American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-05-22
INDUSTRIAL ITEMS.
WRITTEN FOR the CITIZEN BY CuYHRH

Ala, are turning ont 100 tons No. 1
ron per week.
Pennsylvania has a law assessing
s25 fine for killing any of the insec
tivorous birds.
1t is estimated that 10000 women
in New Work city earn Il living by !
the needle.
The lumber product OF the Upper .
and tributaries for 1869
is estimated at G2G,000,0 900 feet.
a truck farm of 90 acres in Men |
mouth county, y. j., yielded, last
wear, a profit of $50 per acre.
Illinois stands first as ii corn pro
ducing state, having produced 1874,
400. 600 bushels in 1868.
Of every hundred women in Great
Britain above the age Of twenty, 81
are wives, IS widows, and 80 spin
sters.
III Paris 800 hands are employed
in making ShawIs. The value Of the
annual production is over II .O00,000
francs.
Mrs. Stowe received for the seed
from water,mclonS raised on her farm
in Florida last season at the rate of
$3.50 for ench acre p ,g5t efdItrcrs peel.
1000 hides, and 10000 pounds of
tallow shipped from Fulton, Texas,
during the last six months.
Last week 12O barrels wine were
received at st. Louis from Isletta,
120 miles Southwest of Santa Fe,
New Mexico.
The worlds annual product of to-
bGccO is estimated at ,450 0JO. 600
pounds, of which the United States
produces about $50, 0G0, 800 pounds.
Over 100000 worth of cotton.
fruit, oil, and sesame seeds are annu-
ally shipped from the pOlt of Jaiia,
/ [callcd Joppa i'll the Bible.
/ The olive tree begins to bear at
six years of age, and produces - to
20 pounds per tree yearly. Its cas-
lily cultivated, and grows IA almost
any kind Of soil.
There are GO different models OF
velocipedcs deposited at the Patent
Office, Gpon which patents have been
iSsued, and over Coo applications fol
patents en- improvements 20 them are
on file.
\ paper mill in Philadelphia turns
out daily four tons of paper made
from poplar wood and straw. A cord
of the wood yields 500 pounds Of pa
per, an | a ton Of straw Yields $50
. pounds.
The condensing works at Elgin
Ills, turn out large quantities Of beef
milk, coffee, and fruits, in the high
est state of concentration and purity
The process used is that patented by
Gail Borden.
In1SG7 the population Of the South
ern States was 9,5GS, 100, while theil
exports were 1928, 4O6, 757. The pop
ulation Of all the other States at the
same time was 24,9lG. 1913, and theil
,,,,,,,c so-o ani a.o
In Iowa every acre of forest trees
planted releases finn taxation S10t
for ten Years. In several countie!
maple sugar is now made Where
prairie grass and hazel shrubs were
the only growth fifteen years ago.
At the commencement of 1853 tn,
aggregate capital Of the Fire Insur
ance companies doing business il
New York city was ) 81, ~, 900, will
gross assets of $iS,13j, 600. AT thu
end of 1868 their capital had increas
ed to &49,112,000, and assets to 800,
972, 600.
In 1868 the United States inporte,
| 30, 800, 900 pounds Of tea, 25O,000,00
pounds of coffee, and 200 000,00'
pounds Of sugar. The government
duty collected was four cents pc
pound Oh sugar, five cents per pound
and % per cent. tax on teas, equal t
$35, 900 900 in gold.
Fifteen to twenty years ago, Han
lem lake, (IIolland), which was fl
teen miles long and seven miles wide
was pumped ont, and is now covere
with fertile fields and comfortabl
:. cottages occupied by more than 800
people. The same amount of labo
and capital expended under compC
tent engineers in mississippi an
Louisiana would reclaim ten time
that quantity of land, with d0ubl
tIe productive capacity. VIII on
capitalists and rulers think Of it