The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-01-23
RUSINESS ITEMS.

The imports of specie of all kinds at
the port of New York during the year
1879, were $S4, 436, 1928, an increase OF
So, 279, 431 over the imports of the year
previous. The largest amount received
in any one month was in September,
when the imports aggregated $780,,
SAT.
The receipts OF cotton at New York on
Friday, January Cd, were 1882 bales
The receipts at all the ports for the (hol-
iday) week were 154, 406 bales, raising
the total crop receipts to January ID
3, 166, $50 bales, an excess of 447 ,564 bales
over the previous crop year. Of the re.
ceipts of the present season 1,720, 27G
bales, including 75,118 bales last week,
were marketed abroad.
The total tobacco crop of 1879 is esti
mated at 3S4, 059, $50 pounds, valued al
$21 ,545, sol; in 1873 the product was
392, 545, 700 pounds, valued at 500, 1877 ,42S
The total product of the oat crop is esti.
mated at 564 ,eo3 090 bushels; last year
the product was Ala, 579, 900 bushels. The
total potato is estimated at ISL 1868, 900
bushels. The area in winter rye has
fallen off about three per cent. from last
year. The condition of the crop is, on
the whole, about average. The hay crop
is about 10 per cent. less than that OF
1878.
The aggregate steam power of the
world is at present $500, 600 horse pow
er employed in stationary engines, and
10000 900 horse power in locomotive en-.
gines. This force is maintained without
the consumption of animal food, except
by the miners who dig the coal, and the
force maintained in their muscles is to
. I, 81 - IL, Il
their labor, about TO 1850 This steam
power is equal to the working force OF
o, 100000 horses, and one horse con.
sumes three times as much food as one
man. The steam power, therefore, is
equal to the saving of 100000 human
beings.
The rubber trade is speeding along on
the road 10 prosperity in common with
other Industries. IN June, Faw rubber
was selling at 30 cents per pound, now
il is IS cents by the cargo 4 couple OF
months since all the available supply
was bought up by SPECTATORS, and the
price stood at SLIP. Then large arrivals
were entered and prices broke Rubber
clothing has advanced from Is 10 80 per
cent, and hose, packing and betting,
from so to 60 per cent, while another
advance Is likely 10 take place soon. The
rubber crop of the world is estimated
this year at about 1000, 900 pounds, di-
vided between Brazil, Africa and the
East Indies. The crop is gathered be-
tween September and April, and IS there
fore about half in. IL is stated that dur
ing the excitement refcrrrd 10 1000 tons
OF about 2,0O0, 600 pounds of rubber, was
bought on account of New York houses
alone at from 20 to so cents per pound.
On this continent we have now in
round numbers, 10000 telegraph stations
working 10000 miles of wire, and trans
hitting 100000 kilograms per year.
In Europe there ara 10000 government
telegraph stations and $1,000 special and
railway stations, working 100000 miles
of wire, transporting 100000 900 paid
and 25 100000 international dispatches.
by the aid of $4,000 telegraph instru-
ments and 10000 employees. In France
the business seems TO be the most sys-
tematically developed: 81 chief towns of
departments are in direct telegraphic
communication with Paris; the other
towns commucicate through intermedi-
ate offices In Paris concentrate 113 direct
wires from provincial centers. of which
the principal one have three or four
wires. in order to transact the business !:
from Versailles to Paris there are 40
wires, while there are D long subter-
ranean lines in France There also con-
centrate in Paris direct wires from
foreign centers, such as Amsterdam.
Antwerp, Basic, Bern, Berlin, Brussels,
Cologne, Florence, Geneva, London.
Hamburg, Milan. Rome, Turin, Vienna.
etc: also a submarine wire from Mar
settles TO London, so as 10 be independent
from disturbance of land wire. Asia
has 500 stations, with $4,000 miles of
wire, transmitting 100000 kilograms:
Africa, 200 stations, with 10000 miles of
wire, transmitting 1900, 600 kilograms:
and Australia 500 stations, with so. COO
miles OF wire, sending 100000 tele-
grams