The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-11-17
BUSINESS BREvIrIEs.

IcppeF IS eeCOiu univ W IlVo anu teN
as the principal export from Siam.
The railway mileage in this country
to-day amounts to III ,563.b2 miles,
The State Of Illinois has used this year
more than 1000, 900 barrels Of beer.
Trusts are coming power in business.
They already control over $2, ,000, 600, 900.
1t is estimated that the civilized ma
tions pay annually for food $lS,0o0,o0O,-
900.
New York has over 1000 hackmen.
Toxic in Japan has 10000 jinricksha
men.
Last year no less than 3,000, 900, 900
gallons Of beer were imbibed in Europe
alone.
Nebraska has raised 100 bushels Of
corn for every human being in the State
this year.
During the next seven weeks 1t is ex-
pected that the mint will coin $l5,000,-
900 Of gold.
Canada supplies nearly all the plum
bago used by American manufacturers
Of lead pencils.
More than %, ,000women are employed
in the United States alone in the decora-
tion Of china and pottery.
Manufactured gold is worth $la PEN
nyweight, and any value in excess Of
this represents workmanship.
In Zanzibar alone some soc, 600 pounds
of ivory are marketed every season from
the tusks Of 10000 elephants.
The steamers between Europe and
North America carry on an average
about 1000 passengers month.
The most useful insect is thesilkworm.
1t is estimated that 100000 persons
gain a livelihood by raising the worms.
Farms in interior New York are worth
now little more than half their value in
1870, and no more than before the war.
The property owned by New York city
is estimated to have risen in value from
$277 ,000, 900 in 1871 to 1868, 100000 in
1893.
For the first six months OF 1893 the
mines Of the United States mostly gold
and silver mines-paid 50, zoo, 900 in div
idends.
British coach and carriage builders
import from America their choicest
spokes, hubs and ribs for wheel manu-
facture.
Georgia is rapidly developing as a
fruit-growing center. Within a few years
thousands Of peach and pear trees have
been set out.
The King Of Portugal has the most
costly crown in the world. The gold and
jewels Of which 1t is composed are val
ued at s6,500, 900.
Itappears from Treasury statement
that there are SO, $50 $40, 900 bills, 14,s05
5000 bills and AZ 1874 81 900 bills in cir
culation in this country.
During the first nine months Of the
year over 1000 miles Of railway were
built, and 1t is expected that possibly by
January the mileage will reach 5000.
Types are not used in printing Persian
newspapers. The "copy" is given to
an expert penman, who writes it out
neatly. Then the work is Autographed.
The worlds hop crop this year is esti-
mated to be 7 ,000, 600 pounds less than
last year, although the United States
crop is 100000 pounds greater than
last season.
The operatives in Japan mills work
every day, there being no Sunday. The
hours range from twelve to seventeen,
but the pace is slow and there are fire.
quent holidays.
Mrs. r. E. Willard has a barber shop
in Chicago. She runs six chairs, and
each one is in charge Of woman barber.
They are paid $l2 a week, with half Of
what they take in over $23.
A bar Of steel costing 81 may be worked
up into 1850 worth Of needles; made
into knife blades, it is worth 1925 I;
made into balance springs for watches,
the same bar would be worth s250,000