Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-11-28
THE NATIONS CONDITION.
Comparison Of Our Population and
Commerce With Former Years.

What is the condition now in the
United Sta'es as compared with that
in 1892 The ave: age rate of wages in
this county from 1850 to 1880 has been
increased forty-two per cent. The pop
ulation of this country from 1850 to 1880
increased 170pe cent. with the workers
ratio in 1850 45 per cent. OF the whole,
against 81 per cent. in 1880. What a
f1ightful calamity to our 26,34S, 900
laboring population, says the American
| Economist.
The value of our manufactures in 1850
was S1,100, 100000, employing 958, ,0O4
operatives, with gross producs of 81, los
each, agains5 s., ,585, ZOO, 900 in 1890, with
2,733,0J0 operatives, with q gross pro-
duct each of $2,045, supporting and
educating 1865, 900 of our population,
or more than one-quarter of the whole.
The wages Of these operators in 1850
aggregated 1926, 000, 900 averaging $255
each, agains5, in 1880, $50, 600, ,0G0 wages
paid to 2, ,733, 900 operatives, or an aver
age of $3.50 to each, an increase of S105
per capita. The domestic consumption
OF domestic manufac tured articles in
1880 was more than five thousand million
dollars the wages for manufacturing
supported more than one-quarter of the
population, instead of supporting a like
number of people in foreign countries.
sit is a condition that confronts us, not
a 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, 1886, ,076, ,932,
with 35, 248, 900 acres area worth as much
in 1880 as 494, 1897, 200 acres of land in
twelve Southern 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 Southern States the
manufactures were very small. This
shows how the land owner is enriched
by manufactures.
The aggregate wealth of the United
States in 1850 as 1920, 900, 900, with
1923, 1872, 900 population, against 1880,
$45, 1856, ,00O, 900 aggTe gate wealth-more
than Great Gritain-the population num-
bering so, 156, 900. The inc: ease in wealth
in thirty years has been $37, 965, 900, 900.
This increase comprised $40, 180, 900, 900
in farms, 81, 905, 600, 900 in railroads, $2,
$50, 900, ,000in factories and $40, $40, 900, :
600 in houses and sundries.
The population now is between 65,-
600, 900, and $1,000, 900, and is increas-
ing about 100000 yearly. The value
of the manufactures Of the country in
1890 will have probably increased from
So, ,585, 100000 in 1880 to between
g. S,0O0,00O,00O and 9,O0O,000,0O0 The
railway mileage will have increased
from 1000 miles in 1880 to nearly 160,-
600 miles in 1880.
The country is annually producing
about 5000, 900, 900 bushels OF grain, OF
which about 14-15 finds market within
the country, besides most of our S., 900,
100000 value of manufactures. The
accumulated wealth of the country in
1890 will have reached at the 81, $685.
600, ,000 previous annual increase, about
$58, ,035, 100000, which will BE- at the
least $4,000, 900, 900 more than the ac-
cumulated wealth OF Great Britain.