Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1906-11-06

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Mules 3.27I.I2I I96. 8I2. 500
Sheep 6I.6os. 81 I7o.337.o o2
Swine 62.876. Ios 232, o77.7o7
Goats I,87I,2s2 $500, $50
For number of neat cattle on farms and
ranges Texas stands first with ten million,
and West Virginia thirty-fourth with
little over one-half milllon-ought to have
more. For number of sheep on farms
and ranges Montana stands first with
over six million. and West Virginia
twentieth with nearly one million. For
number of horses on farms and ranges
Iowa stands first with nearly one-and-a-
half million. and West Virginia twenty
ninth with less than one-fourth million.
For number OF swine on farms and ranges
Iowa stands first with over nine million.
and West Virginia twenty-ninth with less
than one-half million. Hon. Francis E.
Warren. of Wyoming. who complies this
statistics. says:
The number of persons engaged in the
livestock and interdependent industries
at that time was:
In agricultural pursuits. Io,3SI,7
Stock raisers, herders, etc, I6o. 976
Butchers, 1898
Meat packers. 1916
Leather and its products. s57.4oI
Candle, soap. and tallow makers. 1920
A total of II,a4o,I3I persons. whose
livelihood was dependent directly and in
directly on the livestock industry, or 38
per cent of our entire working popula-
ton.
THE GREATEST OF OUR INDUSTRIES.
The incidental branch of the livestock
industry, that of slaughtenng and meat
packing, not including retail butchering.
ranks No. in all of our industries in
value of net products. the value III 1899
being 1854. 49, 22I. The present year it
will reach 81, 900, 900. 900. 1t ranked No
II IN the number of wage earners. this
number being 69.44I; No. IS in rank in
value of wages, the amount being $685.
o23,253; No. 10 in amount of capital en-
ployed. this being $Ioo. 7o6. o27. When
the interdependent industries connected
with the livestock industry are combined
with it this industry takes first rank with
all of the industries of the United States
in value CT products. amount of wages
paid. and capital employed.
OF all that has been spoken or written
concerning our great industries, the least
has been said of the largest. doubt if
one person IN ten would be able to tell
offhand what our greatest industry is
and give even approximately its annual
| value. Some would say our iron and
steel production. with its more than
81. 900. 900. 900 worth of yearly output.
Others would say our textile industry is
the largest; and yet our wooden. cotton.
silk. and linen goods combined do not
equal our iron and steel products
Others would perhaps say our mineral
products, which in 1904 amounted in
value to $I.2So. 900. 900. Some might
think our building industry the greatest.
Some would no doubt say our lumber
and timber products. and others oul
Touring and grist mill products. Some
might say our freight traffic or total rail
road earnings of about $4,000. ooo. 600
But they would all be wrong, for. as
have already indicated. the one branch
OF industry under consideration is create,
than any of the others have named, anc
it far exceeds any other single agricul
tural or manufacturing pursuit in which
our people are engaged.
/ Of course,I refer to the raising, slaugh
tering, and distribution of animals ant
animal products. That it may be seer
how this compares with other great in
dustries, present the following table OIL
| figures taken from the census of 1000:
Value of Products. Census of 1000.
Carpentering, $3I6, IoI,7s
Clothing (men's) $50, 33o, 53e
Cotton goods. $3.50, zoo, 32c
FIGURING and grist mill. sol. 1896. 3o4
Foundry and machine shop 644. goo, o9t
Iron and STEEL so6, $50. 49,
Lumber and timber, 555,Io7, 27s
Printing and publishing. 347,o55, o5c
Wooden and worsted goods 200. ooo, 49,
Strengthening and meat pack
ing mot including retail
butchering) 785, 500. 4I3