The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-04-29
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% "A ton Of peaches makes !, 700 cans (
of fruit. 81 ylIssh fsai t2Gg s95Ef3al, ysia.l
,Y Miners wages in Utah run from
%. SO to $3.50 per day. 4a7f
- Farmers s4n7Deffien County, Ga,
grow mulberry trees1 for their fruit for
hogs 10 -soI edi - .sHd cnpfs..} IL ,f,sfs1e
10 East. Tennessee will produce 24,-,
600 tons more of coke iron this year
than last. - s.'' '''''' = 's.i q ''hs
3b The orange cropof Sumter County,
Fla.2 Win be two thirds larger this year I
than last. e.5ssis3diHs E5Isapl sas asazIsa
90 The farmers of Gadsden County,
Fla, win plant crops Of rice and tobac-
CO this year. =
"a It is estimated that the cotton crop
of Texas for 1879 win bring into that
State ~ ,O00, 900. ~ q iiSiiaitoql q
V -Beisea Valley, Idaho, 60 miles ini
length; is being brought into successful
cultivation and proves very fertile .5i
According to Wells, Fargo-& Co.,
New Mexico. shipped 1922, $50. 900 in
gold md silvef bullion during 1879. Hes
fftAA vesjjeP16 HlfNa1sus s61SFssSassy
co with 100000 gallons of vino for the;
German market. It is the first large
shipment of the kind eyer made thither.
Colorado City boasts an important
manufactory 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. 7sw vs-a1 faasf t,as soltt. g
In consequence of the, rise in the
price Of rags and other fbers, theprice
of South Carolina clay, used by paper
makers to increase the weight Of their
goods, has 4 lately been advanced two
dollars per ton zl56f "a aa.sg.5-s.
VIM. Murrell. of Austin, near Little
Rock, Ark, has q field OF 125 acres
planted in strawberries. He was the {
first man In Arkansas to ship fruit to >
the Northern markets, and for the last,
six years has found it to be profitable,
G business.
& The yearly capacity of the steel
mills of the world is now estimated at
about 5000, 600 tons. Of which Great
America $1,000, Germany 400. 900,
France 275, eco, Austria 250, 900, and
Sweden and Russia $50, 600.
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. '4 = I518 so r. HLssiA
The Louisville and Nashville sys-
TEN 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. s.s .As,a ss.ss4. =. s,,7,,
There are now in operation in the
United States, 80, 831.58 miles of rail-
road, built at q cost of "a, 166, 331 ,921. {
The average cost of construction and
equipment per mile has been $51. .543.
Gross earnings per mile, $6, 380.94; OPP
Grating expenses per mile, "a, ,O74; net
earnings per mile, %. S06.94.5 b9i9.
p 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 %, 600, of
which Germany boasts SITS; England,
2,5O9; France, 2,0OO; Italy, ,226; Aus
tria, ], 200; Russia, 500. Asia produces
3s7; Africa, so; America, 9, ,129, and
Australia. 100. -'--
- One of the leading poultry men says
that the cotton crop Of 1877 was valued
at S155. 600. 900; sheep, cattle and swine
r at $4OO. 900, 600; the hay crop at $780,
900, 600; the poultry and egg crop, at
very low estimate, for family consump-
ton would reach over 500, 600, 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, 600. a55 81
= 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, 8; resistance to em-
ployers' rules, 3; against the introduce
ton of machinery, 8. Results of strikes:
Unsuccessful, lO9;. successful, 18; COM
promised, 16; partly successful, s; re-
suit unknown, 8; contest still pending,
1. The conclusion is drawn: That
strikes, as rule, are poweriess to BEN
eft the laboring classes. gtsB9 Ct syi