The Dickinson press., 1892-12-10

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-The last
message ef President Harrison wat
delivered to tie senate aud The
house re representatives at 1915 o'clock
Today sud was Immediately read by the
reading clerks tf the different branches
of congress.
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
To the Senate and House tf Repres ent.
atives:
In submitting my annual mt ssage t.
coDglets have great satisfaction III be-
ing able to ssy that the general condi.
tions 1.cling the commercial ard in
dustiial interests cf the United States
are in the highest degree favorable. A
comparison of tie existing conditions
with those If The most favored per,od in
the history of the country will. l b.
lie,e, slow that GO high degree OF
prlspe rity and so general diffusion OF
the comforts If liie were never before
enjoyed by our people. The totsl wealth
of the country III 1850 was SIG 159 &c.
CCS. In 1880 1t amounted to $G3 &c.
O0O. Geo, an increase Of 2S7 per cent.
= uo lOth1 ullCu6C "a 4u14Woyo III NAS
VI tied State in 1860 was So,G26. in
1890 it was 1G7, TAI, al ilcresse Of AS
per cent, ana it's es imattd that there
wall be about 4,OU0 miles Of track added
by the close of tho year 1892 The
ffi,ial returns cf the eleventh census
and those OF the t. nth census for sev. n
~ five leading cities furnished the basis
Tor the following comparisons: In 1880
the capital invested in manufacturing
was $l, ,292 S38 GO. 1u 1890 the capital
invested ID manufacturing was So. 900. Z.
35,sS4. Iu 1880 the number ot TN
ployts was l. 3Ol, ,4eS. 10 1890 the nun
Der Cf employees was 9. 25l,l34 In 1880
the wsgt s earned were $50l. OG5,773 lr
1890 the wage earned were $1.22l,l7U
Asa In 1880 the value Of product was
$2,7l1, $40, 800. In 1890 tie vnlue Cf
tie plocuct wss $4. $50 2eG. .S37. l sm
informed by the superintendent OF the
census the omission of certain indus
tries in 1880 which were inclnd' d III
1870 accounts in part for tho remarkable
increase thus shown, but after making
iull aIlowa ancts for d iferences Of method
aud dt duchpg the returns for all in
dnstIit not il Loluded in the census OF
1880, there r, man in the reports flom
these s.vt nty five cities an increase il
the capital employed OF $l,522, 745, Goa
H. the value ol the Product of 80 O24,
s38, 1GG; in wsgts s etrhed Of $G77 943 $40.
ana il the nup btr If wuge .srLe1s I III
poy.d OF e5S,O20 The wage earnings
Tot OF ly chow OH iIcrea: ed aggregate,
but an increase PER capita from 1886 in
1880 TO &547 III 1850, or IL II per cent
lhe Lew lndustiisl plants established
since Oct. 9. 1890, and up to Ooto-
Der %. 1892, tsEaltly reported in the
antrlcan Econ omIst, Lumber 346. and
the Extension Of existing plants ltS:
the lew capital invested amounts tu
$40 440, ,O5O, and the number of eddi
tlonal tnplnyes tn 1926. Textile
World" for July, 1892, states thst dur
,ng the 1rtt siA months Of the prt ssnt
calendar yesr 1885 new fact. ries were
onllt, If which 4u are cotton mills. 1S
knittil & mile. % wollcn mills, Is silk
milP. 4 plush nI;is snd 2 llneu mills
OF the forty cotton mills, taent, % IL
lave been built in the southern stutts
A b Sht IarEon Il the New York cot
ton exchan, estimates tue number Cf
working epludlts iu the United
state 6 sept. 1892. 1920 0Ct', An in
crease Of $50 0OO over the year 1891
lhe consumption of cotton by Amtllct u
mills III 1891 was 1886. 600 bales and in
1889, 1854. 600 bal,s, an ircre' Sc Of
1888. COO bales. Frcm the year 1859 to
1892 inclusive tht1e hne been au III
crease III tie consumption If cotton il
Europe u 81 per cent while during the
came period The increased consumption
II the United Stat. Lys teen about Isl
ter ctnt. The leLolt.f liza Aver, tpe
cial ugent Of the treasury department
hoas that at the date Of sep, 80, 1852.
there we've thnty- two companies manu.
featuring tin and tern plate in the Cnite d
States and ionrtt Ell companies building
lew works for tuch naIufuctnree. The
estimated investment in buildings and
plAr ts st Tie clt SO Of the G.cai year,
Jul 80. 1883. If exittiIg conditions
aere TO be continued, Was 50. QUO, ,0G0
ard II Q estimated rate Ct plUductlun
200, tOO,GLO pounds ler anuum. The
.ctLal Ir. duction Of the quarter eud.
ing sept. 80, 1892, was l0,953. 725
pounds. The rep,rt of Labor Oommls.
s:ouer Peck cf New YJrk shows that
ourirg the year 1891, in about Blk thou
ssud msnuiac:utllg estsb lshmelts il
I'll. state em orac.d d vithln tue tp ,c'al
inquiry made by him, and representing
1877 different industries, there WAS net
increase over tie year 1e90 Of S3..,3l3.
13U GS IN the value of the produot and
Of $G.377 S25 90 in smouut of wages
lad. The report of the Commissioner
Of labor fer the state Of Massa-
ch1s. It's shows tint 3.7i5 industries
in that state paid $l2o 030 3c3
in 1890 an ilcrease CT g 335 945.
Dung the last Elk months of the Year
1891 and the first six months Of 1882 the
total production Of pig iron was $40.
Sl9 tone, SIS agalEst 9, 800 704 tons III the
year 1890, which wsb The largest annual
produ, tlLn ever attained For the same
Twelve moths Of 1891, 1882, the pro.
du.tlon of Bessemer lDgutb was SiS.-
5Sl tolls. an increase OF 1e9.7lO grost
IONS over the previously unprec. dented
5 early production 1858, S71 ercss tons
In 1890 The production OF Bessemer
ste III rails for the fret six months Of
1892 was 772. 44s gross tons. as agsins
7t2 030 g1css tcrs durirR the last sia
moths Of tie year 1891 The tctal
vaiue OF our foreign trade exports aud
curing the last fsca
yea uss 41.S,7, $50, ,610. an increase Of
$l28.2S3.C04 ov.r tie previous fiscal
year. The average sLnnsl value Of our
IMPORTS and exports Of merchandis. fer
the ten fiscal years prior to 1891 was
81, As. .ae2. .G19. 1t will be obseryed that
our loIeign trade for 1892 exceeded this
annual average vAlne by $50. 0.c3S. SOL.
al increase Il q AZ per cent The sig
nificance and 7s.ne cf this increase ate
shown by the fact that the e1as IS in The
trade Of 1892 over 1891 was wholly IN
the value of exports, for there WAS de :
cress in the value Of Imports Of $l7.-
513,754 The value of cur exports dur.
llg the fiscal year 1892 reached the
highest figure in the history
OF the fovernmt Mt amounting
to q. O3c, ,27S 14s t1ctt ding by Sl4.. 797.-
338, the exports Of 1891, ard txce.d d
u 9 the value of ths imports by 500 :
575. .6s6 A comparitos OF value q our
. .xports TO. 1892 with the annual aver
age for ten Yeats prior to 1891 shows sn
exc SIS of S265. l42 GIL, or oi 4 81 pc,
celt. The valne Of cur imports Of mer-
chsndite for 1899. which was SS29. 4D2.-
462. also exc eded the annual average