The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-10-23
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Five thousand bushels of rice we're re-
ceived at Charleston on the 25th ult
A large brewing firm in Glasgow, Scot
land, has begun importing California bar
ley.
OF combination linen and paper collars,
abouJ three hundred million are manu-.
fActured ID the United States annually.
A tract Of land situated twenty two
miles west of Santa K lsa, Cal, yielded
this season 90 bushels uf wheat per acre.
The annual value of the coffee crop. ac-
cOrding to AN Amsterdam authority. pur-
chased from first hands, is Sl25, 900 900.
There are 80 malt houses il the United
States, costing over so, 900, 900, employ
!, 100 hands, and using a capital of Sl3
900 900.
Crawford, Erie, Mercer, and Venango
counties, in Pennsylvania, contain lOl
cheese factories, producing annually g.
557 800 pounds.
The various straw works in Foxbarough,
Mass, which have been shut down for
some months, will, il j. said start up in
about four weeks
The supply Of sardines has an addition
from the Cornwall England Pilchard
fisheries, that fish being now put up after
the manner Of sardlnes.
The annual consumption Of sugar in
England is Is. 600 600 hundred weight in
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France, 5000, 900; III Germany, d, no.
600
The salmon season On the Columbia
river closed ON the lst ultimo. The ship
ments 70 San Francisco up to August II
were l52, 900 cases, aud to Australia di-
rect SO, 600 cases.
The number Of men at present employed
in mining operations ia Algeria D. esti-
mated AT 3. 800, the total expectation of
iron ore during 1873 being 45u. .622 tons.
and during the tirst three quarters Of 1874,
26S 600 tons.
The exhaustion Of the iron ores Of Alge-
ria within five OF SIX years is looked ON as
probable. Of the Mokta," a iavorIJe
steel ore, 300 600 tons ARE raised annually !;
the mine at We Dessos has yielded for
many years 80, 900 tons per annum.
For some time past the Goldfish supply
has been gradually falling of. both III this
country and England. owing 70 the indis-
crimuato slaughter Of the iish Of all sizes
ana ayes, and the practice of fishing M
shore as well az The sea, which has serious
ly interfered with spawninL
There are now from 81 w 100 shoe fac
tories i'll Philadelphia. Tile largest have
facilities To- make weekly from 9 600 to
Is, 900 pairs, ranging down as low as 400
pairs. When In tulI operation these can
make ln a week from 300 600 to 800, 600
pairs, including mems. wumen's, misses,
children's and infants shoes
The Houston (TeXas) Telegraph says
that fully $50 900 head Of cattle, being
driven To market. have crossed the Colo
RADIO river AT ana near Au,uu. the present
season Average these cattle at $40 per
head, and 1t Viii leave the neat sum Of
80, 900, 900, very nearly all Of which will
come back into the State az profits to the
drovers
The manufacture Of pig iron has been
prosecuted In Oregon, la small way, for
some time. and efforts are beng made To
establish furnaces in the Northern part Of
the State The subject Is again brought
mp by the prospectus Of the IuXada Iron
Mines of British Columbia, lust published
These mines are on Toxada Island. in the
Straits Of Georgia, between Nancouver's
Island and the mainland ot British Culum-
bia The deposits are very extensive,
about 20 per cent iron. and are favprably
situated. being surrounded BY an abund-
ance Of timber and limestone
A few days ago there assembled w Hunt
mgton, West Virginia, number 81 capI-
talists from New York, most Of whom are
largely interested iu the Chesapeake and
Oho Railroad, and organized Mining
aud Manufacturing Bureau, the same 10
be under the supervision Of the above
named railroad. TAe principal office Of
the Bureau viii be Az Richmond Wal, and
viii have for its chief officer Gen. j NJ
St John, with Col Baud As assistant. The
organization will have charge of all mat
tcrs referring to mining. iron manufacture
and the transportation Of ores and coal,
which are found ln such vast quantities
along the lime of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad. II Is expected that this Bureau,
with the facilities and powers extended 70
it, will be able to bring more clearly be-
fore the public the great fact that the
Ohio river furnaces can obtain their foreign
supply of ore cheaper from this hue than
from Lake Superior Of Missouri So san
guine are the members of the Bureau that
IRON can be produced at less cost than
now before the market, that they intend
m few months frei4htiug ship with
iron, either at Baltimore Or Richmond, and
ship il to Wales for sale Exchange