Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1892-12-16
LINES Z I OF PROGRESS.

LINES, OF PROGRESS:
President Harliso;, fitting intro.
duced his message with !, review Of
the country - Prog ress and pes perity.
Comparison viii, other period amply
conyilrces hiul that 10 higl,, degree.
Of prosperity and S, general q fusion
Of the comforts Of life we're never
before enjoyed 81 our people: Tie
wealth has his illcien seti I.sl,, si6,,
1884, ,o68.n, 1860 i, $50, $4,000, 600
IN 1880, Or 2887 PER cent says the
Minneapolis Tribune. The railway
.nileage has increased III the 80 years
from &c, 62e to 167, TAI, Or 448 per.
cent. Census returns from Is cities
show that their capital invested in
manufactures increased from 1922,
$780, in 1880 to $4,000, 735, 1884 in
1890; the. employees front ,301 ,38SstoI
=2,251, l34;the wages from SOL $780,
IT'S to 1927, 40, 454; the value Of
products from, $2,7l1, 579,8e9 to
81 ,860, 186,837; aud the average
annual wage per hand from 1886 in
1850 to s547 in 1890.
The review Of industrial growth
during the two years since the passage
Of the Mckinley law is especially
significant. During the two years
E345 new Industrial plants are reported.
and 108 extensions Of plants, calling
Tor $40, 449,O5O Of new capital and
81 1856 additional employees. A most
remarkable fact<is that furnished by
the Textile World, which finds that
during only. tue first six months Of
1892 there were built 135 new textile
factories, In tile cotton industry 40
new mills. have been erected this year,
with an increase Of 666,000 spidlcs,
and an increased consumption of
$4,000 bales. The 80 new tinplate
factories now running produced
1O,952725 pounds of American tin
plate during the three months ending
Oct. l.. The material increases in
wages as reported by labor COM
missioners are summarized, also the
increased productions Of iron and
steel. The foreign trade for, 1892 is
found to exceed the annual average
of the past ten years by $400,S5S, 591,
or II At per cent. The exports Of
1892 exceeded the annual average OF
the preceding ten years by s265,1
1871, or 34.65 per cent. The imports
free Of duty, the largest in American
history and aggregating s457 ,999,65S
are 55.35 per cent of the total imports
in 1892, as against 1896 per cent in
1890. The coastwise trade during the
| four years administration increased 1e
per cent. The vessel tonnage Of the
great lakes passing through Detroit
river in 228 days, was nearly equa'
to that of both London and Liver
pool in 365 days. Bank clearing'
and railway tonnage showed marked
inca ease. Savings hank deposit'rs
9O:rer cent Of whom are wage earners
have multiplied 531 FER cent since
1860, and deposits increased 92l pc
cent. g.
:, There never has been time il
our history" says the president. will
a conviction sustained by the ARA,
! Of facts, "wh hen work vas so abundan
or when wages were as high, whethe
measured by the currency in whic]
they are paid, or by their power t.
supply the necessaries and comfort
OF life Agriculture's participation
: in the general industry is recorded il
the fact that the value Of farm crop
: increased from 81 1868, 646,S66 il
1860 to s4,50o,0o0,O00 in 1890, al
increase If. $50 per. cent. The dis
contented are reminded Tint the farr
and wage conditions complained q
: would be regarded as conditions c
high prosperity III any other count
or period. The president expresse
the conviction that in the marked ac
vance in national development an
:. in the condition of the masses, espe(
tally of the wage earners, during til
past 30 years the protective syste'
: has been "A most powerful agency
! President Harrison and lis Fart
: nay be mistaken in this conyictio,
but il the Democratic la,ty wi l.
So good as to promptly repeal til
Republican protective system, as til
party is pledged iii its platform to ii
and enact in its place II tariff b;;se
solely on: revenue, the world will \
] enabled to judge as to the correctne:
Of the presidents conviction.