The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1892-12-07

which was the lasgest annual production
over obtained. Bor the sams months Of
1881 and 1892, the PRODUCTION Of Bessemer
inGots was ssh, ,S0 tons, an increase Of
lsS. 40 gross tons over the previous unpre-
cedentcd yearly production of 3,6Se,e ,e7l
gross tons in 1880. The production Of Bee.
semer steel rails for the first six months
OF 1892 was az. .A36 sress tons, as against
bO2.O60 gross tons during the last six
months Of the year 1891.
Experts asd Imports.
Tho total value Of our foreign trade, ex-
ports and manufactures, during the last
fiscal year, was 81 .s57 ,6s0, $40. an increase
OF si26, ,263, ,6O4 over the previous fiscal year.
The average annual value Of our imports
and exports Of merchandise for the 10 fis-
cal years prior to 1891, was si.l57 80 ,Oi9.
II will be observed that our foreign trade
for 1882 exceeded this annual average by
800, ,S5s, ,39i, an increase of 27.47 per cent.
The significance and value Of this increase
10 shown by the fact that tho excess In tho
trade Of 1892 over 1891, was wholly In tho
value OF exports. for there was q decrease
In the value OF imports of l7.5i3.o5&. The
value OF our exports during the fiscal year
Of 1882, reached tho highest figure In tho
history Of tho government, amounting 20
II on, ,27s. las. exceeding by $ii, 30. ,33S the
exports Of 1891, and exceeding the value Of
tho imports by 500, ,s'5,Gs6.
A comparison Of tho value of our ex.
ports from 1892. with tho annual average
for tho 10 years prior to 1891. shows an In.
crease of S2G5. .l42. .671. or of 3i.35 per cent.
The value OF our imports of merchandise
for 1892, which was Ss29, ,40o, ,462. also ex-
cecded the average annual value of tho
10 years prior to 1891 by S235 .2i5.9iO. Dur
ing tho fiscal ycar 1892 the value of imports
free of duty amounted to Si5- ,999. .6jS. the
largest aggregate In the history OF COM
mcrce. The value of imports Of mcrchan-
disc entered free of duty in 1892 was h5.35
per cent. Of the total value of imports as
compared with a3.8 per cent. ia 1891 and
33.GG per cent. in 1880.
sh,,u,nr Trade.
In our coastwise trade n most encourap.
inc tevclopmcnt In I'm nrogrcss. ,bcro bnv.
inc been In the last four wears an increase
Of ls per cent. i'm internal commerce. The
statistics show that no s,,ch Nor cent. of
prosperity has ever before existed. The
freight carried in the coastwise trade of
the great lakes in 1850 aggregated % o9,..
$50 tons.
On the Mlssissippi. Missouri md Ohio
rivers and tributaries In the same wear the
traffic aggregated "a. 4Oa 40, tons. and the
total vessel tonnage passinp through tho
Dctroit river TINT wear "a wos oIl y6sa 01 tons.
The vessel TONNAGE entered and cleared i'm
the foreign trade Of London during 1850
amounted 10 Il. .lso. .767 tons. and OF LIVER
moo, no. .9al 800 tons. a total for tbesc two
rro,, sh;nn;no Mort. ~ ioa aso ,cs tons
The vcsscI ,onnaoe nassiny the S,u,t Ste.
Marie canal for the fiscal wear iseo
amounted ,o o 40, ga tons and tho frcich,
tonnoge ~ tho ne,ro;t river i. es,;m,sed
FOR ,hot veor ot Or nm oO tons m ogo,ns, "a :
aooOi TONS I'm Is9I. Tho aggrcga,e ira fylc
on o,r railroads for tho year 1881 Amounted
"a .oi :os. GA toms of frciyht. comnared
with ,;9i ga. All tons In 1899. an incrcnse of
Ia.WA 10 tons.
Deposits In II Banks.
Apotbsr ;pdication of the ucpcroI rroarer.
ity of the country is found i'm the fact that
the number of dcpositors in savings banks
increased from G93.s7O in 1869 to 4 4.329. .393 in
1880, an increase Of 53 per cent. and tho
amount of deposits from Si9i. i.21111.375 in
1850 to s252 isi .503 In 1890. an increase of a3
per cent. In 1891 the amount OF deposits
in savings hanks was S1.623 019. .14a. II Is
estimated that 90 per cent. of these de.
posits represent the savings Of wage
carners. The bank clearance has for nine
months ending September I. amounted to
Sii. .Ol9. .:9O.s For the same months In
1892 they amounted to A5,1s9, ,6Di ,9i7, nm
excess for the ninc months of A.iaO.oif,-
I3a. There never has been timo i'm our
history when work was SO abundant or
when wages were as high, whether meas
ured by the currency in which they are
paid or by their power 10 supply tho ncccs-
stics and comforts OF life. II is true that
the market profits of cotton and wheat
have been low. II is one OF tho unfavor-
able incidents of agriculture that the
farmer cannot produce upon orders. He
must SOW and reap In ignorance of the az
gregate production of the year and is pe.
culiarly subject TO tho disposition which
follows, oycrproduction.
Farm Products.
But while the fact have stated Ia true
ms 70 the crops have mentioned. tho gen.
eral averages of prices have been such
,s a., x,;vo a oor;c,l,uro m fair ,,ar,;c;n,, ;,,