The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-08-24

The Beilairc Ohio Nail Works de-
c!ared dividend of , per cent, ont OF the
earnings of the last six months
The Pottstnwu Iron Cos nail factory is
SO pushed with orders that 4 proposition is
on foot To work II hours :: day y very
large order was received several days ago
from Charlestown, ). {.
The Dunn Edge Tool Company, West
WateryIlle, have manufactured this season
10000 dozen scythcS, all of which are sold
This is the largest seasons work since the
works have been III operation.
Although the total returns Of exports for
the fiscal year just ended have not been
completed 10y the Bureau OF Statistics. it is
safe To say that they exceed those Of 1877
by $4,000, 0OO and those Of 1876 by 500, =
100000.
During the year ending June 80. 1874.
the exports of agriculture! machinery from
the United States to France amounted 10
$3.50 900. There is no d.Ibt but that VITA
proper eNcrtiou this could uc run up to i
million dollars annually.
Owing to the great demand Of the per
cent. beads of 1901, the Secretary uf The
Treasury has directed the paper mil at
Chester, Pa, which makes the distinctive
hhel!Zed paper on winch the bonds and
notes are printed, Ia resume operations
which have been suspended fer some weeks
Forty live millions of pairs of scwcd
shoes aud $1,000, 900 of pairs Of begged
shoes were made and sold 10y the manufAc
turers OF the United States IN 1871. and -
per cent. ui the work done on those shoes
was done by machinery. The uppers are
cut out by hand. simply because Of the
var.ablgness of the quality ut leather liz
the same skin. The sulcs are cut out ny
machinery, aud the binding, pastins.
closing, crimping, stitching heciiug and
polishing are al done by machinery, with
out the aid of human hands
In 1850 the United State, took 227. 600. =
900 yards of British cotton goods. IL 1877
we took only $1,000, coo yards. In the
year first mentioned Great Britain u>rd
half the whole cotton crop of the world:
last year she used only 30I1, 900 bales.
against >gi9, 900 bales used elsewhere.
English manufacturers explain the relative
falling off 10y the increase uf capital else
where and the ability of other nations 10
cope with them III power aue oTganIz atom.
and add that the race " Ill b- To TIE frugal.
the industrious and enduring.
An English newspaper, noting the fact
that Pennsylvania anthracite coal has been
introduced IN I;aly, selling for Sa.j2 per
ton and yielding equally good results to
iron founders who use i, Is English coke,
which costs them $ll - per ton, declares
that the anthracite coal Will prnIAby
supeIScde the use of coke. over 200. 600
tens of English coke are now annually sent
Ia the Mediterranean ports The English
journal adds: Perhaps At some future
day the Americans will Ire COOS. enough 10
try the experiment of supplying The
British household with coal Ii fui do
nestle consumption 4. reasonable cost
Our own coal merchants have hardly sue
cecded III their enterprise.
The baldwin Locomotive Works have
Just obtained an order for three !pcnmo.
lives of = superior style Of wn5kmauShlp.
from the government Of North South
Wales. l p - last year all the locomotive
trade for English colonies had been chiefly
in the hands Of the Avou>idc English
WorlS, of Bristol, England and Peacock.
Featherstone X Co., OF Liverpool. An.
other large order is expected a, the works.
from the Russian -oyrTumrut. pom COM
plrtl"u of their last order frn-l this source
10: forty locomotives, their agent At =.
Petersburg notified ll.rm that :. large mum
Der would soon Ice needed. and they have
since learned that = contract fuT one nun
dlcd engines will shortly he given out.
JudGIu. from the satisfaction which their
previous work has given, they axe Sanguluc