Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-04-23
Interesting Figures About
Minnesota Factories
Census Statistics Just Available Show GRATIFYING
Growth in Ten Years.
the ten years of s1s,51o, c2e, or 1873 per

o~-~ WA GOA . " vAo,oAV,O-S, OI $50 IeE
cent.
! Going further into the details of this
vast lumber interest we find the mills
OF the state produced, in sawed lumber
alone, not including lath. shingles, ETC.,
1,30S, 900 feet in the census year.
OF this amount 616,00O,000 feet was
sawed;i IN Minneapolis. The annualwage
OF the employees in the lumber manu-
featuring establishments amounted, in
the census year, to $7,140,571, having in
creased to that amount from 81, lisa, 522
in 1890. To the figures for 1900 should
be added the wages paid the operatives
in the planning mills, which amounted
to $667,0o1.
| OF the three great industries of the
state the third is found in it's creamer-
les. OF these there were 500 establish
ments engaged in the manufacture Of
cheese, butter and condensed milk, Civ
ing employment to 74o wage earncrs.
and producing q product valued at
$S.47o.896. In this, as in some Of the
other industries of the state, there is
shown decrease in the number of op-
eratives employed, while at the same
time the number Of factories and the
value Of the products shows heavy
increase. In 1890 there were employed
in the creameries Of the state 7S3 wage
earncrs in 106 establishments. produce
ing product valued at 50 ,95S, 476. The
increase in the value of the product
thus shown being equal to 1866 per
cent. Minnesota creamery products.
ike Minnesota -four, are becoming well
and favorably known all over the
world, and they are forming an impor-
tant adjunct to the prosperity of the
farmers and the development of the
state.
One of the rather startling facts
brought out by the census returns is the
foundry and machine shop products.
| While Minnesota is classed as one of
the greatest iron ore producers of the
states of the union, mining more iron
in 1890 than any other state excepting
one, yet the absence of coal and lime
stone has made the smelling of ore i'm
! possible within the boundaries Of the
state. But the recent census shows
that these difficulties are being rapidly
overcome, and that the foundry and
machine shop establishments have
! grown from 90 establishments in 1890
to 175 in 1900, while the number of en-
! ployes have grown from ,oS9 in, 1890
to 3,139 in 1900, and the value Of the
| products from 81, S35, C24 to S., 1915. or in
1900, an increase in the ten wears of
11O.S per cent.
Summing up in concise way a few
Of the other industries of the state we
find the following interesting figures
and comparisons:
Printing ard Pub!ishing-In 1900 $50 estab-
lishments, with 27l4 wage earners, ard
products valued at $5,790liS. In 1890, 34l
establishments. PAS wage earners, and
| products valued a $4.757.026.
Strengthening and eat Packing-In 1900
! 20 establishments, with 668 wage earners
| and products valued at $7S10,555. In 1890
IS establishments, 222 wage carriers, and
products valued at $2.51o.431. AT increase
In the value of products in ten years Of
| Pill per cent
Car Construction and General Shop Work
| OF Steam Railway Companies-In 1900 50
establishments. with AGO wage earners
and products valued at $6,319,S7G. In 1890
| 10 eStdDl1S IlnentS. l,H31 wage carriers ard
products valued at s2.62S.174. An increase
/ in tho value of products of 14o.5 per cent.
Malt Liquors-1n 1900 Is establishments,
with SIS wage earners. and products valued
at 81, 45692S. In 1890 G6 establish ments, 54S
wage earners, and products valued at ST.
2o6,SS 66. An increase in the value of prod
ucts Of 102 per cent.
| Planning Mills-1n 1900 81 establishments.
with 1859 wage earners and products
valued at $685. 76. In 1890 81 establish
ments. $3.50 wage earners ard products
valued at s4,943,451. A decrease of 1873 per
cent. IN the value of products.
| Boots and Shoes-In 1900 Is establish
ments, with o,025 wage earners, and prod
ucts valued at s2,OS22S14. The increase in
the value of the products being TO per cert.
Practically every line of industry in
the state shows flattering increase
in both the value of the production and
the number of employees, and while the
increase in the number of employees
has not kept pace with the increase i'm
population, yet the state has every rea-
son to be proud of her position in the
manufacturing interests of the coun-
try.
| MAX OWEN