. City of Minneapolis. A review of her growing industries and commercial development, historical and descriptive .. . fruit, machinery, coal, etc. Itwill be interesting to note that the merchandisereceived during the period from December, 1887,III December, 1888, weighed 339,200,696 pounds,\\ hich is 9,000,000 pounds more than the weightof the receipts for the year 1887. The shipmentsof merchandise for the year ending December i,I SS8, weighed 349,376,620 pounds, being an ex-. OSS of 8,000,000 pounds over those for , while the number of car loads was less,^ the amount of merchandise w
. City of Minneapolis. A review of her growing industries and commercial development, historical and descriptive .. . fruit, machinery, coal, etc. Itwill be interesting to note that the merchandisereceived during the period from December, 1887,III December, 1888, weighed 339,200,696 pounds,\\ hich is 9,000,000 pounds more than the weightof the receipts for the year 1887. The shipmentsof merchandise for the year ending December i,I SS8, weighed 349,376,620 pounds, being an ex-. OSS of 8,000,000 pounds over those for , while the number of car loads was less,^ the amount of merchandise was greater this yearthan last. ^ The following summary shows in brief the tems for the year 1888. Receipts. 339,200,696 .pyy- Shipments. Merchandise, ttis 339,200,696 349,376,620 Machinery, fts ,510 Wheat, bu 44,725,050 11,179,960 Corn, bu 940,400 219,000 Oals, bu 1,695,600 Barley, bu 369,000 519,000 Flax seed, bu ^ 464,500 124,000 Flour, bbls 64,962 6,973,265 Millstuffs, tons 6,991 214,009 Fruits, lbs 47,091,071 Coal, tons 295,304 25,815 Lumber, feet 43,420,000 172,630,000 CITY OF Sfpe most popular, best patronized, l?a[}d5om(?st, Safest, ai^d tl^e fipcjst u(?9tilat(?d7l7(?atre iq tl?(? |Vortl?uu?5t. S(?ati99 eapaeity, 2000. RESOURCES OF MINNESOTA. THE BANKS OF MINNEAPOLIS. Banks are the commercial barometers of the nation. When the business is good in the commercialworld the banks are prosperous and bankers happy. But let a depression come and money ceasecirculating, then the banks, first of all, sufter from the stringency. The year 1888, generally speaking,was a bearish year throughout the country. In the East, particularly, new enterprises were scarce, andbusiness in commercial lines dull, and in consequence the clearances fell off heavily from the previousyear. But not so in Minneapolis. The commercial and manufacturing center of the most productivesection of the country was very little affected by the stringency which prevailed elsewhere. Wh
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