The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-02-15
4 aREAr CENTURY
Tremendous Output of nIanufacturin<
and Agricultural Products In the

Northwest
Some interesting facts concerning |
the unparalleled business activities OF /
the great protection year of 1899 come
from the treasury bureau of statistics |
to the tremendous output or |
the great producing and manufactur-
ing regions bordering upon the Great
Lakes, as illustrated by the report OF
the business passing through the SauIt
Ste Marie canal connecting Lake Su-
perior with Michigan, Huron, Erie and
Ontario The report shows an increase
in the number of vessels. number OF
passengers, quantities of freight, and
in practically all of the classes or
freight passing through that great
waterway, and makes for the year 1899
the highest record of business activity
on the Great Lakes The number OF
sailing vessels increased per cent,
as compared with last year, the num-
Der OF steamers Is per cent, the number
of unregistered vessels % per cent,
the quantity of registered freight 1S
per cent, the quantity of actual
freight 10 per cent, passengers Ii
per cent, lumber 16 per cent, and
that great factor in manufacturing ac-
tivfties, iron ore, 80 per cent In all
these important features, which show
the activities of the producing and
manufacturing interests, the record OF
lake commerce in the year 1899 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
that of any one or two preceding years,
and the foreign demand materially be-
| low that of 1898.
A study of the figures Of the bust
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 1,4O3. in
| 1889 2, 635, and in 1899 4,776; the num-
Der of steamers increased from 399 in
1869 to 1,618 in 1879, 6,5O1 in 1889, and
14,378 in 1899; the number of persons
passing through the canal increased
from IL, 657 in 1869 to 1879 in 1879
ZIP in 1889, and 49, 0S2 in 1899, anc
registered tonnage increased from 524,
S85 in 1869 to L ,677,O71 in 1879, 1921,
935 in 1889, and p, 95S,34 in 1899.
In the important articles of freight
such flour, wheat and other grains
coal, iron ore, copper, lumber AM
building stone, the growth is equal,
striking. Flour increased from %, 90
barrels in 1869 to 451, 900 barrels il
, 1879, 2, 22S, 7O7 barrels in 1889, and z,
114,147 barrels in 1899; wheat from
+ 49,7OO bushels in 1870 to 2,603, 666 bush
2 els in 1879, 1921, 854 bushels in 1885
f and 5S, 397, 335 bushels in 1899; othe
2 grain, from 323, Sol bushels in 1869 t
r 951, 469 bushels in 1879, 2,133, PAS bush
' | els in 1889, and 10000, 935 bushels
t | 1899; iron ore, from 239, 1868 tons
: 1869 to 54O,O75 tons in 1879, 4,O95. Sc
e tons in 1889, and IL, 1928 ,24O tons
e 1899; copper, from Is, 662 tons in 1St
g to 22,3O9 tons in 1879, SO, 466 tons
n 1889, and 12O, 900 tons in 1899, and lun
> Der increased from i, 26O, 900 feet in 49,
to 1893, 900 feet in 1879, 1854 .O'
d feet in 1889, and 1898, o57, 900 feet
IT 1899.