:MANUFACTURES. Compared with agriculture, manufacturing is of very minor importance. In 1900 only 35.200 people were engaged in the industries. or 2.4 per cent. of the population. This was an increase. however, in the number of people engaged of 24.1 per cent. in the decade from 1890 to 1900. The total value of the prod ucts, including custom work and repairing. amounted in 1900 to $172,129,000. The table appended covers the seven most important indus tries for the years 1890-1900. It will be seen that the industries are concerned with the trans formation of the raw products of the farm into manufactured products. Slaughtering and meat packing is alone nearly twice as important as the other six industries combined, estimated by the value of the products. The large slaughtering interests of Kansas City—the second largest of any city in the world, amounting to $73.205,000 in 1900—are located on the Kansas side of the State boundary line. and are therefore accredited to the State. Elsewhere in Kansas this industry is not extensive. The increase in the value of these products during the decade 1890-1900 was 73.2 per cent. The utilization of the waste prod
ucts gives rise to the allied industries of soap and candle manufacturing. Flour and grist mill ing is next in importance. Despite the discrim ination of rates in favor of long hauls, and other obstacles which hamper its development, it is acquiring large proportions. In 1900 24 per cent. of the wheat crop of the State was ground by the State mills. The production of cheese, butter, and condensed milk by the factory process is of but recent origin in Kansas, but the increase from 1890 to 1900 was very significant.
The importance of car and general shop con struction and repairs is also due to the State's large agricultural interests, inasmuch as the extensive railroad mileage and facilities are re quired to handle the farm products. The zinc smelting industry has been almost wholly the development of the last decade. This is the result of the abundance of fuel—coal, gas, and oil— obtained in the same locality as the zinc ores.
Island and Pacific; the Missouri, Kansas and and the Saint Louis and San Francisco.