Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1885-01-15

DornOOu becomes. ManuIaClurlOS anu
agriculture go hand in hand, and
| wherever new establishment IS
| located, the better becomes the market
| for the farmers residing thereabout.
This fact is easily proved by comparing
| the value of the farms II the manufsc
| turing counties with those Ia the other
parts of the State. The principal
| manufacturing counties are Androscog-
| gin. Cumberland. kennebec, Penobscot
and York. In the first named, farms
average S2.053 in value, while In
Aroostook County they only average
| 1873 in value. So in kennehec County
farms average s2.034 in value, willie in
Oxford they Only average Sl,500. The
value per acre of farms in all the man
! ufacturing counties Is s22,l2, and III
| the other counties Si2,l4. The above
| comparison by counties has been
! chosen at random from the several
counties of the State. but will serve TO
show how intimately farming and man
ufacturing are connected.
! From returns received by the Secre
tary OF State, for his annual volume
statistics, | derive the following
! form" ton: There was an increao
spindlcs in the cotton mills in the ju
! IN lSS3, as compared with lSsD, +
| 90. 26l, aud of employees, 3,032. Durlf,
the past year 6sj2 ,pintles have Ia
added. Al the commencement of a.
present year. wooden m,nufac TN
| generally, was In very depreSoee
condition, bat later ia the season tlIef
was marked Improvement, and q
mills OF this State have done, on Ia.
I
amount of starch manufactured THU
season il larger than ever before, the
product being .3SJ tons. Several new
factories have been erected. The
granite business has been well slis-
tanned; the product Of the State quar-
ric- has been increased over last year:
and the yield Of lime kiln, has nearly
cquaiei the large product of 1888. lie
lime manufactured in Knox County
numbered 40 So barrels IN lsS3, and
.I1s 99G barrels In 1854. The manu-
factur, of leather still remains in very
unsatisfactory condition. aud that oi
lumber has fallen OF somewhat; the
cut Of logs on the principal waters
being about Il per cent less in lS~l
than in lNs3 Boot and shoe mnnutsc-
luting made a marked Improvement In
l>S} and ht>m 'ntained IL prusprruu,
condition the pas year. | am also abb,
10 state that although there ha, been a
general and widespread depression il
business throughout The country, Ii ha.
affected our own material interest.
only to a Huitri extent.
STATISTICS.
In 1873 a resolve WAS passed by the
2 I Ia p
! arrangement AMI printing. under the
direction OF the Secretary IT state, Of
statistics relating tnaIl the department.
OF labor, together with the valuation
and appropriations of the several cities
and towns ot the state. Under ihi- r.
solve volume wa, compiled in lo13
bat no Subsequent appropriation was
made until lSS3. when the -ubi ct wa
revived inaccni dance with a Suggestion
ia the Executive address. \ volume
has been compiled and printed for l>>3
and one complied for l>>i which is now
in the hand, OF the printer. From
these volumes yaluable Information l.
gathered, anl respectfully recommend
an appropriation for continuing the
work.
POLLS AND ESTATES.
Nv return. received from nearly all
the cities, towns and plantations, of IN.
STATE il appears thar there IS = au in
crease of taxable poll. for the yeai
ending March. 1883, OF 1896. and fpi
the wear ending March. lN>4. nf ,495;
total for the Two YEAR. 3 5I}. hi,
Indicates an iucreaseuf :. 752 ia popuIa.
lion for rh.. former wear, and G.42J toi
H.. latter wear. making a total Increase
Of IL lG- in population for the u.s.,
wears or an average increase OF : .U9a
Der auuum. There also appear, /,
have br.f an increase in taxable y.tluu
ton of estates tpr 1888 " e3.>ti so
and for 1881 OF 3l,o24 ~; t"tal III
crease for ti'' ~" ye'FS o4.9I"35'- All
average OF s. i-'o .hp> per tnnum.
Comparatively ir" people IN Maine
during The past year, have unsucre>s
fully sought employment. ana eases 81
-uilesing from enforced ldlene-s have
been lutrequrht. There has been Z
gradual reduction of prices 81 ~ 'n8
featured articles. imports and farm
products, aud i -Ca!lng down OF Way:
has followed a. matter of course.
The state Of Maine deserves better
treatment and more generous enco
mi,,tu. than il often gets from many o
In. Sons. No rouaI number Of popula
ZION can hua-t OF A larger number %
cnmfnrtahl- and happy homes. In n,
( So, l., .t. Ir,.i,n !. th.r,. i,..s -. n. r.