The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-03-02
INTERESTING FIGURES.
Valuable Report Filed by Labor Com-
missioner Fassett-- Total Real Estate
Mortgage Indebtedness of Ohio,
R375.OOO.OOO.

Mortgage Indebtedness of Ohio,
a375,OOO,OOO.
| Labor Commissioner Fassett on the 10th,
| filed with Governor Foraker the report of the
| Bureau of Labor Statistics for the year 1898.
| This is doubtless going to be one OF the most
| interesting and valuable reports ever issued
| from this department. II will be considerably
| larger than last years report, and will cover u
larger variety of topics. 1t is divided into five
| parts the most voluminous OF which is Part
| Second which relates TO mortgage indebted
| ness. This part furnishes information that
promises to be valuable because OF the import
ant relations that mortgages bear to the fnnn.
cinl and tariff questions. Tho investigation
| was OF real estate mortgages only. and the in
| quiry embraces all the uncanccled mortgages
remaining for the period of eighteen years,
| from 1870 TO June 1, 1885, inclusive. Every
mortgage given during these eighteen years
that has not been cancelled was noted. The
amount is given In connection with the year OF
| the record and the townsh p In which the prop
erty is located. This part OF the report is not
quite complete, returns from live counties not
having been received, and few OF these not
having been compiled. but these will be ready
before the report in the regular order can reach
| the printer.
| The mortgage statistics OF Hamilton County,
while correct as to totals may not be correct rs
| to townships, for the reason that the city OF
| Cincinnati covers the whole of one township
and takes in n part of several others. The re-
| suit is that many of the mortgages now rest
| ing upon property within the city OF Cincinnati
Mt this time are credited to townships adjoin-
| ing. which makes the mortgages in those town
| ships relatively higher us compared with tho
| assessed valuation. The totals for the town
| ships are: Anderson Township, BOG mortgages,
| the amount sos 217, and the assessed valuation
| 81 06O; Cincinnati, 6,G01 mortgages, amount
S4 4si 40, the assessed valuation $3.50, ,i30, SO;
Colerain Township, 473 mortgages amount
SS25 7Ui, assessed valuation, 81, ,G03 $50 Columbia
| Township, 40i mortgages, amount S7!2,SGi;
assessed valuation 50 800; Crosby Town
ship, ISL mortgages. amount s61S.259,
assessed valuation s733G2O Delhi Town
ship. 2,057 mortgages, s3,d3496i the
amount, and the assessed valuation s., ESQ di0;
| Green Township, 41S mortgages, amount SIi2,-
| 013, assessed valuation S2,50611O; Harrison
Township, mortgages d05, amount $500 81, as
sessed valuation $3.50 $40; Miami Township i56
mortgages, amount sT90077 assessed valuation
s9o6OiO; Millcrcek Township 1.d40 mortgages,
amount So 3049,4 1895 assessed valuation SS,203 $50;
| Springfield Township 902 mortgages, amount
s1507, 40 assessed valuation s. $4,000; Spencer
| Township 800 mortgages, amount SI51,GIJ, as
scssed valuation s53i 100; Sycamore Township
$40 mortgages, amount s56S32 assessed valua-
tion So, s24aoO Symmes Township 3s1 mort
| cages. amount S6lS5i3, assessed valuation
S61S $50; whitewater Township d01 mortgages,
amount S7i2,093, assessed valuation sS0i 80.
| The total real C state mortgage Indebtedness OF
the State is about 1875, 100000.
| Part third is dcvoted to trusts and corpora
tions and their relations TO labor Part fourth
will probably be the most intcres ting TO tho
wage workers. This is devoted to industrial
statistics. 1t opens with the wages of railrond
employees The average wages Of every road in
the State is given by roads for every class of la
Dor and occupation in tho employ of the road
The information regarding street railroad cn-
ploycs is little more complete. 1t takes each
street railway in the State and gives tho
number employed, the wages and the hours
of service. AS totals. there 2.Gli
persons in the street railway service Of
the Stute The average wages is SlG3
day, and ten hours and forty y-cight min
utes, is the average time per day. Twenty-Five
of the leading trades arc taken the number Of
men and average wages obtained in two hun
dred towns and villages. AS totals, there arc
2,332 printers. the average wages being 81 20
n day: 1853 pastercrs, the average wages be-
ing 81 80 II day; 4,sGO painters, the average
wages 81 "a day; S23 timers the average
wages 81 80 n day; 1,GG5 cabinet-makers, tho
average wages 81 day; 2.3s5 tailors, the aver
age wages 81 day; 579i moldors, average
wages 81 i2 day; 2,1Ss cigar-makers 81 iS a
day; TGe0 machinists' average wages
sa19 day; Aid engineers, averago
average wages 81 60 dny; 53i glass-blow-
ers, aveIag g wages Sl.23 day. So glass-fiattcn-
ers sd.S9 n dav; i96 heaters, average wages
s4.7o n day; ,d05 puddlcrs, average wages $40
a day: $40 st one -masonS, average wages ~ GO a
day; 81 800 laborers average wages 81 80 a day;
o $50 carpent ers, average wages s22i day;
5,595 blacksmiths, average wages $40 II day;
6I7 bricklayers, average wages 1874 u day;
93i plum bers, average wages s2T day; Al
pate makers, average wages ss.ss day;
1,1O7 coop ers, average wages s1.sG u day. Thcsc
are the averages, IL is understood, for the State.
Ig,nI Of tvts,, hum rod ffiNTp
and the number Of men in these differ
ent trades and the average wages are
given in each. The same information was
secured by counties, of farm laborers,
miners and unskillcd labor and skilled
labor. There are 80 40 farm laborors, whose
average wages is ~ cents n day; GA coal
miners, whose average is II 81 day; rs iron ore
miners, whose average is Si.l2 a day. There nre
also Q, 900 unskilled laborers. whose average is
silly day; 19,2i1 male skilled aborers, and H.
T6i female skilled laborers whose average daily
wages is siiS and II cents respectively. The
same information is obtained, by counties, of
the statesmen and saleswomen, and boolS-keep.
ers. There are 49, 9S6 salesmcn, 5000 saleswo-
men 1437 book keepers whose average daily
wages Is Si.3s S3 cents and 81. 90 respectively.
The book-lSeepcrs given include only those in
mercantile establishments who are employed
at nothing else but keeping books.
Another very interesting table shows that
there are in two hundred towns and villages OF
the State G. S31 industrial establishments that
employ l9i,O51 men, 332l3 women and 1900
boys. There are seOa, $50 s360I invested rs cap.
,tal, and the product is S3iS,5i94D ~. This
same information is given for each of the two
hundred towns.
Part is devoted TO miscell llaneous topics.
There is report of the procee dings of the Ma
tional Convention of Labor Statisticians, an
article on the lien law, and among other
things employment agencies are hauled over
the Goals severely.