The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-11-18
BUSINESS BREyITIES.

Pepper II second only TO rice and tea
M the principal export from Siam.
The railway mileage in this country
to-day amounts to III ,bO3b2 miles.
The State Of Illinois has used this year
more than 1000, 900 barrels Of beer.
Trusts are n coming power in business.
They already control over AZ, 600 100000.
II In estimated that the civilized na-
lions pay annually for food $l3,OOO,000 %
600.
Now York has over 1000 hackmen.
Toxic In Japan has 10000 jinricksha
men.
Last ycnr no lcss than 5000 900, 900
gallons OF beer were imbibcd in Europe
alone.
Nebraska has raised 100 bushels Of
corn for every human being in the State
this year.
During the next seven weeks IL il ex-
prctcd that the mint will coin $4,000
600 OF gold.
Canada supplies nearly all the plum
bagO used by American manufacturers
Of lead pencils
More than $1,000 women are employed
in the United States alone in the dccora-
ton OF china and pottery.
Manufactured gold If worth 81 PEN
nywcRht, aud any value in excess Of
this represents workmanship.
In Zanzibar alone some 500, 900 pounds
Of ivory are marketed every season from
the tusks Of 10000 elephants.
Tho steamers between Europe and
North America carry on an average
about 10000 passengers month.
Tho most useful insect IL the slkworm.
II IL estimated that 100000 persons
gain 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
II estimated 10 have risen in value from
i277 600, 600 in 1871 10 $65O, 100000 in
1898.
For the first fix months OF 1893 the
mines OF the United Stntcs-mostly gold
and silver mincs-paid 5000, 900 in div
ldcnds.
British coach and carriage builders
import from America their choicest
spokcs, hubs and ribs for wheel manu-
ncturc.
Georgia is rapidly developing as a
iruitgrowing center, Within few years
thousands OF peach and pear trees have
been set ont.
The King Of Portugal has the most
.nut In, ,,tavll III, 4 al
jewels OF which it is composed are val
ued at {6,bo00 600.
1t tappcar- from n Treasury statement
that there are 80 $50 $l0.0OO bills, II, S05
$4,000 bills and Il, 32I IL 900 bills in cir
cuIation in this country.
During tln first nine months of the
year over 2,OO0 miles of railway were
built, and it IL expected that possibly bv
January | the mileage will reach 5000.
Types are not used in printing Persian
newspapers. The "copy" is given to
an expert pcnman, who writes it out
neatly. Then the work is autographed.
The worlds hop crop this year is esti-
mated to be 1000, 900 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 10 seventeen,
but the pace is slow and there are fire.
quent holidays.
Mrs. X. =. Willard has a barber shop
in Chicago. She runs six chairs, and
each one is in charge of q woman barber
They are paid Sl2 week. with a half of
what they take in over $23.
A bar OF steel costing fl may he worked
up into $3.50 worth of needles; made
into knife blades, it is worth $685.
made INTO balance springs for watches,
tho same bar would be worth $3.50, 900.