Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-12-09
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me March II, 1885 1t groups facts draw ~ ~
trustWSffhy sources in Europe and Anne.
which sh6N conclusiyety that the depressh
which has sxisted In the United States for IN
past half deAsde or more has been contempOr
aneous. not 6ahty in features but extent viii
depressions Mlether Industrial countries Tn,
facts collected warrant the deduction that in
dustrial depressfsas were largely exaggerated
through the apprehension OF business men and
| OF the public generally. growing out of want Of
clearly defined know1edss of current events.
The operations of the bureau for the present
year are outlined as follows.
| /. An Investigation into the number causes
duration and results and other features of ali
strikes occurring in the United States since
and including the year 1881
An investigation into the hours OF labor,
| wages paid, method of payment, tours of duty,
the condition, etc.. of railway employees on all
railroad systems in the United States.
! g. An investigation as to the kind and amount
the several States and Territories of the United
etates and the District Of Columbia, the meth
/ DDS under which convicts are or may be en-
ployed ia such institutions, and as to all the
facts pertaining to convict labor and its inf1u-
eaee upon the industries of the country.
/ 4. An investigation into the distribution OF
products, the cost of producing and distributing
such products so far as the leading articles OF
| consumption are concerned, tracing each ar
ticle from its production to its consumption.
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method of distribution.
5. An investigation into the employment,
wages, condition. etc., of the women workers Of
| great cities.
The Director of the Survey sets forth in detail
| the plan and organization of the institution un-
| der his charge, and he then explains the char
! acter of the work occupying the attention of
the different divisions, and points out its utility
| and importance in its bearing both
on scientific research and economic de-
velopment. With no substantial increase in
the appropriation there has been executed
much larger amount of satisfactory work than
has hitherto proved feasible, in the alb
sence of those perfected methods which
have been the outgrowth of experience.
The whole number of patients under treat
ment at the Government Hospital for the in
sane during the year was 1.524 the daily
average being 1,21962. The number of adms-
sons was 303, discharges Gncluding deaths)
257, leaving 1867 remaining in the hospital at
the close of the fiscal year.
The board of visitors recommend an appro-
priation of ST 600 to provide additional accom-
mediation for the colored insane. There are
1873 of this class of patients in the hospital,
of both sexes. The lodges originally intended
for their occupation accommodate only 90,
leaving one-half the number to be provided for
in the other already crowded wards.
OF the other eleemosynary institutions under
the fostering care of the Government the
Freedman's Hospital the Washington Hospital
for FoundIings the Columbia Institution for
the Deaf and Dumb, receive attention. as do
also the Maryland Institute for the Blind and
the Pennsylvania School for Feeble Minded
Children, both of which have certain charges of
the Government under their fostering care.
Under the head of Territories the report
says:
The general condition of the Territories
shows marked and, in some instances, striking
progress in population. taxable property, settle
ment of land, education, the mechanic arts,
railroad enterprises, and many of the elements
which promise to make them great and pros
porous States in the future.
The chairman Of the Utah Commission re-
ports that, in general, during the past year, as
in the last and previous years, the law relating
to the Acknowledgement Of polygamists and
those living in unlawful rehabilitation has been
fully and successfully enforced.
The work done during the past year, the pres
ent condition and the future needs of the Hot
Springs reservation set forth.
OF the Yellowstone Park the report says the
interest manifested in the natural scenery and
phenomena of this wonder and" which in
duced Congress in 1872 to segregate it from the
public domain, to be reserved in common her
itage a National park, has in no degree
abated, butt on the contrary, is increasing from
known to those who combine pleasure-seeking
with scientific research.
On the 10th of March last lease was made
by the department granting Mr.. Charles Glib
son. of ST Louis, Mo-, hotel sites at Mammoth
Hot Springs, Norris Geyser Basin- Grand Can
yon and Yellowstone Lake, seven acres in all,
together with the privilege of furnishing trans
portation and other necessary accommodations
for visitors. Under this lease operations were
begun Immediately after its execution, and the
additional facilities thus provided were
enjoyed by many tourists during
the season just passed. BY re-
duction of fares upon the railway lines
by which the park is reached, the cost of visit
ing it has been brought within the means of a
larger number, and the visitors during the past
season were more numerous than in any pre-
vious year. Over five thousand registered at
the hotels, nearly one thousand of these being
members of the Grand Army of the Republic,
The Secretary recommends that authority for
the building of a railroad through the park be
denied by Congress.