Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-03
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RECORD GOES
TO SMASH
Grand Old State of Missouri
Turns Out More BackWoodS
MeerSChaums Than in Any
Previous Year.

Missouri is the home OF the eorncob
pipe, the first one ever heard OF being
made and smoked there. twas a very
primitive one. being Whitfield out Of a
cob with a large Jack katie and a
stem rudely fitted, but II smoked we'll
and was as sweet as the kind now
turned ont at the rate OF a dozen a
minute by costly modern machinery.
II was the commencement Of an in
dustry which has brought thousands
OF dollars into the state and daily fur-
nishes employment 20 hundreds Of
men and women. Missouri turns out
more Surncob pipes than the balance
OF the world nut together. and then
has thousands to spare.
1900 Breaks Record.
The yea 1906 broke the record
when IL comes "a the number of Mis-
souri, meerschaum" pipes made and
sent 20 the markets OF the world. but
the sum realized was not as great as
IN former years. due TO new machin-
cry. which has so cheapened the cost
OF turning them out that the OUTPUT
can be sold AZ a lower figure and yet
more profit made.
The 1907 Red Rook' Of Commits
sioner J G. A. Hiller. OF the state la
Dor bureau will contain a chapter on
Missouri meerschaum'' pipes. pre-
pared ana compiled by Supervising
Statistician a. r. Edmonston. The out
put Is Included az "A surplus product
of the state, having for 1906 brought
the farmers and the men who make
pipes the neat sum OF $I29.1tI. which
can be treated as a clear gain, as un-
tl a Few years ago the corncuhs were
considered worthless save to burn or
use Ia filling swamps. In fact II was
a problem In old times how TO get rid
of the cobs 50 that they would not ac-
cumulate, taking up valuable space.
Where Pipes Are Made.
Missouri has also several large
wooden pipe factories. Their output
Is considered in the following table
taken from advance sheets of the state
labor bureaus Red Book"
Magnitude OF Industry.
Commodity Quantity. value
Corn cob pipes ...t...s 20, 200. 92t at0g.5l9
Pipe stems. textrat... li61 T5a 1000
surplus earn cuhg, ears US gSos
Wooden pipes ....t... i1h.2tG 10. $50
Piths .~............ $50, 500 aloe
pipe cleaners ........ 2as. Gaa R4l0
Total value ............v..t4sali
To give an idea of the magnitude of
the industry the corncob pipes, II Join
ed together, would make n pipe
Ease miles long, the bowl covering a
spot AZ miles in diameter and the
stem taking up the balance OF the dis
lance mentioned. In other words. the
bowl, II placed on ST. Louis county and
that city. would completely cover
them. tapping over all around. with
the end OF the stem well out In the
Pacific ocean The extra stems, "
added, would lengthen the stem Of This
huge pipe los miles more. And this
is without taking ~. wooden pipes
made in Missouri into consideration.
Franklin county Is the center Of the
Missouri m%eerschaum" Industry. A
total OF 23.SG2.0SS corncob pipes came
from there alone Ia 1909 The total
output for that county was valued at
$500 06, G~asconade county shipped
out 1881, $40 pipes. AN of the extra
pipe stems came from Franklin eoun-
ty-i,151.750 stems.
Wooden pipes-Pitc county. 31G.-
Soo pipes: Franklin county. 10000
pipes.