The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-12-16
COMMERCE. AND INDUSTRY.
Prosperity At Homo.

Prosperity At Homo.
The total wealth OF the country In 1850
was Ga, 159, 616, 088. In 1890 1t amounted 70
Ns0. Gt0, 900 900, an increase Of 287 per cent
The Sotal mileage Of railways in the
United States in 1860 was 80,626; In 1880 IL
was b67,74t, an increase Of 44s per cent;
aHad 10 IL estimated that there will be aboue
A.0O0 miles OF track added By the close OF
che year 1892. The official returns OF
che eleventh census and those Of the tenth
0Nnsus for ssyenty-Avo leading cities fur
alahes the basis for the following COMPARE
9Onga
In Uaa, the capital Invested In mAnufaotur-
aSg wlS 81, ~, 5000
MTsla the cepit!al invested in mAnufaotur-
IA LSSO, che number of employees was l,3ol.-
lR EHDO, tho number of employees was 2,27l.-
n $3.50, the wages earned were SOL ,9e5,7To.
In IeaN Cbo wages earned wore el,21l, l1O, W.
m i16l tho value Of the product was % III ,570,-
u "a 100, tho value OF the product was "a
IMua Informed by the superintendent Of
Gha CENSUS that tho omission Of certain in
AIIstrLeS Ia 1880, which were included In 1890,
aacnunts in part for the remarkable in
aEsGas thus shown But after making
Gnii allowances for differences OF methods
end deducting the returns for oil indus
esiGB not included In the census OF 1880,
Ghsco remains in the reports from these
Rsvamty- Ave cities an increase In the capt.
eaI employed of q 500, 745 604, in the value
Of tho product s962i, 99o, i66, In wages
earned $077, 943, 800. and In the
nnnRber OF WACO earners employed OF 1885,
031. The wage earnings not only show an
encraased aggregate, but an increase per
oapita from 1886 in 1880 to F6a7 in 1890, or
Sl-Ht per cent.
OEH0e Oct. 0, IaoO, and up to Oct %, 1892, as
oRrtially reported in the American Econo-
Sniot, number 96, and in tho extension OF
GzfEtlng plants 1903, the new capital in
Vua0od amounts to H0,44v,050, and tho
umsEber Of additional employees to 81, 9S5.
ENEring the last six months OF the year
L8B, and the tlrst six months Of 1893 tho
eoG1l production Of pig iron was o7lO,SlS
EOq4, as against 9.20O,703 tons in the year
Ia11, which was the largest annual pro-
ducGion ever obtained. For the Same
Gwcslvo months of lsBl-02 the production
e Bessemcr ngots was 3,876,58l
GnUg, an Increase OF 1910 gross tons
uVu, the previously unprecedented yearly
Urytduction Of 4, $685. ISL gross tons in 1880.
Tho production Of Bcssemer steel rails for
Ghps drst six months Of 1892, was 772, 4S8
RrUNa tons 40 against 7u2,OSO gross tons
atHriag the last six months OF the year OF
GG96.
Foreign Trade.
Tpe total value Of our foreign trade lex
w0Eta and manufacturer during tho last
Bueal year was 81 ,o57 $50 $40, an Increase
za1Hl26, 969, GtN over tho previous fiscal year.
sfASD average annual value of our imports
sSid exports OF merchandise for the ten
Gncal years prior TO 1891, was 81, 45T, S22, ol9
NJ will be observed that our foreign
GTnAo for 1892 exceeded this annual aver,
ago value by 500 aSs S9l, an increase o.
SE.47 per cent The Significance and value
aethIs Increase Is shown by the fact the
GioO excess in the trade Of 1872 over 1891
vgOa wholly In the value Of exports, fol
e9tGro was decrease in the value OF OK
InnV6S Of OH, bi9,254 The value Of our eK
5oTts during the fiscal year 1899, reaches
tAs highest figure in the history Of til
government, amounting to N,0S0, 2Ts, l4e
breeding BY el4,7e7, 1888, the exports, o
1Nll, aud exceeding the value OF the i'm
R0Cts BY coca, ST5, 6s6.
A comparison OF the value Of our o.
pdgea for 1899, With tho annual average 10
10 cen years prior to 1891, shows an 81
CSES Of SECS, 1881, or Of &66 per cent
Tiha value Of our imports Of merchandis
TAR 1879, which was Ss20, 400, t69, also e.
SOs&edt the annual average value OF the 70
tho Aacsl year 1872, the value OF import
6TmO az duly amounted 10 eAB7, 900, 655, th
LaRRnSe aggregate In the history Of on
GSuaSrco. The value Of Imports OF mo
GhanAIDo entered free Of duty In 1893 WI
N&Ss per cont. Of the total value OF import
an Osnparsd with q. IS per cent. in 1901 an
MA per cont In 1890.
COAstwisO Trade.
In our ooastwlso trade most encoura
9aR development is In progress there ha
tnS BEEN In the last four years an increa
ola p0E can't. In internal commerce, 81
aanclSalca show that ne such period
TROspaEity has ever before existed. II
lShE carried In tho coastwise trade
tAO afsAt iAksS in 1890 aggregated %, s9'
On 0hS Mississippi, Missouri and Oh
divers and tributaries In the same year q
GsAGtc aggregated 2o,4ok 400 tons and =
GQASl VOas1 tonnage passing through Z
eolt rsysr during that yoar was q o.
osSeOnA The vessel tonnage entered 81
GHaaFSA In che foreign trade Of London d.
Wg1oSQ amounted to Is, $50, TOT tons, and
0tGRN6ol 1904, 800 tons; total for the
0Bo RsOak Ghipplng ports Of q. AZ, 6e9 tor
SInlY OIiahtly In excess OF tho vessel "a
MafR pa2aing through the Detroib riv
1A tkphould DO said that the season
On Detroit river was but 22S days, VII
q o0ur1a In London and Liverpool
anason WAS for the entire year. The yes
6mAGO passing through the st. Mar
SanA EOr tho Ascal year 1899 amounted
GAOlG tons and the freight tonnage
"a Detroit river Is estimated for that y
OsSs, ooo, 900 tons. against q, 0Oo, 6lS tons
Railroad TrAilc.
TIE aggregate traffic on our railro'
IN tA0 year 1901 amounted to IQ, 1913,
OSua0e freight, compared with 69l, "a
oanS In Ise6 IN increase Of lS,O6A,1S To
workingmon's Savings.
Another indication Of the general pI
maEIty Of the country Is found In the
NJ the number Of depositorS in savil
lnkS increased from COS, $40 In 1850, tC
an,eop In 1890, an increase Of 5l9 per ce
9nA the amount Of deposits from 1884,
~ IN 1850, to u, 52A, Oh, sos in 1890, an
GSSso Of Sn per cent In 1891 the amo
Nfdsposlts In savings banks was SIT
@@,F0. II Is estimated that 90 per Ct
1these deposits represent the savings
NnGe e0rners. The bank clearances have
aine months, ending Sept. 80, l
amounted to al ,0tp 800, SoS. For the "a
4sAnKhs In 1893 they amounted 10 S+5.l