The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-26
MANUFACTURES
OF MINNESOTA
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1900 the quantity of lumber sawed in the
state, not including lath, shingles, etc., was
1,30S, 902 900 feet.
In Minneapolis, the great center of lumber
manufacture in the state, it was $4,000, 900
feet.
Next the Dairy Industry.
The dairy industry is third in rank in
Minnesota. Regarding it the bulletin
says
There We're 596 establishments engaged in
the factory manufacture of cheese. butter and
condensed milk, with TAO wage earners and
products valued at $S.479Ss6. In 1890 there
were LOG establishments, 1888 wage earners and
products valued at $2,95S.476. The increase
In the value of products during the decade
was St, APO. or 1865 per cent One of the
features Of the revolution in Minnesota ag-
ricuture in the past thirty years is the de-
velopment of the dairy industry. This growth
has been accompanied in the last twenty years
by marked increase Of cheese, butter and
condensed milk factories. which In 1890 num-
bered only twenty-seven, with capital OF
$7,149 and products valued at $62,094, this
increase marking the growth Of dairying on
farms and substitution of the system of dl-
yersihed farming for the old single-crop hus-
reflects the fact that Minnesota butter, like
Minnesota flour, is an important adjunct to
the prosperity Of the farmers and develop
-msne OF the state. ~.
Meat and Car-BuiIding.
Meat-packing business is fourth in rank
and of it the bulletin says:
There were twenty establishments engaged
in Strengthening and meat-packing in 1900,
with 66S wage earners and products valued at
81, S1o,655. In 1890 there were eighteen estab-
lishments, 222 wage-earners and products
valued at S2,510.431 The increase in value
of products during the decade were S., 800, 124,
or 211.1 per cent. The slaughtering industry
has shown even greater development in the
last decade than the making Of butter and
cheese in factories. Its development is due
IN part to factors that have contributed to
the growth Of the dairy industry and in part
to the favorable location of Minneapolis and
st. Paul with reference to the saughtering
Of cattle from the great ranges of the far
west.
Fifth In point Of Importance is the car con-
structon and general shop work Of railroad
companies, which in 1900 employed 400 people
and had an output valued at Sc, &c., 76; in
crease during the decade. 1854, 702, or 14O.5
per cent This increase is the direct result
OF the rapid growth of cities in Minnesota.
The foundry and machine shop business is
sixth in rank Of Importance. In 1900 there
were IT'S establishments, with 3,1S9 employees,
and products worth s5.975077; increase in
value OF products during the decade, So, 140,-
O5S, Or 110S per cent. Few industries in the
state show greater progress than this. The
increased use Of iron and steel and the trans
portation facilities of the twin cities and Du
luth contributed to its rapid growth
Now the Newspapers.
Regarding the newspaper publication
business, which is seventh in rank Of
Importance, the bulletin says:
There were $50 establishments engaged in
the printing and publishing Of newspapers
and periodicals in 1900, with 2,714 wage-e earn
ers and products valued at $5,79O14S. In 1890
there were BAL establishments, 2143 wage
earners and products valued at $4,157, OPS. The
increase ip~value Of products during the dec
ade was 81, 633, 1872, or 1913 per cent. The
growth Of Duluth, Minneapolis and St. Paul
has been attended by natural development Of
the newspaper business in these cities and
also in the minor cities of the state.
Brewers stand eighth in the list, with
seventy-eight establishments, having $50
employees and products valued at So, 1885,,
1928; increase in value of products for the
decade, 102 per cent.
The planning mill business is ninth with
sixty-one esta blishments, having 1,639 en-
ployes and products worth $3,9S8,276; de-
crease in value of products during the
ueCdue, 1915 per cent.
o., Shoes and Linseed Oil.
The boot and shoe industry is in the
tenth place, with 2,025 employees and
products worth s3,615,S01; increase in
value Of products for the decade, 1913 per
cent. In 1880 Minnesota had but five
boot and shoe factories. Explaining. the
growth of the industry, the bulletin says
that Minnesota profted by conditions pre-
vailing between 1870 and 1880, when the
shoemaking industry was centralized in
Massachusetts, and began to develop in
other sections and adds:
The facilities furnished by the manufac-
turing centers Of Minnesota for securing raw
materials at low cost of transportation, and
the natural advantages of, these centers for
marketing the goods in fourishing agricu!-
tural communities, have assisted in its de-
velopment.
g The linseed oil industry is the last of
the eleven leading Industries noted in the
bulletin. There are five establishments
with 155 employees, and products worth
$5,272,598; increase during the decade,
$1.724,s79, or lila per cent. Explaining
this the bulletin says:
The stimulus given agriculture by the in
PRODUCTION of new process Of milling wheat
has been followed by radical revolution in
methods of agriculture which is reflected in
manufactures. FlaXseed has been found
most profitable when rotated with other ce-
reals and it's cultivation has led to the estah-
ltshment of linseed oil mills at wheat milling
centers.
Twin Cities and Duluth.
During the last decade there was a de-
crease of the number of manufacturing
esta Adjustments in the twin cities and Du-
luth from 4,44S to 1892, but the average
number ofe Employees increased from 43, 297
to 4S,199, which is 11.3 per cent, and the
value of products from $124,769,77O to
$l6O, ll3,O3O, or 2S.6 per cent. The bulle-
tin says
In Minneapolis, the leading manu-
featuring city in the state, the num- r.:
Der of establishments decreased from
:2,723 to 1898, or 1S per cent, but the
" number Of wage-earners increased
from 23,70S to 26,6OS or 1873 per cent,
and value Of products from 1872, 922,-
1914 to $110,943,O43, or 1873 per cent.
The number Of establishments, num-
Der OF wage-earners and value Of:
off in