Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-23
49 MILLION OF
ANIMALS IN
A YEAR
TREMENDOUS RECORD
OF PACKING HOUSES
Census Bureau Report Shows
Some Amazing Figures from
the Meat Packing Plants of
the Middle West

Washington. d. e.. sept E2-Thc
bureau 81 the census has Just pull
lishrd bulletin So. which contains re-
potts On the wholesale s~lauEhtprins
and meat packing. manufactured lee
and salt. These reports which pre-.
sent the statistics 81 the industrics for
the calendar year 1895. form part 9f
the census of manufacture ~ 1903.
and were prepared under the superb.
sion ~ William ~ Steuart chief stat
isiirlan for manufacture d repoft
on manufactured ice was prepared Af
Hugh 4 MeIoY. ~ the census office.
and that on salt on Charles r. Mum
ron. professor ~ chemistry in Georg
Washington university.
S~laagblcring and Meat Packing.
The number 81 wholesale establish
mcnts engaged In slaughteflng and
meat packing during the calenda,
year ice was g2a. and their Com
bined capital was Se3Tg1A69G. Thes
furnished employment 10 T4fa4 wage
arners paid sfe.3esa7z in wages
consumed materials costing sS0s.S5s-
$50. aud manufactured products q.
the value af l9f3.stA.s94.
Illinois the Leading state.
Although forty-nne states and ter
Fitories contributed 90 these figures
the industry WAS practically monopu.
iixed By the following fourteen state
named IN the order % products MI
nois. Kansas. New York. Nebraska
Missouri. Massachusetts. -Pennsylyanis.
Iowa. Indiana. Ohio. California, Min
uesota. New Jersey aud Wisconsin,
Illinois. hy FAR the most important
state, reported tT.3 per cent ~ the e~
tahiishments. 3a.a per cent Of the cap
ital. ssf per cent ~ the w-aEe-earners
4ei per cent 81 thewaEespaid.and3t1
per cent Of the products
ohhago iIc iFading Daily.
In each OF six cities the value OF
~~ndurfs reported was over t35. 00e.-
0 Chicago. His. ranked first. with
products valued ~ &~2ss.5AI.fNs Kan
sas city, kas. was second: South
haitian and Bronx b~ornughsl. y. y,
fourth St Joseph Including South
81 JoSephl. No. NTH and East 81
Louis. Wis. sixth. IN Fast 81. Louis
the product was valued al 28a.a12.-
stb. in 81 Joseph. at 2~fa.0gb.Ii6 anu
10 Manhattan and the Bronx az $50
fII3gi For Soufh omaha and Kan
sas city the value ~ products D. MOI
RtNcn because these cities contain sr
few establishments that tho ugurss
might D. used o. determine individual
operations and the census office ADJ
HERES o. the rule not lo publish stalls
ties which might b. ~ used.
Perry Nine Million Animal~ Slaugh-
tered annually.
luriug the calendar year about
100000 heeVes 1io00. 0000 sheer
and 100000 logs were slaughtered
fer use in this Industry The heevc~
cust ahou sass GOO. e0o0. the sheep
about $4,000. 900. and the hogs abau
133e.Q0o00e. In addition. the cStah-
lishments slaughtered other animal.
90 the value % about si5.ooe.0oo the5
purchased about ~S5aQoe.00O worth ~
meat already dressed and paid about
f~i2eoe.o0o FOR other materials In
Guiding min supplics and freight.
frr~h Reef Principal prnduct.
The leading product 81 the indus
try was beet sold fresh 90 which o.
ftN0ab.3f7 pounds were produced.
valued al tzt7 .oss7sf salt pork Was
the second product in respect o. guam
iiN, slightly exceeding hams. smoked
bacon. sides. and shoulders. hu the
smoked products were ~ a greater AZ
gregHte value. Each ~ these prod-
ucts and Also pork sold fresh and zee
nued lard exceeded lu suautiU
eco o0e. 900 pounds The value varied
from nearly $50 600. NUo fof tho rr-
lined lard % nVcr $4,000 eco Tor th
smoked products
The quantity 81 most uf thc moro
important products Increased De-
tween the census uf t800 and 1908
For frcsh beef the Increase as over
500. 100000 pounds or GNa per tcul
f'r ~slt pork over tA5. 0on.0u0 pounds
f l2 per cent Tor refined lard oye