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ATTORNEYS
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ROOMS 5 I O - S I 8 JO H N S O N
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•Feb. 1 6 , 1 9 1 4
alliam (x McAdoo
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Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. McMoo;I have been looking into the claims
of the Sioux City hankers with reference to the territory
which should "be included in Eeserve Districts. I am advised
by Mr. McHugh, President of tie First National Bank at Sioux
City that they have made a strong representation in reference
to the natural territory fcr Sioux City.
I can assure you that
Mr. McHugh and his associates are entirely reliable,and their
judgment is the very "best. I know something &out their hanking
conditions there,and the territory adjacent,which is included
in their hanking lousiness. I bespeak fcr the representation
of tie Sioux City hankers the most earnest consideration.
Very truly yours
V 'E R E D
1 8 1914
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NI GHT L E T T E R
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY
IN C O R P O R A T E D
2 5 ,0 0 0 O FFICES IN A M ERICA
CABLE SERVICE TO ALL T H E WORLD
This Company T R A N S M I T S and D E L I V E R S m essages o n ly on co n d it io n s lim it in g its lia b ilit y , w h ich h a v e been assented to b y th e send er o f th e following1 N ig h t L e t t e r .
Errors can b e truarded a g a in st o n ly by rep ea tin g a m essage b ack t o th e sen d in g sta tion fo r com p a rison , and th e C om p an y w ill n o t h o ld it s e lf lia b le fo r err o rs o r d ela ys ia
ransmission or d e liv e r y o f U n r e p e a t e d N lffh t L e tt e r s , sent at red u ced rates, b evon d a sum equal to th e a m ou n t p a id fo r tra n s m is s io n ; n or in ativ ease b e y o n d th e sum o f
F ifty D o lla r s , at whit-h, unless o th e rw ise sta ted b e lo w , th is m essage has been v a lu ed by the sen d er th ereof, n o r iri a n y ca se w h ere the c la im is n o t presented in writing1w ith in
lixty days a fte r th e message is (lied w ith the C om pany fo r tra nsm ission.
T h is is a n U N R K P E A T E 1 ) N I O H T L E T T E R . w ill is d e liv e r e d by req u est o f th e sender, under th e co n d itio n s nam ed a b ov e,
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B E L V I D E R E B R O O K S , GE N ER A L MANAGER
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AD OPT ED BY THE S I O U X C I T Y
C L E A R I N G HOUSE A S S O C I A T I O N AT A M E E T I N G
HELD T H I S DATE
RE S OL V E D
THAT S I O U X C I T Y I S THE G E O G R A P H IC A L
CENT ER OF T H E T E R R I T O R Y BOUNDED
ON WEST BY THE ROCK
M O U N T A I N S ON THE NO k TH BY
THE C A N A D I A N L I N E ON THE
E A S T BY THE M I S S I S S I P P I R I V E R
AND ON T H E SOUTH BY
THE S T A T E S OF KANSAS AND
M I S S O U R I AND I S THE P R I N C I P A L
L I V E STOCK G R A I N J O B B I N G AND
B A N K I N G CE NT ER FOR A VERY
LARGE PART OF T H I S T E R R I T O R Y
AND BE I T F U R T H E R R E S O LV E D
T H A T I N V I E W OF T H E S E
FA CT S I T I S THE U N AN IM O U S
O P I N I O N OF T H E MEMBERS OF THE
C L E A R I N G HOUSE A S S O C I A T I O N T H A T ONE
OF T H E PROPOSED F E D E R A L RESERVE
BANKS SHOULD BE LO C A TE D I N
T H IS C IT Y "
THE S I O U X C I T Y
C L E A R I N G ; t tO q ^ :;A S § G C i A T I ON
420AM
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LI. C. E lliott, Esq., Secretary,
Reserve Bank Organization Comaittee,
Washington, D. C.
% Dear Sir:
Upon receipt of your favor of the
2nd* inst. I took steps to have a map of Sioux
City’ s Trade (Territory prepared and to gather
data with reference to the financial and other
business of this City.
I an sending this in as
condensed form as possible, under separate cover,
addressed to the Reserve Bank Organisation Com
mittee.
I an also sending under separate cover,
the map which I had prepared, likewise addressed.
I am very anxious that the Committee should
examine this map and the statements submitted by
us and if you will be kind enough to make it your
personal business to that end- I will appreciate
it veiy much, indeed.
If the Cornnittee would hear a delegation con
sisting of myself and others of this City inter
ested, we would be veiy glad to make the trip to
Washington, to emphasize the importance of our
content ion.
May I not hear from you acknowledging receipt
and advising me that the statement and map will
have attention?
ANSWERED
FEB 1
Yours t
7 T 'f
President
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Hon. William G. McAdoo,
Hon. Dayid S. Houston,
Hon. John Skelton Williams,
Reserve
Bank Organization Committee,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
The Sioux City Clearing House Associat
ion and the Sioux City Commercial Club,realizing the
possibility of a division of the Sioux City Trade
Territory,in defining the boundaries of the proposed
Reserve Bank d is tr ic ts , respectfully petition your
Honorable body to consider the data relative to Sioux
City as a financial^ior the surrounding trade territory
and the importance of Sioux City as a distributing,
jobbing and packing center and a live stock market.
Sioux C ity 's immediate trade territory comprises
chiefly northern Nebraska, South Dakota, southwestern
Minnesota and northwestern Iowa.
Upwards of 1000
banks in this immediate territory carry accounts with
Sioux City banks.
In many cases the principal re
serves of the country banks are carried with Sioux
City Rational banks. The reserves of the country
banks thus carried with Sioux City banks aggregates
upwards of $8,000,000.00.
These country banks look
to Sioux City for needed assistance in crop moving
season and funds in large amounts are advanced by
Sioux City banks to these country banks, to help
them in turn to care for the needs of th eir customers.
Currency to the amount of upwards of $5,000,000.00
is shipped from Sioux City banks to banks in this
territory every F a ll, and the relationship between
the country banks and the Sioux City banks is very
close.
A delegation of Sioux City bankers attended the
hearing held in Chicago by your Committee recently,
and Ivlr. LicHugh, the President of the First National
Bank, a member of that delegation, called your at
tention to the facts hereinbefore set forth.
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$2.
men
neither the Committee nor the business,* of Sioux
City believed that Gioux City would he favorably
considered for the location of one of the Regional
Reserve Banks, hence, did. not present maps and data
in support of the verbal statements made "by Mr,
McHugh. Mr. McHugh also attended the hearing "before
your Committee at Lincoln, Nebraska, and while no
futher effort was made, he was impressed with the
fa c t, that Sioux City should have made greater ef
fort to bring its commercial and financial impor
tances to the attention of your Honorable body,
especially in view of the fa c t, that "both Omaha
and Lincoln, Nebraska delegations appeared to
claim that the territory which Sioux City serves
in greater measure than either Omaha or Lincoln,
belonged chiefly to them.
Realizing th is, it was determined to seek to
set th is data before you for your consideration,
and accordingly communication was had with the
Secretaiy of your Committee, Mr. E llio t t , who
under date of February 2nd. 1914, stated that
while you could not further extend the hearings,
after your return to Washington, s t i l l any data
which we might desire to submit in w riting, would
be treated as an exhibit and would receive your
con sideration.
The capital and surplus of Sioux
City National Banks, aggregates about
Their deposits aggregate approx
imately
Sioux City*s Savings Banks have
a capital and surplus aggregating
$2,000,000,00
14P00,000.Q0
250,000.00
And d ep o sits amounting to Approx.
2 ,5 0 0 ,0 0 0 .0 0
There are five private "banks with
deposits aggregating approximately
450,000.00
The total clearings for 1913 ®ere
176,922,651.00
showing a gain of more than 250^ in the past ten years.
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J O H N M 9HUGH , P r e s id e n t
H .A .G O O C H , Ca s h ie r
O . D . P E T T I T , A s s t . Ca s h i e r
F R IT Z F R I T Z S O N , A s s t . Ca s h i e r
JO H N J . LA RG E ,
W. L .M O N T G O M E R Y ,
HEN RY G .W E A R E ,
F. A .M 9 C O R N A C K ,
V ic e
P rest.
