American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-07-24
INDUSTRIAL ITEMS,


Last year France imported 220,-
900 tons OF sugar, and produced 1885,.
900 tons from beets.
There are 1880 steam engines
used in the various manufactures of
Paris.
OF the foreign immigrants arriv-
ing in New York sig per cent. con
sist of unskilled laborers.
More than 2OO,OOO,OOO pins are
manufactured weekly liz Birming-
ham, Conn.
A cotton manufacturing company
with a capital of $3.50, 600 has Just
been organized at Atlanta, Ga.
1t is estimated that the rats in the
Chicago elevators consume $500. 600
worth of grain and flour annually.
The stock of coffee at the six prin-
cipal ports i'll the United States, Oh
LIST July, 1869, was 2O9,277 bags.
The printing offices in New Or
leans use about thee tons of paper
daily.
The total tonnage of the lakes and
rivers in the United States is I,O99,-
ia; tonnage of the seaports 2,S5S,-
500.
DR.. Daniel Lee says: defective
financiering is written in legible let
tiers on every acre of onr unproduc-
tive old fields"
Cincinnati has 400 manufacturing
establishments, with an aggregate
capital of S250,0OO,O0O, giving EN-
ployment to $4,000 operatives.
There are four steam plows in use
in the United States the Viceroy of
Egypt has over 400 of them employ
ed in his dominions.
There have been 10, SOS patents ap-
piled for, and 6,993 patents issued
from the Patent Office at Washing
ton during the last six months.
In 1862 there were 162 sewing ma
chimes sent from the United States
to BuenOs Ayres in 1868 the mum
Der incl eased to 1000.
The gross assets of all the Life In
surance Companies organized in the
State of New York on the LIST Janu-
airy, 1869, amounted to $4,000, 9G2.
There is sal, to be more than 1876
600, 900 acres OF cotton lands iu the
Southern States, Of which less than
one fifty eighth part WAS planted in
cotton last year.
A quarry near Cleveland, Ohio, is
turning out 5000 tons of grindstoneS
per annum. Another in Huron coun
ty, Mich about 1000 tons per an
mum.
Grain is now trans ported from the
upper Mississippi to New York via
New Orleans at 29c. per bushel,. while
it costs 3o4c. via Chicago and But
falo.
1t is estimated that the jewellers
in the Mississippi valley consume Il
pounds of coffee each per annum
while the balance of the country con
sumo only seven pounds each.
A silk mandatory at South Man
chester, employs 1000 hands, and
produces 100000 pieces of belt rib
bons, and 100000 yards of wide
goods annually.
Louisiana has 100000 acres o.
land adapted to the culture of sugar
An acre we'll cultivated will yield
1900 pounds of sugar and 50 gallons
of molasses.
California has peaches from juno
till DC Ober; Strawberries FROM Apri
till November; grapes fiom June til
November, and pears from July til
Christmas.
In 1856 Asia produced 399, 600, zoo
pounds of tobacco ; Europe PSI .S44,
500, America 24S, $50. 800, Africa "a
800, 600, and Australia ia 900 pound.
making total of 954, 139, 00(
pounds.
In 1865 the farmers of Ohio los
96,251 sheep killed and injured b,
dogs. The sheep were worth 1888,
697, and the dogs numbered ia 900
making the loss, for the two years
equal to 81 G2 per dog.
THE CosT OF CHINESE LABoR.-I
Is impossible to determine this ques
ton. The cost of Chinese labor, lik,
everything else, will be determined
by the quality, supply, demand, anG
kind of work to he performed. TIL,
Chinese live cheap, know how t.
drive bargain, and, like other PEG