Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-12-08
THE MESSAGE.
The President Discourses on Bene-
ats Claimed For Protection.
The CHANGE OF POLITICAL ECONOMY.
he Thinks IL should BE Left For the Next
Government-ReIation with Foreign
Powers Satisfactory The De-
partments, Etc.

As will be seen IL Is devoted, in addition
TO the usual review Of executive work,
TO n consideration of the effect of the
changed political conditions on the com
mercial and financial business OF the
country. The message as read Is as
follows:
To the Senate and House OF Representatives;
In submitting my annual message 10 congress-
have great satisfaction In being able 10 say
that the general condition Affecting the com
mercal and Industrial interests OF the United
States are In the highest degree favorable, In
comparison of the existing conditions with
those OF the mos, favorable period In the his
tory OF the country will, believe, show that so
high o degree OF prosperity and general
diffusion Of the comforts Of life were never be
fore enjoyed by our people.
The total wealth of the country In 1850 was
SIC 1850 6id,05s in 1890 II amounts To to2 oi000O,-
OoO, an increase OF 49, per cent
The total mileage OF railways In the United
States in 1850 was 30 026 in 1870 IL was 1874,
an increase Of iss per cent and 1t is estimated
there will be about 40 miles Of track added
by the close OF the year Of 1879 The oficial
returns OF the eleventh census and those Of the
tenth census for seventy.five leading cities fur
nished the basis for the following compartment
In 1880 the capital invested in manufacturing
was II ,23a SO go In 1897 tho capital invested
in manufacturing was S20OO,7ib, IA In 1880
the number OF employees was i,3Ol3ss. In 1890
the number OF employees was 2,Tli4 In loSO
the wages earned were si0i, 9d5, 77S, In 1897 the
wages earned were q. 22l, l7O, i54 In 1890 the
value OF the product was t2,7ii570999 In 1900
the value OF the product was H,s6o, 800 31
lam Informed by tho Superintendent OF the
census that the omission of certain industries
in 1897, which were included In 1890, accounts In
part for the remarkable Increase thus shown
But otter making full allowances for differences
Of method and deducting the returns for all In
dustries not included in the census OF L 30 there
remain in the reports from these seventy.ive
cities an increase in capital employed Of h,b22,'
7ibGOi in the value Of the product Of " 02i $780,
100. in wages earned OF tJ77,9i39D, and In the
number OF wage earners employed OF sj6O2o.
The wage earnings not only show an increased
aggregate, but an increased per capita from
1855 in 1880 to 1917 in 1907 or il,7i per cent
The new Industrial plants established since
October @ 1890, and up 10 October q 1892, as
partially reported in the American Economist,
number 9i5, and the extension OF existing
plants i0s; the new capital invested amounts to
oIl9,O5i. and the number Of additional en-
ployes TO S7sso
The Textile World for July, 1892, stated
that during the first sixteenth OF the present
calendar year 1855 new factories were bnilt, Of
which 10 are cotton mills, 4e knitting mills 20
WOODEN mills, IS silk mills, plush mills and
linen mills OF the " cotton mills 81 have been
built in the southern states Mr.. A. ID Shep-
person, OF the New York Cotton exchange, esti'
mates that the number Of working spindles In
the United States on September l.
1882, at 10 10000. an increase OF 100000
over the year 1891 The consumption Of
cotton by American mills in 1891 was 2,39e,OOO
bales and in 1899, 25si 90 bales, an increase OF
iss,ooI bales. From the year 1867 TO 1897, In
elusive, there has been an Increase In the CON
sumption OF cotton In Europe Of " per cent,
while during the same period tho increase Of
consumption in the United States has been
about $50 per cent
The report OF Mr. Ira Aver. special agent OF
tho treasury department shows that at the
date Of September %, is0s, there were thirty
two companies manufacturing tin and terne
plate in the United States and fourteen com
panies building new works for such manufact-
ure The estimated investment OF capital In
buildings and plants at the close OF the fiscal
year June 80 1893, II existing conditions were to
be continued, WIS 500 OO0 Anb the estimated
rate of production eO0,0 1000 pounds per an
mum The actual production for the quarter
ending September % 1862, was 10 oi2,72o pounds.
