The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-12
MILLIONS IN IT.
Immense Sum Invested in
Kansas Packing Houses.
Eight New Ones Started Since
the Year 1900.
MILLING IS NEXT.
Now Three Hundred and Fifty
four in the State.
Over Six Thousand Men in Rail-
road Car Shops.

Advance proofs Of the annual re-
port Of the Kansas bureau of labor
and industry are now in the hands of
Labor Commissioner w. L. A. John
son. The report is devoted chiefly to
a discussion of the manufacturing in
terests OF the state and some interesting
conditions are shown
The packing house industry is still
in the place of first Importance. There
are % packing houses in the state, an
increase of since 1900. The capital
invested IS $25. 100000, compared with
$16,00o,o00 five years ago. The value
of the product is $4,000, 900. while in
1900 it was $77 goo, 900. This one in
dustry gives employment to 1892 men.
Milling still holds the place of Sec
ond importance. There are 354 mills
IN the state. a decrease of 3 since 1900
But in the five years the capital in
vested has jumped from $4,000, 600 to
$13,090,000 and the value of the prod
uct from 100000 to 100000 900.
The number of men employed is only
1881.
Third in importance as Kansas in
dustry comes the railway car shops,
which employs 6,196 men. The num-
ber of such shops decreased from 81
to % during the five years past, but
this simply shows that railroad COM
pduteS are IIuln8 concentration more
economical The value of the product
has increased from $6,00O.OO0 to SILL
4 900. 600. Car shops furnish employ
ment to 6,196 men.
Zinc smelling and refining comes
/ fourth no the list of industries. The
number of men employed is 2,347. The
value of the product is $40, 100000
Butter and cheese making take fifth
| place. The apital invested in this in
dustry is nearly $2,0OO,000, and the
| value of the product is 3,946, 000- The
number of creameries has decreased
owing to the concentration of business
The sixth place is held by the print
! ers and publishers, of which establish
ments there are 721 in the state. They
employ 1884 men, and their product
is estimated at about $4,000, 600.
Foundry and machine shops take
the seventh place There are 1,705
men employed in this line of work.
Brick and tile making. which was in
tenth place five years ago. has jumped
UP to eighth. The capital invested has
! Increased from 1854. 600 to $3,412, 900.
The value of the product is $1,9O7, 600
as compared with $724,OOO five wears
ago. There are 1900 men employed
now. which is twice the number EN-
\ ployed five years ago.
Ninth place is still held by the
! bakeries: the lime and cement busine ess
I jumps from thirteenth to tenth, PLAN
I ing mills from twelfth to eleventh.
4 in eighth place in 1900, has been
crowded down to twelfth. for in spite
/ of the fact that it shows an increase.
! 1t has not kept up the pace set by other
| industries Salt has also dropped a
! couple of notches. 1t was thirteenth
/ this year, and eleventh five years ago
The salt industry in Kansas has been
/ checked and stif1ed by the railroad
companies for some years, but under
! a recent concession Of rates and ter
/ ritory Kansas salt will probably be
] able to- make better showing hence
forth.
The significant feature of the report
is the wonderful expansion IN me
i brick tile. lime and cement industries
The natural gas is responsible for one,
and the vast deposits of gypsum cause
the other.
The thirteen leading industries of
! the state comprise 6S.8 per cent of the
total industries of the state. For the
whole state, the total number of man
ufacturing industries Is 24d4 with Ifl a
capital stock of $SS,000.0OO- Five
years ago there were 2.299, with s5s,-
/ 45s256 capital. The 3,714 salaried
offcers get $3,67S,0O0. and the $40
wage earners get $18,7S7, 900
The value of the products of all the
| factories in the state is $4,000, 900,
/ COMPARED with $145.000,000 in 1900
IN addition to the manufacturing
statistics. the report will contain sta
tistics about labor organizations, and
/ the report of w. l. A Johnson, SHOW
/ ing what strikes have taken place. ana
| how settled He will also discuss the
! violations Of the eight-hour law to
which his attention has been called.
/ The report will include the proceed
| inrs of the eighth annual convention
4 of the state society of labor and IN
/ dustry