The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-08
TRADE ITEMS.

We have reached . Point when our great neet
Is addition al CtntumtIs Of the ducts of GU
Rcuve and cutlmoIb inquiry mpic mouths
forour su lus grain. NOR backs for our sur
plus clOtli & mo e. f 60 Tor our tur lus boots
and Ito ,, and NOR heads for our surulu'
hats and c.ua Hitherto orr encrEio' have
been dtr.'t. d T. su y ylng the home make
now we Il nd the home market not only supplied
but moe than tuIIl edit Is giulteu, Oui
surplus commodiius d, maud foreign markets,
and II these be- no. prov ided ana our produC-
i've paCity goes oA Increasing at the present
rate W. shall nave ON Gus har us labor prob ems
very dinicul tosliyt.
Fourteen shullugs week. in Enrltnd, Is
paid 90 grown upm"lc lnburCrs. The average,
for worl men OF m, re- sam, j. HtOut twtn,v-iOur
xhilliugs. or 81 . Wr.k.
AT Belfast Ireland in HI flax and tow spin
ming mills the highest weekly wages are paid
10 haykle ftemen who receive 80 shl'iugs,
mechAnics g't from 2i 10 ~ shilling; Slunefs
fromG shi,iiugs rnd 9 pence 10 shiliiugs 3
pence; back smith, . shlluus. wood tufn' rs
from l6 t. 80 sulingS llandkerchiei.w orkcrS
being won ana gifls-HYtrape from To -
shillings Am'J, Other trades we notice hat
bakrtS receive IS snNi'ings; hoo makers 2e. tail
ors, %, b icklby, rs 30; compost rs ~; mi l"r,
q; watchmayetS, -; cHr.cut'rs, 80 and me
chauics ~. Am luR cotton wo k"rs. dycrs are
the best paid, r,ceiviug rs high ~ 90 sal liugS:
etcht rs get Is: 60 Or-m XeTs, 40. designers IS:
male splnucts, q; female spluuCrs. ~. ana
cbildr. a. shilllngs pence.
In 1870 there were In the United States steam
engines and waicr.wht els, with 49, li2 horse
power I'm ployed IN r'auufcurc.; IN 1870 there
was total OF 3. 40 S37 power emf loyed
mn increas of ,OGl Cos horse'powr or abo Il
= ptr cent And mis- increase OF horst. power
does not fully represent the produciivr capacity
tnat IL add So t. the already existing sum total
In many dapar meut, uf H. Int manufacture,
such as sh oemaking clothing, wooden ware aud
otn,r "a little machine Will treble the produc.
ing capacity OF Que haId; and so the mul pli-
cation OF steam-pDwe and mach merry, and The
In, Tease al our PRODUCING population are, IT,
Gether augumenting our prOdu Awe capac ,ty at
q ra lar exceeding hat of any other country.
The Iornons productive capacity OF this
country Is strlkingly txnibited in ths census re.
ports For cxHmpl-, orr whole product Of
manu- 'ac'ur = in 1850 was lued at 81. Ol0 COO e
CO. ~ 1861 II wss 81, SIS eco COO III 1870 II was
"a 231 0cU COO: and In 1880 was o 500, 0)oO 900
The increase f,om so n 500 was so or cent
or about s per cent year; from 1sG0 10 $40 TIE
Increase was aver 10 per cent, and from 1879
to 1880 II w9s30 per cent Au explanation of
this great in T ase is found partly T. the in
crease OF our producing population, but chiefly
in the mutt UicAtion ~ machinery. In 1850
there were n teRoth'r 900 o hands employed
In ma uf-c,ure,. IN ls6 IN r. we're 8il O0i. in
1870 there W re- . 53 ODc; AID 10 1850 there we e
2 ZOO OOp the increase tIom 1850 T. 800 being 81
per cent fr zen lSG To $50 about 30 per cent
and from 1870 10 l's0 about 81 per &c
In glasgow the ceutre OF the sh y ulldlng
trade 81 pwriphs get Sd. m n'ur J iuvIs.
I; i2i; bo Ter make s. 81. Tn weekly wages
of CARPENTERS amount to 26S 6f ot "a crs u
the s'me: 81 joi,ers to 2s'; OF HSS'crs 10 49,
VI TIE depre,sed CONDITION Of the pip.'ron in.
dusty the country IS exhilit IL the aio-
ment that Of he 7Oi ftnices ir the tied
Stat s. having u cHpfCly cf 5000 GO ons a
wear. il6 with \ canhcip Of 4,lst 600 tonT. Rre
idle ana OF these li2 wen, out II bias lest year.
lis evid M then. th4twe nave twice ~ may
furnaces f. 'lis county rs are ee,d. since
one ma ( of ths number can " axe Hil The pig
iron that eau b. consumed. On the LIST Of ann
ary Of the present. year there VS. II So ok Of
5y 40 tons Of unso'd on as ,he furnaces,
being thai much N re than the COuntry need.
In Cardiff Wales station. ITS ret from %
10 Al shillii ~ u week: bfak men 'rJm 10 10 y;
engineers from q IS; trcu en- about 2l agri
cultural lahore : j O" u. csrponte's pence
An hour: house COLI rs - % 30 shiliugs week,
and steam collicfs 30 10 ~ shillings.
Their. Is great desli.u on among miners
working IT, the ofe b ds Of Leh gh county. an I
along tue East Pc ansyysnia raj roads. Their
pay has been reduced recently ON Is TO c.
cents day. AID nov .toIe-keepers refuse TO
give them ususl mont ly creCit demand ng
cash. Contractors ssy the reduction was nsces-
sitated by the tall In ihe'prce OF iron. olly
few mines are IN operation, AID A. "a n suit
hund reds Of miner. are lille
Al Dundee killed wprkmen earn from 20 10 IS
shiliings wees; mechsnic'. 49, women, 10 TO
ia 81. nal" wesveis f-m 20 10 81 shillings
and girls from LIS I'd 10 2ls.