Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-03
The PACKING CENSUS
Immense Growth of the Indus
try Shown by the Census
Bureau Figures.
Chicago Still Leads the World
in Amount Of Meat Products
Produced.
The Capital Invested Approx
mates s7o.o 100000 Kansas
Next to Illinois.

Washington July 3.-Chicago still
leads the world in meat packing. and
in 1900. the value of the produc
amounted to nearly s257.OOO,000. Thes,
are the figures from the census office II
the special bulletin on 'slaughterin:
and meat packing" just issued.
The product of Chicago alone wa!
valued at S256,527,949. or 32.7 per cen
of the total value for the United States
and the increase in value from 1885,
was S52.921,547, or &c per cent. Th,
number of establishments decrease,
/ from 30 in 1850 to 81 in 1890. and to 8!
| liz 1900.
The capital invested in Chicago il
1900 was 67.137.569: the salaried off
Gals, 1910. and their salaries amounted
to Si,232.994; the wage earners. 25.345
and their wages S12,S15,676: the mis-.
cellaneous expenses amounted to $13..
s2a.S2o, and the total cost of material
$2lS,241.
The total number of beeves slaugh-
tered in Chicago in the last census yea,
'yas 1,G66,S4l. and their value S7S,347.
ell; the number of sheep slaughtered
2.S13.440. and their value $125S3, o93:
the number of hogs slaughtered, $780,
$780, and their value STOOL 500. The
value of all other animals slaughtered
Was Sl.1l4.46o. The cost of dressed
meat was s2l,oo6,3S4 and all other ma
terials S33.14S.161. The total value OF
the product was s256,527 $40.
The packers sold S43,262.243 pounds
of fresh beef, valued at SOL G4 .934: Co.
S6O.143 pounds of salted or cured beef
valued at s5.062.662 and 1926, 500
pounds of canned beef, valued at So
1928. The fresh mutton sold amount
ed to 1871, 22S,G51 pounds. valued at SILL
O5o,224; the fresh pork, 345, 1861 8 8 81
pounds, valued at s24,416.666: salt pork,
464,5oO,797 pounds, valued at So, 293.-
SIS; hams, 215,26S,955 pounds. valued at
S21.562.171; smoked bacon, sides and
shoulders. 159,6O7,524 pounds. valued at
s12,6SS,911: sausage, 91.756,941 pounds,
valued at 7.5SS.254; refined lard. 316.-
745,212 pounds, valued at s1S.124.463;
the oeo oil sold was valued at S5,227.-
163; the other oils. S1.99O.OOO; the fertil-
iZers. $S9S.455: hides. $lO773.S97: wool,
S1,935,313, and other products, S3O,966,-
762.
Illinois Nncluding Chicago) had six
ty-four establishments, with $71, 2.9. &c .
capital, 2IS61 wage earners, paid $19,-
O44,S3S.and the the value of the pro-
duct was s2S7.922,277.
The states in their order of relative
Importance in this business We're: Hill
nois, Kansas, Nebraska, New York, In
diana. Missouri, Massachusetts, Iowa,
Pennsylvania, Ohio. California, New
Jersey and Wisconsin. In 1890 Illinois
has S4.9 per cent of all the capital in
vested in this business, and in 1900 81 6
per cent. In 1890 Illinois produced 37.S
per cent of the total product, and in
1900, 1861 per cent. In 1900 Illinois had
4O.1 per cent of all the wage earners in
the business, and paid ~ per cent of all
the wages. Baltimore, New York and
Philadelphia had more Strengthening es-
adjustments than Chicago.
The census bulletin says: ""The I'M
ion stock yards at Chicago present a
monument to the opportunity and good
business sense of the American people
TO the stranger entering the yards for
the first time the scene is novel," and
then follows a decription of the yards
and the methods of conducting the bus