The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-07

AouI. IH6 growth OF the export buS1-
ness in flour is astonishing Minnesota
now sends flour daily to South Africa
and Finland, and about 1SC0O,OOO barrels
| are manufactured yearly in the state.
! In Minneapolis alone about 10000 coo bar
rels are manufactured, and every day OF
! the year $4,000 barrels are shipped all
| over the world.
LEADS IN IRON ORE
Now take iron. Minnesota furnishes
| more of the ore than any other part of
| the world. we know it here and steel
companies in the East know it, but what
! is necessary is to bring this to the at
| tention to the whole people of the East,
and this is the chance. 1t is not gem
| orally known fact that the larger guam
| titles of commodities are taken to the
East from the West. 1t is a common
| thing to see the "empties'' en- route to
| Duluth, but it is rare thing to see them
going from Duluth. IN fact, it is an
almost unheard-of thing. l am in favor
of being inagnificently represented at the
exposition
John Washburn and w. H Dunwoody,
beth of the Washburn-C Crosby company,
are in hearty accordance with Gov. Pills.
bury. They say their firm will at least
do all in it's power to make the exposi,
ton attractive. Anything less than
$4,000 in their opinion would be entirely
insufficient and a poor exhibit would be
worse than none.
hight in line with the statements Or
Gov. Pillsbury come figures given out by
Labor Commissioner O'Donnell. In the
Lake Superior mineral range are 106 mines
in operation. In Minnesota there are 46
iron mines and "a of these are now in
full operation. Some Of the mines have
an enormous production In 1899, the
Mountain Iron mine shipped 1,137,9 $40 tons
of ore, the Fayl, 1,O72257 tons; the
Chandler, S0S,359 tons; the Mahonmg. T5r,.
900 tons; the Adams, 120,474 tons; the
BiWabik, $50, S36 tons, and the Auburn,
3S5, ,9Y2 tons. The total amount of ore for
the year ending 1899, was S,214, ,726 tons.
Reports for the year 1900 are not yet
complete, but they will show large in
creases over the year previous.
The remarkable thing about the growth
of mining in this state is the fact that
the industry iS yet in its infancy It is
only in the last decade that the North
Star state has taken the high rank
which it now holds, and some of the
ranges have not begun to disclose their
| real wealth.
BUTTER AND CHEESE STATISTICS.
! Dairy and Food Commissioner McCon-
nell is one Of the most enthusiastic in
favor of large appropriation for the
| Buffalo exhibition and suggests that one
!
| butter and cheese exhibit from this
| state, which leads the world The fol-
! lowing figures for the year 1899 speak
| for themselves:
| Total number of creameries in
StdCe ...-...... Observation-Disclosures. $50
MIX received, pounds .......... 972. .799. .2l9
Rutter made therefrom. pounds 44.OO7, ,933
| Butter sold to patrons pounds 3761 223
Butter sold to others not ship
ped, pounds ...:................. 3e7, 7,375
| Butter sold and Skinned n
points within the state,
y pounds ,.;;.:;.::.,. ,.......:;. 1922, ,721
state, pounds ............... 36.75o.375
! Amount paid patrons for milk So, e59, 81 / E5
| operating expenses .........:.. 1890, 739 .95
Average price paid per 100
pounds of milk .................. .6S Clio
| Average price paid per pound
for butter fat ................... II 80
Total number of creamery pa
irons ...:,...:.. .......,.......,.. 4O,1S9
| Total number of cows supply
ing milk to creameries .....:. 331 ,512
| Average monthly salary paid
buttermakers ,.........,........ $58 IA
Everyone in the state remembers the
last buttermakers convention held In st.
Paul. Minnesota practically carried off
| all the honOrs. Because of a mathemat-
| ical error, it was thought at one time
that Kansas had won the banner for first
place, but few days after the conven-
ton telegram came from Secretary
! Sudendorf at EIgin ILL.,, saying that Min
nesota had won it and was entitled TO
the medals and and the greater portion
Of the pro rata money The news SIR
prised the whole of the country except
Minnesota. It is an acknowledged fact
that this state makes the best butter in
the world. In fact, the best buttermaker
of the world lives at New Sweden, Mimi
His name is Samuel Haugdahl. and he is
| oXDert mem her of the n jrx1 food
commission He took the first prize at
the Paris exposition and he has a large
number of medals wen on various occa-
sions in different parts Of the country.