Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-12-09

state empraceu wlGnlu une speclaI Inquiry
made by him, and representing 81 differ
ent Industries, there was net increase
over the year 1890 of s31 ,sl5, l3O.6s in the
value of the product, and of $6,377, ,925 O9
in she amount of wages paid.
The report of the commissioner of labor
for the State of Massachusetts, shows that
3,745 industries in that state paid Sl2a,-
4l6,24S in wages during the year 1891.
against $780, 1913 in 1899, an increase of
s., 3,335,945. and that there was en increase
of 1882, 490 in the amount of capital, and
of 7,346 in. the number of persons EN-
ployed in the same period.
The Iron Output.
During the last six months of the year
1891 and the first six months of 1892 the
total production of pig iror was 9,71O,Sl9
tons. as against 9,2U9, 7O3 tons in he year
1881, which was the largest annual pro
duction ever attained. For the same
twelve months of 1s91-92 the production
of Bessemer ingots was 3,S7S,5Sl tons, an
increase of 1S9,71O gross tons over
the previously unprecedented yearly
production of 36ss, s,S7l gross tons in lS9 J.
The production of Bessemer steel rails for
the first six months of 1892 was 772, 4SG,
gross tons, as against 702,OSO gross tons
during the last six months of the year
1891.
Our Foreign Trade.
The total value of our foreign trade
exports and manufactured during the
last fiscal year was Sl,S57 $3.50, ,61O, an in
crease of Sl2S,2S3,6O4 over the previous
fiscal year. The average annual value of
ourimports and exports of merchandise
for the ten fiscal years prior to 1891 was
81, ,457, 1929, ,O19. 1t will be observed that
our foreign trade for 1892 exceeded this
annual average value by S4O0.35S, ,591, an
increase Of 2747 per cent. The signific-
ance and value of this increase are sN~wn
by the fact that the excess in the trade of
1892 over 1891, was wholly in the value OF
exports, for there was a decrease in the
value of imports Of SIT 7,5l3,754.
The value of our exports during the
fiscal year 1892 reached the highest figure
in the history of the government amount
ing to sl,030, ,278, 14S exceeding by s145, ,797 :
1888 the exports of 1891 and exceeding the
value of the imports by s2O2, 2,975,6SG.
Value of Exports.
A comparison of the value of our ex-
ports for 1892 with the annual average for
the ten years prior to 1891 shows an excess
of 1865, l42, ,671, or of 34.65 per cent.
The value of our imports of merchan-
disc for 1892, which was sS29, ,4o2, ,462, also
exceeded the annual average value of the
ten years prior to 1891 by Sl35.2l5,94 :
During the fiscal year 1892, the value of
imports free of duty amounted to $457,-
999,65s, the largest aggregate in the his
tory of ur commerce. The value of the
imports of merchandise entered free of
duty in 1892 was 5535 per cent. of the
total value of imports, as compared with
1895 per cent. in 1891, and 33 66 per cent
in 1890.
The Coastwise Trade.
1u our coastwise trade a most eucour-
aging development is in progress, there
having been in the last four years an in
crease OF 16 per cent. In internal COM
merce the statistics show that no such
period of prosperity has ever before ex-
listed. The freight carried in the coast
wise trade of the Great Lakes in 1890 ag-
gregated s.295, $50 tons.
Trnffic on the Great Rivers.
On the Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio
rivers and tributaries in the same year the
traffic aggregated 29, ,4a5, 046 tons and the
total vessel ton lage passing through the
Detroit river during the year was 81, 1,6s4,-
600 tohs. The vessel tonnage entered and
cleared in the foreign trade of London
during 1890 amounted to 134S0, 767 tons,
and of Liverpool 1884 800 tons, total
for these two great shipping ports of 24,-
422,56s tons, only slightly in excess of the
vessel tonnage passing through the De-
troit river. And it should be said that
the season of the Detroit river was but
228 days, while, of course, in London and
Liverpool, the season was for the entire
year. The aggregate traffic on our rail-
roads for the year 1891 amounted to 7L4,-
39s.6O9 tons of freight, compared with
69l ,344, 4S7 tons in 1899, an increase of 49,
O54. 172 tons.
Another Indication Of Prosperity.
Another Indication of the general pros
perity of the country is found in the fact
that the number of depositors in savings
banks increased from 693.S70 in 1850 to
4,25s, 1913 in. 1890, an increase of 5l3 per
cent. and the amount of deposits from
$149 ri, ,5O4 in 1859 to 81, So, ,s4, 500 in 1soJ.
Plenty of Work at Good Wages.
There never has been time in our his
tory when work was SO abundant or when
WoSOo WOAo e1S A1Su, "ucGAoC uoHSureQ
by the currency on which they are paid or
by their power to supply the necessaries
and comforts o. life. 1t is true that the
market prices of cotton and wheat have
been low. It is one of the
unfavorable incidents OF agriculture that
the farmer cannot produce upon orders.
He must SOW and reap in ignorance Of the
aggregate production Of the year, and is
subject to the depreciation which follows
over-production. But, while the fact L
have stated is true, as to the crops men;
TONED, the general average OF prices has
been such as to give to agriculture a fair
participation in the general prosperity.
The value of our total farm products has
increased from 81. S63, GAG, 1858 in 1861 to u, !
500, QUO, QUO in 1891, MS estimated by statis.
ticians. an increase Of go per cent
II all are discontented with their state
here; il any believe that the wages or
prices, tho returns for honest toll are in
adequate, they should not fail TO remem.
sber that there y no other country n the