The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-10-10
Made the Pfster Millions.

Wisconsin fourth in rank, the value Of
product being $2O,000,OOO, nearly twice
what it was ten years ago. Half Of
the product comes from Milwaukee.
Wisconsin was the fourth state in rank
both in 1890 and 1900 reporting 6.5
and 9.S per cent, respectively, of the
total value of products. In almost all
sections this industry is dependent
upon local supply of oak or hemlOck
bark, the principal materials used in
the tanning process. AS the forests of
these trees become exhausted in one
locality, the industry moves to centers
where supplies Of bark are still to be
found
Second Leading Paper County.
In wood-pulp Wisconsin is fifth in
out put-nearly $11,O0O,OO0, or SO per
cent. Of the whole In 1890, 81, 2S2, O22.
The development of the manufacture
in Wisconsin is also due largely to an
abundance Of wood. Ontagamie CAP
pleton) is exceeded in importance in
this industry only by Thompson coun-
ty, Mass, and Coos county, N. H. The
chief causes for the localization of the
industry in these sections, and in the
northeastern part of New York state,
are the supply Of spruce and poplar,
the timber chiefly used in making wood
pulp; the existence of water-power
necessary to operate cheaply the heavy
grinding machinery; the quality of the
water supply, i. e., it's suitability for
use in mixing the pulp; and the large
adjacent market furnished by the
newspaper press of the cities of the
New England and middle states.
Strengthening and Meat Packing.
In this industry Wisconsin ranks
Nights $13,60O,O0O Of products being
exceeded by only 10 states, though as
against Illinois total of $2SO,OOO,OOO,
the showing seems small. However.
Chicago is in a class by itself. Kan
sas is second with $77,OOO,OOO and In
diana fourth with $43,OOOOOO. AS a
city point in the industry, Milwaukee
ranks tenth with nearly $6,OOO,OOG
products, which is nearly per cent.
of the city's total value of products.
AS an instance of diversity in in
dustry: In Russia there are over 500
villages devoted to the various branch
es OF wood work, in one village prac-
tically nothing being made except
spokes for the wheels of vehicles, in
another nothing but the bodies, etc.
Seven of the various advantages
which give rise to the localization of
industry may be stated as follows: /,
nearness to materials; 2, nearness to
markets; 3, waterpower; +, favorable
climate; 5, 4 supply Of labor; g. capt.
tai available for investment in man
ufactures; Z, the momentum of an
early start.
Work in the Varsity.
The university is under way. The
dairy department begins work Nov. 6.
1t accommodates 1870. so not a few will
be turned away. To enter one must
have worked not three months Gas for
merly), but five months. In connec-
ton with the dairy school is a cream
cry which has a patronage now of 119
farmers supplying milk.
AS an addition to the engineering
; course for those who want it, is a
tive-year course. This course is de-
signed to give the student all the tech
meal knowledge and general engineer
ing training that he would have re-
ceived in four-year, curriculum, but
, at the same time it will give the tech
meal man a general culture and an in
sight into the humanities that he does
not get in the shorter course
In other words. it is an effort to COR
rect its traditional idea that an zen
SIneering" graduate drops out of the
conversation when the company be-
gins to talk Of Shelley's poetry or of
the times of julius Caesar. There has
long been Il saying that the engineer
lacks something" No one who knew
the all-around Johnson-the lamented
Dean-could raise this point, for he
was Il most delightfully."- versatile man,
but it is true Of many of these gradu-
ates. They had to work SO terrifically
hard with their cosines and resistance
problems for four years that the re-
| pose of confidence and something Of
elegance that come of study of litera
| ture, history and art are lacking in
many an engineer. This statement will
be denied, but it is true and many a
candid engineer will unbosom him.
self on the subject if you know him
we'll enough.
| The new course is in tho rioht dirac.