Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-12-15
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
President Harrison's Last Com
munication to Congress.
n Comprehensive Document Presenting
e. Economic Questions Now Be-
fore the Country IN Com
else Form.

1ssons message reads as follows:
To THE SESArE AND House OF REPRESENTA-
es.x rr.s have great satisfaction in being able
1D say that tbs general conditions affecting the
Gssssd states are in The highest degree f.vo @
Akafe- A comparison CT the existing conditions
with those of the most favored period in the
80 hEh degree of prosperity aud so general
Ef1nsion Of the comforts Of life were never be-
Tore enjoyed by our peopio.
THE coUNTRY's WEALTH.
The total wealth OF the country in 1857 was
81. I'D 6ls oss. In 1890 il amounted to S62 610.
o1.ee, an increase of 2s7 per cent.
RAILWAY MILEAGE.
The total mileage of RAILWAYS in the Cnitsi
S&ates in 1862 was 80 626: in 1890 it 167. al.
N increase OF AS per cent. and 1t is estimated
chat there will bs about 1000 miles of track
added by the close of the year 1892.
INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS.
The Official returns of the eleventh CENSUS
and those OF the tenth census for seventy five
leading cities furnish the basis for the follow
In 1880 the capital invested in manufacturing
was 81 - S5s SO.
In 1870 the capital invested in manufacturing
In 1850 the number Of employees was 1871 1888.
In 1897 the number OF employees was 225l ,l34-
In $50 the wages earned were sol .965. 17s
In $50 the wages earned were 81. 22l 170.45f.
I. 1880 the vaius OF tie product was 81. ILL.,
In 1879 the value of the product was $780,
/ am Informed by the superintendent OF the
census that the omission OF certain industries
In lssu which were included in 1880 accounts in
Bat after making full allowances for differ
SRces of method and deducting the returns for
all Industries not included in the census Of 1880.
Hhere remain in the reports from those seven
ssis,ed ' Of f. asssss the ea saas
% .se. the carried PsGdu Of and the
na0bcr 81 wage earners employed Of S56 029.
The wage earnngs not only show an in. increased
Tho new industrial plants established since
parsialIy reported in the American Economist,
Run1ber 3i5. and the extension of existing
In.s TO- the the new capital We to
UDyes to 81 .2s5.
OUR FOREIGN TRADE
The total valus of our foreign trade (exports
md n.nufactures, during the last fiscaI wear
Was 1857. 6SD,6l0 an increase OF Sl23 .206 604
over the previous fiscal year. The average an
chaudise for tine ten fiscal years prior to 1891
was 81, So :s2 0l9- 1t will be observed that our
ars.en trade for s9s sssseded this annual q az
per cent. The signihcance and value of this in
<1e.se are shown by the fact that the excess in
vxIur OF exports or sl7,srs.7sl The value Of
the dus bss.s the sSs n sSs
N.xn,s exceeding by sli5. 1911 sss the e1-
paris by S ssos sss eonpsrisnn s Of II the the
value of our exports for 1892 with the annual
IN excess o, s2ss. 1881. or OF s6s per cent.
'.e Of our ss mPS5ts $50 Of for for
l3i bv slS5 si59ia During the fscaI
4eM 1se. the value OF IL imports free Of
axxrc.>ate in the history of our commerce
Tae rakxe of the imports Of merchandise en-
frs.fsssse of duty in 1892 was 5a.a5 per cent o,
DR
1ith II Is per cent in 1891 and 81 per cent /.
CoAsTwIsE TRADE AND INTERNAL COMMERCE.
In our coastwise trade a most encouraging
Is in progress there having been
m IN las. four years an increase o. is cant.