Vic e
P rest.
V ice
Prest.
Vic e
P rest.
TIIE FIRST > VTI(» AL H V> K
S IO U X C IT Y .IO W A
#3.
The population of Sioux City in 1910
according to the Federal Census was
47,828
The actual population of Sioux City
at this time is confidently believed to "be 60,000
The State Census of 1915 w ill prob
ably show a population of
65,000
These figures are predicated on an actual net gain in
1912 of 954 families and over 1700 single people and
on the addition of over 1000 families in 1913.
The business of Sioux C ity 's 70 wholesale and jobbing
houses approximates $50,000,000.00 a year, exclusive of
meats. The annual output of the packing houses is fig
ured by the Federal Government in the schedule of man
ufactories .
The railroads have 232 merchandise cars
leaving Sioux City daily to handle the output of the
jobbing houses.
While the salesman representing the Sioux City job
bing houses travel in 13 states, it may be safely stat
ed, that the bulk of the business comes from the terri
tory of which Sioux City is the financial center.
The financial needs of the jobbers are so large that
their borrowings are not confined to local financial
in stitu tion s. Their paper is handled chiefly through
Chicago and New York brokers, and finds ready sale in
the financial markets.
The larger packing establishments are branches of
Chicago packing houses, the two principal ones among
them being that of Armour & Co. and the Cudahy Packing
Co.
Liany of the large live stock commission firms are
either branches or a ffilia tio n s of the Chicago commiss
ion firms and their financial transactions aggregating
millions of dollars annually, are largely with Chicago.
In fa c t, we know of no jobbing house or manufacturing
plant in Sioux City that has financial relations with
any concerns in any City outside of Sioux City, west of
Chicago.
Sioux City stands sixth as a livestock market and tenth
as a packing eenter in the United States .
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1757
J O H N MCHUGH , P r e s id e n t
H .A .G O O C H .C a sh ie r
O. D .P E T T I T , A s s t . Ca s h i e r
F R IT Z F R I T Z S O N .A s s t. Ca s h i e r
J O H N J. L A R G E , V i c e
W. L .M O N T G O M E R Y , V ic e
H E N R Y G .W E A R E , Vic e
F. A ,M 9 C O R N A C K , Vic e
P rest.
P rest.
Prest.
P rest.
THE FIRST >A T I(»A L HA>K
S IO U X C IT Y , IOWA
#4.
Capital employed by the packing concerns approximates
|10,000,000.00 and more than ^50,000,000.00 worth of
livestock passed through the Sioux City Yards in 1913,
the average local purchases aggregating |1€0,000.00
per day.
Sioux City has the largest creamery in the world,
and the to tal output of its creameries in 1915 v/as
12,000,000 pounds, which at the very low average of
25^ per pound, was worth $3,000,000.00.
The cream
from which this butter was made was gathered in Iowa,
llebraska, South Dakota and Minnesota.
The value of the to tal out out of Sioux C ity’ s
factories according to the Federal census of 1910
was $37,424,000.00 and for 1913 the value of the out
put was more than 440*000,000.00.
Sioux City has six railway systems which have 18
branch lines centering here and over which trains run
to and from Cioux City daily.
The eastern mail o ff practically a ll these lines
goes via Sioux City, with service as follow s:
Illin o is Central
Six trains daily between Sioux City and Chicago.
Chicago. luilwaukee and S t. Paul.
Four trains daily between Sioux City and Chicago.
Two
u
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n
ft north
western Iowa points.
Ten trains daily between Sioux City and South
Dakota points.
Chicago and Harthwestern.
Eight trains daily between Sioux City and Chicago
Sight
"
”
”
,1
”
” north
western Iowa points.
Six trains daily between Sioux City and South Dakota
points.
Four trains *'
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n
”
" Omaha
Four
"
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”
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"
" The Black I iills .
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JO H N M 9H U G H , P r e s id e n t
H .A .G O O C H , Ca s h ie r
O . D. P E T T I T , A s s t . C a s h i e r
F R IT Z F R IT Z S O N .A s s t . Ca s h
ie r
JO H N J . LA RG E ,
W. L .M O N T G O M E R Y ,
H EN RY G .W E A R E ,
F. A .M 9 C O R N A C K ,
S IO U X C IT Y . KIWA
C. St.P. M. & 0 .
Pour trains daily between Sioux City and Minnesota
points.
Four trains
”
"
"
”
'*
northwestern
Iowa points.
Eighteen trains daily between Sioux City and Nebraska
points.
Great Northern.
Eight trains daily between Sioux City and Minnesota
and South Dakota points.
C. B. & Q.«
Four trains daily between Sioux City and 0 ,Heill,Hebr.
Two
M
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M
”
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w Nebraska,
Dakota and Wyoming points.
Letters of recent date from some of the jobbers of
Sioux City are sent herewith and a perusal of them w ill
give some idea of the magnitude of the jobbing business
from Sioux City and w ill emphasize the fa c t, that Sioux
City institutions serve what has been referred to as the
Sioux City Trade Territory, almost to the exclusion of
any other city outside of Chicago*
Accompanying this petition w ill be found a map showing
the railway lines leading into Sioux City from the ter
ritory referred to and through Sioux City direct to
Chicago.
Your attention is respectfully called to the fa c t,
that any division of this trade territory, that would
contemplate the placing of any part of it in a possible
Minneapolis d is tr ic t, another part of it in a possible
Omaha, Denver or Kansas City d istric t and another part
of it in the Chicago d is tr ic t, would be productive of
a very serious i l l effect upon the business of the
financial and jobbing institutions of Sioux City.
On the other hand, your attention is respectfully
called to the fa c t, and the fact cannot be to strong
ly emphasized, that to serve the business interests of
Vic e
P rest.
Vic e
P rest.
Vice
Prest.
Vic e
P rest.
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#6 .
this trade territory and to observe the trend of
trade and commerce, the entire territory compris
ing as hereinbefore stated, a ll of South Dakota,
northern Nebraska and a ll of the State of Iowa,
should be kept intact in the Chicago d is tr ic t.
In the event that branch banks of the proposed
Regional Reserve Banks are organized, we respect
fu lly submit, that no fairer plan could be follow
ed than that of placing branch banks in Minneapolis,
Sioux City and Omaha and keepingthe respective trade
territories of the c itie s mentioned, a l l in the
Chicago d is tr ic t.
Respectfully submitted
John McHugh, President,
First National Bank.
W. P. Manley, President,
Security national Bank.
John A. Magoun, Jr. President,
Northwestern national Bank.
George C. Parker, President,
Livestock National Btoik.
T* ? . Harrington, President,
National Bank of Commerce.
£ . F. Kingsbury, President,
Sioux City Commercial Club.
Y*• E. Holmes, Secretary,
Sioux City uommercial Club.
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one
February lTth# 1914*
Sir*
Tour la tte r of February 14th advising
that 70U ara forwarding, under separata cover,
mape and data, with
referjhoo
to the
fi na nc ia l
and oth-jr business of Sioux City, Iowa, has
been ncsived and in response to
I
in
beg
to aseuro
you
yoQr
that X shall take
request
pl^asuro
sea ing thAt the Committee h*.s an opportunity
to exnmiir«e the arguments presented when
sons ids ring
the subjeot of the
the F e d a r i l
Reserve Banks to
It
is not n e c e s s a r y
it
lo c a ti on s
is
for
be e s t a b l i s h e d *
for a C o a m i t t e s
to v is it
Washington*
Respectfully,
Ueservo
lUuk
Secretary,
Organisation
Ur* John Mo Hugh, Prosidan t.
First N a t i o n a l Bank,
Sioux C ity , Iowa*
Co mm it te e.
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PAID-UP
MAIM O F F I C E
CAPITAL $ 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 .
H A L E V & LANG CO M PAN Y.
S I O U X CITY, I O W A
^ r j i o i e s a x e
W M . G . H A L E Y , Pr e s id e n t
J O H N LANG,Vice President"
H.E. NEELE Y, S e c r e t a r y
GEO.P. H A L E Y ,T r e a s u r e r
F r u i t s and P r o d u c e
B RANC HES
S I O U X FALLS, S.D .
