The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-11-28
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,
and II 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, but so fast is the industry
| growing in Brooklyn that that division
led ell cities OF the union in the rate
OF increase. @.... .. .
Again: Nobody would hesitate about
saytrF 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.
n is second, and Missouri Is not
even third. New York state
third and Missouri fourth.
Ahead in Hogs.
Iowa produces more hogs than n
othe" state, n more of the best beef
cattle; yet ii ranks only seventh in
packing, and does only 3.3 per cent
exactly the same percentage in 1900,
but 1t has lost since 1895, when it had
AZ per cent. Moreover, the number
of establishments In Iowa has fallen
from tWenty-seven to nineteen since
1900.
New York, with its decadent agri-
culture, has 8 per cent. OF the total
business for 1905, a gain Of almost l
per cent. since 1900.
The great packing centers OF Kan
sas City. Kas., South Omaha, Sioux
City, Cedar Rapids. Ottumwa, Cam
bridge, Mass, (Which does more pack
ing than Sioux City, and Jersey City,
do not get their anne into the big
tabulations showing the development
OF she industry. because the meat trust
would not consent. To list these cities
separately, IL was said. would make
II possible for competitors to figure
out the business of separate establish
ments. so these cities are punched to-
gether as n single item in the table
as "all other cities of this class
that is, of the first class-and a con-
solidated total given for them. It
seems rather hard that this list OF
towns, in almost all OF which packing
Is the leading industry, should prac-
h:ally mot get their names in the
paper" in connection with the bust
LeEs.
In the order of their packing output,
the cities rank thus: Chicago, Kansas
City. Kas.; South Omaha, New York.
st. Joseph. East st. Louis, indianapolis,
Somerville. Mass: st. Louis. Buffalo,
Milwaukee %(incIuding Cudahy. Wis.,,
Cincinnati. Philadelphia, Cleveland,
Cambridge, a Francisco, Sioux City,
Jersey City, Ottumwa, Brooklyn, Allie
cheney, Cedar Rapids, Baltimore, De-
troit, Louisville.
Decrease in Nebraska.
These twenty-five cities contained IS
per cent. of the great establishments,
81 PER cent. of the capital invested. SO
per OF the wage n and SO
per cent. of the products. Chicago alone
produced 35 per cent. OF the products
OF this entire group OF cities.
Capital Is Enormous.
For the entire business of the coun-
try 929 establishments are listed, with
1927 ,000, 900 capital in 1905 against $685.
00C, 900 in 1900, SIG, 900, 900 in 1890 and a.
100000 In 1880. Wages and salaries in
1865 were $54, 000, 600 against S43, 800 900
In 1900 and $29, 000, 900 i'm 1890. Materials
used were worth $805, 900, 900 in 1905.
$685., OOO,0 900 in 1900, $3.50, 900, 900 in 1890
and 1857, 900 900 in 1880. Products were
wortiI $500 o 900 in 1905, $7S3. 900. 900 in
1900. 1851. 900 900 in 1891, and $303, 600, 600
in 1880.
Iowa produces about one-seventh OF
the hogs OF the country. and does about
one-thirtieth of the packing.
r!ebraska shows a small decrease In
the value OF products from 1900 to 1906,
WHICH is accounted for with the ex-
pla1ation that a large plant was idle,
Indiana dropped from fifth to ninth
place among the states, because OF the
removal from the state Of a large plant,
Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, New York
and Texas showed in the order named
the largest increases in the value OF
products; in fact over II per cent. OF
the total increase Of the ountry was
credited to these five states.
Give Iowa Bad SHOWING.
Owing to the Of compiling
the statistics, Iowa and Nebraska get
peculiarly bad showings In this i'm
portant document, which will be cir
culated to libraries and institutions all
over the world. 1t is extremely unfair
to these two great live stock states to
be almost omitted from such a com
pilation, for that Is what happens to
them. IL there were a tabulation Of
the numbers of hogs and cattle sup
piled by different states for this in
dustry 1t would place these states In
something like their fair Relationship
TO II. But with their packing plants
grouped together as "all other cities"
n with no showing OF their supplies
OF material for the industry, they ara
badly treated. A few vigorous protests
from state authorities and the cham
bers Of Of places like Omaha,
sioux City, Cedar Rapids and Ottumws
addressed to the director Of the census
ought to induce a fairer discussion In
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