Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-12-08
THE MESSAGE.
President Harrison's Communion
ton to Congress.
He Relieves Tarir Revision should lie Left
to tho Next Congress-A General RE-
view OF the Condltioi OF tho
Countrywide Treasury.

idents message on assembling to-day.
As will be seen it is devoted, in addition
TO the usual review Of executive work
TO consideration of the effect of the
changed political conditions on the com
mercial and financial business of the
country. The message as read is as
follows;
To the Senate and House OF Representatives:
In submitting my annual message 70 congress
have great satisfaction in being able to say
that the general condition affecting the com
mercial and industrial interests OF the United
States are In the highest degree favorable In
comparison OF the existing conditions with
those OF the most favorable period In the his.
tory OF the country will, believe, show that so
high a degree OF prosperity and SO general q
diffusion OF the comforts OF life were never be
fore enjoyed by our people.
The total wealth OF the country IN 1850 was
tl6 1850 6l605s IN 1890 II amounts 70 s62 6l0 900,
900, an increase OF .sj per cent
The total mileage of railways in tho United
States IN 1850 was S0,6s8 in 1920 Il was 1874,
an increase Of ass per cent; and IL Is estimated
there win be about 400 miles OF track added
by the close OF the year OF 1892 Tho official
returns OF the eleventh census and those Of the
tenth census for seventy Ave leading cities fur
nished the basis for the following comparisons:
In 1880 the capital invested In manufacturing
was Il liIo~ o5a.ofO IN 1871 the caQltdl invested
In manufacturing was s2,900,7 735 si4 Iu 1880
the number OF employees was l,sol,sss In 1870
the number OF employees was 2,s7l,lA In 1880
the wages earned were S50l 965,7 778 In 1897 the
wages earned were 81 ,221, i70, i54 In 1880 the
value OF the product was 81, 7il570,999 In 1890
the value of the product was si SEQ, 2S6s37
am informed by the Superintendent OF the
census that the omission OF certain industries
In 1889, which were included in 1890 accounts In
part for the remarkable increase thus shown
But after making full allowances for differences
Of method and deducting the returns for all in
dustries not included in the census OF 1sSJ there
remain in the reports from these seventy-nve
cities an increase in capital employed Of 81 522
745,6oi in the value OF the product OF s. 024 $780,
100, in wages earned OF S57T9i39.9, and in the
number OF wage earners employed OF s5G.O29
The wage earnings not only show an increased
aggregate, but an increased per capita from
sSS6 in 1880 to ASA in ls9J, or 4l.7l per cent
The new Industrial plants established since
October 8 1890, and up to October 2l 1897 as
partially reported in the American Economist,
number si5, and the extension or existing
plants i0S the new capital Invested amounts TO
80 1900, and the number Of additional EN-.
ployes TO 372s5
Tho Textile World for July 1892, stated
that during the first sixteenth OF the present
calendar year IS new factories were bnilt, OF
which 40 are cotton mills 4S knitting mills, 90
woolen mills, Is silk mills, plush mills and
linen mills OF tho 10 cotton mills 81 have been
built In the southern states Mr. A. B Shep-
person, OF the New York Cotton exchange, esti.
mates that tho number OF working spindles in
the United States on September l.
1892 at Is 20l000 an Increase OF G6D0OO
over tho year 1891 The consumption Of
cotton by American mills in 1891 was 800 900
bales, and in 1892 2ssi,0,0 bales, an increase OF
ies,00) bales. From the year 1869 to 1892 in
elusive there has been an increase In the con-
sumption of cotton in Europe OF % per cent,
while during the same period tho increase OF
consumption In the United States has been
about $50 per cent.
