Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-12-16

ceeu60 tne annual uNofaSo value " ehe
10 years prior TO 1891 by $l25, 215, $40.
i imports, free of duty, amounted to
$457, 800 1858, the largest aggregate il
the history OF commerce.. The value q
/ imports OF merchandise entered free VI
| duty in 1892 was 55.35 per cent of the
| total value OF imports, as compared
with 43.35 per cent in 1891 and 1888
per cent in 1899.
In our coastwise trade most en-
couraging development is in progress,
there having been in the last four
wears an increase of 10 per cent in in
ternal commerce. The statistics show
that no such period of prosperity has
ever before existed. The freight car
ried In the coastwise trade of the great
lakes In 1890 aggregated rs, 295 $50 tons.
On the Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio
| rivers and tributaries in the same year,
the traffic aggregated 9,404, 406 tons,
and the total vessel tonnage passing
through the Detroit river during that
year was q 1884 900 tons. The vessel
tonnage entered and cleared in the for
eign trade of London during 1890
amounted to 10, 4S0,767 tons, and OF
Liverpool 1891 800 tons, making the
total for these two great shipping ports
"a Az, 567 tons, only slightly in excess
of the vessel tonnage passing through
the Detroit river, and ii should be said
that the season for the Detroit river
was but 228 days, while, OF course, in
London and Liverpool the season was
for the entire year. The vessel tom
mage passing through the Sault Ste.
Marie canal, for the fiscal year 1892,
amounted to 9,S2S, 1854 tons, and the
freight tonnage of the Detroit river Is
estimated for that year at 5000, 90
tons, against 1872 1913 tons in lS9ls
The aggregate traffic on our railroads
for the year 1891 amounted to Ia ,39S,-
is . tons Of freight, compared with
891 ,344, 437 tons in 1899, an increase Of
1884, 172 tons.
Another indication of the general
prosperity OF the country Is found in
the fact that the number OF depositOrs
in the savings banks increased from
693 $40 In 1850 to 1873 1893 in 1897 an
increase Of So per cent, and the amount
Of deposits from 1874 PIT 1916 in 1856 to
| ~ ,524 ,S44, 8 3 in 1890, an increase of
g2 per cent. In 1891 the amount Of de-
posits In the savings banks was 81 ,623, :
V70,749 1t is estimated that 81 per
cent of these deposits represent the
savings of wage earners. The bank
clearances have for the nine months,
ended September 80, 1891, amounted
to $t, e49, 80 80 8. For the same
mont rs in 1892 they amounted to 49,
| 1895 l,9i7, an increase for the nine
months Of "a, l40,2l1 ,139.
There never has been a time in our
history when work was so abundant,
| nor when wages were so high, whether
measured by the currency in which
they are paid, or by their power to sup
ply the necessaries and comforts OF
| life. 1t is true that the market prices
of cotton and wheat have been low.
IL is one of the unfavorable incidents
OF agriculture that the farmer cannot
produce upon orders. He must SOW
and reap in ignorance of the aggregate
production of the year, and is pecu
liarly subject to the disposition which
follows an overproducti0n. But, while
the fact have stated is true as to the
crops | have mentioned, the general
average of prices has been such AZ tt
give agriculture fair participation il
general prosperity.
| The value of our total farm products
has increased from 81 1858 ,646, Slj6 in 1856
to 81 800 100000 in 1891, as estimated
by statisticians, an increase of % pei
cent. The number of hogs January
1891, was 80, 525, 9, and their valu,
was 1910, 1913 925; January |, 1892, tin
number was 50, 39S, 6la, and their valu,
! $2il 1881 ,4l5. January l. 1891, the mum
Der of cattle was 36,S75,6 ls, and th,
value s54i, 1919 s; January !, 1892, th,
number was 81 1851 ,239, and their valu,
$57 ,T40, 1853.