MITCHELL , S.D.
H U RO N,S.D .
A B E R D E E N F R U I T C O M M I S S I O N CO.
A B E R D E E N ,S.D.
S io u x :C
it t
, I o t^ .
F e b r u a r y 5 t h , 191^ •
'Tr. W* E. Holmes, Seo.,
Sioux City Commercial Club,
C I T Y *
Dear Sir
Replying to your favor of the *J-th, we beg to express
our approval of the efforts of the Sioux City ban!cs to be
connected v/ith th: regional bank in Chicago*
In regard to the jobbing business in our line of
green fruits and produce, there is very little done from
Chicago in this territory, except to the east of U3* to the
north, south aad vrest of us practically all the fruit business
5.3 done by Sioux City jobbers*
Occasionally when the market is lev, Chicago gets in
with a fe*.- shipments tc such points as Stow Lairs, Le -tars and
that territory, but generally speaking, we might say
90*
of
the fruit trade in this vicinity is handled through Sicux City
jobbers*
Yours truly,
ras/A
BALST & LA?TC CO.
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HICKS -FULLER- PIERS ON CO.
W H O L E S A L E D K 3TG O O D S
IMPORTERS AM) MANUFACTURERS
X K W YORK OFFICE
51 LEONARD STREET
SlOUX ClTY, IOWA
l ? e b .
6 ,
1914
Mr. W. B . Holmes,
Sioux C i t y ,
Iowa.
Dear S i r : We are g la d to do what we can to h e lp
you in the n a t t e r which i s the s u b je c t o f your l e t t e r o f the
4 th i n s t .
I t i s d i f f i c u l t f o r us to answer your
f i r s t q u e s tio n .
We can say in a g e n e ra l way th a t C h ica g o , b ein g
the l a r g e s t d i s t r i b u t i n g p o in t to the m erchants in our l i n e ,
n a t u r a lly has by f a r the l a r g e s t p r o p o r tio n o f b u s in e s s and i s
our p r i n c i p a l c o m p e titiv e p o i n t ,
S t . Paul a,nd M in n e a p o lis have a very la r g e
p r o p o r tio n o f the b u s in e s s in Worth Dakota but t h e ir p r o p o r tio n
o f the t o t a l b u s in e s s in South Dakota i s s m a ll. I t i s s t i l l
sm a lle r in Iowa and in Nebraska i t amounts to so l i t t l e as to
s c a r c e ly f ig u r e as any p o r tio n o f the t o t a l .
Omaha has a go od ly p ro p o rtio n o f Nebraska
b u s in e s s but a sm a ll amount o f South Dakota b u sin e ss and N orthern
Iowa b u s in e s s .
Answering your second q u e s tio n - w i l l say th at
we do not b e l ie v e th a t l o c a l jo b b e r s have any o c c a sio n to seek
f i n a n c i a l accommodations West o f Chicago except in Sioux C i t y .
Chicago i s c e r t a i n l y the most con ven ien t
c e n te r f o r a r e g io n a l r e se r v e bank to serve Siou x C i t y .
v'e cannot
see how th e re cou ld be any s e r io u s c o n s id e r a tio n o f any oth er
p o in t u n le s s Chicago sh ou ld be l e f t out o f the reck on in g a lt o g e t h e r
Yours very t r u l y ,
HICKS-FULLER-PIERSON CO.
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C. A . K N A P P , P r e s i d e n h
H . L . S P E N C E R , I ? ! Vi c e P r e s h
G. M. E V E N S O
2 ND Vi Ce P rest
W .S.KNAPP, Treasurer.
J . K. I R V I N E , S e c r e hary.
ES TAB LIS HE D
I
C O R PO RATED
I S 8 5 .
S i o u x C it y , Iowa 2-6-14.
Mr. w* E. Holmes, Sec.,
The Sioux City Conmaercial Club,
C
I T Y .
Dear SirjAnswering yours of Feb. 4th would say:
Embracing the territory generally conceded to be the
Sioux City trade territory, vizi northwestern Iowa, southern
Minnesota, northern Nebraska, a ll of South Dakota and Wyoming,
probably 90 of the jobbing business in shelf hardware is
handled by Sioux City and Chicago jobbers.
Is to the proportion
of this handled by Sioux City, that is a little difficult to
estimate closely, bub it would be reasonably safe to place it at
%
75%.
It is a fact that east of the RocifyMountains the flow
of mdse, is toward the west; of money toward thQ east.
A city
therefore to be advantageously located should be on the eastern
line of its trade territory.
Sioux City has this advantage in
a marked degree, and Chicago has the same advantage in a marked
degree in relation to Sioux City trade territory.
Cities north
or south, such as Omaha, Kansas City, St Louis on the south, the
Twin Cities north cannot operate in Sioux City trade territory
to much advantage.
The great advantage Sioux City and Chicago
has over the others is facilities for service. Quick and economic
service is nhat is required by the trade &nd the first of these
is the greatest.
These are sufficient reasons in themselves why
Sioux City and Sioux City trade territory should be allowed to
look to Chicago for their Regional Bank facilities.
Sioux City always has,, and always w ill, look toward
Ohioago for its financial requirements.
The flow of money from
its trade territory is to Chicago.
Fully 50^ of the b ills of
Sioux City Jobbers for merchandise are payable in Chicago,
the balance in the Eastern manufacturing centers.
A large
proportion of Bastem manufacturers have Chicago agents*
All these facts bring about another condition having
a decided bearing on the question, vizs
The Commercial paper
of this territory naturally gravitates toward Chicago, there
to be discounted and used for the very desirable purpose of
purchasing goods for distribution.
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C. A . KNAPP, President-.
H. L . S P E N C E R , I ST Vi c e P r e s K
G. M. E V E N S O N , 2 ND V i c e P r e s h
W .S.KNAPP, Treasurer.
J . K . I RVI N E , S e c r e t a r y .
S i o u x C it y , Iowa
w. E. h.
-#2.
Sioux City* s advantageous position In relation to its
natural trade territory is a strong factor in its exceptionally
healthy growth and advancement.
As Its territory has vast
possibilities, the future of Sioux City as a trade center of
large proportions is assured*
Should it not be considered as a Regional Bank
possibility, there is no question that as a location for a
branch bank it meets every requirement.
Yours trifl.yf
MPP & SPENCES CO.
Diet. JKI-HOH
Secretary.
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and
2U
-D o u g la s
o i
S io u x C ify ja . F e b .
5,
1914*
W. E. Holmes, Secfy*#
C
I
I
I ,
Bear Sir: Replying to your inquiry as to the amount of goods
we buy from Chicago in comparison with other te rrito rie s,
would say that fu lly one-half of our eastern purchases are
from Chicago, while only a very small portion, perhaps 5 percen t., are from St.Louis, Omaha and St.Paul.
We fe e l that Chicago Is the natural location for
the regional bank that w ill take care of Sioux City, being
in the direct course of trade between the east and the west*
I f branch banks should be established with Sioux City supply
ing as it doeak a large section of the northwest with money
and supplies, i t should be a natural location for a branch
of the Ghie ago regional bank*
We would appreciate a l l you can do towards having
Sioux City in the Chicago regional bank's territory, as it
would be of much more assistance to us than i f located at
any other point*
CEP. JC.
HI —Wmi WWP—
——
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LL.... - -
*
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T
o l e r t o n
& Ai
r f i e l d
C
o
W h o l e s a l e Gr o c e r s .
S i o u x C ity ,Io w ^ , ?©*> 7 th 1914
THIRD
AND
NEBRASKA
STREETS.
Mr* W. E. Holm es, S e c r e ta r y ,
Sioux C ity Commerical C lu b ,
C
I
T
Y
.
Dear S i r B e fe r r in g to your fa v o r of February 4-th, w i l l say we
b e lie v e th a t in the G rocery lin e the jo b b e rs o f Sioux C ity are
doin g a la r g e per oent of the b u s in e s s in the Sioux C ity t e r r i
to ry .
There i s done in th is one lin e oiit of Sioux C ity between
n in e and ten m i lli o n d o l l a r s worth of b u s in e s s a n n u a lly .
