Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-11
WASHINGTON.
The Houses Of Congress 10 Get Down to
z Solid work This Week.



week has been principally devoted to this
business and the members have for
the most part relieved their desks
from the bills which had accumulated
II Is not likely that to-morrow's call
will consume much time. The next busi.
ness fol- the week Is the call OF commit
tees for reports, but in view OF their re
cent appointment little is expected from
them during the next few days. The
senate presidential succession bill may,
however, be reported to the house from
the committee on that subject by Tuesday
or Wednesday. In this event the discussion
will probably consume the remainder of
the week, as many members have already
expressed a desire TO speak. Their de-
sire TO speak upon the subject will be
recognized The committee on coinage,
weights and measures will not organize
until the middle OF the week, and as this
committee is supposed to be about evenly
divided on the silver question it is not
thought that any measures relating to
the coinage of silver either in the line of
suspension or of free coinage, or Of a
compromise between the radically
opposite views, will be brought before the
house until the committee shall have care
fully considered all the various PROPOSE
tons.
The judicial salary bill remains the I'M
| finished business Of the senate. The
electoral count blu and the bankruptcy
bill are to be br ought up for considera-
| tiou II opportunity is found, and the Da-
kota bill may be pressed toward the end
Of the week. Under ordinary
circumstances any of those measures
would furnish material for weeks de-
bate, but as the subjects were all elabor-
ately discussed during the last congress
the coming debates may be somewhat
shortened. Several speeches on the silver
question await an opportunity for deliv-
| cry, and Mr.. Henderson has given notice
that he will address the senate tomorrow
upon the bill to promote the efficiency of
the infantry branch OF the army. The
executive calendar is understood to have
only fifty nominations upon 1t
and these comprise not more than
one or two over which a contest
is deemed probable, but it is understood
that considerable number OF nomina-
tons have been acted upon favorably by
the committees and are ready to be re-
ported back as soon as opportunity Is af-
forded. Senators express wish to be-
gin active work upon nominations as soon
as possible, and 1t is probable that much
of the week will be devoted to this duty.
Extensive Reports from German Consuis.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10,--Mr. Warner,
United States consul at Cologne, has
made report to the department of state
on the financial results OF the textile in
dustrles of Germany, from which 1t APP
pears that next TO the iron and steel in
dustries the textile branch occupies the
foremost rank in the manufacturing
interests in Germany. The latest statis-
tics show that the spare capital of all
| important companies engaged In its man
ufacture amounts to no less than 1886, 00O,-
600. Not many years back these com
panies amounted TO only few of any im-
portance, but latterly they have increased
to about fifty large cotton mills in good
working order and supplied with all the
latest and most improved machinery, and
not infrequently competing successfully
with the leading cotton mills of Great
Britain. Most of these mills are located
in South Germany, where this industry is
pushed with great yigor. A table Is here
given showing the interest yielded during
the past few years on q capital invested
in the principal companies. The total
invested capital of forty-niue companies
Is estimated at about 25,G50,OOO The
greatest advance in this industry occurred
between 1881 and 1883 and continued vi
+ to 1884, when slight retrograde move
ment began, while the upward tendency
has been checked and the decline for $50
is not very marked. The fact remains
that the good financial results OF the pre-
ceding years have ceased to appear
These results, however, ought not 10 be
regarded as a discouraging view OF the
present stagnant condition OF the Other
great industries in Germany ;ifor instance
thirty of the large mining companies witt
an invested capital of about S50,O0O,00O
, paid in 1884 an average dividend of 81
per cent, which in 1885 fell to Ii PEI
, cent.
! Consul Lithmar, at Breslau, Germany
, has made report to the department 0
state relative to agricultural labor. ID
i states that the laborer usually live
! upon the estate he Is employed upon tn
! year round. The working hours are !
/ summer from u. m. to p. m, ana l
q winter from sunrise to sunset. nc !
: given free lodging and free fuel, ana II J
customary also to allow his iamlly IN
= use of l09 square rods OF lana LOT raisih
! vegetables. AS direct wages he receive
! per aunum $40 to S23, in cash, and TWEEN
a LN-lOuI DNsuGlS VI il<Nt 'Aii'S
. barley. three bushels of peas and one an
q q half bushels OF wheat The laborer'
: wife is bound TO work in the field wheI
!. ever required, and receives for day
work in summer II to IA cents, and
;. winter 10 to II cents.
!. A writer on economic subjects figure
that laborer's family, consisting OF HIN
self wife and five children under lively
children under twelve years, can suDsls
@ for 81 .096 a week or S57 per year.
5 Consul Lithmar also gives taDula
Q statement of the wages paid to miner
n and mine Iaborers, showing Una
J. they receive from 524 cents, which !
@ paid to foremen, engineers and carpenter
4 10 lsd and 10 cents paid to women an
ii miners. The average cost OF the SUI
g sistence OF miners family, includln
i. rent, clothing and taxes, amounts !,
= Sl22 so per annum; the rents PAID
], miners range from SO cents to Sll9 p'
i; month.
!, The consul at Brunswick, Mr.. Flo!
i transmits a report on agricultural laDt