Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-07
WORK REVIEWED.
Interesting State Document by
the President.
ADMINISTRATION UPHELD.
Exhaustive Array of Figures to
Show the Prosperity of tine
Country.

Country.
h. sin HAS Fci:h in Protection. but
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t"'r. ''' "i''' .i" ''p'"t 'he
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b. ''''l No. ',.''' -''' no" n
h. Tvg SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENT
Il i~fvrS.
In submit sil -uy annual message to conl1ps,.
hsra great satisfaction in being able to saw
~ the general conditions al-actinlr the com
+ r..a' and t"lustT el interests of the United
a-r- .g .le li .I"sl ag gree favorable. A
rs. .. -.. G.ast favored period III the history
-ha country viii, believe, show that so high
Ta.~aa Of prosperity az 4 so generala diffusion
t -l. comforts OF life were never before en-
81. rv our people The total wealth of tie
..r-.a in 1851 was S16 l59. .6l6.fglS. In ISaO II
uo...Ht e. 26lO@9,00o an increase of 2S7
a....- The total mileage of rai.yyays in the
-rfar States in 1860 was 3O.G26: in lSqO If was
4 -.r. an increase OF As per cent: and il is
4 .r added by the close Of the year iS92.
4 fhn a Tlgfnl returns of the eleventh cenSus and
.. ,r fine tenth census for. seventy % Loo
-- furnish the basis for the following
ID. .--.. tine capital invested IN manufacta,-ino,
fas2 S39G.l
Lr l-pg the capital invested in 1uanufactu1.ino
60 n'ti25SSi.
. ne number OF employees was IL S1l
4 Tr ism. he number Of employees was > 25l.
u 'a wages earned Were S5GI. .gcJ rs.
Tr r.r. -., WAGES earned were 81 81 iio ia
Tr .. .Is yalue of the ,rnlucr US :, IA
.I the value of the product was S4,SeC,-
p .-. -- ..~rraI N1- tAa srlDa1-irtauF,r+ oF +ba
FIJI, omission o. ceI.f.,,l ir ,,tI.ies les
-.ea .-a included in 800 accounts IN
j. ~ GO. lar ,Ss"'1 increase no. S.oW1.
.- a.. A'.a..- luii Sll Wanch9 ~ dlfteren,
'.'.... ". ...H'Nu'Cng the returns for all
."-l.'.- ~ T.a Gems is o- l0sl, there r,1arE IN
.-pHH.- rom these Sev.pty-t.vH cities in
.r. lH r H.CU .mHiJyel ct Sll-3 3-sfs. .'it:
-. 1hr progUct .l c-.t@i =. Hi,t; n
'- No''-"+i"-f aa a. 1ne
..... ~. N.At-e'.' i-eIs enl-'Y'A o. e'p.7-1
earnings not only snow an .HrraSci
... n HrI.H-" N.. e..l-- from
SOM. f "a ". D. rr t|.| -"- ro.t
.....el '.l plant .~..
.H. 10 100 t
.. o.. .nDIrJ... .. .a-.. %
## .n o--''-1rru .- H'-
#..t .-- -g- ...-g..a ..
- -ur .ar Of additional employee 60
... tt-.t e " oT-Q Ip- q ulN. i'H@ ~JatCS
...aE rtH '.-=- sIE months n. tu. present
.E year 10 new ia-t pi1rS wor. 'uI!t. OF
at. lH .t'- h-..-.' Ah,
..tii~st wen lA H!.rn mills L-lg-ll Sll n
mills Tour plush mills and two Inca
Ni .uc i-r,y cotton mills twenty one
L..a been built iE the so thCrn states. My. a.
/. s|.- -,1rsOu Of tho New York C0rtOn TX
H.r-.. e-t'mg-s= the nan her of working
pin. .r tae union. Sap-. J. ls,rs. at fi2 i,tsp.
g- s-.use OF JFHI over taa year
l-- Lh. consumption of cotton 10y
America. nils iu l-.l waS2.'NG OIhal sand in
l,.s 500. .-.. an iue-aa-n-o IS 10 bases.
e. l .Lu yea- l>IG G Iss1 inclusive there has
.l Europe 81 r. Yor cent. while during the me
-.I the ncrea-e n the cons lmpJ.os "a he
lr.ad States has been about l5I ner cent
Vip-Esl,-. a. ..,,.,, ,y,,,.f,,,,f..
'"'' '-'''i ''''' -. i'N'
-tYtl 81 ~. -AA af- ap.r-iti a-'ni OF the
" p pstl Ih'5lJ L SHOWS i.a. a. me dtIe
,.. u -, -, '-o :, 60; e1g, lii
,rH..r.. - ,..,-. So - - - 80 ~. ~,
-rr- ~. f.-., -,,,-, - t,,$iliiT,s a.
rr-..t. .. .., . - ~, 81 - - - - % %
,3 - y, ~ l.9,a ar 'S.e ~ oo'
So - - 9.,S ~ Il N ~, 'G--s W.. ~ Sol %
NJ I ~ .501 ~, 90 90 Ina ,I4. 90 ] ~,
The astI,.I .7-,,ti ~ - 4,,,,,.fe, aIIiIa
g.. ~ tsS5 - - 49,, ~ ~ S.io 5 le'5 e ~
- ~ ioV--, W. 59; -. - - LO.TtlI, T -
VI - &c "a oi Si Iah1 u NSw
y r - '. 'l - - = "a ,ii a. i+ ~ az =;
~ H2a''he ma n. ''s'thn,llnents IA
made by ui,a. and representing siX1y-seven diff
.errut indU tries, there was p etiucrease over
ne wear OF lS!i' pf 81 .3l5 i:A6S in the value of
,l" product. ana OF Sh.8't .!-JG III the amount
or wages palu. The report OF the commissioner
Of labor Tor the state ol Massachusetts shows
mat 37i5 indu tri es in thar s. ate paid SIS 49,
~ ~ ~ wages dntli!- the year ls9l against Sl6,-
5Sl'''' III ieN, ~! lhcrstSc OF S.S'l4a, ana that
.'Ilig "aS an ~ IS, OF Ss,.t'.. "" III me
! mount OF capltai' and % i,S4o IN the humber
~ ~ sons elnpioyed n Lae same pe:l9d Dur
lS tne itlSJ slN months OI Vhe year lsJl and Inc
hrst SIX months ot ls92, the total prcductlor OF
! = ~ N was y Isis ISL tons as against 9u:g,, ,Ut
tJnS IN the year ls'F, which was the largest an
. ! uaI pTodEcIion ser at.a,hed. tor the same
,WClv. months OF 1872 the production of
lngots was 3,s1S,5ol tons, an increase
Di Is9.IU gross tons over the previous year,
5ae production beng 5.beSon gross tons IN 1870
me production OF Besse1ner steel ralls Tor the
LLFst SIX months OF Io9z was lI@,4oO gross TONS
es against tlZ,uoO gross tons during the last SIX
months OF the year 1871 me GoUal yalue oil
our foreign trade texports ana manufactures
curing the last fiscal year was 81 ,ooI, ,oSO6l0 al
ncrease Of Sl2S, %, ,6O4 over the previous fisca
year The average annual value of our import.
ana exports OF merchandise Tor the ten tsca
years prior to 1891 was 81 457 81, ,0l9. 1t will bt
observed that our foreign trade for 1892 ex