The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-01-15

UevelOpeu 9g1 any lOCdllIy, buG Uuic
valuable All the property in the neigh
horhood becomes. Manufacturing and
| 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 in the manufac-
| turing counties with those in 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
| SS-S in value. So in kennebec County
farms average 81 034 in value, while in
Oxford they only average l,500. The
value per acre of farms in all the man
ufacturing counties is $22.l2, and in
the other counties Sl2.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-
tarv of State, for his annual volume of
statistics. | derive the following in
| lUiilfIlDns lutlS was al iilCiSdSC Ol
spindles in the cotton mills in the State
in 1888, as compared with 1880, Of
90,26l, and Of employees, 3,039. Daring
the past year GS52 spintles have been
added. At the commencement of the
present year, WOODEN manufacture
! generally, was in very depressed
condition, but later in the season there
was marked improvement, and the
! mil L. Sf n he
! whole. a lucrative business. The
amount of starch manufactured this
season is larger than ever before, the
product being 1855 tons. Several new
factories have been erected. The
granite business has been well sus-
tanned; the product of the State quar-
ries has been increased over last year;
and the Weld of lime kilns has nearly
equalled the large product of 1888. III e
| lime manufactured in Knox County
numbered / 1875 So barrels in 1888, and
LAS. 996 barrels in 1884. The manu-
facture OF leather still remains in a very
| unsatisfactory condition. and that of
lumber has fallen off somewhat; the
cut of logs on the principal waters
being about II per cent less in 1884
than in 1888 Boot and shoe manufac-
| {
1888. and has maintained its prosperous
condition the past year. ] am also able
to state that although there has been
general and widespread depression in
business throughout the country, it has
affected our own material interests
only to limited extent.
STATISTICS.
In 1873 a resolve was passed by the
Legislature authorizing the collection,
arrangement and printing under the
direction Of the Secretary Of State, Of
statistics relating toall the departments
of labor, together with the valuation
and appropriations of the several cities
and towns Of the State. Under this re-
solve a volume was compiled in 1873,
but no subsequent appropriation was
made until 1888. when the subject was
revived in accul dance with a suggestion
in the Executive address. A volume
has been compiled and printed for 1888,
and one compiled for 1881 which is now
in the hands OF the printer. From
these volumes valuable information is
gathered, and | respectfully recommend
an appropriation for continuing the
work.
POLLS AND ESTATES.
BY returns received from nearly all
the cltles, towns ana plantations 81 the
State 1t appears that there was an IN
crease OF taxable polls Tor the year
ending March, 1883, OF 2o36, and Tor
the year ending March, 1881, Of LAD
total for the two years, ; 533. This
indicates an increase OF S,'0Z IN p"puIa-
ton for the former year, and $40 Tor
the latter year, making a totai increase
OF l3,l6I 10 population Tor the Two
years or an average increase "a f,UH5
! per dnnuul. 1utit also appears 10
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