The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-01-24
OVER A SCORE Of ARTICLES ARE
MADE BY THE BUCKEYE STATE


Columbus. O., Jan. 2S.--The state or
Ohio as a vast manufacturing plant is
shown in tho annual report OF J. Il.
Clark manager OF the manufacturing
and sales department Of the state board
of adminiStr ration. The list OF things
manufactured by the state totals well
over score Of articles. whose value
runs into the hundreds Of thousands of
dollars, Clark's report shows.
The manufactures listed as operating
al the state peIitcntary are:
Cotton mill. wooden mill. shirt factory.
tin can factory. soap factory and auto
license tag shop.
At the rcformatory Al Mansfield there
is a shoe factory. clothing factory and
4 furniture factory.
The state printing department gets
out all the stat" reports, formerly con-
sidercd Il Lax printing contract caia-
logues and booklets ISSUED from time 10
time. leticrhcads and other Office sta
tionery, and keeps 80 men busy the
year around.
In addition TO ull these, the report
shows, the brick plant AZ Junction city,
with a capacity u! i".nUU brick daily.
and the stone quarry Just west of Co.
lumbus furnish road building materials
for the state highway departments and
thousands Of common and face brick
for buildings at the Various state inst!-
buttons.
OF the pcniieHtiary activities. accord
ing l." the report. the uc,tun mtii uses
2yO.0n0 poonds Of yarn II year, making
$1,000 yards of towcling, 1000 mat
trcsscS. 1900 dozen suits OF underwear.
$40 dozen cotton mops and other mis-
celia nc6us articles.
l'hh NypDipn mill which making
$4,000 yards OF su!tings and 10000
blankets. used 5000 pounds OF raw
wool
The shirt factory makes 1000 dozen
! shorts. blous"s and uNcra!ls.
! Thirty thousand TN cans, for use in
canning fruits and vegetables At vari-
GUS state institutions, were made IL
1870
In the soap factory 100000 pounds
NJ soap as well aS immense quantities
OF insecticides were made.
The auto tag factory consumed "jc
tons Of steel and 81 barrels OF paint in
turning out 6"n.NOr auto license tags.
$4,000 dog license tags, az well as
road signs
FIFTY thousand pairs of shoes were
made al tho state retorra tory by the
50 men in he shoe factory.
one hundred and nifty coEvictS in the
clothing factory made 10000 suits.
Hundreds Of d-sks. chairs. tables,
bookcases and other articles OF office
furniture were made IN the furniture
factory which employees "75 men.
Recommendations that several new
plants be established. ~ we'll As greater
| facilities provided for III" old are cor
tained in the report.
4 cement plant. with n capacity o.
H.nN H.. "A. II hi
/ Investment for the state" said Clark.
! Olhrr industries which he recommended
he established Include
\ second brick plant in the north
central portion Of the state"
An establishment for the manufar-
.uro OF envelopes Tho stat" annually
consumes more than 100000. he raid.
! \ hat factory ot economic advantage
bu; furnishing employment to but Few.
| 4 central nour mill with bakeries al
. ali state institutions.
That tho brick plant vii! h" tinan-
! clal. Joss unless it's output Is Increased
and that it's capac city cannot he enlarged
Without an appropriation Of at least
/ S40.6VU from the state legislature. Is as
. serted By CLARK.
9TH" present maximum capacity or
, tho brick plant is 10000 ravinS block
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