Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-04-03
TRADE STATISTICS.

Illinois marketed s49,OOO,OOO of live
stock last year.
The exports of provisions, tallow and
dairy products in January and February
are valued at 81, 447,I7
The number of flour mills in the
United States is 1856. Pennsylvania
has 2,7SG. New York, 1912; Illinois,
l,25s; Indiana, l,l63, and Missouri,
g42.
The steamship Cynthia, which ar
rived at Baltimore few days ago,
brought s., 600 bushels of potatoes, the
duty on which amounted to about SlO,-
OOU.
In 1879 we imported something less
than s., 800, ON worth OfOstrich feathers.
In 1881 We imported So, 900 worth,
and the demand is steadily Increasing.
The United States produced, in 1851,
about 7O,O0O,0U0 tons of coal, the cost OF
which, to consumers, averaged nearly
1915. The industry, in all its branches,
supported more than 4,OOO,OOO OF our
population.
France ate last year $l56,G00,OOO
worth of foreign food products, that be-
ing the excess of food imports over food
exports. Its total imports fell from the
figures for lSSD, 10y ST., 900, 900, while its
exports increased by SSl 100000.
Michigan leads all the States in the
production of lumber, copper, salt anu
iron, has the largest single copper and
iron mines in the world, is the chief
fruit growing State in the Northwest,
and has the largest fresh water fisheries
Of any, and ranks fourth in the Union
in the production of wheat and wool.
There are now in operation in
Chicago, twenty-three grain elevators,
having Joint capacity of l92Oo,OD
bushels. The largest holds 100000
bushels, and the smallest 1000 bushels.
-Four new buildings, in course of con-
struction, will add 100000 bushels to
these figures, making the full total -
9O5, eco bushels.
Illinois makes about ~ per cent. of
the agricultural implements manu-
featured in the United States. The total
production for the census year 1880 was
valued at $l4,24O, lT5, the work of 1909
hands. The entire product of the
United States for the year was valued
at $50, 374, 0S6, and gave employment to
IS, go hands.
The United States Bureau of Statistics
reports that in the month of January,
1850 the value of the exports of merchan-
disc was s., 942, $40 more than the value
of the imports. In January, 1881 the
exports Of merchandise was SIS, T9i, lOl.
There was an increase of 81, ,S3l III
the total volume of our foreign trade in
January, 1852, over that of January,
1851.
The census returns of 1850 give the
following interesting figures regarding
the woodworking industries OF the
United States: There are 5000 estab-
liShmentS employing 4GO,OO persons,
and using material of the value of ) 90, :
OOO,O 900 yearly ia the manufacture OF
articles from wood alone. Besides these
there are over 100000 wOrkmen en-
plOyed on articles constructed partially
from wood, and using that material to
the value of 81, 100000 yearly.
The vast extent of the cotton industry
of the world is something wonderful.
In a report issued by the State Depart
ment covering the statistics gathered
from forty-siX countries it is stated that
the raw cotton Of the several countries
is estimated at 3,5OO,OO0, 900 pounds, Of
which 2,T7O,0O0OCo are grown in the
United States, 4n,0O0,O0O in East India,
go, 100000 in Egypt, and the rest di-
vided between Brazil and the West In
dias. The value of the cotton manufac-
| lures in the world is put at Sl,34T 3d.
600, of which S56l, 10000 is manufac-
turcd in Great Britain, S23S, 2SS, 900 in
the United States, Sl00, 900 in Ger
many, SlO2, 100000 in Russia and the
remainder divided among the other
countries.