Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1842-01-20
Geitr raj TlttrIIfQtnrr.

MAR UEAes4URES.
4. ffend has sent ps L raaoving Statistics
whic h. ,h4 ugh hetiof recent dase, will shqw
what can lhe dene7fp NHstnla=Faod may a&a7
ken lhereabdpts Spirit oC erserprize among
many who concur the beheftkaa, Home Indus!
Try alone Gan rescu4citaae The lsnguishing gner-
gies Of OUT country. TT Il Ii
From tie lc,uAhy .qarefts,r, psb,i.Asd at Ptttrsr
burg, Tpirginta, cf il DteenSer, 1888.
statistics er the cotton sTanu Gao torieSof
+ VI ~ ftete1isb urg. / }' :
Petersburg Manufacturing Company incqrpo-
rated in Io3b, caTltat Sl2O000i operates 1000
splndles ard. l06 lCemsj consumes about A69o
bales COTTON annually when IN f9ll operatIon,
AL. COS lbs Of which Issod iniihe form OF ylrns.
Merchants MaHut acyurlsss as--T----5->.--a -0lla
poraled in, 1882 capital $50 GOO, operates 4aUO
Spindles and II looms I; consuinss a5oet8 400
bales cotton annually, which produces about
500, goo yards OF heavy cloth besides about 50,+
u00sIbs. sold as yarns; enpoys about 2U0 hands,
pays mdre Than s25 Ot0 Per anhum wages
Last aiyiIieQd Tor six .manths Is per cent.
Maloaca Manu- eioripg Company, inGerpo-
rated id 1925, eapNAf Sl5o,UU0; operates 400Qs
spindles and 1872 iS&ms !; CONSUMES abQH sau
haeS cJlGn Annually, which produce about
650UeG ards cloth employs 20n hands. #
Is La5th:vidend for SIX months 10 pei cent
This com pany also have ,paPei mill, saniiai
5000; employing al present 50 hands a4d. viii
very soon employ 80 mole. II
Etinsk Manufacturing Company, ineoffora-
Jed nj 1888, capital SI52,0uOs operates 1000
spIndleS and lac looms Consumes about II oOV
bales gotten annually, which produce S5eAl
| l,O00,0Op yards cloths employs 200 hands. '-
| But lately gone inio operation, and has hot yet
decared dividend
Mechanics manufacturing Company ineor-
potatetl 10 1898. capital 5l25,o0o 4,VOQ spin
dies ada l54 looms will rohsage when 10 fun
operation about 200 bales col oHann 0affys which
viii produce I,D0p30o0 yafds=ets1h=i e1nploys
| fs0 hands Bni Iaiely gone into operation aud
has not declared dividend,
| Reedpiiulafion The whole amount Of capital
is s775. 600 operates 10000 spindes and $40
looms. consumes $3.50 bales COTTON agnuagiy,
which produce about 3;950,90D yards Of cleIh
and 5e9, GEO lbs. Of yarns; employs l0aDhan3s,
whose wages exceed Sl30 600 Consumes fer
machIneFg and lights, abont 5000 gallons Of
oil and l0Uoabafrels -four feI siztpg<is.
From The Baltimore Patriot Feb, 9, 1899
Coop DlyIDEEpl--Tke New York Journal o.
Commerce states that the Merfimsck Company
in Lowell, divided 10 December last 40 per cent,
on thsir capital uf 81 500 coo, besides rsserving
a surplus Of 100000 for The purchase Of new
machinery. The Company made no dividend
in 1887, but reserved Their profits 10 neetNhe
losses Ihe5 we're them exposedto from bad debts
by lhs general dislIesses Of he whole country
IN thai year.
LdwELt, Mass The land on which The ciiy
Of Lowell now stands, was twenty years ago, as
sessed al 81 900, There IS NOV invested 10 lhe
manufacturing business alone. sl0,500,0 600 -
Thefe aIes32 cotton mills, running sc 900 spin
dies and 5l83 looms; consuming annually
]. $50. 500 pounds Of cutt6n, and raanpfaetaflng
S., 263, 400 yards u eiofh, ana employing $50
females, and 2o77 male operatives. ~
The New York Tribune says, VIXEN
| the quest 90 OF referring the sibject or
Protective Or Discriminating Duties came
up.in the S. U. Senate ID 1927, Mr.. Hayne
OF s. c. moved its reference 10 the Com
m,ttes on Finance instead Of that Oh
manufactures This motion vas adyot
cassd BY The movef and Mr.. TszewslIsot
Va, but opposed By Gen Harrison, Mr.
Van Buren,. ADD Mr.. Woodbury., and det
.eatsd. WHIP has changed A
! II is computed that there are twenty
ministers ottbe Methodist Epi. Church
fashioned 10 Philadelphia, and that there
are nine thousand three hundred and fif.
Tyrone membersJ Of which nine thousand
and sixiy-6ve are white, and two hundrec
and seventy six colored.
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t A PRorITABLE RAILRoAp.-A memo
rial to the Legislature Of New York state,
THAT the nett pro6ts Of .lhe Utica ans
Schenectady Railroad for The. last fy,
years have beer 1928 ss7 per snnum Of
an average. or 49, per cent perannuu
on The capital. and praying The Iegisla
ture TO restrict the rate of fare 10 twl
Ecents per mile.