Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-12-08

in 1850 was s16, 1850 6l9 O6S; In 1890 II amounted
The total mileage OF railways in the United
States in 1850 was 20,GS6; In 1850 IL was i6714l,
nm increase Of 4ls per ocnt.i and II Is estimated
that there will be about 1000 miles OF track
added by the close OF tic year 1922
TIE official returns IL the eleventh census
and those of the Zenith CENSUS for seventy-fve
leading cities furnish the basis for the follow
Ing comparisons.
In 1850 the capital Invested IN manufactur-
ing was q 232, Si2c-o. IN iSgy the capital so In
vested was S?C0y,i35,ssI. In lsSD the humber
of employees was 1901 3Ss: In 1880, 2,5l iA. In
1850 the wages earned were 1901 0Go, 77s; In 1890,
81 .22l 1TO,454 In 1880 the value of the product
was 81, I'll so, S9g In 1890 -, $50, 2sG. S57.
] am Informed by The Superin endent of the
census that the omission OF certain Industries
IN 1850 which were included In 1880, accounts
In part for the remarkable increase thus
shown. But. after making full allowances
for diff FENCES of method and deducting the
returns for all industries not Included IN the
census of 1850 there remain In the reports from
the seventy-tiye cities, an increase in the CAPT.
tai employed of Il 500, 7I5.COl in the value or
the product of s2G?4, 2i6 16G; in vngcs earned of
s677 Dab 929. and in the number of wage carriers
employed of SG,029 The wage earnings not
only show an increased a: HreRate, but an in
crease per capita from ~ y I'm iSso to sjtT In
1880, il.il Per cent, 49,.
The new Industrial plants established aimee
Oct. G. 1880 and up 10 Oct, %, 1892 az partially
reported in the American ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Bi5 and the extension Of existing plants, los,
the new capital invested amounts to ~, $40 ujn
and the number of additional en1ph5yc 10
1929 .,1 81 tsss,1
The Textile World for July 1922. At dtc*i tt5tlt
during the first six months of the prrsan5 S1l'
endar 1876 new factories were BUN, tof sxAHfh
forty are cotton mills. f0rty-eighta knttfJnl
mills, tvelty-six wooden mills, hfttfi
silk mills. four plush mills, and two
linen mills. OF the forty cotton MILL
twenty-one have been built in the southern
States \. y. Shepperson, Of the New, York
Cotton Exchange, estimates the number of
working spindles IN the United States on Sept.
J. 1892, at Is, 10000. an increase of GGOtOD over
the year of 1891. The consumption OF cotton
by American mills In 1891 was 2,39G,000 bales
and in 1892 25si 900 bales, bh increase of isSCOU
bales. From the year lsCO to 1902 Inclusive,
there has be- II an increase In the con sumption
Of co. ton in Europe Of W per cent, while dur
ing the same period the Increased consumption
In the United States has been about $50 peI
cent.
The report of Ira Aver, Special Agent of the
Treasury Department, shows that ut the date
OF Sept. 30, 1892, there were thirty-two COM
panies manufacturing tin and terne plate IN
the United States and fourteen companies
building new works for such manufacture.
The estimated investment In buildings and
plants at the close of the hscal year, June 80
1883 II existing conditions were to be cont.u
ned, was s5,OG0,W0. and the estimated rate OF
production 20,n0o 600 pounds per annum. The
actual production for the quarter ending Sept
~, 1892, was 10, 80, 72j oundS.
During the last six months of the year 1891
and the first six months of the year 1872 the
tOtal VI llou WAS ", ilN,NlE lbI =
as as ainst O. 2og, TG tons In the yer 1880 witch
was the largest annual production ever at
tanned For The same twelve months of 1871
81 the productionof Besscmcr ingots was
gross tons over the previously I'M
precedented yearly production OF 1885,
gross tons In ~ To- TIE TSroauG;ton ~ ses
1892 was 1924 $50 gross tons, as against 702,0SO
gross tons during he last six months of the
year 1891.
and msnufac urcsl during the last fiscal year
was II .s57G 0,Glo an increase ot sl2s,2sSSI
over the revious fiscal year The average
annual value OF our Imports and exports o!
mercha ndise for the ten fiscal years prior TO
l-lI was e, 457.3g2OIJ. IL will be observed that
our foreign trade for 1892 exceeded this annual
average value by s4OO,3js,59I. an increase of
PAT per cent. The Significance and value OF
this Increase are shown by the fact that the
excess in the trrde of 1899 over 1891 was wholly
in Il value OF exports for there was tic
crease in the value OF imports OF sl7,5l3,7'l.
The value of our exports during the fiscal
year 1892, reached the highest figure in the his
tory of the government amounting 10 l,03o-
273,iis. exceeding by Si457g7i3' the exports OF
1881 and exceeding tho value of the imports
by SaD2,S7j $50. comparison OF the value OF
our exports for lS.I2 with the annual average
for the ten years prior to 1871 SHOWS an excess
o. s2G5, It2GTl. or OF ?i,Gj per cent. The value
OF orr imports OF merchandise for 1892 which
was SGD 400, also exceeded the annual
average value Of the ten years prior TO 1891 by
JS.2i5.s4n. uring The fiscal year lSJ2. the
value of imports tree OF duty amounted to
si57 f5s, the largest aggregate In the history
of our commerce The valuc OF the Imports OF
merchandise entered free OF duty In lS92 was
5l35 per cent Of the total value Of imports. as
compared with 1875 per cent. IN 1871, ana ''.'h
per cent. in 1870.
A Prosperous Nation.
Another indict ton of the general prosperity
OF the country is found in the fact that the
number of depositors In savings banks iB-
creased rom Gli,S7O in 1860 10 4.2is,S2 in 1890,
an increase Of 5I3 per cent, and the amount of
deposits from Sl92 5Cf In 100 to ~ ,2i S4f SEQ
In ls?, an increase of o2l per cent In lsll tho
amount OF deposits in savings banks was
81 G23,, 7l7i9. u Is estimated that 30 per cent.
wage-earners. The bank c.carances for nine
months ending Sept. 20, 1891. amounted to SAL
Oi9,J9o, 500. For the same month in 1892. they
amounted TO s4s lsg, rol.'lI. an excess Tor the
nine months of Si.l40 2ii ,iS1.
There never has Teen time in our history
when work was so abundant or when wages
were so high. whether measured by the cur
renoy in which they are Paid or by their power
to supply the neccssarles and comforts OF life.
IL l. true that the market prices OF cotton ana
wheat have been low. - IL one OF the unfayor-
able incidents of agriculture that the farmer
cannot produce upon order. lie must SOW and
eap in Ignorance of the aggregate production
OF the year. and is peculiarly subject to the
depreciation which 20 lows, oyer-poduc,
ton. But, white the iact | have stated
Is true, IA TO the crops mentioned, the
general averagl OF prices has been such az
to give to agriculture fair participation IN
the general prosperity. The Valne o. our
total farm products has increased from 81
s63 glG 500 in 1870 to s4,fC0c00VO In 1871, az es-
timGt cd by stGtisticanf, an increase OF go per
cent The numl er OF hogs January ! ISL |,
was q, G25, 1875, and their value s2loiti.ne5; ~
Janua L. iHya the member was 5a,@sGl9' alid
the value f2ll .t3lii. On January J, lHli tue
number OF cattle wax 80, N's,.i' and the value
s544 IN $40; on January j, 1872, tile NUMBER YVES
81 .S5i, s,9, and the value o,fl9l55,
believe that the protective system which