spruce and hemlock are the varieties of wood
most used. The manufacture of agricultural
implements, carriages and wagons, and furniture
are other branches of industry which belong in
this group. For the lumber industry, see the
section Forests and Forest Products above.
The following table is taken from the census
of 1900:
INDUSTRIES
Year
Number of establishments
Average number wage-earners
Value of products, including custom work and repairing
Total for selected industries for State
1900
6,397
91,674
$263,982,867
1890
4,511
86,536
188,743,254
Increase, 1890 to 1900
Per cent. of increase
......
1,886
5,138
$75,239,613
......
41.8
5.9
39.9
Per cent. of total of all industries in State
1900
39.5
64.5
73.2
1890
43.3
72.1
75.9
Agricultural implements
1900
51
3,289
$7,886,363
1890
51
2,765
5,015,512
Boots and shoes, factory product
1900
40
2,507
4,791,684
1890
32
2,036
2,972,233
Carriages and wagons
1900
436
3,402
6,956,341
1890
500
3,251
5,947,499
Cars and general shop construction, and repairs
by steam railroad companies
1900
46
4,502
6,306,823
1890
22
2,148
2,221,152
Cheese, butter, and condensed milk, factory product
1900
2,018
1,780
20,120,147
1890
966
1,373
6,960,711
Clothing, men's, factory product
1900
89
2,327
4,393,092
1890
27
2,662
3,909,726
Flouring and grist-mill products
1900
717
1,412
26,327,942
1890
497
1,770
24,252,297
Foundry and machine-shop products
1900
272
12,670
22,252,730
1890
155
4,987
8,467,290
Furniture, factory product
1900
78
7,775
8,721,823
1890
46
2,909
3,616,517
Iron and steel
1900
12
1,921
8,905,226
1890
9
1,890
6,501,761
Leather, tanned, curried and finished
1900
42
5,262
20,074,373
1890
38
2,487
11,161,850
Liquors, malt
1900
147
3,904
19,394,709
1890
107
2,859
14,193,057
Lumber and timber products
1900
1,066
21,701
57,634,816
1890
1,119
41,305
60,966,444
Lumber, planing mill products,
including sash, doors and blinds
1900
123
4,377
8,400,695
1890
88
3,480
6,295,810
Malt
1900
17
366
4,089,715
1890
15
339
2,472,018
Paper and wood pulp
1900
47
4,240
10,895,576
1890
27
1,779
4,475,368
Printing and publishing, newspapers and periodicals
1900
495
2,679
4,103,415
1890
379
2,218
3,256,897
Slaughtering and meat packing, wholesale
1900
11
1,361
13,601,125
1890
15
737
8,393,754
Textiles
1900
62
3,930
4,238,242
1890
59
3,645
3,925,781
Tobacco
1900
628
2,269
4,888,030
1890
359
1,896
3,737,577
Transportation and Commerce. The first
railway in the State was built in 1850. The
total mileage in 1860 was 985; in 1870, 1525; in
1897, 6232; and in 1900, 6592. The Chicago,
Milwaukee and Saint Paul, the Chicago and
Northwestern, the Wisconsin Central, the
Chicago, Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha, the
Minneapolis, Saint Paul and Sault Sainte Marie,
the Green Bay and Western, and the Chicago,
Burlington and Northern are the principal lines
in operation. Water communication is afforded
by the Great Lakes, and by the Mississippi,
Wisconsin, Fox, Chippewa, and other rivers. The
foreign commerce of the State is small, amounting
in 1902 to $1,687,509 (exports, $337,538),
but the coastwise and river traffic is considerable.
Milwaukee is the chief port of entry.
Other important trade centres are Sheboygan,
Fond du Lac, and Superior for the Great Lakes,
and Prairie du Chien for the Mississippi.
Banks. The condition of the national, State,
savings, and private banks of Wisconsin in 1902
is shown in the following table, based on the
report of the Comptroller of Currency: