The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-12-23
BUSINESS BREylTIES.

An English syndicate has purchased
800 acres OF mining lands IN South Da-
kota for 5000
The United States has 686 vessels en-
gagged exclusively in foreign trade. Great
Britain has 5,OGS.
New Hcnandcrs boast Of nm orange
orchard one acre OF which yielded 81 900
worth Of oranges.
The Waltham matchmaking establish.
mcnt employs l,S0O women among its
5000 work people.
A single sponge has been found on the
coast Of Florida with circumference Of
five feet six inches.
One hundred years ago the United
States imports aggregated S3l 600 900 [;
to-day, SS66 1851, ,l2l.
The hituminous or soit-coal output in
the United States now aggregates lOO,-
OOO,O0 tons annually.
Completion Of the Tchuantcpcc rail
road will open Mexico'a richest coffee
section to the United States.
Seven hundred and twenty tons Of
cardboard are said to be utilized every
year in the usc Of postal cards.
More roses are grown in the pretty
New Jerpcy village oi Madison than any.
where else in the United States.
During the last fiscal year the United
States smoked up 5000 OO0, 600 cigarettes
and borrowed about half Of them.
Until 1859 no pig iron was manuiact-
urcd in Pittsburg. In 1892 a total Of
,775,2 ,2j7 gross tons were produced.
The total currency Of the United States
IN about $3.50, 900. OF this amount
about $500 00O, 600 il in silver dollars.
II is estimated that more than II ,2)0,-
OOO, 900 worth Of railroad property in
this country is in the hands Of receivers.
Aluminium il beginning to be- utilized
Tor roofing, in sheets like tin, the cost Of
It Tor that purpose being about the same
~ copper
The assets Of the lic-insurancc com
panics OF the United States aggregate
SSbO, ,00), 900, while the gross income if
$500, 600 600.
Something over 1000 tons OF silver
were purchased under the act Of 1890 by
the general goycrnmentata at acost OF about
Sl5G, 200, 900.
Thirteen years ago the Argentine Re-
public imported 100000 bushels of
wheat. This year It has 40, 900, 600 BUSH
els for export.
The gold production OF the United
States for 1893 will he over $35, 900 0OO-
an increase OF $4,000 900 as compared
with the previous year.
The lumber export of the United
States in 1892 amounted to SIS, ,0O0, 900.
Al the present rate OF use our supply
will be exhausted in 100 years.
The carrying capacity Of the cables be-
tween Australia and Europe is from r.
900 to 100000 words day. The actual
traffic il about 5000 words day.
Excluding about $1,000 small crafts,
the commerce OF the world is carried on
by 45, 900 vessels Of 20,5O0, 600 registered
tons, with carrying capacity Of lS,0OO,-
900.
The American Casualty Insurance
Company has got rid OF 81 LOO, 600 in its
four years existence, the cOmpanys
losses being mainly ascribed to its rail
road business.
Upon n recent purchase of 10000 tons
Of raw sugar, not more than two weeks
supply, the American Sugar Refining
Company will net, it il estimated, Il
profit of $236 600.
Mr.. Preston, the Director OF the Mint,
is quoted as saying that the worlds pro-
duction OF gold this year will be fully
$lI5, 900 900, to which South Africa will
contribute about $24 ,00O,00O.
A statistician finds that the average
value of u mule i , 81 more than that OF
II horse. In Texas the price of mule
is about twice that of II horse, and in other
Southern States it takes n longer purse
to buy the long-eared quadruped.