The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-04-29
FACTS AND FIGURES.

FACTS AND FIGURES.
"A ton of peaches makes 1000 cans
Of fruit.
Miners wages in Utah rum from
$3.50 to $3.50 per day.
Farmers in Berrien County, Ga,
grow mulberry trees for their fruit fol-
hogs.
East Tennessee will produce a..
600 tons more of coke iron this year
than last.
The orange cropof Sumter County,
Fla, win be two-thirds larger this year
than last.
The farmers of Gadsden County,
Fla, will plant crops of rice and tobac-
co this year.
1t is estimated that the cotton crop
of Texas for 1879 will bring into that
State ga, OO0,0 900.
Boise Valley, Idaho, 60 miles in
length, is being brought into successful
cultivation and proves very fertile.
According to Wells, Fargo & Co.,
New Mexico shipped 1922, SEQ, 900 in
gold and silver bullion during 1879.
"A vessel is loading at San Francis
CO with 100. 600 gallons of wine for the
German market. It is the first large
shipment of the kind ever made thither.
Colorado City boasts an important
mandatory Of plaster paris, the gyp-
sum from which it is made being found
in abundance in Red Canyon. The
works have capacity of $500 barrels
year.
In consequence of the rise in the
price of rags and other fibers, the price
of South Carolina clay, used by paper
makers to increase the weight of their
goods, has lately been advanced two
dollars per ton.
The yearly capacity of the steel
mills of the world is now estimated at
about 100000 tons, of which Great
Britain turns out about 800, 900 tons,
America 100000, Germany 400, 900,
France 275,OOO, Austria $50, and
Sweden and Russia 10000.
The 1904 dollar, in fine condition,
is said to be valued at $1,000 by col
lectors. There are twelve of this date
known-two in the United States Mint.
two in New York, three in Boston, one
in Salem, Mass, two in Philadelphia,
one in Cincinnati. and one in Liverpool,
England.
The Louisville and Nashville sys-
tenn of railroads, under one General
Manager, covers the largest mileage of
any one railroad interest in the United
States. Two or three railroads control
more mileage, yet have the system
divided under two or more general
managers
There are now in operation in the
United States, 8O,831.58 miles of rail-
road, built at a cost of 81, 166, 331 ,921.
The average cost of construction and
equipment per mile has been $51, 543.
Gross earnings per mile, Sc, $3.50. "a; OPP
Grating expenses per mile. $4,O74; net
earnings per mile, $2,306.94.
1t costs yearly aggregate of $751;
600, 900 to keep up the British navy in
a tine of profound peace, and, even
then, its position as the first naval
power of Europe is questioned by the
Italians and by other Nations in the
competition for swifter and better built
ships, and for improved armament.
The German Publishers Journal
has issued statistics concerning the
number of periodical publications pub
lished in the world. According to them
the total number is about $4,000. of
which Germany boasts 3,778; England,
$500; France, 1900; Italy, 1926; Aus
tria, 1900; Russia, 500. Asia produces
3S7; Africa, SO; America, 9,l29, and
Australia. 100.
One of the leading poultry men says
that the cotton crop Of 1877 was valued
at 1856, 900, 900; sheep, cattle and swine
at $500, 600, 900; the hay crop at $780,
600, 900; the poultry and egg crop, at q
very low estimate, for family consump-
ton would reach over $500, 900, 900. not
taking into account all the eggs, fowls.
chickens, turkeys. geese and ducks
used by hotels, restaurants and confec-
tiOnery manufacturers. Including the
latter aggregate, they would reach q
cash value of over $500, 900, 900.
The Massachusetts Bureau of Sta
tistics and Labor in their last annual re-
port thus summarize the record of the
strikes in Massachusetts,: Causes of
strikes: To secure better wages, 118; to
secure shorter hours, "a; to enforce
trade union rules, 9; resistance to en-
ployers' rules, 5; against the introduce
ton of machinery, 3. Results of strikes:
Unsuccessful, 109; successful, 18; COM
promised, 16; partly successful, 6; re-
suit unknown, g; contest still pending,
l. The conclusion is drawn: THAT
strikes, as rule, are powerless to ben
eft the laboring classes"