Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-12-16


ways In the United States In 1850 was
30,826. In 1890 II was 1877, TAI, an in
crease Of 448 per cent, and 1t Is esti-
mated that there will be about 1900
miles of track added by the close of
the year 1892. The official returns of
the 18th census and those Of the 10th
for the rs leading cities furnished the
basis for the following comparison:
Capital invested in misunderstanding
Capital inves ed n manufacturing,
Nanah ri employees isso...........'..~ i,soI,ss
Number OF employees, is90.,.,......,..+ 7,27l,i3i
Wages earned, 1870. sol ,9b1,IIs
Wages earned, 1890 ~, l70A5i
Value Of product, Iss0.,........,., 27li, 5,e 800
Value OF product, 1880. 1850 2so s37
am informed by the superintendent
Of the census that the omission of GER
tain industries In 1880, which were In
cluded In 1890, accounts In part for the
remarkable increase thus shown. But
after making full allowances for the
differences OF method, and deducting
the returns for all industries, not in
cluded In the census of 1880, there re-
main In the reports from these seven
ty-dve cities the following increases:
Capital employed 522, 60i
ynue 20et ,2B id6
Wages "a off,pi5hs9
u ..ss.4.s .sss..s
The wage-earnings not only show an
increased aggregate, but an increase
per capita from 1886 In 1850, to $547 In
1850, or 4l7l per cent. The new in
dustrial plants established since Octo-
Der 0, 1890, up to October -, 1892, as
partially reported In the American
Economist, number $40, and the extern
sion OF existing plants 10s. The new
capital invested amounts to $40 ,449, $50,
and the number Of additional en-
pl0yes to 81 ,2S5.
The Textile World for July, 1899,
states that during the first six months
Of the present calendar year 1885 new
factories were built, OF which 40 are
cotton mills, A. knitting mills, 20 wool
en- mills, 10 silk mills, 10 plush mills,
and linen mills, or the 40 cotton
mills, II have been built in the South
ern states. A. Is. Stephenson, OF the
New York cotton exchange, estimates
tile number Of working spindles in the
United States September ]. 1882, at
lSb, O00. 600. an increase of 680, 900 over
the year 1891. The consumption of
cotton by the American mills In 1891
was 2,8f8, 900 bales. From 1869 to 1899,
inclusive, there has been an increase
IN the consumption Of cotton in Eu-
rope Of ~ per cent, while during the
same period the increase of consump-
ton In the United States has been
about ID per cent.
The report OF Ira Aver, special agent
Of the treasury department, shows that
September 30, 1892, there were SO COM
psnies manufacturing tin and tin plate
In the United States, and IL companies
building new works Tor such manufac-
ture. The estimate Of the investments
In buildings at the close oil the fiscal
year. June 30, 1899, II existing condi-
tions were to be counted, was VI, 000, 900,
and the estimated rate OF production
20t.O00,OoO pounds per annum. The
actual production for the quarter end
Ing September 80, 1892, was 1892, 725
pounds.
The report OF the labor commissioner
OF New York shows that during the
year 1891. In about 5000 manufacturing
blishments In that state, embraced
within the special inquiry made by him
and representing 81 different industries,
there was net increase over the year
1890, OF s3l, 1915, l3o Us In the value OF
the product, and OF ii, 397 ,92b 90 in the
amount OF wages paid.
The report OF the commissioner OF
labor for the state OF Massachusetts,
shows that 375 Industries in that state
paid 1929. 1888 in wages during the
year 1891, against $l28,031, 1903 in 1890,
an increase OF 1885, 945, and that there
was an increase OF $9,993,9i0 In the
amount OF capital, and OF 1896 in the
number Of persons employed in the
came period.
Daring the last six months OF the
year 1901, and the first months OF 1892,
the total production OF pig iron was 81,
tnst H..
the year 1890, which was the largest
annual production ever obtained. For
the same months OF is9l-lSa2 the pro-
duction OF Bsssemer ingots was $685.
bSl tons, an increase OF 1870 gross
tons over the previously unprecedented
yearly production OF a,6SS, ST. gross tons
In 1890. The production OF Bessemer
steel rails for the first six months of
1899 was 772, 4S6 gross tons. as against
502. $50 gross tons during the last six
months OF the year OF 1891.
The total value OF our fore gn trade
(exports and manufacturer during the
last fiscal year was 81 ,S57 $3.50, $40. an in
crease OF 1926, PCS, 604 over the previous
fiscal year. The average annual value
Of our imports and xports OF merchan-
disc for the 10 fiscal years prior to 1891
was VI ,s57 1921 le. II will be observed
that our foreign trade for 1892 exceeded
this annual average value by s4OO, $751;
39l. an increase OF ~ Al per cent. The
significance and value OF this increase
are shown 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
tl7,5l3.25L The value OF our exports
during the fiscal year 1892 reached the
highest figure in the history Of the
government, amounting TO 5000, 2.s,.
las, exceeding by $l4.7s7, 1888 the ex-
ports OF 1891 and exceeding the value OF
the imports by 800, 1875, 1856. A com
parison OF the value OF our exports for
1892 with the annual average for the
10 years prior TO 1891 shows an excess OF
t,85, l42 .671. or of ABB per cent. The
value OF our imports OF merchandise for
1892, which was 1926, 412. 462, alec ex-