The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-05-29
GRAND YOUNG NEBRASKA.
A Lot of Things for Nebraskans to
Get Busy Boosting About.

vi SouiSS A>SoAdSha 20 a SiO0e
agricultural state-one of the very
greatest" and Deputy Labor Com
missioner Maupin the other day.
"Other states may raise a greater
number of bushels of corn and wheat
and oats. but Nebraska raises more
any other state. In all three of these
grains our yield per acre is away
yonder ahead of the general average
of all the states. We've got 'em all
beat in output of hay. wild. timothy
and alfalfa. We have every reason
to boast of our agricultural resources.
but agriculture is no longer our sole
dependence. 1t is the basis of all
wealth, to be sure, not only in Ne
braska, but everywhere else, but the
time has come in the history of Ne
braska when we may feel satisfied
that our agricultural supremacy is no
longer questioned or menaced, and
therefore devote some time and atten-
ton to letting the world know what
we are doing along other lines.
I'VE are doing some manufacturing
in Nebraska-and when We get wise
to our opportunities we will do more
In 1908 Nebraska manufacturing
plants and industries turned out $751;
600. 900 worth of manufactured goods
from raw material raised mostly in
Nebraska That was $4,000. 900 more
than the value of our live stock in
1908. Men engaged in mechanical
pursuits, including transportation. re-
ceived upward of $4,000. 900 in wages
in Nebraska in 1908. Ever stop to
think what great variety of articles
We manufacture in Nebraska? I'll give
you a partial list, and it will help you
form some idea of our growing inn
portance as manufacturing state"
Deputy Labor Commissioner Maupin
then fixed up the following list:
Automobiles. alfalfa meal, aprons.
artificial stone. awnings.
Beet sugar. beer. buttons. brooms.
baking powder, boots. boxes. brick,
breakfast foods, butter, barrels.
Carriages. creamery supplies. can
dy. caps, crackerjack, cornice. crack
ers, canned goods, cigars.
Dental supplies. busters. divans.
dressers.
Engines-marine, locomotive and
stationery; electrical supplies, en-
velopes.
Fire escapes. fences, flour, foundry
goods.
| Gloves, garments. garden tools. gas
machines
| Harness, hats, hardware novelties.
Incubators, isinglass, ice
| Jellies. jewelry. job printing. jams,
jumpers.
| kalsomine, knit goods.
| Leather goods. loose leaf ledgers.
lightning rods, liquors.
Machinery. marble goods. mat
| tresses. mineral waters.
Neckwear.
Overalls. optical goods.
Pickles. pumice stone. paints. paper,
patent medicines. mill products. pave
ments. planning
Ounce preserves tout of real
quincesl.
Rugs. roofing. rubber stamps.
Stoves. shoes, shot, Saratoga chips.
oh
penders.
Trunks. tinware, tags, tools
Underwear. umbrellas
Valises. vinegar.
Whisky. washing machines. wagons,
whips. wire goods.
Xcellent ice cream in car load
lots.
Yacht engines. yeast.
Zweibach.
Try new game some evening"
suggests Mr.. Maupin Just take this
list and see how many things you
know are made in Nebraska that you
can add to it
I'VE stand at the head of the edu-
| cational column, yet We fooliShly ship
our raw hides TO Massachusetts, and
buy them back in the shape of shoes,
| mulcting ourselves for the freight
charges both ways and leaving all
the wages on the Atlantic coast
Same thing with the millions of
pounds of wool annually clipped from
| the backs of Nebraska sheep. Why
not tan Nebraska hides in Nebraska,
and make this Nebraska leather into
shoes by Nebraska labor in Nebraska
factories? Why not do the same thing
in regard to wool? Don't whine about
not having cheap fuel for power pur-
poses Just harness the millions of
| horse power going to waste in the