The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-23

in 1870 was II SIS, whose wages per year
amounted to S40,5l4,9Sl. In 1850, accord
ing to census statistics, the number of work
men employed in this branch of manufac-
turing industry had increased to l40, 9oS,
whose wages amounted to S5S, i76, 7S5 per
year. The capital invested in the business
has nearly doubled since 1870, and the guam
tity efiron and steel produced has doubled,
but it will be observed that the average
yearly wages of employees has fallen from
S522 per head in 1870 TO 1894 per head in
1880.
The extent of paper-making on this side
the Atlantic seems satisfactory. According
to recent statistics the number of paper.
mills in the United States is set down at
800; in the United Kingdom, ESQ; in Ger
many, 5I3; in France, $50; in Italy, 206; in
Austria, 100; in Russia, 100; in Spain, 63; in
Portugal, l6; in Belgium. %; in Holland,
is; in Denmark, 10; in Switzerland, 10; in
Japan, g. in Greece, l; in Roumania, 1; in
Cuba /.
Captain McGarigle, superintendent oil
police in Chicago, has completed his an
nual report, which contains some interest
GERS and men is sos, of which only 272 are
p2trolmen, During the past year property
stolen was valued at $lI1 600, OF which
SllSDO worth was recovered.
The Montreal journal OF Commerce saws:
Raw turs are coming forward at last in
quOtable quantities, though the offerings
are by no means large yet 1t appears that
collectors in country sections have been
paying higher prices than can be obtained
IN this market for instance, it is stated that
SLIGO has been paid in the country for red
fox, ofwhich the offerings principally con-
sist, while $i,I0 is the current value reported
I,.arn 4 Fan l,ts .,f l,.
chased At 81 to ISl,25, ard SNAIL lots of otter
beaver and bear; also few skunk skins
have been marketed at previously quoted
values. Market remains quiet, as European
advlCeS do not warrant any activity"
From MeSsrs. Joseph Howard d Co.
Liverpool wool circular of February !, We
learn that the British warehouse move
ment of last year was as follows, with COM
PARSONS
Twelve months ending Dec. 81 1881 1880
Lbs. Lbs
Imported ............. .... 472Sj,iSO 5g,57l g73
Exported ...,.............. Sl367g5 1896
Home consumption ....... 4S4Sl Ol0 47,S7OG6i
Remaining in warehouses lO6 235 1862 g45
delivered in year ending
Dec. 81 ....,.......,.,.,. 56,blTSl j5,0ih32S
*This line is made to agree with revised figures
of board of trade
But few persons have any idea of the i'm
mense extent of the coal-fields of the United
States, or OF their relative extent as COM
pared with those of other countries. Those
OF Great Britain, the greatest coal producing
country in the world cover an area of II 800
square miles. The coal-tields Of Nova
Scotia cover 5000 square miles. Those of
Spain, France, Prussia, Austria and Bel
GUM are said not to exceed in the aggre-
gate 900 square miles, while to Chill, Aus
tralia, India, China, etc, are allotted
= 900 square miles. Much eli
this, however, is necessarily guess
work. The extent of the coal-felds of
the United States, however, has
in many sections been determined
with comparative accuracy, and the
following, among them, cover over 2l5,0OO
square miles; Illinois, s., 500, Missouri
26,SS1; Kansas, 22,256 Texas, 10000; Iowa,
lS,OCO; West Virginia, 10000 Kentucky
l2Hl; Pennsylvania, 1892; Arkansas, ~
600; Ohio, 10000; Michigan, G,70O; Indiana,
G,45O; Alabama, $3.50; Tennessee, 100; Ne
braska, 5000; Maryland, $50; Rhode Island,
400, and Virginia, lS5. Anthracite coal is
only known to exist in Pennsylvania, and
its area is confined within Az square miles.
ALI the other coal-hclds consist of bitumi-
nous coal England, from her limited area,
exports coal to every country in the world,
and during the year 1850 marketed outside
The British islands nearly 100000 tons
QL0l ,lSD valued at over S30O0O,0OO. In
vast quantity Of coke and man
fuel was exported.