Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-12-10

congress were presented with the pres
idents message on assembling to-day.
AS will be seen IT, Is devoted. in addition
20 the usual review OF executive work,
Go a consideration IF the effect Of the
changed political conditions on the COM
merclai and financial business of the
country. The message as read is rs
follows:
TO the senate and House OF Representatives:
In submitting M annual message 10 congress,
] have great satisfaction IN being able TO say
that ia. general condition affecting the com
snercin and industrial interests OF the United
States are In the highest degree favorable. In
comparison OF the existing conditions with
those Of the moa, favorable period In the his.
tory OF the Country will, believe, show that so
high degree OF prosperity aud so general u
diffusion OF the comforts Ct life were never be
fore enjoyed By our people.
The total wealth Of the country In 1850 was
60 i5s dlGOs: IN 1890 II amounts TO iCa Gic 0OJ.
GU al increase OF .Sl per cent
The total mileage OF railways in the United
States In 1861 was 1926 In 1870 II was 1874,
an increase OF 1855 per cent ind II Is estimated
there viii he about 80 miles Of track added
by the close CT the year OF lt9!. The Official
Tcturns Of the eleventh census aud those OF tho
tenth CENSUS Cor seventy five leading cities fur
-1ished the oasis for the following comparisons:
In 1870 the capital invested IL manufacturing
was II ~. Sd I'd In 1897 the capital invested
sn nlanufuc.uriI, was .2,0JJ7)a. - In 1880
the uumbor OF employees was l,@l35S In 1871
the Number OF employees was ., ,lA. In lsSJ
the wages earned wcr' SOL ,9Gj,7'S. In 1897 tho
wages earned were Sl.a3l. ISL In 1850 the
value OF the product was s2,1ll, 5000 In 1880
ohc value Of the product WAS :I.sc0, 2s6S3'.
am informed by the Superintendent OF the
census that the omission Of certain industries
IN 1881 which were included in 1872 accounts in
part for the remarkable increase thus shown
But after making full allowances for differences
OF method and dclucting the returns Tor all In
dustries net included In the census OF ~ there
rcmaiu IN the reports from these scventy.llvc
cities an increase In capital employed Of Fl, i2:
US SOL in the value OF the product OF S?O9i, 49,
I66 In wages earned Of ST7,9ij,e!9. and In the
number OF wage earners employed OF sj6.C:9
The wage earnings not only show an increased
aggregate, but an increased per capita from
$685. In 1881 TO .5i7 In 1891 or All per cent
The new Industrial plants established since
October q 1872, and " TO October - 1881, as
partially reported in the American Economist,
number Si5, and the extension OF existing
s1lxate lS the new capital invested amounts 10
$40, ita, ii. ani the number Of additional en-
solOres 30 3LSS5
hOTlI LOT Jui' love, EtGtcu
chat during the first sixteenth OF the present
calendar year i3j new factories were bnilt, Of
which 70 are cotton mills, ~ knitting mills, 20
wooNsi mills. IL silk mills plush mills and :
linen sri Ills OF the ~ cotton mills II have been
built ip the southern states Mr. a. u Shcp.
person. OF the New Iori; Cotton exchange, esti'
mates that the number OF working spindleS In
tho United States on September !.
'1sSs, At Is :oloo m increase OF $4,000
over the year 1851 The CONSUMPTION Of
,ootton b.; American mills in 1891 was = 800 on
bales, nni IL 1902, ESQ bales, IN increase OF
tseGJ' bales. From the year 1850 10 1892 IN.
elusive, there has been an Increase in the con.
sumption oi cotton in Europe OF o. per cent,
while during the Fame period the Increase Of
consumption In the United States has been
about 70 per cent.
TIC rcp;rt OF Mr. Ira Aver, special agent Of
the treasury department shows that ut the
date Ct September 80, lS9?. there were thirty. |
sNo companies manufacturing tin and ternc
pi&se IN the United States and fourteen com
pagies building now works for such NmanufJct- |
ure. Gi.s estimated investment of capital in
BUILDINGS aud plants q: The c.ose of the fiscal
year Jurc 80 1898, II existing conditions we're 10
ne con,ir ped, was S,,O,00ja. anb the estimated
rate 81 production 300 900 pounds per an.
NUN. The actual production for the quarter
sud.,, September ID. 1884, was lO92,7I5 bounds
TS11-n9r: Of Labor Commissioner Peck, OF
Rev y JfSS shows that during the year 1891, in |
tbout 600 manufacturing establishments in
EhAt state embraced within the special inquiry
made by h IN. aud representing sixty-scven d.
Serent industries, there was net increase over
rshe renr ls9J Of 81 3iJ - 63 in tho value OF the
xroduct. End OF e6STI. 0.5 70 in the amount OF
waces paid. Tho report Of the commissioner Of
labor for the state of Massachusetts. show that
R7gj Industries in that state pald SID ilB.iS in
yyl,,es during the year 1884, against el.5,O3l,3l3
in 1890 en- increase OF Sii3i.9io, and that there
WAS m increase Of 9,9}2i9J In the amount OF
s-zplsa;. and OF IA In the number OF persons
s.mplaved In the same period
Another indication OF thc general prosperity
OF the country Is found in the fact that the
number o. dep1sit1rs IN savings hanks IL
creased from CO. SiJ i'll 1863 10 i,21SS9i IN loJJ,
nm increase Of 5l3 per cent, and the amount oil
eposils from e9l PA 56i in lsGl 10 ,l,52I3ii, 81
an 1900, IN increase of 81 per cent. In lsal the
amount Of deposits IN savings banks was VIGIL
.G;gsig Ii Is estimated that % per cent OF
1liess deposits represent the savings OF woSc
.-.rners The bunk clcarings for nine months
ending September ~. 1901, amounted TO s4l,oV'
3pd,Ea For the Same months In 1872 they
amounted to :45 lS56Gl,9 ., al excess Tor ths
nine months OF a.iiO,sll
There never has been time in our history
WueH ROfk WIS 81 GuhuhdehNs VI "ANA "N9N'
were so hich, whether measured by the cur
rrency in which they are paid. or by their power
20 supply the ncoessIries and comforts OF life
II Is true that the market prices Of cotton
and wheat have been low. 1t is one OF tho
unfayorable incidents OF agriculture that the
farmer cannot produce upon orders He must
COW and reap In ignorance OF the aggregate pro-
41uction Of the year. AMI Is peculiarly subject 10
the depreciation which follows over production
but white the facts have stated ARE true IS 10
the c-ops have mentioned. the general aver
.acp OF prices has been such as 10 give 10 agri'
culture o fair participation in the general pros
perity. The value OF our total farm products
has Increased from 81, SS3 6l6.s6o in 1850 TO ~
$4,000 90 in 1891. rs estimated by statsticians
an increase OF go per cent The number OF
hogs January I, 1891, was 80, ,loj and their
yxaiue aeIo.IeL9s5. On January /, 1872, the num-
nsr was ..ses 0io and the value tsIi.e l,4ia On
January l. 1891, the number Of cattle was ~
Gz5Sle and the value iS4i.lZ,SB On January
-@ns a.. uror n cbf . n and the value