The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-07
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
Mr.. HARRISON REVIEWS THE PROG
REsS OF THE FAST YEAR.

Our Continued Prosperity Attributed 10 the
Foley OF Protection-Recom ndatIons
that the Work OF Revising the Tariff he
Lett To the Incoming Congress, that the
Question OF Federal Elections Be Sub.
ssitted to u Son.partisnn Commission. and
that the General Government Assume
Control OF Quarantine Rcgulations-Rc ln.
tSpas with Canada - The Department
WARRINGTON. Dec. e.-The following is tho
message OF tho President sent to Congress to-
day:
10 the s.rr. oni Hov,. ~ R,pre"as'r,.
In submitting my annual message to Con-
gross. / have great satisfaction In being able
70 shy that the general conditions affecting
tho commercial and Industrial interests OF tho
United States IRE In tho highest degree favor
able. A comparison Of the existing conditions
9th those OF tho most favored period in the
history OF the country. WILL believe. show that
so high o degree Of prosperity and SO general
diffusion OF tho comforts OF life were never
before enjoyed hy our people.
Tho total wealth Of the country In 1860 was
SIG. 152.6le.oUa. In 1890 1t amounted to 1872.
10000. 900. an increase OF 2S7 per cont.
Tho total mileage OF railways in the United
States in 1860 was 3c,o2G: in 1890 II was l67.-
74l. an increase Of +4S per cent: and 1t is es.
timated that thcrc will be about 1000 miles OF
track added hy tho close Of the year 1892.
Tho official returns of tho eleventh census
and those Of tho tenth Census for seventy 1.-Two
leading cities furnish tho basis for the follow
ing comparisons:
In 1880 tho capital invested In manuiactur-
ing was 81 ,232. S:'9.G7U.
In 1890 the capital invested In manufacture
ing was $4,000. 735.SS4.
Alsly 4 49, 4 - ~
3SS.
In 1900 the number OF employees was 2.251..
1874.
IN 1880 the wages earned were S501 1896. 77S
In 1890 the wages earned were $1.22l, 17O.-
454.
In 1880 tho valuo OF tho product was 50. ILL.,
b7090Q.
In 1890 tho value OF the product WIS $4.seo.-
2S8.S37.
Lam informed by the Superintendent OF tho
Census that the omission OF certain industries
In 1880, which were included in 1890. nc
counts In part for the remarkable increase
thus shown. But, after making full allowance
for differences OF method and deductinG the
returns for all industries not included in the
census OF 1880. there remain in the reports
from those seventy-flve cities an increase in
the capital employed OF $1.522. 745604: in the
value Of the product Of $2.024. 238. 1856: in
wages earned Of Sb77. 943 1923. and in the num-
ber OF wage earners employed OF S56.029. The
wage earnings not only show an increased
aggregate. but an increase per capita from
1886 in 1880 to S547 in 1880. or ALL per cent.
The new Industrial plants established since
Oct. g. 1880. and up to Oct. 30. 1892 as par
italy reported in the american Economist.
number 345. and the extension Of existing
plants. 10S the new capital invested amounts
= ~ a IN 4 Al = II
employees to 37.2S5.
Tho Terrific World for July. 1892. states that
during the first six months OF the present
calendar year 135 new factories were built. OF
which 40 are cotton mills. 4S knitting mills.
20 woollen mills. IS silk mills. plush mills
and linen mills. or tho 40 cotton mills 81
have been built in the Southern States Mr..
A. B. Shepperson OF tho New York Cotton Ex-
change estimates the number CT working
spindles In the United States on Sept. !. 1852.
at Is. 200. 600. an increase OF 100000 over the
year 1891. The consumption OF cotton by
American mills in 1901 was 2.3e6.O 600 bales.
and In 1892 1884 .OUO bales. an increase OF
1s8.0OO bales. From tho year 1860 to 1892.
inclusive. there has been an increase in the
consumption Of cotton in Europe OF 92 per
cent. while during the same period the in
creased consumption in the United States has
been about $50 per cent
The report Of Ira Aver. special agent OF the
Treasury Department. shows that at the date
Of Sept 80 1852. there were thirty-two COM
panies manufacturing tin and terne plate In
the United States and fourteen companies
building new works for such manufacture.
The estimated investment in buildings and
plants at the close OF the fiscal year. June 30.
1893. II existing conditions were to be con-
tinued. was S5.OO0.UOO. and the estimated rate
The actual production for the quarter ending
Sept. 80. 1892. was 1882. 725 pounds.
The report of Labor Commissioner Peck Of
New York shows that during the year 1891. In
about six thousand manufacturing establish
ments In that State embraced within the spe-
cial inquiry made by him. and representing
sixty-seven different industries there was
net increase over tho year 1880 of $31 .315.-
13O.CS In the value OF the product and Of &c.
377,025 90 in the amount Of wages paid. The
report OF the Commissioner OF Labor for the
State OF Massachusetts shows that 3.745 in.
dustrios in that State paid $129.410.248 In
wages during the year 1891. against $780,
bob in 1880 an increase Of 1885 45. and
that there was m increase OF $9.932. $50 in
the amount OF capital and OF 1886 in the num-
Der Of persons employed in the same period.
During the last six months Of the year 1891
aud the first six months Of 1892 the total pro-
duction Of pig iron was 0.710.Sl9 tons. as
against 6. POP. 703 tons In tho year 1890. which
was the largest annual production ever at
tanned. For the sam twelve months Of 1851
ho2. the y reduction OF Bessomor ingots was
S.67S.5Sl tons. IN increase Of 1910 gross
tons over tho previously unprecedented year.
~ production Of 3.6ss.S71 gross tons In 1890
The production Of Bessemer steel rails for tho
FIRST SIX months Of 1872 was 772, 436 gross
tons. MS against 1O2, OSO grosa tons during the |
last tix months OF the year 1891.
FOREIGN TRADE |
Tho total value Of our foreign trade toxports |
ma Imports Of merchandise during the last |
!!sSgl year was 81. S57 Ge001O m increase Of !
8 -. 2S3.GOi over the previous fiscal year. !
The average annual Value OF our imports and |
exports Of mcrchandise for the ton 1scal years
prior to. 1901 WIGS 81 .45T .322,UlD. 1t will 10 |
observed that our foreign trade for 1882 OK
35s,5I1. an increase Of 27.47 por cont The
'i.nilcsnce und vhluo OF this increase are
'lown by tho fnct that the excess In the trade
4 1892 over 1871 was wholly IN the yaIne, Of
Exports. Tor thore was u decrease Ia the value |
" Imports Of Sl7.5l3 754.
Tho value OF our exports during tho fiscal
1872 In ioba tn ~, |