The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1892-12-07
HIS LAST WHACK
Harrison's Final Mes.
sage to Congress.
AFFAIRS OF The NATION
Work Of tho Various Departments ol
The Government Reviewed
THE COUNTRY's FINANCES
Comment on the Achieve ments OF
the Present Administration
Our Relations With For-
eign Nations.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 6.-The presidents
message was read to tho senate aud house
this morning. II is as follows:
To the senate and house Of representa-.
tives: In submitting my annual message
| TO congress l have great satisfaction In
being able to say that the general con.
| ditions affecting tho commercial and in
dustrial interests of the United States are
IN the highest degree favorable. COM
parison OF tho existing conditions with
those OF the most favored period I'm the
history Of the country will itself show that
such degree Of prosperity and SO general
diffusion OF comforts of life were never
before enjoyed by our people. The total
wealth of the country in 1860 was $16.159.-
6l6.O6S. In 1880 ii amounted to So, ,6l0,.
OO,OOO, an increase of 2S7 per cent.
Railway Mileage.
Tho total mileage Of railways in tho
United States in 1860 was 3o.626. In 1880 il
was is1 ,74l, an increase Of 44s per cent.
and it is estimated that there will bc
about 1900 miles of track added by tho
close Of the year 1892.
Our Manufactures,
Tho official returns of the 11th census
and those Of tine 10Th for IS leading cities
furnished the basis for tho following COM
parison:
In 1880 the capital invested in manufac.
turing was 81 ,232, ,SS9, $40; In 1890 the capi-
tai invested In manufacturing was g. .90O-
135, ,SSA; in 1850 tho number of employees
was 13o,lSs; in 1880 the number OF cm-
ployes was 7,27l.l3s. In 1880 the wages
earned werc S501 ,965 .111s: In 1880 the wages
earned were 81, l,221,l70.45A. In 1880 tho
value Of products was SAIL ,O79 $50; in
| 1890 the value OF the products was 81 &c.,
268,311. am informed by the superin-
tendcnt OF the census that the omission Of
certain industries in 1880, which wcro in
cluded In 1880. accounts In part for the re-
markable increase thus shown. But after
| making full allowances for differences of
method and deducting the returns of all
industries not included i'm tho values Of
1880. there remain in the reports from
these 70 cities at an increase in the capi-
tai employed Of 81 .521. .745. .6O4; in tho valuo
of tho product of E.. IA ,l66; in wngcs
earned Of S67T7 ,sa4 ,929, and in the number
of waGe earners employed. s,6,O29.
Wage Farmers.
The wace carncrs not only show an in.
creased aggregate. hut an increase per
capita from S3s6 in 1880, to s5a7 In 1880, or
N.T1 per cent. Tho new industries es-
tablished since Oct. 6, 1890, and up to Oct.
%, 1892, as partially reported in the An,er-
icdn Economist, number 3i5, and the ex-
tension OF existing plants 10s. Tho new
capital invested amounts to s4O.449. .O50,
and the number of additional employees
to 81 ,2e5.
Textile Industries.
The Terrific World for July. 1892, says
that during tho first SIX months of tho
present calendar year 135 new factories
were built, of which 40 ore cotton mills,
IS knitting mills, &c wooden mills, Is silk
mills. 40 plush mills and two linen. OF tho
10 cotton mills. q have been built In tho
southern states. A. B. Sheppartlson,
of the New York cotton exchange. cs,i.
mates the number Of working spindles in
the United States on September I, 1892. at
1s5 100000, an increase Of G66 900 over tho
year 1891.
The consumption of cotton by American
mills in 1891 was 2.596.000 bales. and in
1892. 2,5si 600 bales, an increase OF 1900
bales. From 1869 to 1892 inclusive there
has been an increase In the consump-
iion of cotton in Europe Of 96 per cent,
while during the same period the increase
in the United States has been about Is per
cent.
The report of Ira Aver, special agent Of
the treasury department. shows Mt dnte,
September 30. 1892. there were b COM
panies manufacturing tin and tin plate IN
tho United States. and II companies build
ing works for such manufacture. Tho
estimates of investments in buildings ut
the close OF the fiscal year ending June
30. 1897. IL existing conditions were to be
counted. was S5.0O0.OOO. and the estimated
rate of production :O0.00O.0OO pounds per
annum. The actual production for the
quarter ending September 30, 1892, was
l0.a52.725 pounds.
Peck's Report.
The report Of the labor commiss ioncr OF
New York shows that during the year 1891
i'm about 6.000 manufacturing establish
ments in that state embraced within the
special inquiry made by him and repre-
senting 81 different industries. there was
net increase over the year 1890 of $3i.-
3l5.l3).6s in the value Of the product and
s6.;9I $500 in the amount of wages paid.
Tho report of the commissioner Of labor
for tho state of Massachusetts shows
that 315 industries i'm that state paid Si22.-
sl6.23s in wages during the year 1891
against 81 .G39 .:SGj I'm 1872. an increase of
S3.a35.o .oi5. and tina, there was an increase
of s.. .593.9i0 in the amount OF capital and
Of ,.:5s in th. number Of persons en-
ployed in the same period.
Iron and steel
During the last six months of the year
1891 and the first months of 1892. the tot
production of pig iron was 9.1l0.sl9 tons.
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