The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-02-17

well that OF these portable
mills and therefore, hardly admit that there has been de
crease in this industry nasmuch the mill industry which
akin to that OF planning mills shows increase OF nearly mor
dollars
next year WILL undoubtedly, show increase
In taking discussion of the question by individual industries
we find the flour and feed industry heading the list from standpoint
o output with total OF Sl6i33S The total capital invested
amounts to $&o3S52 while the 25 plants reporting show
pendiure for material and supplies of sl4sa77 and have
pay roll OF %3o746 They employ OS2 males 80 females and 50
male working owners and female
Cotton Oil Mills second this class with output s7alo
o5Sol irnine plants reported for the year compared with
for the previous year. showing increase OF about and
hal million dollars These plants paid out for material and supplies
the sum OF 6oia and have total capital invested of $a7
IS Their combined pay rolls $So727 and they employ
1000 males, 4 females and 90 working owners.
While the question OF industry bears directly upon
the production OF cotton this State might be we'll to observe
that there broad field be developed along this line in Oklahama
Reports compiled this subject by this Department together with
cotton hproucts for the calendar shows that there
shipped OF the State products aggrcgang nineone million
dollars and conclusive that there Oklahoma for the esab
shmen OF mills AT e present have institution of
this character operating the State which the cotton wne mill at
Guthrie This plant employs upwards hundred and twenty
pc and has valuable not only the town but e
State large This State ranking does the industry
certainly deserves TO have within its borders large cotton mill We
have nducemen to offer this question We have first
of the best producing Union second ample rail
road facilities throughout the rather that portion of it
which produces the majority cotton and last but least fuel
item of especial interest the manufactured Experts have thus far
failed to estimate the quantity OF gas underlying this state and
distributed such that practically every point enabled
enjoy the benefits thereof Turning the question OF labor
have that while there possibly this time large
Dus OF labor available institution OF Kind yet
that certain OF this work least requires skill
therefore the advent OF plant Of this character would have the
effect Of materially increasing wage earning population might
be said without contradiction that the average wage live
Oklahoma ceapy United States and there
fore the producer Of commodities Of this kind place goods
the market and competition OF other institutions Being
within short distance Of the gulf ports would be easy
market this product while the question freight rates have
extent barred certain manufacturing institutions from
state yet we have believe that agitation along this line
will within short time place upon equal footing with other
dnrial cener At the present time industry we have
something like forty compreses
This year. third largest industry in the State is the packing
plants They show total output OF 60265 and this face OF the
Tact that the report Of Morris Company only period OF
about three months operation These institutions paid out for
material and supplies total OF S7lI and have total capital
vested Of S2047, with payroll agggatng $2o2667 distributed
among OF employees apporoned follows os7 males 2S females
and male working owners.
Morris Company thus far have operated during the year
Of and the plant Of Suzberger Sons opened
October These two plants at the time, employing up
wards 100 people and order have any idea the possible
Department for the past showing the live stock that shipped
ont OF the state
During 1910 zo5ooo head cattle shipped beyond
the borders OF Oklahoma valued at better than So oooooo while there
shipped head Of hogs something like
and total OF $4,000 head OF sheep valued 81 $4,000
making total value Of nearly $3oooooo shipped during the year
This itself sufficient operation these plants and
houses our State will be an ndcemcn for the farmers no on
Oklahoma but those States bordering devote more time TO
the development of the stock raising industry.
Oklahoma abonnds in fine pasture lands and in addition thereto
produces and other feed uffs that assets TO the
farmer Tor feeding his stock preparatory for the market During
the there shipped from this State $asoooooo worth Of
iced that would have otherwise been consumed within State had
been possible Tor the farmers obtain quick market
atc hogs and sheep In concluding observations upon this q
ion wish 10 that the packing houses being operated
Oklahoma CITY are two OF the finest and most complete institutions
If the kind the country They modern every respect Every
anary defect that could have possibly existed like in
tution the country has been corrected and provided for in
a way and having proted by experience erection of
orner enterprises Of this character the propetors have made pro
ion for larger output than will possibly be necessary under present
onditions, for several years
The largest industry State reported during the past
ear that OF machine shops We find there total Of -
perated showing output OF $360oo87 They paid o for ma
erial and supplies the of $rsI4oa4 show total captal
invested of $276750o There ISIS males females children
nde sixteen years OF age and 81 male working employed
he payroll aggregating 81 .S2o123
This industry during the year, has developed pro-
oron 10 some OF the other industries reporting
Publication and Printing is the largest industry from the