The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-12-16
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President Harrison on the State
Of the Nation.
THE WORK OF FOUR YEARS,
Parting Discussion of Important
Public Questions.


Public Questions.
rensions, Elections and the Treas
ury-New Mail Subsidies Urged
Also Continued Work on the New
Navy-Chief Accomplishments of
the Departments.
othe Senate and House of Representatives.
In submitting my annual message to Con-
gress have great satisfaction in being able
to say that the general conditions affectinU
the commercial aud industrial interests Of
Lne united States are in the highest degree
favorable. A comparison of the existing
conaisions with those Of the most favored
period in the history of the country will. I
oelieve, show that SO high a degree of pros
perity and so general diffusion Of the com
Iorts OF life were never before enjoyed by
our people.
was sic, 159, GIG O8s. In 1890 it amounted to
$62,6lO,eOO.0OO an increase Of 2S7 per cent,
The total mileage OF railways in the
United States in 1850 was 80, 826; in 1890 it
was i6I, 14l, an increase of 44S per cent. |:
and and 1t Is estimated that there will be about
year 1892.
CENSUS FIGURES.
The official returns of the Eleventh Gen.
eus and those of the Tenth Census for 75
leading cities furnish the basis for the fol.
lowing comparisons:
turing oSu wss sns 81 fspiss Invested in manufac
In 1890 the capital invested in manufac-
turing was g, 900, 7S5 1884.
I.soi. .sss sss'-'1v- 1v-Ha".s'--vf e-r,AyA.-
In 1899 tho number of employees was
225l, ,134.
~, In 1880 the wages carmel were 1901, ses,
In 1890 the wages earned were 81, ssl, no..
In 1889 the value of the product was O..
500, 2S6, s87. ' was w.
am informed by the Superintendent OF
the census that the omission Of certain in
dustries in 1890, which were included IN
1885, accounts in part for the remsrkable
increase thus shown. But. after making
full allowance for differences of method and
deduct;ng the returns for all interests not
included in the Census of 1880, there remainj
IN the reports from these seventy five cities
an increase in the capital emplovei az
", ga A3, 6o4: In the value Of the product
OF 3OA. 238, 1865; in wages earned of/$677.-
843 929, and in the number of waps.earners
employed of s56.029. The wagS-earnings
not only show an increased ag@regate, but
tb41 in ls9) or Il.7l per cent.
me new industrial plants established since
October 9, 1890, and up October 2a 1892.
as partially reported in tie American Econo.
mist number Ss5, andthe extension Of ex-
.sung piants. ioo the new capital invested
additional employees to 37,2s5.
Inc IextIie, World. for July, 1892, states
that during the first six months of the pres.
ent calendar year 135 new factories were
built OF which 40 are cotton mills. 4s knit.
ting mills, 26 woolen mills Is silk mills.
q push mills and linen mills. or the 40
cotton mills 81 have been built in the South.
ern States. Mr.. A. b. Shepperson, of the New
York Cotton Exchange, estimates the num-
Der OF working spindles in the United
States on September l. 1892. at Is, 200, 900.
en- Increase of 660.000 over the year 1891.
The consumption OF cotton by American
mills In 1891 was 2, ,39j 900 bales, and In 1899
1854, 900 bales, an increase OF 1S8, 600 bales
From the year 1859 to 1892, inclusive.
there has been an increase in the consump.
ton OF cotton in Europe of 90 per cent,
while during the same period the increased
consumption in the United States has been
about $50 per cent.
The report of Ira Aver special agent of
The Treasury Department, shows that at the
date of September 80, 1892 there were
and terne plate in the United States and
fourteen companies builling new works for
such manufacture. The estimated invest.
ment in buildings and plants at the close of
the fical year, June 80. 1898. il existing con-
ditions were to be continued, was IS, 900 600,
and the estimated rate of production 200, :
0OO, 600 pounds per annum. The actual pro.
duction for the quarter ending September
DC, 1892 was 1852, 725 pounds.
The report OF Labor Commissioner Peck,
OF New York. shows that during the year
lS91, In about six thousand manufacturing
establishments in that State embraced
within the special inquiry made by him, and
representing W different industries. there
wasa net increase over the year 1907 or
t3l, 3l5, l8D.6S in the va.us of the proiuct
and OF 60 81, ,035.00 in the amount Of wages
paid. The report OF the commissioner Of
labor for the State of Massachusetts, shows
that 5145 industries in that State paid
tl29, 9, PAS in wages during the year 1891,
against sl26. .03) 303 In 1907, an increase of
b, 1886, 945, and that there was an increase
Of 80, e32, 490 in the amount of capital and Of
5346 in the number OF persons employed in
the same period.
During the last six months OF the year
1891 and the first six months of 1892 the to-
ai production of pig iron was 8, 710, ,8l9 tons,
% against ., 202, 7O3 tons in the year 1890,
which was the largest annual production
ever attained. For the same twelve months
Of 1S9l.92 the pro iuction OF Bessemer ingots
was S,S1o, 5St tons, an increase Of 189. 710
Sesrly production OF 8, ess. .s7l gross tons in
I 1880. The productian of Bessemer steel
rails for the first six months OF 1892 was
Z I12, 43o gross tons as against 702, 0s0 gross
tons during the last six months Of the year
1921.
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.
The total value OF our foreign trade tex-
f..tsasa .i@Rorss Of merchandiss, during
81 noSy oSo o5s % The Government s.o an .n-
sxnos, s.s. iaS exceeding bv ALL AgAIogmnntlny gn tc
6t 6tS -, Or 1891 and excseginSni Sia, IyI 3SS the
49, 9 oy sSo2, s75 $50. s value Of
!, ooAsrwIsE AND INTERVAL ra.n.
r., our coastwise tra5a !. -. HADS.
ben 4, ~ Is in progress tbsrn rnGouraz-
Der cent ~ 'ne last four years an incc ccre having
bsw I. -. in Internal commsrcs Seeass tSn asa OF 10
sve,. .nat no such period or s. .ne statistics
~ ,,,s.. -. ore ex sted. The fraipht perlty has
IaSo o'oastwise trade o the GU. carried In
Msss,. aSgsegate 2S, e0s 059 tons tse Lakes In
Ir,bnt, ri ~. Missouri and OHIO Rivsn n the
asiiss ra ~. sir in the same year tba vers ss and
se, ,a ,4OS. o45 tons and ths sratiic az
Rivss ~. passing through ~. "Sal YES
Tbs ua.g nurng that year was SI AZ Az odo dDetroit
ne forsia,' 'onnsge entered and cIearsSns. IONS.
,ooI in a, to la $50, 7e7 tons Anu d'lng 1890
,rsst ~. 500 tons a total for tSver .. Liver
pD'ns porss Of "a ga 5ss tons os' on,v sTo |