We do not know of any f i n a n o ia l aooom odations being
extended to any o f our l o o a l jo b b e r s West of Chicago by any
p o in t o u ts id e of Sioux C i t y , exoept p o s s ib ly a t times when the
demand fo r money i s v e ry l i g h t and there are su r p lu s e s in the
v a r io u s banks in t h is s e c t i o n , when no doubt some lo a n s are made
h ere.
We would very much p r e fe r that Sioux Ci.ty and i t s
t e r r i t o r y be p laced under the Chicago j u r i s d i c t i o n , under the
new Currency P la n ; as we b e lie v e th a t would be the n a tu r a l
p o in t fo r t h is t e r r i t o r y .
S in c e r e ly y o u r s ,
TOLERTON & WARFIELD CO.
LEP-GRL
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S
io t j x
C i t y , Io w a
Feb. 10, . 1914.
Mr. W* E. Holmes, Secfy,
Sioux City Commercial Club,
City.
Dear S i r :Answering your favor of Feb. 4th ., rela tive to the
Regional Bank for this territory being located in Chicago, w ill
say, in answer to question Ho. 1.
We think most of the business in a grocery way in
Sioux City territory is done by the local jobbing grocers. What
ever is le f t would, in our opinion, go to Chicago, or at least a
very large percentage.
Second: Local jobbers could not secure financial
accommodations West of Chicago, only what they get at home.
Third:
We believe that Chicago would be a logical
place for a Regional Bank for Sioux City and this territo ry . It
is a logical market and the place to which hundreds and thousands
of our farmers and other country people look for their supplies.
Catalogue houses alone, s e ll thousands and thousands
of dollars worth of goods to people who the retailer cannot reach
and we know of no other city that has ary chance to make a show
ing against Chicago in the line of catalogue houses either in
number or size .
Sincerely yours,
Warfield Pratt Howell Co.
LWM K
A D D R E S S ALL C O M M U N I C A T I O N S T O T H E
HOUSE
AND N O T TO INDIVIDUALS
Reproduced from the Unclassified I Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
T W E N T Y N E B R A S K A C O U N T IE S .
C ou n ty .
A n telop e
....................
B o o n e ...........................
Burt
............................
C e d a r ...........................
C olfa x
........................
C u m i n g ......................
D a k o t a .......................
D ixon
...........................
D o d g e .................. ..
H o w a r d ......................
K n o x .......................
M a d i s o n .....................
M e r r i c k ......................
N a n c e ..........................
P i e r c e ...........................
P l a t t e ...........................
S t a n t o n .......................
T h u r s t o n ....................
W a s h i n g t o n ............
W a y n e ........................
H orses.
Sheep.
S w in e .
P o u ltry .
C a t t le .
.$ 1,286,491
1,084,021
769,394
.
1,277,477
664,545
.
1,372,151
372,522
846,934
880,471
874,767
.
1,530,086
960,756
.
1,034,714
769,377
848,324
951,212
903,952
400,164
805,986
.
1,072,145
$ 1,597,135
1,761,465
1,254,847
1,790,135
1,022,760
1,436,001
612,853
1,183,179
1,367,872
1,115,149
1,843,506
1,353,308
896,913
906,074
1,133,230
1,584,804
944,500
865,653
1,121,589
1,243,994
$
547,627
690,742
535,784
831,448
476,358
938,870
270,990
537,798
505,782
472,834
850,121
555,250
311,525
406,712
422,238
671,106
480,658
262,553
511,080
614,929
$
13,059
6,109
12,588
8,867
17,191
27,244
7,161
4,392
10,013
28,340
■ 8,003
8,284
44,406
5,815
2,128
5,118
6,198
9,448
7,369
28,222
$18,705,489
$25,034,967
$10,894,405
$
259,955
$1,116,655
$ 57,683,711
S w in e .
$23,474,081
10,894,405
7,463,631
6,118,551
Sheep.
$1 238,017
259,955
749,638
987,024
P o u ltr y .
$3,874,412
1,116,655
1,392,360
1,624,655
C rop s.
$114,836,055
57,683,711
57,985,471
62,750,562
$47,950,668
$3,234,634
$8,008,082
$29 3,255,793
$
63,207
53,964
55,773
72,222
51,382
74,343
26,039
49,336
65,126
57,508
69,852
60,001
46,571
35,337
45,234
71,362
46,586
32,615
77,593
62,604
C ro p s.;
$
3,351,995
3,514,878
2,946,303
3,842,637
2,454,941
3,653,706
1,542,073
2,666,453
3,163,039
2,560,111
3,451,580
3,140,508
2,148,442
2,251,602
2,738,661
3,923,905
2,395,981
2,121,466
2,697,599
3,117,831
SUM M ARY.
C ou n ty .
C a t t le .
H orses.
I o w a C o u n t i e s . . . . $37, 943,572
$ 58,938,552
N e b r a s k a C o u n t i e s . . 18,705,489
25,034,967
So. D a k . C o u n t i e s . .
15,776,977
31,870,692
M in n esota C ounties
14,659,958
29,192,469
Total
................... .$8 7 ,0 85 ,9 9 6
$14 5,036,680
F A R M P R O D U C T S O F T H E G O L D E N EG-Or T E R R I T O R Y C O M P A R E D W I T H
T H E N E W E N G L A N D A N D O T H E R IM P O R T A N T S T A T E S .
G o ld e n Eg-g- N e w E n g l a n d
P ro d u cts .
T e r r it o r y .
S ta te s.
S o u t h D a k o t a . M in n e s o t a .
Cattle
......................................$ 87,085,996 ? 42,240 ,84 9
$ 36,257,234
$ 50,306,372
H o r s e s ..................................... 145,036,680
44,058,076 ,
73,442,918
89,068,872
S w i n e ..................................
47,950,668
3,802,424
10,387,093
13,929,127
S h e e p .......................................
3,234,634
1,846,797
3,002,038
2,693,424
P o u l t r y .....................................
8,008,082
5,238,461
2,356,465
4,646,960
Total
Total
$ 97,204,907
141,113,829
$125 ,44 5,7 48
125,507,249
$16 0,644,755
140,434,773
$21 1,594,552
196.125,632
$584,571,859
100
$238,318,736
40
$250,952,997
43
$301,079,528
51
$407,720,184
69
OP
F i g u r e s ..........
PARM S
AND
ACREAGE
OP P R IN C IP A L
T E R R IT O R Y .
T H IR T Y -P IV E
SubAv.
C ounty.
scribers. o f
A u d u b o n ............ ..............................
63
$
B o o n e ................................................
160
B u e n a V i s t a .................................
506
Calhou n
...........................................
353
Carroll
.............................................
276
C e r r o G o r d o ..................................
217
C h e r o k e e .........................................
686
C l a y ...................................................
384
C r a w f o r d .........................................
461
D i c k i n s o n .......................................
265
E m m e t ...............................................
164
F l o y d .................................................
75
F ranklin
.........................................
168
G r e e n e ..............................................
173
H a n c o c k ...........................................
147
H a m i l t o n ........................................
354
171
H a r r i s o n ............ : ..........................
H u m b o l d t .......................................
233
K ossuth
...........................................
245
L y o n ........................ * .......................
564
M onona
...........................................
864
M i t c h e l l ...........................................
255
O ’ B r i e n .............................................
754
O s c e o l a .............................................
484
P a l o A l t o ........................................
259
P lym outh
....................................... 1,454
P ocahontas
....................................
306
S a c ......................................................
422
S i o u x .................................................
980
S h e l b y ..............................................
211
W ebster
.........................................
384
W i n n e b a g o .....................................
223
W o r t h ................................................
190
W oodbury
...................................... 1,824
W r i g h t .............................................
170
Totals
N e b r a s k a ..
$ 73,074,057
102,804,907
29,649,482
1,846,948
4,219,158
L i v e S t o c k . . . $291 ,31 6,0 60
C r o p s ............... 293,255,799
Percentage
VALUE
TH OSE OP
.................................... 14,455
CROPS
IN
THE
GOLDEN
EGG
I O W A C O U N T IE S .
V alue
Farm .
