Show MISSOURI ADDING TO WEALTH ranks H gh as manufacture ng as well as agricultural state for many years missouri ranked next to illinois and iowa tor corn acreage it took high bank as a fruit and wine producing stale and vas fourth on the list 0 american states in wine missouri corn missouri apples and missouri grapes were admittedly ex belleni products within five years however the manufactures of mis bourl have increased 30 per cent in place of corn growing but not to the neglect of that industry missouri has taken up meat packing to the amount of 60 last year tobacco fielded 30 and malt liquors 25 the trade in boots and shoes m which st louis is forbid able rival of boston was 25 and in foundry and machine shop products made profitable through the recent development of missouri s iron lead and zinc mines 20 in stead of being a distinctively agri cultural state missouri has become one of the chief manu tact ring states of the county new aorl sun |