New-York tribune., 1875-01-12
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS.

A valuable deposit Of quicksilver has been found
in the State of San Luis POtO'i, in Mexico
The British Government has ordered one Of the
ships of the royal navy to resuryey the Suez Canal
The Australasian colonies have succeeded IN in
curing public debts amounting IN the aggregate 70
S22O,0oO,OOO.
The West Cumberland Iron and Steel Company
a British cOrpOration-report loss Oh $IWU~ On
the business of last year.
The Parliament of Victoria, Australia. has granted
n sum of $4,000 to be expended in prospecting
for gold, coal. and other minerals.
The British Admiralty have purchased for s9O,oee
the steam whaler Bloodhound. with the view OK
sending her with the Arctic expedition
A turret-ship Of 1900 tons, 1sj feet long, "A fees
beam and drawing six feet six inches ot water mas
been constructed IN Liverpool tor the Argentine
Government.
The ten iron-olads in the German fleet are as fol-
lows: Three heavy brOadside frgates, TIVE heavy
broadside turret-ships two light brOadslde hlgates
one corvette and two smaller vessels.
The Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company.
the rival of the American Transpacnc line, mas paid
dividends amounting To per cent for the past year.
Ii has ueet 0f L%,UVO IONS, ana assets aHouh'lns
to So, $4,000
Engineers Of the Prussian Government have made
a boring to the extraordinary depth OF 4O40 feet ~
Sperenberg, place about % miles soutn OF Berlin:
salt met at 2S0 Ieet anu cOnJinueu 10 DC AOun0
at the lowest depth
The stock of tea in the United Kingdom on the
9th ult was estimated at SJOOOOOO pounds against
~ OCO 600 pounds last year. That Of coffee at the
principal ports of Europe at the same time
S. $50 tons, against $4,000 tons in 1873.
A regular monthly line of steamers is to run
heucetorth from Liverpool to Port-au-Pnnnee.
Jamaica, Vera Cruz, and BrazOs de Santiago. Tho
f0ur steamers with which the service VIII DO coa-
Quoted are ali new and Of full power.
Those who wish for heavier and better pOstaa
cards than those now IN use IN England are 10 De sup
piled with them at the rate OF eght pence per ozm zen
after the lst of February. The ordinary hlnu VIA
be advanced to seven pence per dozen.
The orders received in Sheffield, England, from
America tor tiles, saws tOois, aha cu'Iey "eto n
lighter during the last season than they nave ever
heen This Is largely owing 20 homemade artiCles
taking the place of British Throughout the country.
II has been decided TO build dock capable OF
containing a full-sZe iron-clad at EsqnlmauItI IN
british Columbia The British Government mas
promised to pay 250000 toward the cost OF lts con-
s.ruct'Q9ai aas L y gsgrV''d tue Can"I ' = -,
! ..ie same. !
II is our firm belief The Boston Commercial Duile.
tin saws, that the future prosperity and growth OK
New-England's industrial interests depend, IN q
great measure upon the increase of our exports on
manufactured goods; and the more these exported
goods are manufactured that Is, the larger the pro-
portion Of their value which Is the result OF labor.
the better.
NJ. Victor de Lesseps and Mr.. Stuart have printed
their report upon the jVG ey tlSJ recently underS
took for the purpose Of tracing out railway line
between Turkestan and India. Il ls said. howeva,
that the project will not be carried out at present,
ana that the Russian Government will content itself
with constructing line from Orenburg 10 Southern
Siberia whence another line may eventually branch
od in the direction OF Iashkend.
Wages are being reduced in the ship-yards. Of
England and Scotland. Beginning with thlsl month
engineers wages to be reduced 10 per cent:
boler-makers from 10 TO - per cent and lOIners,
per cent. AS % general rule The Manchester
Guardian says wages are settling themselves. as
tho number Of unemployed skilled engineers and
workers in the mechanical trades Is rapidly In
crean,pQ all over the industrial districts
An able address on the general interests of Ohio
was made recently by L. Ewing Miller before tie
Columbus Board of Trade Among other things be
said -.
There were mined in this Stat. last year about
10 N 900 bushels Of coal and The Hooking Valley Ra
road brought 10 this city nearly 220O0O0 bushels. In
close proximity to the coal fields are 10 be found iron
orc, limestone and fire clay IN almost inexnausuOis
quantities. But what avail are these great treasures
unless we bring them into usel II dleness IS mprac.
teabe In the vineyard, also II In the coal Held 10
us God IL fOr inheritance, but with it he
gives the BRAN power work plans FOR It's develop
ment and the strong muscle hew it out aud bring
forth INTO tho broad sunlight OF civilization. Deleve
that these huge rough blocks the embodiment OF our
future Each the representative OF the name ana
fame we are them. IL has beeu sald tnas
tne wealth and power Great Britain has Oeen derived
more from coal than from any other na'drai SourOs.
England has ana cOrones on her coat 3I ra
for ON part wish nothing grander 10 dispi rp,n. ~
turn tnan "a bit OF this alpowerIui' "onuei-"
mineral.