Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-31
State Makes Poor Showing as
a Packing Center, Holding
Only Seventh Place
NEW YORK CITY MAKES MORE.
Iowa Produces About One seventh of
the Hogs Of the Entire Country
Statistics Compiled by Census Blu
reau Do Not Enable Proper Show
ins-captal Invested Is Enormous.

Washington, Oct 31.-The census
report on the slaughtering and meat
packing industry for 1905 is just OUT
and it shows some marvellous facts that
nobody would imagine. For Instance:
The city Of New York does more
packing than the whole state of Iowa
in fact. nearly twice as much. MOST
of this is done in Manhattan ana
the Bronx, but so fast is the industry
growing in Brooklyn that that diVls-
ion led all 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 and Missouri fourth.
Iowa produces more hogs than any
other state, and more Of the best beer
cattle: vet it ranks only seventh IN
hacking. and does only 3.3 per cent
of the packing of the country. 1t had
exactly the same percentage in l9oo'
but It has lost since 1896, 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 it's decadent agri-
culture, has per cent OF the total
business for 1905. gain of almost l
per cent since 1900.
Compilation is Unfair.
The great packing centers OF Kan
sas CITY. Kas.. South Omaha, Sioux
City, Cedar Rapids, ottumwa. Cam
bridge. Mass. and Jersey City. do not
get their names into the big tabulations
showing the development OF the IN
dustry, because the meat trust would
not consent. To list these cities sep
arately, it was said. would make 1t
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 call other cities of this class" =
that is, of the first class-and con-
solidated total given for them. 1t
seems rather hard that this list OF
towns. in almost all of which packing
is the leading industry, should prac-
ticallv mot get their names in the
paper" in connection with the bust
ness.
In the order Of their packing output,
the cities rank thus: Chicago, Kansas
City, Kas., South Omaha, New York,
ST Joseph, East ST Louis. Indianap-
oils, Somerville, Mass; st. Louis. Buff
falo. Milwaukee (including Cudahy,
Wis.), Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Cleve-
land Cambridge. San Francisco, Sioux
City, Jersey City, Ottumwa, Brooklyn,
Allegheny, Cedar Rapids, Baltimore,
Detroit. Louisville.
These twenty-five cities contained IS
per cent Of the great establishments,
80 per cent of the capital invested. 81
per cent of the wage earners, and SO
per cent of the products. Chicago alone
produced 81 per cent of the products
of this entire group of cities.
Capital is Enormous.
For the entire business of the coun-
try 929 establishment are listed, with
S237 100000 capital in 1905 against
s1sS. 100000 in 1900, s116,0 100000 in 1890
and 100000 in 1880. Wages and
in 1905 were $54,OO0.O00 against
$43. 100000 in 1900 and s29.O00,000 in
1890. Materials used We're worth $685.
600, 900 in 1905. $685. 100000 in 1900,
s4SO, 100000 in 1890 and s267,0OO,000 in
1880. Products were worth s913.000,-
900 in 1905, s7S3,0OO.OOo in 1900, $751;
900, 900 in 1891, and 100000 in 1880.
the hogs of the country and does about
one thirtieth Of the packing.
Nebraska shows a small decrease in
the value of products from 1900 to 1905,
which is accounted for with the ex-
PLANTATION that large plant was idle.
Indiana dropped from fifth to ninth
place among the states, because of the
from the state of a large plant.
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 country was
credited to these five states.
Give Iowa Bad Showing.
Owing to the manner 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 COM
pilation. for that is what happens to
them. If there were tabulation of
the numbers Of hogs and cattle sup
Piled by the different states for this in
1ustry it would place these states in
like their fair relationship
to it. But with their packing plants
grouped together as "all other cities"
and with no showing Of their supplies
Of material for the industry, they are
badly treated. A few vigorous protests
from state authority and the cham
oers of commerce of places like Oma-
ma. Sioux City. Cedar Rapids and OF
tumwa addressed to the director of the
census, ought to induct fairer dis
cussion in the next report.
ouinsy, Sprains and SwelIinss Cured
I'm November, 1901. j caught cold and
had the ouinsy. Ny throat was swollen
80 could hardly breathe. l applied