The report OF Mr.. Ira Aver, special agent Of
the treasury department shows that at the
date Of September 30, 1892, there were thirty
two companies manufacturing tin and terno
plate in the United States and fourteen com
panies building new works for such manufact-
ure The estimated investment Of capital In
buildings and plants at the close Of the fiscal
year June 90 1893 II existing conditions we're to
be continued, was S, 600 OO0 anb the estimated
rate OF prodnction eO0,010,OO0 pounds per an
mum. The actual production for the quarter
ending September 30 1892, was 10, ,9S2 7s5 pounds
The report OF Labor Commissioner Peck, OF
New York, shows that during tho year 1891 in
about GOOD manufacturing establishments ia
that state embraced within the special inquiry |
made by him, and representing six ty-seven dit |
ferent industries there was a net increase over
the year 1899 OF sS, sb 49, 6s in the value OF the
product, and OF S6, 81, s25 90 In the amount of
Wages paid The report Of the commissioner OF
labor for the state Of Massachusetts show that
S745 industries in that state paid tl2e ii62iS in
wages during tho year 1891, against ti20O30 9Js |
in 1870, an increase OF s. a35 945 and that there
was an increase OF 90 932. io) in the amount Of |
capital and Of 7,3Sd in the number OF persons |
employed In tho same period
During the last six months OF the year 1891 |
and the first six months OF 1892 the total pro
duction OF zig iron was 97l0,sl9 tons, as against
esos, 7OS tons IN the year 1890, which was the |
largest annual production ever attained. For |
the same twelve months OF is9iis92 The pro
duction Of Bessemer ingots was s,s7s5sl tons,
m increase OF 1870 gross tons
over the previously unprecedented yearly
production Of 8 6ss ,sT gross tons in 1890 The |
production Of Bessemer steel rails for The lrst
elk months Of 1892 was III. .436 gross tons. as
against 20 ,0so gross tons during the last six
months OF 1891
The total value OF our foreign trade exports
and manufactures) during the lasl fiscal year
was II s57 tSJ 60 an Increase OF El2s 2sS G04 over
tho fiscal year The average annual value OF
our imports and exports OF merchandise for the
ten fiscal years prior 10 1921, was q. s57 80 0ie
1t will be observed that our foreign trade for
1892 exceeded this annual average value by
eiO9.3 s,39i, an increase Of q. AZ per cent The
significant aud value OF this increase arc shown
by the fact that the excess IN the trade OF 1892,
over 1921, was wholly in the value OF exp1ris
for there was decrease In the value Of i'm
ports Of 'i7,5l325L
The value OF our exports during the fiscal
year 1892 reached the highest figures in the his
tory OF the government, amounting to
Vi, ,0n,s78iiS exceeding By ti4i7f, ,3Js the ex-
ports Of 1891 and exceeding the value OF the i'm.
ports by i2l2, SIS, 63i Acomplrison OF the value
OF our imports for 1899 with the annual average
for the ten years prior TO 1891 shows an excess
r1Fn A rIrl.l
our imports OF merchandise FOR 1879 which.was
ISL, COZ, 46s, also exceeded the annual average
value Of the ten years prior 70 1891 BY $685. 215-
go During the fiscal year 1902 the value OF
imports free Of duty amounted 70 ti57, see 65s,
the largest aggregate in the history Of our com
mcrce The value Of the imports Of merchan-
disc entered free Of duty in 1872 vas IS s. per
cent OF the total value Of imports, as compared
with q s. per cent in 1921 aud 3165 per cent In
1881.
In onr coastwise trade most encouraging
development Is IN progress, there having been
IN the last four years an Increase OF IS per cent
In internal commerce. the statistics show that
no such period OF prosperity has ever before
existed. The freight carried in the coastwise
trade Of the great lakes in is9) aggregated 2s.
Rp5 90 tons
On the Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio rivers
and tributaries in the same year the trafnc ag-
rrcgated 81 404 406 tons and the total vessel ton
that year was q 63i. 900 tons The vessel ton
mage entered End cleared IN the foreign trade Of
London during fse1 Amounted 10 IS. IS 767 tons
md OF Liverpool 10 9li so tons. total for these
two great shipping ports Of "a. s225 tons, only
slightly in excess Of the vessel tonnage passing
through the Detroit river. And it should Be
Baid that the season for the Detroit river was
but IS days. while Of course IN London and ,
Liverpool the season vas for the entire year
The vessel tonnage passing through the St
NsrY's canal for the fiscal year 1872 amounted ,
10 3 So So tous and the freight tonnage Of the
Detroit river Is estimated for that year 81 25-
0lO0o tons, against "a. .so9 si9 tons in 1891 The
aggregate trafie on our railroads for the year
1871 Amounted 70 20. o3 Go tons Of freight com
pared with 69l 81 tons in 1890 an Increase Of
Iaos4 f72 tons.
Another Indication Of the general prosperity /
,f the country IS found ia TIE fact that the {
humber Of dcpositors in savings banks in /
creased from Cg3 SO in leG9 10 AIS eql 10 ls9l &
IN increase Of si3 per cent, and the amount az
ieposfis from sf91 271t6i in l6l 10 60 szs 3iIf66
m $50. an increase Of 81 per cent In lefi the
mount o. deposits IN savings halks vas 90 G. B.