Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-10-24

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ten months. This was at moulding il
an iron foundry. The job was making
ingots for the North Chicago Rolling
Mills. The above named works-ont
of the largest in the country, and to LEI
Chicagoean tell it is he largest IN III,
,oorld-just the same as everything in
| Chicago is-manufacture steel rails fol
railroads by the "Bessemer" process.
The metal when melted is drawn from
the furnace and poured in these cast-iron
ingots to cool after which it is taken out
and reheated and put through the rollers
from where it comes in the shape of rails.
The ingots weigh about $500 pounds
each, are about feet inches tall, and
are the same shape Of these old fashion,
ed dash churns, excepting they are square
inside instead OF being round, and there
is no bottom or top in them. The aper-
ture at one end being about IL inches
square tapcring to about s inches at the
other end. The inside mas to be perfectly
smooth or the metal will stick TO them.
1t takes good workman TO make them,
and was probably the best job Of the
kind in all Chicago. This gentleman of
whom speak took the job Of the foun-
dry man to make by the pound, he hired
first class moulder at 81! per day
and two "helpers' at $500 per day,
each, and he told me he cleared about
SIS himself, They did not get the job
this year, it went out Of town, TO Joliet |
think. Carpenters wages are from 80
to 50, machinests about the same, very
few getting 50. Curriers' $3.50 to 81,
tanners 81. 80 to Sl.7j. Iron mouders
81. 80 to 81, teamsters from 50 to Sl2
per week and railroad men, breakmen
and switchmen $50 to $50 per month so
| no not see any great advantage in conf
ing to Chicago, if you have any good
business in the East. The population is
increasing quite fast by immigration
though not so fast in the last year or
two as it did previously. The census
of 1880 show population Of about
$50, 900 and the recent census taken by
the City show it to be little over $685.
900 and increase Of about | 300 in about
two years. This increase does not rep
resent half or even a quarter Of the irn-
migration in my opinion. So | think
that the emigration must be very great.
There are more people leaving Chicago
than one would suppose, and their places
are only little more than filed by i'm
migrants. According to the Herald
nearly two-thirds of the inhabitants of
this town are foreigners, so that it is on.
ly every third party you meet that is of
your own kind, and the Germanish- pol
ish- bohemian jewesh-swedish scandinav-
an-norwegian- danish russian Italian
chinese-turk, make up the other two
thirds which by the way makes lovely
state of existence for the average liver
There is such an influx of foreigners
that will work so very cheap, Of course
it reduced wages, aad the genuine yank
must necessarily retire. Now don't
think that the yankee retires because he
can't do the work as well as any immi-
grant. That is not the reason, for the
people are not born yet that can excel
US at any of the trades, but the yankee
can't live in hovel, and feed on that
which YOU give swine in Gods country.
There is no use talking he not only can't
but he 'front.' do it
Chicago is noted for very many things,
among which is its Board of Trade, with
possibly one exception this is the
boss gambling house on the continent.
| presume the stock exchange of New
York is a heavier concern than this, but,
of course the average Chicagoean, claims
the Board TO be the biggest, same as he,
she or it, does every thing else that there
is in Chicago. That is characteristic
they happen to have here. They have
the best mayor (Our Carter the best
streets, best fire department, best water
works, best hotels, best lake, in fact the
best everything, if you let them tell it.
There are some half dozen public parks
in town, three of which / have visited
and they are decidedly very pleasant but
as a matter of fact, they are not to be
compared with parks in the East-New-
York or Philadelphia-any more than
turkey buzzard is with the American
eagle. Yet they claim them to be the
most elegant in the world. l haven't
time to write more tonight, but will en-
deavor to write long letter sometime
during the next fortnight.
have cut from recent issue of the
Chicago Herald an article on farming in
Iowa, and the same can be said of Kan
sas, and in fact most any of the border
States, wish you would find room for it