17,341
14,117
18,054
18,311
20,199
15,311
21,608
16,039
19,374
14,724
14,715
13,436
16,235
17,589
14,836
17,298
12,592
16,569
15,148
20,817
13,764
13,666
19,602
17,538
14,465
20,615
16,129
21,731
21,190
21,362
15,836
11,553
11,869
16,198
16,293
Com
A cres.
93,626
108,059
104,688
107,137
112,453
89,044
112,946
82,035
141,548
45,7'762
47,353
78,636
100,594
121,786
80,656
106,854
151,114
72,271
130,821
108,021
126,399
58,025
96,847
58,395
73,783
176,804
99,649
116,649
159,817
129,241
117,674
49,635
45,695
180,182
99,659
$586 ,124
3,583,858
Oats W h e a t
Acres.
A cres.
5,798
34,781
1,832
59,429
536
81,248
83,272
667
6,951
61,484
590
73,572
1,106
75,646
542
71,356
17,358
56,472
938
38,578
598
40,190
643
70,639
883
77,352
529
60,059
1,664
73,422
2,072
70,454
23,987
27,457
1,794
59,383
114,290
2,632
1,606
90,668
28,915
23,738
725
79,160
586
68,769
414
58,380
536
61,134
86,585
32,026
452
83,316
996
69,040
91,366
13,546
13,202
40,888
91,007
3,283
34,313
7,032
4,573
55,466
21.373
63,793
1,364
79,863
B a r le y
A cres.
9,580
1,136
1,923
1,816
6,939
3,226
8,079
1,648
10.565
3,126
2,2 0 2
2,867
4,423
2,119
4,866
644
3,391
655
3,583
29,694
4,556
8,069
13,677
10,156
985
18,005
621
8,025
30,385
15,532
579
5,979
5,284
14,238
3,037
H ay
A cres.
39,853
48,751
52,441
39,010
44,337
56,224
48,334
57,275
58,607
39,001
44,775
44,505
57,903
48,898
56,144
49,858
41,959
43,816
106,705
38,512
39,971
43,724
49,848
33,096
59,674
65,008
51,571
47,654
59,040
50,661
60,163
44,733
48,025
70,050
53,57S
206,219
241,610
1,793,704
2,240,100
T W E N T Y -P O U R S O U T H D A K O T A C O U N T IE S .
SubA v . V a lu e
C ou n ty.
s c r ib e r s . o f F a rm .
Aurora
...................... .....................
573
$ 17,628
Beadle
.............................................
541
19,581
B o n h o m m e ....................................
676
16,115
C orn
A cres.
49,022
51,345
83,356
O a ts
W heat
A cres.
A cres.
16,785
43,434
28,267
76,200
53,021
32,014
B a r le y
A cres.
3,389
32,747
1,704
H ay
A cres.
65,416
120,010
49,904
.1
WSB
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THE GOLDEN EGG TERRITORY
OF FARMER
and
BREEDER, SIOUX CITY, IA.
Mr. A dvertiser, we wish to call your special attention to a few im portant
facts that are of particular interest and of great value to you. A w on der
fully fertile section of country lies m idw ay between D es M oines, Iow a, and
St. Paul, M innesota, and betw een Aberdeen, South Dakota, and Omaha and
Lincoln, Nebraska. This territory belongs to Farmer and Breeder. W e
have named it “ T h e Golden E g g T errito ry ,” because it is the richest section
o f agricultural country o f like size in the U nited States. T h is is not an idle
statement made by one overenthusiastic concerning the resources o f this
section, but one that is based upon governm ent statistics as reported in the
13th census report.
Included in T h e Golden E g g T erritory are 100 counties located in the
adjoin ing corners o f Iow a, M innesota, South Dakota, and Nebraska. This
section is so far away from D es M oines, Lincoln; Aberdeen, and St. Paul,—
the publishing points o f agricultural papers that claim to fully cover these
four states,— that it is im possible for them to successfully serve this H eart
of the M iddle W est. T h e only w ay that you can reach the best and most
progressive farmers in this rich area is through Farm er and Breeder.
T h e value o f the principal classes o f live stock and crops produced in
the 100 counties included in T he Golden E g g T erritory, as you will see from
the tabulations below , amounts-—in round num bers— to 585 m illion dollars.
This is a sum more than tw ice as large as the value o f the same products
produced in the six N ew E ngland states co lle ctiv e ly ; it is larger than the
value o f the com bined products of the N ew E ngland states plus P ennsyl
vania, or the N ew England states plus M ich igan ; and nearly as large as the
com bined products of the N ew England states plus those of any one o f the
follow in g states : W iscon sin , Indiana, O hio. If w e represent the value o f
the principal classes of live stock and the crops produced in T h e Golden E g g
T erritory by 100, the value o f the same products o f other states are as fol
lo w s: O hio, 70; Nebraska, 69; N ew Y ork , 67; Indiana, 63 ; W iscon sin , 63;
M ichigan, 52; South Dakota, 43; all N ew England states collectively, 40.
M any other com parisons m ight be made, but these are sufficient to give
an idea o f the w onderful productivity o f T h e Golden E g g T erritory and w hy
it is o f such great im portance lo the advertiser.
W e made a careful count of our subscribers in T h e Golden E g g T e rri
tory on Oct. 1, 1913, and found the follow in g distribution of our circulation
in this te r rito ry : In the Iow a counties, 14,455; in the South Dakota cou n
ties, 14,050; in the Nebraska counties, 9,256; in the M innesota counties, 4,944 ;
and in adjoin ing territory, 13,574, m aking a total o f 56,059 in all. N ote the
distribution in the 100 Golden E g g T erritory counties in one o f the tables
herew ith submitted.
Y ou r attention is also called to the acreage o f the principal crops in the
Golden E g g T e rrito ry : Corn, 8,132,219 acres; oats, 5,350,572 a cres; wheat,
2,489,020 acres; barley, 1,329,191 acres; and hay, 5,222,100 acres. This shows
a rem arkably large area in im portant crops. A nother feature o f our terri
tory is the high average value o f the farms, am ounting to $15,455. N o farm
paper reaches a constituency of greater wealth, in an equal area, or with
greater bu yin g pow er than Farm er and Breeder.
Reproduced from the Unclassified / Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
T o show that the above statem ents are based upon facts, we subm it the
follow in g figures from the last governm ent census report in the shape of
detailed statistics coverin g the value o f the principal farm products produced
in T h e Golden E g g T erritory, and an epitom ized statem ent coverin g the same
products in other sta te s :
T H I R T Y - F I V E I O W A C O U N T IE S .
C ou n ty.
C a t t le .
A u d u b o n ............... ____ $ 1,141,905
Boone
..................... ____
918,131
1,150,482
B u e n a V i s t a . . . .........
C alhou n
............... .........
738,192
.................. _____
C arroll
1,114,499
Cerro Gordo
____
1,144,314
Cherokee
............ .........
1,384,598
C l a y ........................ .........
1,029,669
C r a w f o r d ............... ____
1,705,161
D i c k i n s o n ............ .........
550,953
E m m e t .................. .........
588,083
F l o y d ...............................
969,473
F r a n k l i n .............. .........
1,186,113
Greene
................. .........
975,533
889,148
H a n c o c k ............... .........
H a m i l t o n ............. .........
1,050,508
H arrison . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,155,193
792,360
H u m b o l d t ............ ..........
K ossu th
............... .........
1,396,366
L y o n ..................... ..........
1,009,465
M o n o n a ............... ..........
976,765
M i t c h e l l ............... ..........
1,049,893
O’B rien
...........................
1,142,760
646,132
O s c e o l a ............................
P a l o A l t o .............. .........
814,705
P l y m o u t h ............ .........
1,717,145
Pocahon tas
.........
812,888
Sac
...................................
1,331,850
S i o u x ..................... ..........
1,710,103
S h e l b y ................... .........
1.768,164
W e b s t e r ...........................
956,226
..........
730,244
W innebago
W orth
................... .........
729,520
W o o d b u r y .......... ..........
1,704,050
W r i g h t .................
962,981
$37,943,572
H orses.
