The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1849-12-05
For The Miners Express.
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| 1912, the whole amount of TONNAGE of shipninu
TONS IN lS4S, the whole amount was c,79S ,673,
beng an increase all wrecks and losses of
o'o,7S tons The tariff of 1916 was passed in
July, and went into effect December 1st, of the
same year; SO that the tariff of 1912 was in eff
feet the most of the year 1876 In 1916, there
were loS,223 tons of shipping built, being an in
crease in favor Of the present tariff of 120, sol
tons. In 1876, there were 1,l3O,235 tons of
shipping employed in foreign trade In 1913,
there were 1,3CO,9SG tons, being an increase OF
23o,G31 tons. In 1916, there were 1,39927O
tons of shipping employed in the coasting trade
In l8lS, there were l,747,G3l tons, being an in
crease of 342, ;Gl tons in favor of the year of
r"in! This unparalleled increase has been de-
mandcd by an increase of trade, and great as it
is, trcights have nearly doubled during the time.
This is a very pleasant kind Of ruin of our na,l-
teal brethren. Here is one class Of labor in,-
proved by the present tariff:
By the tariff of 1912, there was only 5 pcr
cent duty wool, which came in connection
with wool growers in the United States. That
duty was increased to thirty per cent by the
tariff of I%.G The amount Of wool irnortc ~,
IN lo43, was 23,933,o4) pounds The amount
imported in 1913, l,3c 1 ,420 pounds, bcinc
decrease of l245l,6ll pounds. During this
time our WOODEN manufactures have nearly dorb-
led In the single article of blankets there will
this year be used, not less than two million OF
pounds of WOi,) will, >
not manufactured in this country. This defci,
of import and this increase Of manufacture is
supplied by the wool growers of this country.
The result is, that last year produced about
'O,"oO,OOO pounds, against 23,UO0,O0O in 1910
And the prices Of l6IG which were from 81 to
"a cents pound, have advanced to As and ~. in
1913.
The prosperity Of manufacturers can be pretty
correctly seen from the statistics Of Massachu-
sets In the years 1917 and Is, there were
$23,320,000, invested in manufacturing, in that
state. And yet we are told that the spiders
were building webs all the factories built
before that time. Rather spider web argu-
ncnt to be sure. In 1916, there was in the CITY
of Lowell, in Mass, %, 95S spindlcs In 1919,
there were 100000, being an increase Of 81 ll2
spindlcs. In 1S4G, there were 6,304 looms. Ii,
l64'', there were $3.50, being an increase of
5000 looms-nearly fifty per cent During
this time there has been great improvement in
the machinery, 50 that the same hands can tend
more work. For example, one girl now tends
three looms instead Of two, as before Yet, il
| ISdE tboro g. RGS 81 T. I'M
employed. In 1S49, there were 1914 females
and 5000 males, being an increase of 739 fc
males, and $50 males. In 1916, they manufac.
tured in Lowell ,594,O 900 yards of cotton clotl
per week, and l4,l00 yards of woocns anC
consumed 10000 pounds CT cotton, and 81 ,OU(
pounds OF wool, per week. In lS49, they manu-
featured ,104, 1856 yards of cotton, and 81 ,2yl
yards OF wooicns, weekly; being an increase
over 1916 of 1896 yards of cotton and 7,l9]
yards Of woollcns, weekly.
About one half of all the cotton cloths mann
featured in the United States, find a market II
foreign countries; and the prices of these arti
clcs arc regulated by foreign prices, for the yer,
reason that the amount manufactured cannot be
consumed in this country. This fact should be
remembered when the cry Of ruin is raised.
Every year increases the culture of cotton
The reason of this is, the United States is be.
coming the cotton growing country for the man
utacturing world. The increase of the vca,
ending August, l649, is estimated at 432 ,OOC
Da!es over any former year. The whole cror
was 2,72o,506 bales. OF this SIS, O30 bales arc
used in the States, and the balance, 2,207 ,55g
bales, goes to foreign countries. The price OF
cotton, like the price of cotton manufactures. is
regulated by the price abroad The price of cot
ton, in the last five MONTHS has advanced more
than 40 Per cent, and yet the home manufac-
lures have not yet purchased their stock, hop
ing that the prices will fall The amount of re-
ceipts from cotton, exported for the year ending
July 164o, was $64 ,655,43O.
The amount Of corn exported during the same
time was II ,472,615 bushels. The amount of
wheat was 1904, 704 bushels, and 2,1l9 1893 bar
rels OF flour. The amount of receipts for bread
stufs, for two years, ending July 81, 1S49, was
$75,941,035 The value of receipts of beef
butter, cheese, pork hams and lard exported in
lS4S, was $S12,270,231. That of tobacco, was
$7,55l, 1922; and that of rice, was 81, 331 500.
These are properly the products of agriculture
the offspring Of the earth and fruits of labor.
Here is about one hundred millions of dollars oil
caapital added to the country in two years
A great portion of this, is produced in these
western states. The value of these articles re.
ceved at New Orleans, for the year ending Au.
gust 81, 1s49, was $S1 1899 500; and for the las,
two years it was $161, 768,143. This vast
amount has all found market, either in the more
eastern states, or in foreign countries. This is
the kind Of ruin and distress the tariff Of 1s4C
gives to agriculture and labor Here is one hun.
dred and sixty-one millions of wealth, the sur
plus product Of the soil and labor of these west
ern states, in two years. The difference between
this capital and that produced by bankers, brok
ers and STOCKHOLDERS, is this. They trade or
their money, credit, wits or knavery, and draw
large sums Of money from the laborng part o
the community. BY this operation, propert,
changes hands---t Oooa fr/v,, tJ,o roa. 3. ~ u