The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-12-07

WASHINGTON, D. G., Dec. 6.-Follow-
ing is President Harrisons annual mes
sage sent to Congress to-day:
10 he Senate and House Of Redres'HIGsirts'
In submitting my annual message to
Congress, l have great satisfaction in
being able to say that the general con-
ditions, affecting the commerce and in
dustrial interests OF the United States.
are in the highest degree favorable. A
comparison Of the existing conditions
with those Of the lnost favored period in
the history of thecountry will, l believe,
show that go high degree OF prosperity
and SO general diffusion OF the COM
forts of life were never before enjoyed
by our people,
The total wealth OF the country in
1860 was SlG,l50,6O6O6S. In 1880 it
amounted to $G2,OlO,OOO0OO, an increase
OF 2s7 per cent. The total mileage Of
railways in the United States in 1850
was 3O,626; in 1890 it was 7,74l, an in
crease of 44S per cent, and it is estima-
ted that there will be about 10000 miles
of track added by the close OF the year
1899. Tho official returns OF tho
Eleventh census and those OF the Tenth
census for seventy.five leading cities
furnish the basis for the following COM
parisons;
GREAT PROGRESS.
In 1880 the capital invested in manu-
featuring was $l,282, ,s3907o. In 1900
the capital invested In manufacturing
was 1900, 735,SS4, In 1880 the number
of employees was 1,sO1,SSs, In 1890
the number OF employees was 2,25l ,lS4.
In 1880 the wages earned were S50l,-
Q65.77S. In 1890 the wages earned we're
l,221, ,l70,454. In 1880 the value Of
the product was s., ll,679rs99. In 1880
the value OF theproduct was Sl, 500, 2S6,-
S37.
1 Iam informed by the superintendent
of the census that the omission OF GER
tain industries in 1880, which were In
oluded in 1890, accounts In part for the
remarkable increase thus shown, But,
after making full allowance for differ
ences of method and deducting the re-
turns for all industries not included In
the census Of 1880, there remain in tho
reports from these seventy-tlve cities
an increase in capital employed OF
81, ,522, 745,604; in the value OF the pro.
duct of 1902, ,2S6, 1865; in wages earned
of $677, ,943, 1928, and in the number OF
wage-earners employed Of S5G,O99.
The wage earnings not only show an
increased aggregate, but an increase
per capita from 1886 in 1880, to $547 in
1890, or ALI per cent.
The new industrial plants established
since October 9, 1890, and up to October
90, 1892, as partially reported in tho
american Economist, number 3i5; the
new capital invested amounts to S40,-
440,050, and the number Of additional
employees to 1926.
NEW INDUSTRIES.
Tho Terrific World for July, 1892, reports
that during the first six months Of the
present calendar year 1856 new factories
were built, Of which 40 are cotton mills,
4S knitting mills, 20 woolon mills, Is
silk mills, 4 plush mills and linen
mills. OF the 10 cotton mills q have
been built in the southern states. Mr..
A. q. shepperson, OF the New York
cotton exchange, estimates the number
of working spindles in the Unlted
States on September !. 1892, at 15, ,200,-
900, an increase Of 100000 over the year
1891. The consumption of cotton by
American mills in 1891 was 2,306,000
bales. and in 1902 2,5sR000 bales, an
increase OF 1SS000 bales.
From the year 1889 to 1892, inclusive,
there has been an increase in the con-
sumption OF cotton in Europe OF 02 per
cent, while during the same period the
increased consumption in tho United
States has been about $50 per cent.
The report OF lisa Aver, special agent
Of the treasury department, shows that
at the date OF September 80, 1892, there
were thirty.two companies manufacture
ing 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 tho fiscal year.
June go 1893, II existing conditions
werO to be continued, was s., 600, 900 and
the estimated rate OF production 200,-
100000 pounds per Rnnum. The actual