Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-07-02

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publicaf,ons III IL annusi csfPaf d
The isdzstry u that country amounts 70
1t least s15G. ooo coo, snd more THAI .
million vorknen are employed.
0sexanining the dsgree Of influence Of
The tariff on the advance Of Industry. Il
appears that this influence u most fav-
osable. The protection granted 70
chemical products Aad 20 dye works u
NOT considerable, and still In ibis space
Of time rIss7 to 1851 this speciality.
Poland excluded, has increased from
s3-as 800 10 s7,s5ss5 500; and, il The
provinces Of the yissals are joioed to
those Of Rnssis proper. the increase
amounts TO u. ~, 600. There Is
great progress 70 be seen also
Ia the manufacture Of saitpeter.
Matches have Iisen from ss1s.500 10
oil s2t, 800, and even wax candles, which
Ia vsew Of the decrease In the product
OK wax, show an important increase
The production Of nAphiha has increased
In t~enty-shree years from sss.oo
pools, or 1882 tons. ID more than
3 COO, 900 tons. besides - 900, 600 worth
Of mineral oil and over 1900 tons OF
mineral grease
The production Of sswn timber has
more chan doubled since 1874. and,
including Poland, il amounts 20 about
slo. $50, 600. The industry OF different
metals has also increased; thus cast
iron has risen from 300 .oo0 tons to 7a0,-
600 tons. and silver and lead from 1885 900
tons TO $50 600 tons. The production
Of machinery has almost quadrupled,
aad actually amounts TO over s21 ,0O. oCo.
The result Is almost the same In the case
Of copper and bronze articles. and nails
and wire product have increased
tenfoId during the last twenty years.
IL 10 also claimed that the progress OF
the Russian metaliurgical industry Is due
to the high duties imposed upon foreign
products. The production OF gold has
increased from 50, 400 pounds to II ,32s
pounds (English); that Of platinum,
from 1924 pounds to 1910; common salt
from 100, 0es tons to 1,27l,9ss tons /;
and coal from 4s0,52s tons to
s sos, $50 Ten years ago Russia produced
no manganese, whereas today 72,0o0
tons are produced. The production Of
cement aud alabaster has more than
doubled the result Is the same for por-
celain and Delft ware. glassware. crystal
and mirrors.
1t is surprising to see how the produc-
ton OF paper pulp has increased in the
last ten years, rising from an industry
Of only $4,000 to s344 500, while that Of
paper has increased from $4,000 600 to
s.. 100000. Wall paper has not pros
pered so well. and still its production has
Increased from $685. 500 to s7O6. 800.
II the production Of leather has in
creased only two and half times, that
of India rubber has increased from
1856, 900 to s4,750,0OO.
The wool manufactures have in
creased their output during the last
t wenty years from sl,250,000 to S10.-
coo 900; those Of wooden tissues have
Increased their production threefold, Of
$ls, 800 600, and those Of wooden cloths
from s17 100000 to over 1923 900, 900.
There is also considerable Increase in
the manufacture of felt and carpets in
the same period Of time.
The progress of the cotton industry is
still more striking. The cotton mills
have brought their production from sal, :
DOC, 900 up to s66, 10000 The produc-
tion of cotton tissues has increased from
SIS, 00O, 900 TO $4,000. notwithstanding
the fact that the number Of cotton mills
has fallen during the last ten years from
632 to 339. The production Of cotton
prints has also increased from $4,000
900 to So, 900, 900, although the number
OF mills has fallen from IA to 81 by
means of company consultations, the
larger establishments, here as elsewhere,
gradually absorbing the smaller. The
product of wsdding is today six times
greater than it was fifteen years ago.
The cotton industry in no way affects
the industry Of lax, leading Russian
product The production Of fax yarn
In the Russian provinces alone has in
creased in ten years from s2,500, 900 to
SO, SOC, 600, and the number of workmen
employed has doubled, whereas in the
Kingdom Of Poland this industry has
increased 100 per cent in the same time
Great progress is also to be noticed in
the production of oilcloth, of fancy trim
ming, and this entire line of goods. The
production of silk fabric also increased
from 81 600, 900 to sc, $50, 900.
The question as to whether the pro.
gress OF manufacturing industry OBJ
tanned by protective tariff prevents the
advance of agricultural industry has
been many times discussed, and it is gen.
orally believed-in fact, proved-by
some economists that many of the
branches of rural economy have i'm
proved under this system. The produc-
ton of -four, for instance, has increased
within the last ten years from s3s 500
900 10 sS2.500, 900; that Of oatmeal has
quadrupled. There is also a large in.
crease in the production Of starch, yeast,
cheese, chicory, mustard, msearoni, min
eral waters and potash, while butter has
increased from 50, 500, 900 to $1,000, 900,
aud CONNECTIONS from $1,000, 900 to
5000, 900. But the triumph of the pro-
tective system in Russia Is the sugar
industry, which did not exist at all fifty
years ago, and which in 1885 consumed
e,l20, 900 tons Of beet roots and employed
90, 1875 workmeu. Formerly foreign sugar
cost double the price that Russian sugar
now costs.-Report Of ]. NJ. CRAWFORD,
L. 5. Consul General at St Petersburg.
0upsriiuous Anxissy.
The Wine and Spirit Gazette, 1.-The
official organ of the Wholesale I,iauor
Dealers Association under the caption