkable, as
Is most splendidly illustrated In ar. edl-
torial from the Buffalo IN, " Courier
received today, and will read TO you. Hero
it Is:
That the census OF 1900 will not be a
disappointment TO everybody is shown by
the report upon Milwaukee. That city has
a present population Of 2S5,3l5 az against
one Of 20i 46S ton years ago, This is an
increase OF 1854 per cent. Milwaukee has
therefore grown faster. comparatively,
than any other city so far reported upon
Washington increased about 20 per cent
i in the decade, Cincinnati only 965 per
cent and Louisville 27.6 per cent
I'm 1890 Milwaukee was the sixteenth
city of the country. The six cities immedl-
ately ahead Of Il we're, beginning with the
largest Cleveland. Buffalo, New Orleans
Pittsburg, Washington and Detroit. Mil
waukee now has n population larger than
any OF those cities had ten years ago. It
moreover has climbed no ahead Of az least
one OF them. This Is Washington, which
had 230392 people In 1890 and now has a
population Of about $4,000 Here is the
first change In order shown by the census
OF 1900.
IT has been the fashion to argue that
Washington derives great benefit from
possessing the seat OF National govern
ment, and that Its percentage OF increase
viii be found abnormally high. But here
is a manufacturing city which Is not even
as fast. Down on the Ohio river, Lonis~
vile has grown three times as fast as Gin
cinnati. Evidently any attempts so far to
predict an average rate of growth In urba Il
population are premature. Local infiu-
ences play larger part than general
causes. in the statistics so far published.
81 was considerably disappointed in not
getting to visit Gplnd Rapids when was
away, but went into several of the turn-
ture factories at Rockford, and Rockford
ture In the United States. and the entire
! work is In the hands OF the Swedes, and
. every one OF these factories Is today pay
Ing good dividends Rockford is best
known. however. for her production o
hosiery, as she counts among her indus.
, tries some OF the very largest knittini
mills In the United States Quincy. Ill.
Is city in which 7 have lived and 1t IL
another apt illustration OF the fact tha
either sheer necessity or a low rate o
> interest for surplus home capital IS tht
: best basis upon which to build manu-
y featuring city. Quincy was formerly :
! Wholesale center OF considerable import
ance. This was cnt off nv the grea
. growth OF Chicago on the East st. Loui
y on the south and Kansas City and st 10
' seph on the west. Quincy had to eithe
stop growing or put her money into labor
!: employing enterprises. and today an
= makes more stoves than any other city u
9 the United States. and has other manu-
fac'nries Of various kinds
"St. Louis IL probably better known II
Texas than any other city excent Ne'
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