The report Of Labor Commissioner Peck, oil
New York shows that during the year 1891, In
about G0Ol manufacturing embellishments In
that state embraced within the special inquiry
made by him, and representing sixty'seyen diff
ferent industries, there was net increase over
the year 1891 OF 81 3l5 10 So in the value Of the
product, and Of 90, 100 in the amount OF
wages paid The report Of the commissioner o
labor for the state Of Massachusetts, show thai
s74S industries In that state paid SEQ il62i8 In
wages during the year 1891, against tl2d,O3O, SO'
in ls90, IN increase OF g. SS5, 9i5, and that there
was an increase Of 49, 032, 400 In the amount Of
capital and OF 7,s+9 in the number OF person.
employed In the same period
There never has been u time In our history
when work was so abundant or when wagei
were high, whether measured by the cur
rencY In which they are paid, or by their powo
10 supply tho necessaries aud comforts OF life
II Is true that the market prices OF oottoI
and wheat have been low. II is one OF Thu
unfavorable incidents OF agriculture that the
farmer cannot produce upon orders He mus
SOW and reap IN ignorance OF the aggregate pro
duction OF the year, and Is peculiarly subject Il
the depreciation which follows over production
But while the facts have stated are true as L
the crops have mentioned, the general aver
age OF prices has been such as TO give TO agri
culture u fair participation in the general pros
pertty. The value OF our total farm product
has Increased from q, 3ol 6l0 500 In ls6) TO "a,
900 in 1891, as estimated by statistlcians
an increase OF go per cent The number o
hogs January I, 1891, was bO,02S,lO and thei
value s2l0 L925. On January I, 1899, the mum
Der was g., 500 0l0 and the value t2ili9 l,4la o
January 1, 1891, the number OF cattle was 80
s7s,6is and the value tSiLls,9Os on Januar
I, 1892 the number was 81 ISL ,2S9 and the valu
t57O 7Ip,15S
II any are dlsconteuted with their stat
here; II any believe that the wages Q
prices the returns for honest toll, are inad'
ouate, they should not fail 70 remembe
that there is no other country In the wori
where the conditions that seem TO them hart
would not be accepted as ngnY pTosptIoW
The English agriculture would be glad TO e,
change he returns OF his labor for those OF N
American farmer and the Manchester worl
men their wages for these OF their fellows O
Fail River,
believe that the protective system whic
now for something like thirty years has pr
vailed In our legislation has been mighty Il
strument for the development OF our nation
wealth and most powerful agency In proteo
ing the hopnes Of our worklpgmen from the 4
yasion OF want l have felt a most solicitor
interest TO preserve to our working poop
rates Of wages that would not only give DAT
bread but supply comfortable margin &
those home attractions and family col
forts and enjoyments without which II
Is neither hopeful nor sweet They are Anne
lean citizens-A part OF tho great people q
whom our onstitution and government we
framed and instituted and II cannot be pc
version OF that constitution 10 80 legislate
TO preserve In their homes the comfort ind
pendence, loyalty and sense OF interest in Il
government which are essential to good Of
zenship and which will bring them, as In ~,
70 the defense OF the flag when II Is assailed
II Is not my purpose TO renew here the arg
ment in favor OF protective tariff The rest
Of the recent election must be accepted as ha
ing introduced anew policy. We must assuu
that the present tarin, constructed upon 4
lines OF protection. Is TO be repealed and IN
there Is TO be substituted for It q tarir ID
constructed solely with reference TO revenu
that no duty is TO be higher because the
crease will keep open an American n
or keep up the wages OF an American VOL
man, but that In every case such a rate OF du
is 70 be imposed as will bring the treasu
OF the United States the largest returns
revenue, The contention has not been betwe
schedules, but between principles and II wou
Ia Offeuaiye q suggest that tha DreVniiin0 mar