The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-04-05

row, noted patent lawyer Of Boston. /,
n MS argument before the patent commit
n Tee, produced very interesting series .
Iftatistics TO show that the west i randi,
lpeconlng manufacturing section. ant
N lhat me scepter OF manufacturing in
dustries Is rapidly departing from New
England. and Is being assumed by N,
,lprople OF the Mississippi valley. tn,
\ following are some OF the
MORE IMPORTANT OF MR.. sToRRow'.
i POINTS.
! do not believe that the gentlemen ~
this committee are aware Of the imnor
rItance OF the manufacturing indnsfr;ns u
'l'S country. We sometimes speak OF
ours ~ ~ agricultural nation. raising
raw products with great advantage.
)luo n0t know the figures that exist to.
DAY, but by the census of 1870 the mo.
chanicai and manufacturing products OF
'iis country We're almost twice tie auri-
ga 'uraI products. BY the census ot
i5sV, the agricultural products OF ,hc
country Were S2.447. .53s C5s. ana ,ha
Manufactured products S4 232. 1884
wages Of farm laborers. incluuino hoard
aSiO 20, ,2s5; wages OF operatives S775..
oc}.545. The growth has been al,or.fhcr
~ oi proportion 10 the population.
Between 1850 and 1870 our ponuia,inn
incTeasen % per cent, while our mann
Iiacauring Industries increased III yalue
~ per cent. Part OF this is owinu !,
general rise in value~: but atier
making ai The allowances suoves,aa N,
'the able discussion ia the qiiarto voluna
y "'e census, our manufactures have IN
''."~ea 'hree times as fast A. our popu-
lation ~ the last 20 years; so that We
are net only growing III manufactures
~ we grow as nation. but we are
growing 20 become great manutlctnr-
ing nation. and tlie manumcture. ~ ,hcl
country arc lhf0 wing the agricultural
Interests into tle shade. Take thc single
ar1icie nt cotton: Since 1890 our ronu-
iailnn hss increased between three,eld
and fourfold; The amount OF cntt.u
IN this country has MI
creased dthirteenlold.
think you will be surprised 10 soc
now TH2eE INDUSTRIES ARK pfSrnrrs,,rrn
Y thc present time r.kiny me censns
q 1880, 1860 and 1870 as basis and ! 4
lakc these three hccau-e. although have
noi entire faith Ia al The results sct tor,h
II or directly obtained from the census
able, without allowing for other ele-
nenis no' shown therein. yet as the con-
ius Tor these three wears were faLen
inder the same law Qhai of ls50.1 upon
ne same schedules, and by the same
,rganration fhe results v hich those
hree years present VIII be a tolerahlv
ar basis for comparison.
In 1920 Tic mcchanical industries OF
he IA great wcssern states were con.
i1eraoiy less than half that Of ihe New
.nalaDG states. fo Ter cent. az ihe <ew
england industries: <i35.gO. 600 tor the
Western states and $3.50 100 600 ri Nawr
.hginnn. ~ 1870 Il WAS ~ per cent.
= SSi4VlOuO for those states against
.iADV ooo-Ouv ior New England and 4,
hc present tme there j. every reason 70
esicse that they exceed the industries
me New England states. although q
ave not been ahle 10 gct nj any figures Z
snow exactly what they are M Tho !
resent time. The last report Of thc :
oaiu 81 trade Of Chicago saws that. h y
)lic ot the present depression az hus;. I
ess, there are to-day 1,664 more work-
en employed in The manufacturing
Of Chicago alone than Z /;
'ar ago. I
~ 1870 The manufacturing Industries II
ONO. lndiana. Illinois, Missouri. 4
WA, Wisconsin and Minnesota. rave !,
PRODUCT Of 1887 100000
hilc the agricultural industries Of Tho il
me states brought only %s6I 100000 "
IN Illinois. which has been looked ou b
great agricultural state. tho agricul. q
ral products WIS 500 SH0ioO. nnd III "
lnuiaciured product $2D5. GOn 900 n Va
lssour'. ne agricultural product was "
O.VO', and The manufactured n
Even IN Wisconsin. thc st
'nu'Aclured product was ST. 2nu. 600 cc
me the agricultural was onlY S7sOYo. SC
"; aud IA Ohio, the manufactures w,re a.
ahead, ai'd 50 through those states vc
NJ. Hurihut III that S77o0 noo M
nufaciured product Of Wisconsin, do ia
N not include the lumber. 20
hr. NlorrVw Yes, sir. | think they IL
and tfink they should: irs valnn w
'sisls u The labor upon III I ,hink M
Y also Include -four, Lul IN The export ch
w shhll refer to presently, neither eN
~ nor lumber Is included. ~
ir. Eldridgc The grain would he ar
llaed ~ The agricultural product? pa
M. ctorrow Certainly wheat wonld M
included ln The agricultural products Az
ne timber would be. sumo ~ ch
''n - another way 10 gei Az the roia stc
importance ~ tin two. Which mi
iK y better silll. and that II in
THE WAGES rArD. 60