$ 1,655.048
2,011,948
1,696,446
1,802,770
1,775,735
1,510,404
1,953,057
1,429,490
2,142,821
780,066
818,604
1,411,304
1,702,333
2,082,182
1.286.620
1,973,685
1,965,507
1,286,620
2,235.282
1,559,208
1,713,238
1,329,965
1,577.967
916,558
1,209,463
2,637,780
1,627,601
1,927,948
2,540,606
2,199,101
2,029,226
916,366
905,185
2,597,777
1,730,641
$58,938,552
1$
S w in e .
779,471
542,883
663,138
451,017
802,408
584,871
952,533
527,649
1,357,851
249,149
252.703
508,860
716,479
641,542
451,731
609,213
1.106,139
531,391
737,581
733,663
687.774
472,962
661,391
319,843
416,639
1,264,979
507,653
756,408
1,264,540
1,164,365
502,671
339,378
332,863
1,055,481
526,862
$23,474,081
$
Sheep.
-41,027
10,487
22,556.
22,595
22,098
31,736
35,780
53,153
24,492
47,395
31,255
47,946
41.467
1 3,679
25,448
35,275
38,432
19,395
41,191
27,997
9,003
35,641
117,681
32,804
54,634
32,885
23,382
52,190
76,110
29,351
13,512
17,956
11,303
64,017
34,144
$1,238,017
!f
P o u ltr y .
100,296
150,287
96,747
1.0 7,5 5 7
135,680
109,762
98,257
87,062
133,167
45,871
52,492
113,678
128,600
137,337
99,348
153,836
146,678
86,088
168,225
91,284
105,602
93,600
85,431
59,287
101,822
145,949
128,459
120,297
143,335
123,060
132,856
73,492
69,208
135,812
113,950
$3,874,41 2
5!
C rop s.
3,032,556
3,183,31 ‘j
3,373,901
2,911,656
3,401,057
3,090,987
3,807,846
2,530,135
4,580,221
1,390,566
1,384,439
2,716,686
3,335,563
3,316,415
2,375,306
3,578,138
4,391,397
2,494,635
3,972,126
3,857,544
3,448,528
2,812,483
3,452,177
1,886,711
2,126,057
5,879,143
2,989,605
3,744,739
5,618,906
4,402,514
3,710,274
1,661,260
1,751,692
5,522,200
3,105,273
!PI 14,836,055
T W E N T Y -F O U R S O U T H D A K O T A C O U N T IE S .
C ou n ty .
A u r o r a ................... . . . . $
Beadle
................... .........
B o n h o m m e .......... . . . .
B r o o k i n g s .....................
Brule
..................... . . . .
C h a r l e s M i x . . . ..........
C l a y ...................... ..........
D a v ison
.............. .........
D ou glas
............... .........
G r e g o r y ............... ..........
Hand
................
..........
Hanson
............... ..........
H u tch in son
. . . . ..........
J e r a u l d ................. .........
Kingsbury
. . . . ..........
D a k e ...................... ..........
Lincoln
............... ..........
M e C o o k .............. ..........
M i n e r ................... ..........
I i nn eh ah a .......... .........
M o o d y ................... .........
S a n b o r n ............... ..........
Turner
................. .........
U n ion
...................
C a t t le .
603,170
849,227
695,684
661,726
682,735
1,093,465
591,786
511,073
347,165
779,535
719,823
461,142
752,645
475,046
542,479
434,635
917,453
509,585
489,962
935,230
555,712
624,083
866,182
677,434
$15,776,977
H orses.
$
$ 1,020,229
1,975,921
1,287,567
1,424,134
1,071,951
1,974.846
1,074,012
868,498
818,656
1,297,835
2,054,118
947,509
1,723,122 817,880
1,698,017
1,236,045
1,564,867
1,132,700
1,104,445
1,850,247
1,030,480
1,024,873
1,600,548
1,272,192
$31,870,692
S w in e .
248,107
289.574
392,471
207.764
253,876
550,149
349,679
192,540
229,752
312,498
220,896
199,143
336,839
157,581
243,499
261,783
582,110
312,290
219,629
531,180
271,537
185,012
484,610
431,112
$ 7,463,631
$
$
S h esp.
13,202
22,859
12,737
1 87,735
26,291
9,009
22,042
13,537
2,684
3,437
19,334
12,774
41,618
10,633
25,593
35,894
20,743
27,416
18,278
110,000
63,150
12,550
23,473
14,649
749,638
$
P o u ltr y .
38,965
70,293
70,814
63,719
39,522
83,742
56,671
41,008
45,855
47,052
46,926
44,149
76,595
29,394
60.931
51,391
78,687
50,911
48,682
73,020
50.872
49,551
95,324
68,286
$1,392,360
$
C rop s.
1,647,948
2,832,900
2,047,115
3,114,468
1,124,136
3,711,627
2,075,477
1,611,850
1,298,404
1,705,716
2,530,272
1,979,026
3.079,953
1,296,318
3,831,628
2,424,396
3,019,435
2,733,599
2,102,966
4,051,964
2,312.303
1,702,516
3,012,021
2,739,433
$ 57,985,471
T W E N T Y -O N E M IN N E S O T A C O U N T IE S .
C o u n ty .
B l u e E a r t h ............ . . . $
B row n
......................
C h i p p e w a ................
C ottonw ood
............
F a r i b a u l t ..................
J a c k s o n .....................
K a n d i y o h i ...............
L a c Qui P a r le . . . .
L i n c o l n .....................
J^yon ................
M artin
......................
M u r r a y .....................
N i c o l l e t ...................
N o b l e s ......................
P ipestone
...............
R e d w o o d .................
R e n v i l i e ......................
R o c k .............................
S i b l e y .......................
W a t o n w a n ................
Y e llo w M edicine . ,
C a t t le .
993,194
656,385
388,284
723,715
927,620
810,311
730,895
489,809
515,358
621,845
968,856
765,627
538,897
884,436
493.503
819,443
815,634
674,977
685,728
580,043
575,398
$14,659,958
H orses.
$ 1,761,158
1,279,203
1,130,866
1,236,091
1,707,443
1,412,310
1,559,977
1,620,388
953,512
1,426,183
1,641,158
1,289,301
1,007,261
1,591,392
771,924
1,720,656
2,199,324
1,232,066
1,273,108
868,607
1,510,541
$29,192,469
$
S w in e .
410,526
267,688
210,625
257,127
435,309
362,927
208,252
287,840
1 31,432
261,909
462,079
278,363
206,119
386,143
181,478
301,589
377,515
385,269
214,803
214,415
277,1 43
$ 6,118,551
$
$
S heep.
50,388
18,729
21,911
65,616
39,141
57,855
32,398
14,542
27,404
60,394
56,455
87,775
15,776
113,095
93,401
36,197
3.1,502
91,651
23,194
26,330
23,270
987,024
$
P o u ltr y .
116.156
73,721
51,910
60,529
109.959
85,870
67,575
73,960
38,725
73,019
11.3,338
70,787
61.271
86,758
46,250
104,627
121,448
52,972
86,605
50,739
78,436
$1,624,655
$
C rop s.
3,974,042
2,930,658
2,797,308
2,423,676
3,412,982
2,750,726
3,410,101
4,150,755
1.830,475
2,591,653
3,155,826
2,297,548
2,349,’36'2
2,788,111
1,762,497
3,745,360
5,370,S79
2,463,843
3,117,610
1,901,576
3,525,57]
$ 62,750,562
Reproduced from the Unclassified / Declassified Holdings of the National Archives
T W E N T Y N E B R A S K A C O U N T IE S .
C ou n ty .
A n t e l o p e ....................
B o o n e ...........................
............................
Burt
C e d a r ...........................
C olfa x
........................
C u m i n g ......................
D a k o t a .......................
D ixon
...........................
D o d g e .................. ..
H o w a r d ......................
K n o x .......................
M a d i s o n .....................
M e r r i c k ......................
N a n c e ..........................
P i e r c e ...........................
P l a t t e ...........................
S t a n t o n .......................
T h u r s t o n ....................
W a s h i n g t o n ............
Y\ a y n e ........................
C a t t le .
H orses.
Sheep.
S w in e .
P o u ltry .
C ro p s.,
.$ 1,286,491
1,084,021
769,394
.
1,277,477
664,545
.
1,372,151
372,522
846,934
880,471
874,767
.
