The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-12-17
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
President Hsrrison's Last Com
runicat;on to Congress-
A Comprehensive Document Presenting
tae Economic Questions Now Be-
fore the Country IN Con-
else Form.


else Form.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-President Har
rison's message reads as follows:
To TIE SENATE AND HOUSE, OF REPRESENTA-
fTvgs-In submitting my annual nessags Z
coagrcss have great satisfaction in being abl
TO ssy that tn, general conditions Affecting tn.
commercial and industrial interests Of tn
United Stats are in tbs highest degree favor
able. A comparison OF tho existing condition.
with those Of the most favored period in th'
history OF the country will. / bsiisve, show tina
SO high dsersc OF prosperity aud 50 general I
diffusion Of the comforts Of lifs were never be
fore enjoyed by our people.
THE couxrRy's wRAErH.,
The total wealth OF the country In 1850 VA
sl6 I59. .6l6UhS In 1soo 1t amounted to "a. $40.
oO00O, an increase Of 81 psr csat:
RAILWAY MILEAGE.
TIE total mileage Of railways In the Unite1
States in 1857 w.s 30 626; In 1880 1t was l5s. IA
an increase OF i4s per cent. and II Is estimated
that there viii b, about 400 miles Of track
added by the close of the ycar 1sos.
INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS.
The Official returns Of the eleventh c.nsu.
and those OF the tenth census for seventy. fvs
leading cities furnish the basis for tho follow
n lsso ,6s ssR,'.l invested in manufacturing
In ls9O th. capital invested in manufacturing
was Ss.90n, 7S5seL
In lsso the numb r Of employees wa, ! 81, ,ass.
In 1897 ths number OF employees was g 25l, ,l3i
In $50 the wages earned were S50l .965. 1lS
In lsob the wages earned were 81 ,22l. INST
In 1880 the valu, Of the product was 8, H.
699s9.
In 1890 tho value Of the product was 81. 800.
sS6 s3s
lam informed BY tho superintendent OF the
census that the omission OF certain industries
In leS0 which WIRE inclu1ed in 1890 counts In
part for the remarkable increase thus shown,
But after making full allowances for differ
ences Of method and deducting tho returns for
there remain iu the reports from those seven
employed of sI.h2ee, As s04; in the TaIu:
,s,, Of the sarpsS PsSSduett St ~ IA es Il tss
number Of wag, earners employed Of s5Soas
The wage earnings not only show 1ncreased
aggregate but an increased per capita from
$3.50 in 1880 to s547 in 1890, or ALI per cent.
October 9, 1890, sni up to October @. lsc22, as
partially reported in the American Economist,
numbor 3i5, and the extension OF existing
plants l0l; the new capital invested amounts to
$40 6i9. .n5n, and the number Of additional en-
pioyes to 81 Isl.
OUR FOREIGN TRADE.
The total value Of our foreign trade texports
and manufacturesl during ths last fiscal yea,
was 81. .S57, ,681, ,6l0, an increase OF 3l2s NS 00i
over the previous fiscal year. The average an
nual value OF our imports and exports OF mer
chan1ise for the ten fiscal years prior to 1901
was 81 i57 Ss2 Ola It will be observed that our
foreign trade for ls92 exceeded this annual av
erxge value l'y $500 35s 39l an increase OF "a.
per cent. The significance and value OF this In
crease are shown by the fact that tho excess In
the trade Of 1892 over 1891 was. wholly IN the
value Of exports, for thsre vas decrease id the
value Of exports or Sl7,6l3,76L The valus Of
our exports during the fiscal year ls9.
reached the highest figure in the
81. sO27s. las exceeding by sli5.7g7,s ,s3s the ex
ports Of 1891, and exc .edinR the value of the
imports by SaH. $50 A comparison Of thl
sverags for tho ton years prior to lsei shows
an excess OF saS5.lt2,67l. or nf 3l65 psr cent
Tho valus of cur imports Of merchandise fol
1892. which was $500 40,.46e also exceeded the
1891 bv si35 5zis,s40 Daring the hscal
yssr ls92. the value of imports free oil
duty amounted to s451, ,9?9S5s. the larges,
Tsas tbs
tered free Of duty in lS8s was ea35 per cent. o!
with 43 s5 per c,nt in 1891 and IS % per cent. In
1891
coAsTwIsR TRADE AND INTERNAL COMMERCE
In our coastwise trado a most encouraging
development Is in progress, there having been
in the last four yoars an ipcreass of u per cent
In internal cofiinisrcs the statistics show that
no such period OF prosperity has ever before
existed. Tlc freight carried in the coastwise
trad. Of the great lakes in 1870 aggregated e.
29j 80 tons.
