The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-02-02
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL.

Atlanta new census shows q popu-
latien OF 1876.
Ia ISIS s0s vessels. nearly all steel.
We're built on the Clyde.
The total valuation of Massachusetts,
y 81 .ssf2 ,N1i, l0I. an increase of about
sixty millions over 1857
Within the last four years Florida
haas increased her school expenditures
from Sic, ~, 10 S4A9. 200.
A chair oil political economy IS
about 10 be established ut Vale. teach
ing protectionist theories alone.
In ISss 5000 Germans emigrated
from the fatheriand, chiefly 10
America, as against " ,osn in iss5.
The Iowa City beard of health has
prohibited the sale of Lirnburger cheese
as detrimental to the public health.
Nearly 5000 immigrants from Swe.
den and Norway landed at New York
last year, 1W0 more than grom Ire
land
The EiffeI tower at Paris is 80 feet
high and the men az work on top en-
JOS sunshine while fog prevails be-
Toronto j. suffering from over-ita-
s9igfatlon from treat Britain, and an
alarming state Of poverty is the cnnse-
qaeaee
Philadelphia has sl7 90 people and
1880 houses. while New York, with
. ! 30 ss0 inhabitants, is said 20 have
but = .ote houses.
The ase al electric light on railroad
tfains has a=san inaugAfated in the
Northwest by the Chicago. Milwaukee
d -. Paul railroad
The United states CONSUMES itE. coo,
go pairs of boots and shoes per an
natii, tlti,usl 900 oi wlsich are furnished
~ the New England states.
Fhe cotton mills Of The country have
is.nSl.tsn spsndkaS.. against 100000
eight years ago, goat considerably
larger than that OF population.
The United States aud Germany are
supplying aeatral America with
almost ali 81 aeer-a tTaae that Eng
land IN former years exclusively sup
piled.
significant feature Of the iniUig ra-
tioa satisfies for - l. that 0ne-Gfth
et the fereiga arrivals 1T New 3ork
seTlng that time were from Italy aud
kasssa
More than one-haif 81 the foreign
commerce al the UBii,ss State n
tered aed cleared st the pagT y New
herk last year. ami amounted To
elore than Sss2 alatA0
Since 1919 80 per cent. ef The railinz
nails ia Maine, ~ Yef cent. in Massa-
chusetss, ~ per ceslt ia Connecticut
and 90 per cent. IN Rhode Island have
discontinued operations
An ordinance providing thar eight
f. hours work shais ggnstSsgte day :
Z labor n any part 81 sae municipal gov
eminent has tssea adopted by the CiR-
cianats board 81 eogsncsinlen.
The New York aldermen have vote.
thAt they want Sasslay ram, AslA rec
0Tnulena Ia the Legislature 10 amend
Z The excise iaN So a. 70 alsaYs the sale 81
beef. wine and al lssEars between
ao<sa and midnight SUNDAY,
The microscopes of tire department
al agriculture. Prof. fhSiaa&s Tay lssr,
has discoveries that pepper IS agsal zsT-
I sts4 often as much - u Eeg eegf W3ih
tae seesf OF stone 81 the olive, y hleh
are oaSainea in sarsv 4ahntlueS iFom
the o4sse-sal factories
The Nes. Work lkTa4s. referring to
re@8 estate Sass fgaeats IN taas slsv
SAYS After NiSas or ikEnS Vea4s uf
satfa development. tlse iTsEe isn5e Oar
Investment appears 80 have arrived AZ
s&st Pals f4sasds tire q; iS8stau as
well - Nsw 9oEs Bszsiss EsuasesSsf
az Troy. y Y, I8.Vss1 perSens work
Un e0ssSFs 3gsa cHE7s &ns EAc.T wArs
are 81 sssa 90 amnualAy sls.asf persons &re
tzou wuyAers. AMI shsy rsseiye s. Ess.-
90 p<g gc4E ~ wages. aud tie ssnsa
industry ars4gs sssssliks1 ia @aSes -
its 900 hands. Thsse ETuss eaap2ov
Slsssss sssse-tAiri q Tsusfss rsspsasassosi.
The rapgsi&sion oz tA@ iSnises. States
"a iEss1 ansoansesl "a .2Ia ana the
sssss s. The eessss1S w&s IA 81. This
represents = cost pss slaEAsa uf i.iz