1,530,086
960,756
.
1,034,714
769,377
848,324
951,212
903,952
400,164
805,986
.
1,072,145
$ 1,597,135
1,761,465
1,254,847
1,790,135
1,022,760
1,436,001
612,853
1,183,179
1,367,872
1,115,149
1,843,506
1,353,308
896,913
906,074
1,133,230
1,584,804
944,500
865,653
1,121,589
1,243,994
$
547,627
690,742
535,784
831,448
476,358
938,870
270,990
537,798
505,782
472,834
850,123
555,250
311,525
406,712
422,238
671,106
480,658
262,553
511,080
614,929
$
13,059
6,109
12,588
8,867
17,191
27,244
7,161
4,392
10,013
28,340
■ 8,003
8,284
44,406
5,815
2,128
5,118
6,198
9,448
7,369
28,222
$18,705,489
$25,034,967
$10,894,405
$
259,955
$1,116,655
$ 57,683,711
S w in e .
$23,474,081
10,894,405
7,463,631
6,118,551
Sheep.
$1,238,017
259,955
749,638
987,024
P o u ltr y .
$3,874,412
1,116,655
1,392,360
1,624,655
C rop s.
$114,836,055
57,683,711
57,985,471
62,750,562
$47,950,668
$3,234,634
$8,008,082
$293,255,799
$
63,207
53,964
55,773
72,222
51,382
74,343
26,039
49,336
65,126
57,508
69,852
60,001
46,57]
35,337
45,234
71,362
46,586
32,615
77,593
62,604
$
3,351,995
3,514,878
2,946,303
3,842,637
2,454,941
3,653,706
1,542,073
2,666,453
3,163,039
2,560,111
3,451,580
3,140,508
2,148,442
2,251,602
2,738,661
3,923,905
2,395,981
2,121,466
2,6 9 7, 59 ‘J
3,117,831
SUM M ARY.
C ou n ty.
H orses.
C a t t le .
I o w a C o u n t i e s . . . . $37,943,572
$ 58,938,552
N e b r a s k a C o u n t i e s . . 18,705,489
25,034,967
So. D a k . C o u n t i e s . .
15,776,977
31,870,692
M innesota Counties
14,659,958
29,192,469
Total
.................. .$ 87 ,08 5,9 96
$14 5,036,680
F A R M PR O D U C TS OF T H E G O LD E N EG G T E R R IT O R Y C O M PA R ED W IT H
T H E N E W E N G L A N D A N D O T H E R IM P O R T A N T S T A T E S .
G o ld e n E g g ' N e w E n g l a n d
P ro d u cts.
T e r r it o r y .
S ta te s.
S o u t h D a k o t a . M in n e s o t a .
C attle
......................................$ 87,085,996 $ 42,240,849
$ 36,257,234
$ 50,306,372
H o r s e s ..................................... 145 ,036,680
44,058,076 ,
73,442,918
89,068,872
S w i n e .................................. . .
47,950,668
3,802,424
10,387,093
13,929,127
S h e e p .......................................
3,234,634
1,846,797
3,002,038
2,693,424
P o u l t r y .....................................
8,008,082
5,238,461
2,356,465
4,646,960
Total
Total
$ 97,204,907
141,113,829
$125,445,748
125,507,249
$160,644,755
140,434,773
$211,594,552
196.125,632
$584,571,859
100
$238,318,736
40
$250,952,997
43
$301,079,528
51
$407,720,184
69
OF
F i g u r e s ..........
FARM S
AND
ACREAGE
O F P R IN C IP A L
T E R R IT O R Y .
T H IR T Y -F IV E
.....................................14,455
CROPS
IN
THE
GOLDEN
EGG
I O W A C O U N T IE S .
V a lu e
F arm .
17,341
14,117
18,054
18,311
20,199
15,311
21,608
16,039
19,374
14,724
14,715
13,436
16,235
17,589
14,836
17,298
12,592
16,569
15,148
20,817
13,764
13,666
19,602
17,538
14,465
20,615
16,129
21,731
21,190
21,362
15,836
11,553
11,869
16,198
16,293
C orn
A cres.
93,626
108,059
104,688
107,137
112,453
89,044
112,946
82,035
141,548
45,762
47,353
78,636
100,594
121,786
80,656
106,854
151,114
72,271
130,821
108,021
126,399
58,025
96,847
58,395
73,783
176,804
99,649
116,649
159,817
129,241
117,674
49,635
45,695
180,182
99,659
O a ts
A cres.
34,781
59,429
81,248
83,272
61,484
73,572
75,646
71,356
56,472
38,578
40,190
70,639
77,352
60,059
73,422
70,454
23,987
59,383
114,290
90,668
23,738
79,160
68,769
58,380
61,134
86,585
83,316
69,040
91,366
40,888
91,007
34,313
55,466
63,793
79,863
W heat
A cres.
5,798
1,832
536
667
6,951
590
1,106
542
17,358
938
598
643
883
529
1,664
2,072
27,457
1,794
2,632
1,606
28,915
725
586
414
536
32,026
452
996
13,546
13,202
3,283
7,032
4,573
21,373
1,364
B a r le y
A cres.
9,580
1,136
1,923
1,816
6,939
3,226
8,079
1,648
10.565
3,126
2,202
2,867
4,423
2,119
4,866
644
3,391
655
3,583
29,694
4,556
8,069
13,677
10,156
985
18,005
621
8,025
30,385
15,532
579
5,979
5,284
14,238
3,037
$586,124
3,583,858
2,240,100
206,219
241,610
1,793,704
B a r le y
A cres.
3,389
32,747
1,704
H ay
A cres.
65,416
120,010
49,904
Sub- A v.
C ou n ty .
s c r ib e r s . o f
A u d u b o n ............ ..............................
63
$
B o o n e ...............................................
160
B u e n a V i s t a .................................
506
C alhoun
...........................................
353
.............................................
276
C arroll
C e r r o G o r d o ..................................
217
C h e r o k e e .........................................
686
C l a y ...................................................
384
C r a w f o r d .........................................
461
D i c k i n s o n .......................................
265
E m m e t ...............................................
164
F l o y d .................................................
75
Franklin
.........................................
168
G r e e n e ..............................................
173
H a n c o c k ...........................................
147
354
H a m i l t o n ........................................
H a r r i s o n ............ ............................
171
H u m b o l d t .......................................
233
Kossuth
...........................................
245
L y o n ........................ * .......................
564
Monona
...........................................
864
M i t c h e l l .............................................
255
O ’ B r i e n .............................................
754
O s c e o l a ..............................................
484
P a l o A l t o ........................................
259
P lym ou th
....................................... 1,454
Pocahontas
....................................
306
S a c ......................................................
422
S i o u x .................................................
980
S h e l b y ..............................................
211
W ebster
.........................................
384
W i n n e b a g o .....................................
223
W o r t h ................................................
190
W oodbury
...................................... 1,824
W r i g h t .............................................
170
T otals
N e b r a s k a ..
$ 73,074,057
102,804,907
29,649,482
1,846,94S
4,219,158
L i v e S t o c k . . . $291,316,060
C r o p s ...............
293,255,799
P ercentage
VALUE
TH O SE OF
H ay
A cres.
39,853
48,751
52,441
39,010
44,337
56,224
48,334
57,275
58,607
39,001
44,775
44,505
57,903
48,898
56,144
49,858
41,959
43,816
106,705
38,512
39,971
43,724
49,848
33,096
59,674
65,008
51,571
47,654
59,040
50,661
60,163
44,733
48,025
70,050
53,57S
T W E N T Y -F O U R S O U T H D A K O T A C O U N T IE S .
Sub- A v.
C ou n ty .
s c r ib e r s . o f
Aurora
...................... .....................
573
$
Beadle
..............................................
541
B o n h o m m e ....................................
676
V a lu e
F arm .
17,628
19,581
16,115
C orn
A cres.
49,022
51,345
83,356
O a ts
A cres.
16,785
28,267
53,021
W heat
A cres.
43,434
76,200
32,014
-I'
Reproduced from the Unclassified I Declassified Holdings of the Nationat Archives
A v . V a lu e
Sub
C ou n ty.
s cr ib e r s . o f F a rm .
