Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-12-16
PRES. HARRIS oN's MESSAGE

PRES. HARRIS ON'S MESSAGE.
WASHINGTON, Dee. 6.-President Hair.
rlson's fourth annual message was de
ivered to the Houses of Congress to.
day. 1t is an unusual state paper IN
some particulars, and is much com
mented upon, partic ularly among Dem
ocrats. because of the space etotet to
exhibiting the general prosperity OF
the country at the very time when
great political revulsion took place
Condensed, the message is as follows,
In submitting my annual message Ia
Congress, the message reads. | hav"
great satisfaction In being able to say
that the general conditions affecting
the commercial and industrial inter
ests of the United States are in tn
highest degree favorable. compari,
sen of the existing conditions with
those of the most favored period in the
history of lhr country will. believe,
show that so high = ,.egree OF prosperity
and SO general d diffusion of the com.
forts of life were never before enjoyed
by our people. The total wealth Of the
country in 1860 was 1859, 06S: in
1890 it amounted to So, 6lO, 600. 900. an
increase Of as7 per cent. The to&a2
mileage Of railways in the I,nitr,
States in $50 Was SO, 62G; III 1890 il
was 1857. IA, an Increase of 44S per
cent; and it is estimated that there
VIII be about 4,uUU miles OF TRACK
added by the close of the year 1892
The official returns Of the eleventh
census and those of the tenth census
for seventy-fvc leading cities furnish
the basis for the following compar.
soDs:
III 1880 The capital invested in manu-
featuring was Sl 23?., s32, go. In Ism
the capital SO invested was S., 600, 135,
sS4, In 1880 the mum Der of employees
was 1901 1888; in 1880, 2,25l ,l:}4. IN
1870 the wages earned were $5ul Ht,.,-
IT'S: in 1890, 81, 22l. 10, 454. In 1880 the
value Of the product vas $2,11l,51y,-
800; in 1890, ST., SGC, 2S6, SAT.
l am informed by the Hupcl intcn-
dent of the census that the omission OF
certain industries in 1880 which were
the remarka BILE increase thus shown.
But, after making full allowances for
differences OF method and deduclinp
the returns for all industries not in
cluded in the census OF 1880, there re-
main III the reports from the seventy
five cities, an increase in the capital
employed, Of 81, 532 T45, SEA; III the
value Of the product Of 81, O24 326 lG6:
in wage, earned oil >at.1, Dab ,929, and in
number of wage-earnris employed of
$50, O29. The wage earnings not only
show an increased aggregate, but an
increased per capita from 1885 in 1880
to $547 in 1890, ALI per cent.
The new industrial plants estab-
lished since Oct. &. 1890, and up to Oct.
90, 1892, as partially reported IN the
American Economist, number 345, and
the extension Of existing plantss, 1913;
and the new capital invested amount is
to $40, 4i9, $50, and the number of adj
ditionat employees to 37,2a5.
The Textile World for July, 1892,
states that during the first six months
of the present calendar ID new fac
tories were built, OF (which forty are
cotton mills, forty eight knitting mill =
twenty-six wooden mills, fifteen silk
mills, four plush mills, and two linen
mills OF the forty cotton'mills. twenty
one ,have been built in the southern
States. A. Il. Shepperson of the New
York cotton exchange estimates tbs
nulub Der of working spindles in the
Unitep States on Sept !, 1892, at 15,.
300 600, an increase Of $50, 600 over the
year Of 1891 The consumption Of cot.
ton by American mills In 1901 wa.
1880, 600 bales, and in 1892; 1854, OOC
bales, an increase of 1875, 600 bales
From the year 1869 to 1892 inclusive,
there has been an increase In the con-
sumption of cotton in Europe of 90 per
cent while during the same period the
increased consumption in the United
States has been about $50 per cent.
The message goes on to review the
tin plate industry, increase of foreign
trade the condition of the wage-worl.
ers land winds up with a recon-.
mendation that the incoming Con-
gress should take up the tariff
question according to the expressed
wishes of the people in the la tie cleo.
ton. The reports of the various de-
partments foot up at least $1,000
words. A canal around Niagara Falls
Is recommended