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Show ALL ROADS LEAD 10 0IV1AHAF0R BUTTER Town Manufactures $25,- 000,000 Worth OMAHA. Feb. IS. More than $L'r... 000. 000 worth of butter was miinufHC- tured In Omaha during 11 20. according accord-ing to an estimate by the Omaha chamber of commerce, members of which report that this city still retains re-tains its position as the chief city of thlw industry in the 1'nited States. The figures on butter production aa given by the chamber for recent years shows a steady Increase since 194, when the government census showed that the production here for that year waa t4.H4U.K4V, compared to the following follow-ing for other citte: St. I'aul. .t.2:1303: Ienver. $':".-69; $':".-69; Minneapolis, $.5i'3.09k: Chicago. 1 1.347.09ft: Oetroit, $1,107,10; Cleveland. Cleve-land. $1, 064.07t; Seuttle. $90. 784; (.rand Rapids, $747,184; Fait I-ake City. $0i.4L'9: Kansas City. $'2.34. No government figures, chamber of commerce officials say. have been : made available since 1I4. but thv i I chamler ha eNtimated production .since 11M4 for Omaha as follow: t 1916. $7.i60.8io; 1916. $! Th9 114 1917. $11.01 1. 9 Jo; I IMS. $-.'0.s7.lH2; 1919. $22.5&.StO; ls.'O. $25.3.r.30. |