Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1902-04-26

0ftaL ana otner Waste PRODUCTS Oh
the slaughtering and meat-packing
houses. There were in 1900 seven of
these establishments, with 1T wage
earners and products valued at ST.
0s3,337. In 1900 there were nine es-
Establishments, 80 wage earners and
products valued at $3.50, 219, an increase
in the value of the product of 327.s per
cent.
The industry ranking second in i'm
portance in the state is that compris-
ing the Touring and grist mills, which
numbered in 1900 533 establishments,
employing 1,451 wage earners, and
yielding products valued at $21,926,-
76S, as against 34s establishments, 1923
wage earners and products valued at
SIT ,42O, AIS reported in 1890, an increase
in the value of the product of $50 per
cent. S. C. Pomeroy established the
first mill in the state at Atchison in
1861, but the inability of the smaller
mills to cope with the larger ones of
the country in the manufacture of
-four products, together with the vari-
alton of rates for long hauls, has made
it difficult for the milling industry to
extend as rapidly, as circumstances
would seem to warrant, for although
Kansas raised S2;4S6,655 bushels of
wheat in 1900, valued at s46,1e5,656, or
3.3 per cent. of the wheat crop of the
world, only "a per cent. of the Kansas
crop was ground by the mills of the
state.
The $3.50 miles of railroad in the
state reaching to every part OF its
vast agricultural tracts have been pro-
iected and built to handle the large
agricultural and stock raising prod
ucts, and this has called into existence
an industry which holds third place
among the manufacturing industries
of the state. Car construction and gen
eral shop work by steam railroad COM
panies is carried on in 81 establish
ments, with $500 wage earners, and
products valued at S6,S16,S16. In 1890
there were 20 Establishments, 2.s19
wage earners and products valued at
$3,644.03s, indicating an increase in the
value of the products during the dec
ade of ST. per cent.
An industry dependent on the
zinc mines in southern Kansas,
where bituminous coal and gas and
OIL are also found, furnishing a
cheap fuel. is that of the smelt-
ing and refining of the zinc ore.
In 1900 there were II establishments
engaged in this industry, with 1,497
wage earners and products valued at
S5,790,144. In 1890, four establish
ments were reported, with BAL wage
earners and products valued at $685.
500. The increase in the value OF prod
ucts during the decade was 5000 per
cent. This remarkable increase is due
to the fact that in 1890 the industry
was almost in it's infancy in the state.
The manufacture of cheese, butter
and condensed milk is carried on in III
establishments in the state. The 39o
wage earners turned out a product val
ued at So ,652, $50. In 1890 101 establish
ments, employing 271 wage earners'
turned out products valued at $919,7S7,
an increase for the decade OF 279.1 per
cent. in the value of products. This
industry which has shown such re-
markable growth during the last dec
ade, constitutes q source OF profit to
the small farmer and stock raiser as
we'll as to those who operate on
larger scale. Many cooperative es-
adjustments exist in the state and
have attained considerable success.
Kansas does little something in
the way Of foundry and machine shop
work, the products consisting largely
of Touring mill machinery. Several OF
these establishments are located at
Kansas City and Leavenworth, and
have found a productive and respon-
sive field for their energy and capital.
In all there are "a establishments in
the state, with 1,246 wage earners, and
products valued at S2,s04,26S. In 1890
there were 60 establishments, 1901
wage cdIucls, anu PiOu"N's '"ANNN -,
S2,756, s25, the increase in the value OF
the products being II per cent.
Besides these seven leading indus
tries of Kansas there are II other
branches of manufacturing industry
in the state, carried on in 6,963 estab-
lishments, employing 16,72s wage earn
.ers, and turning out products valued at
$50, 643 ,652. In addition to the SGT es-
Establishments of the seven leading in
dustries of the state and the 6,963 es-
Establishments of the II other indus
tries, there are 2,4ss establishments
in the state, with product of less than
$500 year. The proprietors and firm
members of these establishments mum
Der 2,646, and the wage earners en-