B rookings
................. ...................
503
14,083
B r u l e ...........................
17,181
C h a r l e s M i x ............ ...................
760
15,159
C l a y ............................. ...................
15,882
760
D a v ison
...................... ..................
534
18,667
Dou glas
...................... ..................
626
15,978
G regory
...................... ...................
490
10,380
Hand
........................... ...................
382
19,969
...................... ...................
19,426
Hanson
415
H u t c h i n s o n ............... ............
712
18,717
Jerauld
...................... ...................
17,672
467
K ingsbury
............... ...................
556
17,665
L a k e ................... ..
18,880
582
...................... ....................
601
L incoln
14,991
M c C o o k ...................... ...................
477
16,893
M iner
........................... ...................
457
17,057
M i n n e h a h a ............... ....................
744
17,160
M oody
........................ ...................
475
15,668
S a n b o r n ...................... ...................
455
17,105
Turner
........................ ...................
783
15,369
U nion
........................... ...................
871
19,800
T otals
............... ................... 14,050
$407,026
C orn
A cres.
25,800
50,595
111,460
75,393
3,438
48,628
69,318
39,434
48,079
93,142
31,308
37,242
44,565
101,234
67,778
38,225
98,868
47,832
49,023
101,123
89,858
O a ts
A cres.
50,735
13,010
35,987
43,139
6,528
16,252
51,125
21,975
24,863
61,934
13,349
49,827
39,235
86,268
45,151
23,113
98,840
53,353
28,809
84,310
31,796
W heat
A cres.
58,351
36,637
77,984
12,252
1,127
38,573
22,663
88,041
50,926
92,814
33,657
86,553
30,977
7,170
47,893
47,109
6,082
9,889
31,138
14,947
29.525
B a r le y
A cres.
59,534
2,944
17,387
1,362
1,674
7,661
6,544
13,492
9,580
5,970
5,905
70,857
59,556
8,734
31,003
32,950
68,847
59,432
9,030
7,578
3,374
H ay
A cres.
60,795
74,046
74,097
30,094
38,021
38,184
60,026
115,383
31,231
72,760
52,676
55,731
32,172
49,121
39,6 17
42,922
73,372
34,536
59,304
47,513
32,932
1,466,066
977,672
975,956
521,254
1,409,893
O a ts
A cres.
65,031
60,881
43,590
• 74,535
43,233
63,959
15,463
49,632
51,511
21,626
90,286
61,335
1 5,672
18,815
59.103
67,503
42,018
20,105
36.756
51,852
W lie at
A cres.
9,512
24,368
13,004
5,017
22,937
12,630
8,885
4.128
28,367
44,501
5,813
9,746
28,147
39,476
4,501
42,042
6,645
4,812
16,172
7,846
B a r le y
A cres.
269
713
2,837
3,737
208
1,757
1.421
2,667
430
359
2,652
927
254
1 16
1.090
1,730
731
7.305
1,527
2,691
H ay
A cres,
81,193
50,537
37,628
59,637
30,523
53,145
12,106
33,298
43,643
4 3 , 3 1 !)
84,872
42,853
52,216
27,027
40.01 2
39.555
35,422
12,521
27.1 3 7
34,395
952.906
338,549
33,451
8 41,069
O a ts
W h e it
A cres.
A cres.
85,509
43,732
59,691
35,394
58,326
59,142
17,707
62,775
73,274
47,105
74,229
6,157
69,216
48,237
104,421
61,052
29,046
28,367
67.207
20,912
5.629
105,977
62.511
5,905
56.227
20,227
1.188
89,972
7,481
47,695
72.339
68.666
60,060
124.802
63.461
2,276
25,078
83,941
47 1 1 G
1 3 357
70,892
61,888
F a r le y
A cres.
12,580
12,336
22,921
25.322
10,379
27,927
31.011
43,895
34,145
36,604
5.105
40,224
7.060
29,719
42,707
21,131
36.286
38.235
13.225
T W E N T Y N E B R A S K A C O U N T IE S .
C w l.
A v . V a lu e
UM C o u n ty .
s crib e rs . o f F a rm .
A n t e l o p e ............................. ..........
519
$ 13,031
B o o n e .................................... ..........
15,695
288
B u r t ....................................... ..........
279
17,331
C e d a r ................... ................ ..........
802
16,313
C olfa x
.................................. ..........
295
19,878
C u m i n g ................................ ..........
20,888
371
14,842
D akota
.................................. .........
620
D ixon
.................................... ...........
899
15,425
18,317
D o d g e .................................... ...........
476
H o w a r d ...................... .. . . . ..........
258
12,588
K n o x ..................................................
654
13,934
M adison
............................. ..........
15,050
365
M e r r i c k ................................ ..........
367
14,261
15,289
N a n c e .................................... ...........
362
415
15,338
.................................. ..........
Pierce
P l a t t e .................................... ...........
400
17,917
S t a n t o n ................................ ..........
393
19,161
Thurston
........................... ..........
494
11,495
15,352
W a s h i n g t o n ........................ ..........
363
W ayne
.................................. .........
636
18,831
T otals
........................
9,256
$320,936
C o rn
A cres.
140,896
132,378
94,496
141,520
73,942
119,014
49,875
96,150
92,500
76,630
150,626
119,076
64,648
77,402
107,231
136,785
75,049
88,793
74.457
106,297
2,017,765
T W E N T Y -O N E M IN N E S O T A
A v . V a lu e
Sub
s crib e rs . o f F a rm .
C ou n ty.
B l u e E a r t h ........................ ..........
322
$ 9,592
..................................
B row n
9,922
C hippew a
............................ .........
140
9,970
11.780
Cottonw ood
...................... ..........
206
K a r i b a u l t ........................................
278
13,217
J a c k s o n ................................ ..........
155
11,982
K a n d i y o h i ........................ . ..........
117
8,574
L a c Q u i P a r l e ............... ..........
108
12,210
L i n c o l n .............................................
169
10,331
Lyon
.................................... . . . . . .
250
11.775
M artin
................................... . . . . .
221
12,053
M urray
................................ ..........
12,343
278
N i c o l l e t ................................ ..........
9,468
97
14,426
V o b l e s .................................. ..........
505
Pip estone
........................... ..........
327
14,163
R e d w o o d ............................. ..........
11.363
272
R e n v i l l e ............................. ...........
10,050
125
18,467
R ock
.................................... ...........
301
9,207
96
S ib ley
.................................. ..........
W atonw an
........................
11,065
Y e l l o w M e d i c i n e .......... ...........
175
11,581
T otals
.......................... ...........
4,724
$231,486
Cor^i
A cres.
67,157
44,738
35,599
50,891
66.798
66,636
30,730
45,833
19,211
52,656
79,370
53.820
28,790
75,190
34,039
66,31 3
60,368
60,051
32,296
42,270
51,674
1,064,530
C O U N T IE S .
1,179,894
968,296
37,032
H av
A cres.
63,191
48,699
43,107
58.028
73,608
•66,695
84,650
44,184
40,1 94
4 4,041
68,709
60,463
46,890
70,081
36,830
58,963
80,945
35,384
62.0-14
4 2 3 7 1’
48,376
532,876
1,1 77.45 !
C A 9 o
SUM M ARY.
C orn
SubA v . V a lu e
C ou n ty.
s crib e rs . o f F a rm ,
A cres.
86,124
3,583,858
I o w a C o u n t i e s ..................14,455
$ 5
407,026
1,466,066
S o u t h D a k o t a C o u n t i e s . . 14 ,05 0
. 9,256
320,936
2,01 7.765
N e b ra sk a Counties
231,486
1,064,530
M i n n e s o t a C o u n t i e s . . . . 4,724
Total
......................... .42 ,48 5
R E P R E S E N T A T IV E S :
$1,5 45,572
8,132,219
O a ts
A cres.
2, 240,100
977,672
952,906
1,179,894
W heat
A cres.
206,219
975,956
338,549
968,296
B a r le y
A cres.
211,610
521,254
33.451
532,876
H ay
A cres.
1,793,704
1,409,893
841,069
1,177,45 4
5,,350,572
2,489,020
1,329,191
5,222,1 00
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