The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-29
iowa FIRST IN HOGS,
SEVENTH IN PACKING
New York City Does More of
the Latter Than Does This
Entire State.

Washington. Special: The census.
report on the Strengthening and meat
packing Industry for 1905 Is just out,
ana ~ SHOWS some marvellous facts that
nobody would imagine. For instance:
The city of New York does more
packing that the whole state OF Iowa
IN fact, nearly twice as much. Most
of this is done in Manhattan and
the Bronx, out so fast is the Industry
growing in Brooklyn that that division
led al cities OF the union in the rate
of increase.
Again: Nobody would hesitate about
saying that Illinois leads all the states:
but what state comes second? Plainly
enough, Missouri, with the big centers
of ST. Louis, Kansas City and ST. Jo-
seph. But no; the guess is wrong.
Kansas is second. and Missouri is not
even third. New York state comes
third und Missouri fourth.
Ahead in Hogs.
Iowa produces more hogs than any
othe" state. and more Of the best beef
cattle; yet it ranks only seventh in
packing and does only 3.S per cent.
OF ihe packing of the country. 1t had
exactly the same percentages in 1900.
but it has lost since 1896, When 1t had
4.2 pet cent. Moreover, the number
or establishments in Iowa has fallen
from tWenty-seven to nineteen since
1900. ~
$50" Aoih, Mllt JUS aErl-
culture. has s per cent. OF the total
business for 1905, q gain of almost l
per cen since 1900.
The great packing centers of KAN
sas City. Kas. South Omaha, Sioux
cry. Cedar Rapids. 4ttumwa, Cam
ing nan Sioux City, and Jersey City,
do not get their names into the big
showing the development
OF me industry. because the meat trust
would not consent. To list these cities
separately. it was said. would make
it possible for competitors to figure
out the business OF separate establish
ments SO these cities are punched to-
Gether as a single item in the table
as All other cities of this class"-
solldated total given for them. 1t
seems rather hard that this list of
towns, in almost all of which packing
rs the leading industry. should prac-
ucallN not get their names in the
paper" in connection with the bust
In the order of their packing output.
the cities rank thus: Chicago. Kansas
,.lty. kas.; South Omaha, New York.
81. Joseph. East st. Louis. Indianapolis.
sonervllle. Mass; ST. Louis, Buffalo,
Milwaukee (including Cudahy. Wis.o'
Cincinnati. Philadelphia, Cleveland
cambridge. San Francisco. Sioux CITY,
Jersey City, Ottumwa, BROOKLYN, Allie
gheney, Cedar Rapids, Baltimore. De-
troit. Louisville.
Decrease in Nebraska.
Ihese twenty-five cities a.
pr cent. OF the great establishments.
81 per cent. of the capital invested. 50
per cent. of the wage n and S3
per cent. of the products. Chicago alone
produced 35 per cent. of the products
oil th1s entire group of cities.
Capital Is Enormous.
h'or the entire business of the conn
.lS 929 establishments are listed. with
s23I ,000,0OO capital i'm 1905 against s1SS-
ooC,O 900 in 1900, s116,O 900, 900 in 1890 and AZ
100000 In 1880. Wages and salaries in
1860 We're s54, 100000 against S4S, 500. 600
IN 1900 and 500. 900. 900 in 1890. Materials
used We're worth $S05. 900, 900 in 1906.
$685., 100000 in 1900. s4S0, OOo. 900 in iSao
and S267 900 900 in 1850. Products We're
WORT. s913. 900. 900 in 1905. s7s3, 900 600 in
1900, 1851. 000, 900 in 1891, and $685.. 600 Ono
in 1885.
iowa produces about o~ne-seventh OF
one-thirtieth of the packing.
Nebraska shows a small decrease a.,
the value of products from 1900 to 1q0h,
Whlch is accounted for with the ex-
pAaaatlon that a large plant was idle
I1dlana p from fifth to ninth
Tenloyal from the state OF a large plant,
Illinois Kansas, Missouri, New Ynrs
and Texas showed in the order named
the largest increases in the value Of
In fact over II per cent. of
the total increase OF the country wa,
credited to these five states.
Give Iowa Bad SHOWING.
Owing to the manner of conntliDe
the statistics, Iowa and Nebraska get
peculiarly bad showings in this I'M.
portant document. which win be cir
culated to libraries and institutions all
over The world. 1t is extremely unfair
=" these two great live stock states tn
be almost omitted from such a COM
pllation, for that is what happens to
them. It there We're a tabuiation ~
the numbers OF hogs and cattle sun
plied by different states for this in
dLstry it would place these states In
something like their fair relationsbir
to 1t. But with their packing niants
grouped together as "all other citiesSS
and with no showing OF their SUNNI.
badly treated. A few vigorous nro+ests
from state authorities and the chan
oers OF commerce of places like Oman
sioux City. Cedar Rapids and Oft1,nn,sa
addressed to the director of the csns,,s
ought to induce d rairer discnss;nn - -
the next report. ="
PlTTseuRG's NEW HANpcAR.
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