Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-12-07

months OF the year 1871.
FOREIGN TRADE.
The total value of our foreign trade
exports and imports of merchandise
during the last fiscal year was Sl,S57,-
$50, 10, an increase OF S12S, 2S3. 64 over
the previous fiscal year. The average
annual value of our imports and exports
of merchandise for the ten previous
years prior 90 1891 was 81, AIS, 322, 019.
It will be observed that our foreign
trade for 1892 exceeded this annual av-
erage value by 50, 400, SIS. SCI, an in
crease OF 27.47 per cent The signlf-
canoe and value of this increase are
shown by the fact that the excess in the
trade OF 1892 over 1891 was wholly
in the value of exports for
there was q decrease in the val
ue of imports OF S17,513, 754
The value Of our exports during the fs-
cal year 1892 reached the highest figure
in the history OF the government,
amounting TO $1,000, 27S, 146, exceeding
by S145, 797, 33S the exports of 1891, and
exceeding the value Of the imports by
S2O2, S05,6S5. A comparison of the
value Of our exports for 1892 with the
annual average for the ten years prior
tO1S91 shows an Increase OF S265, l42, 651,
or OF 34.65 per cent. The value Of our
Imports of merchandise for 1892, which
was SO, 400, 462, also exceeded the an
nual average value for the ten years
prior TO 1891 by Sl35,215,940 During
the fiscal year 1892 the value of imports
free Of duty amounted 10 S455, 800, 65S,
the largest aggregate in the history of
Onr commerce.: The value OF
the imports OF merchandise entered free
of duty In 1892, was $685. per cent. Of
the total value OF imports, as compared
with 1895 per cent. in 1891 and 1896
per cent iu 1890. In our coastwise
trade a most encouraging development
is ia progress, there having been in the
last four years an increase OF 16 per
cent. International commerce sta
tistics show that no such period Of pros
perity has ever before existed.
The freight carried in the coastwiSe
trade of the great lakes Of 1890 aggre-
gated 2S,215.O50 tons. On the Missis-
sIpui, Missouri, and Ohio rivers, and
tributaries in the same year the traffic
aggregated 29,4O5, GAG tons, and the
total vessel tonnage passing through
the district river during that year was
2,6S4, 600 tons.
The vessel tonnage entered
and cleared in the for
eign trade Of London during 1890,
amounted rs, 4SO, 767 tons, and of Liver
pool 1924, 500 tons, a total for these
two great shipping ports Of p, 422, SOS
tons, only slightly in excess Of the YES
sci tonnage passing through the Detroit
river. And il should be said that the
season for the Detroit river was but 22S
days, while, Of course, in London and
Liverpool the season was for the entire
year. The vessel tonnage passing
through the st. Mary's canal for the
fiscal year 1892 amounted to 9,S2S, STA
tons, and the freight tonnage Of the
Detroit river is estimated for that year
40 25,OO0,O00 tons, against 23,2O9,619
tons IN 1891.
RAILROAD TRAFFIC.
The aggregate traffic on our railroads
for the year 1891 amounted to 40439S, 600
tons OF freight, compared with 69l, 344,-
f37 tons in 1880, an increase Of 1884
l73 tons.
SAVINGS BANK FIGURES.
Another indication OF the general
prosperity of the country is found in
the fact that the number OF depositors
ln Savings Banks increased from $685.
SO in 1850 90 4,258, SOB in 1890, an in
crease of 513 per cent, and the amount
Of deposits from S149, 277, 5O4 in 1860 TO
S,524,S44, 500 tD 1890 an increase OF
l21 ppr cent. In 1891 thaamonnt ofdo
oosits I'm Savings Banks was 81, 623, 079,-
74q. It's estimated that 90 per cent.
1f these deposits represent the
savings of wage earners. The BANK
slearauces for nine months ending
september 30, 1891, amounted to
l4i .O49. 800. sos. For the same months
In 1892 they amounted to S45, COL
DAT. in excess for the nine months OF
A.l40,211,139.
WORK WAGES AND FARM NC.
There has never been time In our
history when work was so abundant or
when wages were as high, whether
bv the currency i'm which they are paid
pr by the power to supply the neces-
saries aud comforts of life. 1t Is true
that the market prices OF cotton ana
wheat have been low. 1t is one OF the
uofayorable incidents Of agriculture
chat the farmer cannot produce upon or
ders. He must SOW and reap In ignor-
,nce of the aggregate production
iorthe year, and is pecull-
arlv subject to the depreciation
which follows Overproduction. But,
while the fact / have stated is true, as
TO the crops mentioned, the general av-
ersge Of prices has been such as to give
10 agriculture a fair participation IN the
General prosperity. The value of our
total farm products has increased from
Sl.313,6 46, 500 In 1860 to 81, sou, OOU,OOO
in 1891, as estimated by statistcans, an
increase Of 23O per cent. The numOer
of hogs January 1, 1891, was 5Oo2o, 100
and their value $40, 1925 On Janu-
arv I. 1892 the number was 59,39S,Ol9,
and the value S241,031, AIS. On Janu-
arv 1. 1891. the number of cattle was
as SIS. GAS. and the value S544, l2I9OS.
on January 1, 1892, the number was
81. 651. 239. aud the value 500 749, 100.
IF aDy are disconnected with their
state here, If any believe that
wages or prices, the returns for honest
toll. sre inadequate, they should not
fail TO remember that there is no other
country in the world where the condl-
lions that seem co them hard would not
ne accented as highly prosperous. The
English agriculturiSt would be gIao 10
exchange the returns OF his labor Ior
those of the American farmer, and the
Manchester wOrkmen their wages Tor
those of their fellows at Fall River.
Relieve that the projection system,
which has now for something more
tban thirty years continuously pre-
vailed in our legislation, has been a
MIGHTY Instrument for the deyel-