In fE s,zKai commercs the statistics show that
mo such retiod Of prosperity has ever before
%xSSea- ABE freight carried in the coastvise
a,1a. oil the great lakes in 1850 aggregated 2S,-
Os tine Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio r:v,rs
and sriburares. in the same year thu traffic ag-
ST gated .. 4oi .4s6 tons. and the total vessel
Is rsar xas dur
Tonnage entered and cleared in the foreign
fr.a . Of London during 1s9O amounted to 49,
sofrI Tor these two great shipping points of "a
tons. only slightly in excess of the vessel
Tonnage passing through the Detroit river. And
sisofid lie said tEat the season for the Detroit
river wss but 223 days. while, of course, in
Es.ds,a and Liverpool the season was for the
sa-ough the st. Mary's canal Tor the fiscal year
1set amounted to Q. sSs s74 tons. and the freight
asnHage OF the Detroit river Is estimated for
Eoas In 1891 The aggregate traf1ic on our rail-
.safs Tor the year 1891 amounted to s04 So. 8 %
In 1890 an increase Of 1861 liz tons.
ANOTHER INDICATION OF PROSPERITY
Another indication OF the general prosperity
II the country is found in the fact that the
-r-a,.s from soss7o in 1851 to aa5s, 500 in 1890.
.n fseI OF 5if per cent. and the amount Of
o. Of s.l p ,sC cs so Al 1871
:.' sIss@s..s. L is .ssimassd THAT that
Is represent tn, savings of wage
r.rrers. Ths bank Of clearances for nine
% Sal 0<e 800. sos For the same months i'm 1892
they amounted to SIS 1sS. 6gl ,947. an excess
'or tie nine months OF $4.lae.2li.l 39.
WORK AID WAGES.
There never has been q time in our history |
vixen work was abundant when wages
zero high. whether measured by the cur
r.rg 4. which they are paid or by their power |
4 Ss trne that the market prices of cotton |
N !. wheat have been low 1t is one of tbs |
L..zIeT can not produce upon orders He must |
1~ and reap IN ignorance of the aggregate |
= =. .s OF .me year. ana !. pscnnariy sub
p<oducifcn. But while the fact have stated |
$ trnr rs to the crops l have mentioned. the |
szreral average of pr.ces has been such as |
"a Civ, to agriculture far participation |
a III general prosperity. The value OF our 4
ataI Ia N products has increased from 81 $685. |
N Asf,O in 1850 81 $50 OC0 in 1891 as estimated
~ skatisficians, an increase o. 23D per cent. |
Eve ia nber of hogs January !, 1921, was Jo,Gs5.
Gs. and their vaIEs S2I0 1882, on January !. |
So the number a2.:ssS .Ol9. aud the value |
l.A,.9n. as. On January l, 1891: the numb of |
.HSzsI 6iS and inc vall, SSH 27. 9bs:
,a Jsunxr Z, 1Sa2. the number 81 65l s>S9, |
lnd tn value SisO.If9. LOS.
IL axy are discontinued with their state here, |
r any believe that the wages or Pre- .s, the re- |
lnrM< for honest toll are Inadequate, they |
sazaali not fail to- remember that tn sre is no |
lions that seem TO them harl would not DE ac- |
-evted As highly prosperous The English |
lgrEnxnrist would be glad to exchang, the re-
f9uss OF his labor for those or the American
E.rmer. and tn, Manchester workmen their
Hax - Tor tEo5e OF their fellows st Fall River
THE PROTECTIVE SYSTEM
beIeve that the protective s1stsn,. which
bow for something like thirty years has pre-
vailed in cur sgislation, has bsen a mighty in
sfra1 cut for the Development of oar national
wekstss, and = most powerful agency in protect
|aK the kora IS OF our workiu2msn from the in
s1s5aa os want. Ihave felt a most solicitous
rates OF wages that would not only give daily
kke1d, but supply comfortable m srGin Tor
LAsss horas attractions and family con- I'M.
= neither hopeful nos sweet They are Amer
sesn ~ifizens-a part of the great psople for
whS7a oar constitution and government were
ram sd nd iastttuted-and it can not be per-
0rxssn OF that constitution to SO legisIate rs to
prcs.rvs in their homes the comfort. indie
EMhence. loyalty and sense OF interest in the
:-~ssS in p.aee and which will bring this stsi-
0.rf sArong. in 1851. to the defense OF the
OAx when il Is asSaiied-
I-rc0Ymsnd that the whole subject OF tariff
= a usattsr of regrst tass this work must b,
aelxvsd for at least thres months, for
ehe faaeat OF great sar,m changes En-, IN