The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-12-15

in 1861 was slGl1a, ,e1a oG5: III lS.o it amounted
q G2.6lo,.o1,Mo. an increase or > rr cent
The total mileage Of railways IN the United
States in l>t" was 3otH6: in loo i was -,
an increase of H. Per cent: and II l. est i,uate
that there will be about ttu miles Of track
Rddcd by the close al tie year l-'1
The official returns Vi the eleventh census
and those @ the tenth census for seventE-iive
leading cities furnish the basis Tor the follow
Ing comparisons:
In I~,s the capital invested! in 1ntnuf2c.ur-
sn-, was 81. .2'3 s2.C-o In 1870 the capital 20 in
of employees was .;.o .;ss in 1880. 2.25i 3l. in
1>ot' the wages earned were s:rl ". ~; IN $50
was - 1lI.l79 s99: in l~,0. 4, ,~,n, -, ,a:i1.
] am informed by the Superin e1dent of tie
census that tie omission OF certain Industries
il isao wiIieh were included III SO, accounts
shown. But, after making tu.i allowances
for diff fences OF method and dcIuct: :ng the
returns for all industries not included iii the
census Of l. sl there remain III the reports from
the scventyfre cities, an increase il! the cal'i-
tai employed OF fl.522. 745.tDi: in tt" valne ot
the product OF 20.i 2jd 1fG: in " az earned Of
s677 .t'Gt and in the number OF wage eaIueTs
employed of s5G.G29 Tie wage earnings not
only how an increased a. gregatc. hut an in
crease Ier capita from =! y n lNeO to ~ IL
1850. Al Yer cent.
The new industrial plants established since
reported in the American Economist, number
3i5, and the extension Of existing plants. l">:
the new capital invested amounts Ia 80, $50.
and the number of additional employees to
3s.2,5.
The Textile World for July 1>g2 states that
during the first six mouths of The present cal
endar 80 new factories were built. Of which
forty are cotton mills. f"rty-eieht knitting
mills, tv eltE-six wuo.tn mills. fifteen
silk mills f"nr plush mills, and two
twenty-onc have been ttilt III tie South.rn
states. \. y. >herrerson, OF the New. York
.o,jJn ,yortn inu s,it in ,ln nit 'g "l
], 1s31 at i5.-tn,ou0. an increase of htat'o over
the year Of 1snl. The consumption Of cotton
and i'll l-4 2,5-4 neo bales a'i Increase Of = p'
bales. From the year 1-t0 to 1892 inclusive,
there has be- II al increase in the sum- ion
Of cotton in Europe Of 81 per cent, while d,.r-
ing the same period the incre ascd consun tion
in the United states has becl ahou: lJo per
cent.
Tin FI;te Manufactures.
Tie report of Ira iyer Srecial Agent of the
Treasury Hopart1n. mt. -ho w. that at the date
of Sept. 81. lr92, there were thirty-two corn
panies manufacturing tin and terne plate if.
the United stGi"s and fourteen compan;c-
building new works fer such 1nanutactuIe.
The estiina atcd investment: in buiiIinafs and
plants at the clos" of the fiscal year, June ~.
1s9J, if existing conditions were to lie coIt!n
ued. WIS :jece."N. and tn" estimated rate of
production go t,dth'tu pounds per anntm. The
actual production for the quarter ending Sept.
30. 1-"2, was 10, So, ~ POUNDS.
During tte last six months OF the wear 1871
and the fiji st six months of the year i:2 tha
total production of pig iron was t.,io. ~ tons
AGAINST 1908, 10; tens in the year 1880 vii Ii
was the largest annual production ever at
tanned. Fer he sane twelve months of 1881
'92 the productiorof 5esscmer inEots was
s.s7s5,I tons an increase of 1so.7lp
tons veH,r osGE the M
gross tons in lsAe. The production of Ees-
semer steel rails for the first six ms nths of
lss2 was 2436 gross tons, against 7,2,o-f
gross tons during the last ak months of the
year ISL
The total value of orr foreign trade exports
and manufactured during the last fiscal year
was sl.s.7.6s0e1o, an increase OF $l9- 2sS, ,'.Ii
over the previous fiscal year. The average
annual value of our imports and exports OF
merchandise for the ten fiscal years prior 10
1871 was :I.i31342 IL. 1t will be observed that
our foreign trade FOR 1872 exceeded this annual
average value by 500 :ias. .lai, an increase o:
27.47 per cent. The Significance and value of
this increase are shown by tie fact that the
excess in the trade of 1882 over 1871 was wholly
in the value of exports. tuc there was a de
crease in the value of imports Of >i7,@l1Ti.
The value Of our exports during thr fiscal
year 1892. reached the highest figure III lie his
tory Of the government. Amounting 10 Il t3h.-
2-a1is, exceeding by :!4J,7o73.iS the exports OF
1891. and exceeding the value of the imports
by S02 So CSC. 4 comparison of the value oi
our exports for lS.r. with the animal average
for the ten years prior to 1891 shows an excess
OF 500 ,1i2,GIl. or of ,i.H5 per cent. lhe vaiut
of our imports of merchandise for lSJ2, whic'
was ss2,,402,itl. also exceeded the annual
average value OF the ten years prior to ls4I b,
si:!5 $40. Dnrng the fiscal year ls22. th'
value OF imports Tree of duty amount ed Il
s4i79agCjS the largest aggregate in the hist orr
Of our commerce. The value of the imports o
merchandise entered free o: DUTY In -. Wa
L.
compared with 1896 per cent. in ls1l. and -. q
per cent. i'll 1880.
A Prosperous Nation.
Another indication OF tic general prosperity
Of the country is found in the fact that th
number OF derostOra in savings banks i'll
creased from 6.a,~7u in 1860 to 4.2js s.2 in 1s!n
an increase of 5l3 per cent, and the amount o
deposits from ia? 5GI in 1sGo to s52i ST 5'
in 1870, an increase Of 921 per cent. In 1871 tn,
amount OF deposits III savings banks wa
S1t23,u7o 7i1. 1t Is estimated that 30 per cent
of these deposits represent the savings g
wage-earnerS. The bank c!earances for nin'
months ending Sept. -. 1891, amounted to Al
G49.3p soS. For the same month in 1882. The
amounted TO S45.1So.Gol .94i, an excess for tn,
nine months of Il, 1902 13b.
There never has been time i'll our hist or
when work was abundant or when wage
rency in which they are paid or by their powe
to supply the DCcessaries and comforts OF life
1t is true that the market prices of cotton an,
wheat have been low. 1t is one of the un favor
able incidents of agriculture that the farme
cannot produce upon order. He must sow aut
of the year. and is peculiarly subject to tn
depreciation which follows Over-pToduc
ton. But, while. the fact l have statet
is true. as to the crops. mentioned, tn
to give to agriculture a fair participation j,
the general prosperity. The value OF ou
total farm products has increased from 81.
:GG46, ,s66 in 1850 to A,5t0,ooo,@0 in 1921. as cs
timated by statisticians an increase Of $50 pc
cent. The number of hogs January ], 1891
was 80 625. JOG. and their value s21o, 925; o.
January /. 1872, the number was 2,5Js ,ol9, an
the value s2i1 .N31, AIS. On January ], 1891. tn
plumber Of cattle was 3G,o75,6is. and the vain
S5i4.127 sos; on January ], 1922, the number wa
believe that the protective system. who