On the Mississirpi, Missouri and Ohio rivors
and tributaries, in the sans year the traffic ag-
gr gated g. .toi,496 tons. and the total vessel
tonnage passing through the Detroit river dur
lug that year was 81 ,0elOoO tons. Ths. vessel
tonnage entered and cleared In the foreign
trade OF London during 1850 amounted to ls.-
O, .6i tons; ami OF Liverpool I0,9il-200 tons g
total Tor these two great shipping points OF q,
a.. .36 tons. only slightly in excess OF the vessel
tonnage passing through the Detroit river. And
1t should be said that the season for the Detroit
river was but 223 days, while, of course. in
Lonlon and Liverpool the season Was for the
through st. op ss
lse2 amounted to 9.sss, ,s7i tons. and the freight
tonnage OF the Detroit river Is estimated for
that year at 2s,oOo,00o tons. against r.sp,6it
roads for the Year 1soi amounted to 70I SOS. .els
tons OF freight compared with eJl "a, az ton.
In fse0. an increase OF 13054. liz tons.
ANOTHER INDICATION oP PROSPERITY.
s-,Appther Indication Of the general prosperity
OF the country is found In the fact that the
number OF deposltois IN savings banks IN
creased from eg3.s7o in 1850 to as, ,seS in lso0
an increase OF - per cont. and the amount OF
I $50 eo% iu.p.s,s q II ,s eso 70
the amount Of deposits in savings uanks
va, H,aSoD.7.a. 1t is estimated that
90 p....,s per cen. OF these depos.
earners, This bank Of clearsnces for niue
months ending September 30, 1891, amounted
to 81 049. 800 S8 For the same months In 1892
they amounted to Si5, ,60l,947. an excess
for the nine months Of si.l3e, ,2ll. .l3.
WORK AND WAGES.
There never has been q time in our history
when work was abundant or when wages
were as high. whether measured by the cur
rency in which they are paid or by their power
to supply the necesslries and comforts OF life.
1t Is true that the market prices Of cotton
an wheat have been low. ft Is one OF the
unfavorable incidents OF agriculture that the
farmer can not produce upon orders. He must
so= and reap In ignorance Of the aggregate
production Of the year, and Is peculiarly SUBJ
3ect to the depreciation which follows over
production. But while the fact have stated
general average of prices has been such as
to give to agriculture q fair participation
In tn, general prosperity. The value OF our
total farm products has increased from 81 .363.-
G46 900 in 1881 to 81 500 900 in 1891 as estimated
by stRtisticisns. an increase OF 80 par cent
Tie number Of hogs January /, 1891, was 20. .62S,
l06. and their valus $40 le8 92I; on January ],
1892, the number was SO s9s. .Ol9, and the value
s2il, ,s3l.4l5 On January !, 1891. the number OF
cattle was 64s and the vauo s5il. Ia. .90s;
on January ]. 1922. the number was 81 65l 20.
and the value S570,749,155.
II any are discontented with their state here,
II any bslieve that the wages or prices, the re-
turns for honest toll are Inadequate. they
should not fail to remember that there Is no
other country in the world where the condi-
tions that seem to them harl would not be ac-
cepted as highly prospsrous- The English
agriculturist would be glad to exchange the re-
turns of his labor .or those OF the American
farmer. and the Manchester workmen their
wages for those OF their fellows at Fall River
THE PROTECTIVE SYSTEM
/ believe that the protective syetem. which
now for something like thirty years has pre-
vailed in our legislation, has been q mighty in :
strument for the devslopmsnt Of our national
wealth, and q most powerful agency in protect
ing the homes Of our workingmen from the in
vasion OF want have felt . most solicitous
interest to preserve to our working people
rates OF wages that would not only give daily
bread, bat supply n comfortable margin fol
those homo attractions and family COM
forts and epjoyments without which life
Is neither hopeful nor sweet They are Amer
whom our constitution and government were
framed and instituted-and It can not be q per-
version Of that constitution to so lcgslate as to
preserve in their homes the comfort. inde.
pendsnce, loyalty and sense Of interest In the
government which are essential to good citi-
wart throng. as in 1861, to the defense OF the
nag when IL is assailed-
recommend that the whole subject Of tariff
revision be left to the incoming congresI II
Is q matter Of regr.t that this work must bs
delayed for at least thres months. for
the threat Of great tariff changes in
troiuces much such uncertainty that
an amount, not easily determined, OF
buiness inactioE and OF diminished produc-
tion will necessarily result. L. is possible also
revenues from cus.om5 duties. for our lncr-
chants will make cautious orders for foreign
goods in view OF the prospect OF tariff reduc-
tons and the uncertainty as to when Il will
take effect.
BMPLoYKa AND nrLoYE-
The strained and too often disturbed rels-
lions existing between the employe and the en-
ployer in our great manufacturing estsblish-