Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-11-28
THE NATIONS CONDITION.
A Comparison Between the Rate of Wac.
and Population i'm the United state. 4.
1850 and Now.

A Comparison Between the Rate of Va.
and Population i'm the United state. !.
1850 and Now.
What is the condition now in the Trn;tss
States as compared with that of l856s
The average rate of wages in this conntr-
from 1850 to 1880 has been increased a
per cent The population of this count
from 1850 to 1880 increased 10 Der cont
with the workers ratio in 1880 AZ NO,
cent. of the whole, against 81 per cent n
1880. What frightful calamity 10 ON
70, 34S, 900 laboring population.
The value OF our manufactures in 1S50
was 81. 10000, employing 95S. 004 opera.
tlves, with a gross product of 81 ,405 each
against S5,585 900, 600 in 1880. with
2,733.O00 operatives, with a gross product
each of S2.045, supporting and educabno
l3,665, 900 of our population, or more than
one-quarter of the whole. The wages az
these operators IN $50 aggregated s225
000,0 600. averaging S25j each. against
1880, 1890, 900, 900 wages paid TO ,. 1873 O06
operatives, or an average of 1850 to each
an increase of Sl05 per capita. The do.
nestle consumption of domestic manufge.
tured articles in 1880 was more than s.
OOO,O0O, 900; the wages for manufacturing
supported more than one-quarter Of the
population instead of supporting Ike
number Of people in foreign countries
1T is a condition that confronts us. not
theory
The states of New York and New Jersey
are large manufacturing states, the value
Of manufactures in these two states being
in 1880, 81 ,335 076,932. with 32,249. O06
acres area worth as much money in 1880 as
494 .3S7 500 acres of land in twelve South.
ern States, all attributed to the fact that
nearly one-ffth Of the manufactures of the
United States are in these two Northern
States while in 1880 in the twelve South
ern States the manufactures were very
small. This shows how the land owner IS
enriched by manufactures.
The aggregate wealth of TIE United
States in 1850 was 81 400 600 900. with
%, 1872, 600 population, against 1880 S45-
1000, 900 aggregate wealth more than
Great Britain-the population numbering
80, 1856, 900. The increase in wealth in
thirty years has been S37 965. 900 900.
This increase comprised 5l0,IS0 000.O0I In
farms. 81, 905 GOO 900 in railroads. - 3GU.-
100000 in factories. and $40. 500. 900 U0O
in houses and snndries.
The population now is between s.. 000
600 and SO, 900. and is increasing about
1000 600 yearly The value of the manu-
features in this country in 1890 will have
probably increased from $685., 100000 in
1880 to between S., 600, 600, 900 and 50 0o0.-
100000 The railway mileage will have
increased from 5000 miles in 1850 to
nearly 1884, 900 miles in 1890 The country
is annually producing about 5000, 000, 900
bushels of grain. Of which about l4-l5
finds a market within this country, besides
most Of our S. 600, 600 600 value of manu-
features. The accumulated wealth of the
country in 1890 will have reached, at the
81, 265. 600, 000anuual increase, about 35s,-
OBS, 600 900, which viii be at the least 3l0.-
000,000000 more than the accumulated
wealth Of Great Britain