Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1892-12-20
SANTA CLAUS IRREGULARITIES AT PORTERFIELD'S

CpmmlSHiO ief 'tseCR Or New OrR suuys
that during the year 1901, in about G000
manufacturing establishments in that
state, was raised IN the special report
made by him and rep. eseuuDg G7 differ
eut indu' tries, th9re was n net increase
over the year 1880 OF S31,3. lGO.3S IN
the value of productaud Of So, ,317, $500
in tne amount Of wages paid.
Tie report Of the commissioner of
labor for the state Of Mas achusetts
shows that 3745 industries in that state
paid $3.50, ,4iG,2 ,24S in wages during tine
year 1891 against $126 U30, 303 in 1890,
an Increase # 50, 1886 94J. AMI what here
was an Increase of $9,022 400 in the
amount Of CAPITAL and of 7346 in the
number of persona employed IN the same
period. During the asts SIX montrs Of
the year 1891 ard The FIRST six months Of
1872 the total production of rig non
was 0, 7lO,Si0 tons RS against 5000, 703
tons in the year 1890. which was the
largest ANIMAL production ever ob,ained.
For the same twelve months OF 1891
1892 the production of bessemer ing0ts
WAS 3.S9S Sji tons, an incr ase of lS9,-
7i0 gross tons over the previously uu-
precedsnted yearly production IF 3 0SS,-
67l gross tons in 1890. The production
Of bassemer steal rails 'or the first six
months OF 1892 was 772, ,4G6 gross tons,
as against 702, ,050 gross tons during the
last SIX months of tn year 1891.
The total value of cur foreign trade
(exports and manufacture during tho
last fiscal year WIS 81 S57. GS0,6l0, amin
crease o. $12S 203 604 over tire previous
fiscal year. Tne average annual value
Of our imports and exports Of merchac-
disc for H. en- fiscal years prior to 1891
was 81 ,4j7 322 ,019. i will he observed
that our foreign trade for 1892 exceeded
this annual average value by $iJO 25S,
B9l, an increase of T47 ppr cent. The
significance and value # this increase
are shown 10y the fact hat the excess in
the trade If 1892 over 1891 was wholly
in the vSlue Of exports, for there was a
decrease in the value of exports Of
81 ,751 1915. The VA ne f cur exports dur
ing the fiscal year 1892 reached tho high
est figure in the history OF the govern
ment, amounting to 81 030. 276. 149, ex-
ceeding by $145, ,197, ,338 the exports of
1891, and exc ting the value uf tie i'm
ports by $2O2 .S75, ,6S0 A comparison IF
the value of our eKporis for 1892 with
the annual average ior the ten years
prior to 1891 shows an excess Of $780,
ii2,07i. an aver 20 Of 3lG5 per cent.
! tor 1922, which was $S2O 402 4G2, also
exceeded the annual average value a
I the 'en years IriOr 10 1901 uy Sl3j, TO-
go. During the fiscal year 1892 tnt
Z value Of imports tree Of duty amounted
/ 10 sij7 go 636. the larses aggregate m
/ the history OF our commerce. The value
I OF the imports Of merchandise en- ered
I free of duty IN 1892 was 56.8j per cent
/ Of the total value Of imports as compared
/ wi h 40 IS per cent. in 1881 and 83 Ga
/ per cent. in 1890. la our coast wise trad.
most encouraging development Is In
progress, there having been la the last
/ fonr years an increase OF 10 per cent.
In commerce the stats ics show that
| no prosperity has ever before existed,
I The freight carried In the coast
wise trade OF the great lakes IL
| 169J aggregated 28, EOS. go tons. On
the Mississippi, Missouri ami OH,
| rivers and iributaries, In the same year
the traffic aggregated 81, ,404 406 IONS anC
the total offset tOnuage passing thrOngt
the Detroit river during that year WA
el 684 600 tons. Tie vessel tonnage en-
tered and cleared IN tho foreign trade OF
London during 1900 amounted to i3,4S0,
7G7 tons, and ol Liverpool 10. 94l so
tons, tolal for these two great ship
pug points OF c4,4tt,O15 IONS ouil
slightly IN excess of the vessel tonnagi
passing through the Detroit river. An,
Il should be said that tho seisOn for tn,
Detroit river was bat 22S days, while o
course In London aud Liverpool the sea
son was for the entire year. The vessa
tonnage passing through the 81. Mary
canal f,r the fiscal year 1892 amounted
20 9.s2S, ,S74 tons and the freight tonnag
Of the ID trit rivHr Is estimated fur iha
year AZ %, ,O00. 900 tons, against 20, 200,
6i9 tons ia 1891. The aggregate traiii
on our railroads Tor ihs year io9
amounted 10 704 S98 COZ tons Of freish
compared with 69l .St4. 49, tons Ia lSyJ
an increase Of 1904, l72 tons.
Another indication Of theganeral pros
perty of the country Is fourd in th
Tact hat the number Of depositors il
saving banks hRs Increased from COS 81
in 1860 10 4 255, ,S03 in 1897, a. i.crsas
Of 5i3 per cent, and the am ut OF th
delosls from $i49.2i7, ,5Jl In 1850 d
81 .524, sli, SOC IN 1860, an increase Of
pr cent. Ia 1901 tie amount OF denoe
rs Ia saving banks was 81 ,G28, ,O70, ,84i
. Il is estimated that % Dsr. cent 0