Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1901 — KANSAS’ ADVANCEMENT. [ARTICLE]

KANSAS’ ADVANCEMENT.

Progress In Mannfaeturtng In the Pm* lO Years. A report showing the growth of the manufacturing industries of Kansas from 1890 to 1900 has been issued by the census bureau at Washington. It shows the total number of establishments in 1900 to have been 7,830, an increase of 75 per cent; total capital, 166,827,863, a growth of 52 per cent; wage earners to the number of 85,000, an increase of 24 per cent, and the value of the product 1172,129,398, an increase Of 66 per cent Kansas City, Kan., has 492 manufactories, with a capital of nearly 119,000,000, and an annual product valued at 282,769,000. This is an increase of 87.8 per cent Topeka has 399 factories, with a capital of 23,891,530, and an output of 210,000,000, an Increase of 47.8 per cent Wichita has 328 establishments, a growth of 127.8 per cent, capitalized at 22.108,624, a decrease of 31,2 per cent and a decrease of 6.0 per cent in the product, this in 1900 being 24,724,068. Leavenworth has 220 factories, capitalized at 23,207,111, putting out a product of 24,721,378. This city was not reported separately in 1890.