Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-02
|ONA' MANUFACTURES
REVIEW OF INDUSTRIES SHOWS
IOWA is MORE THAN
AGRICULTURAL.
clTIEs GROWING BECAUSE
OF THRIVING PLANTS
Pork Packing, canner1es, Clay Pro-
ducts md Other Industries Use Raw
Materials Close at Hand - Iowa
Makes so Per Cent of All Washing
Machines Sold in United States.

Iowa's progress as q manufacturlrs
state and the prospects for factories
here are outlined in Iowa Factories
the monthly magazine OF the Iowa
State manufacturers Association. The
article, in part follows:
"The development OF Iowas factories
so tar has been mostly along the max
ural lines Of the conversion OF its own
raw materials and the supplying Of
those classes OF articles for which there
is a strong and constant nome de-
marld. But aside from these S"o
classes, a third class has grown ny
which puts ont articles OF national
and world wide use. TINS class has
prospered and grown sIeaoilS, "A!S1.
proves that Iowa has the fundamental
elements OF a manufacturers state
Packing Plants.
t"Of the nrst of these classes the
conversion OF home materials, the
packing Industry leads. There are
thirty-tive packing houses in Iowa with
an output worth sIo0oooooo per year.
The largest plants are II Sioux City
Cedar Rapids, Ottumwa and Mason
City.
"The cereal plants at Cedar Rapids.
Davenport, keokuk and Fort Dodge,
include some OF the largest II tne
world. They manufacture Rreaktast
foods. starch, glucose, syrup and al
the various minor products OF corn
oats ana ~hea.. Their product IS val
ued at $40, oGo, per wear.
the milk products butter con-
densed milk and a small amount OF
cheese come from over 500 factories
scattered well over the state. but most
numerous in the northern half. Their
value is $50. 900, 600 per year
THE yearly output IN lowas -oV
-four mills is placed al s15,o0o,0oo,
Iowa is well underlayed in all parts
with building clays OF high quality.
Mason City has the greatest group OF
clay industries in the world. ABOUT -oe
good sized going factories scattered
evenly over the state are converting
these clays into brick, drain tile, sewer
pipe and building tile; and Des MONIES
has a fine roofing tile factory, turning
out a superior product. 1t IS one OF
the three roofing tile factories west OF
the Mississippi river and one OF the
very largest and best IN the Cnfleo
states. The value OF Iowa's clay
products is SO 100000 per year
Seventy Canning Factories.
THE seventy canning plants nave an
annual output worth s4.0oo'ooo.
The three great Portland cement
mills at Mason City and Des MONIES
make Sc. 900. 900 worth Of cement each
year and the annual product Of the
gypsum mills at Fort Dodge reaches
100000.
The second class OF Iowa's factories
Is those that make farm and coal mine
implements and work clothes OF labor
ers. Davenport. Waterloo, Ottumwa
and Charles City are the leading cen
ters of implement factories and there
are strong. growing plants at Fairfield,
Marshalltown, Council Bluffs. Cedar
Raptds. Grinnell. Burlington and Car
roll. The garment factories are at
Dubuque, Fort Dodge, Oskaloosa anu
Gr.nneu There are over 500 factories
in the state turning out articles IN ta!s
class valued at over $4,000, coo.
True Factory State.
I'VE may place N the third class
those factories which turn out articles
of universal need; for they are loose
from local attachments, free 20 seek
the very best combination Of factory
elements-ma rket. material, labor,
nnuar TRANSFORMATION. capital This Is
the class that furnishes the test as TO
whether Iowa is, or can De, true tao
tory state Any region may develop
factories TO convert its own raw ma
terial or to supply rs particular needs
but the true factory state : the state
that draws upon the whole for ma
terial and converts 1t into articles for
the world market.
our factories in this class turn out
telephones, jewelry, fountain pens
fine contections. calendars, hne gloves,
hosiery and shoes. favors, extracts and
soaps brooms and brushes. steel cars
traction engines, furniture. fine interior
finish cream separators. pearl buttons
washing machines. drugs and med
cines. wooden blankets baskets These
articles are made entirely, or very
largely of materials drawn from all
parts OF the world. outside Of Iowa, and
they find a universal market. The
4aerories that produce them are scat
tered over the entire state, in over
thirty cities. in several cases they stanc
at the head of their line for the entire
continent
THE uniform success Of this class
of factories in Iowa proves conclusive
ly that the man who chooses 10 put hi:
capital and talent into the business o
manufacturing in Iowa, has an oper
road before him.
List of Factories.
Here are few special outstand
ing facts about Iowa's factories:
iowa has 1000 factories which hav'
more than $1,000 each invested il
them. The largest factory in the stat
has an investment of 100000 900. Il
all they represent a total investment o
about SEQ coo. 900. They employ 5000
people and the value of their outpu
now reaches $500. 900, GOO per year.
iowa has:
"The largest furniture factory in IN
United States. at Burlington.
"The largest basket factory in tn
United States. at Burlington.
1.-THE largest broom factory In tn
United States, at Davenport.
The largest macaroni factory j
the United States. at Davenport.
The largest sash and door factor
In the United States. at Dubuque.
1.-The largest cream separator factor
In the United States, at Waterloo.
"The largest cereal factory in tn
world, at Cedar Rapids.
."The largest proprietary medicin
factory in the world. at Des Moines.
1.-THE greatest hydro electric plan
ON earth.
six shoe factories
Three fountain pen factories.
Two telephone factories.
s~>hn preatest calendar factory in tn