Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-12-22
BUSINESS BRRyITIEs.

An English syndicate has purchase
500 acres of mining lands in South d,
kota for $500, 900.
The United States has $50 vessels er
gagged exclusively in foreign trade. Gres
, Britain has 5,96S.
New Zealanders boast OF an orang
orchard one acre Of which yielded 81 10
worth Of oranges.
I The Waltham ALTERNATING establish
ment employs 1900 women among it
5000 work people.
| A single sponge has been found on tn
coast OF Florida with circumference o
five feet six inches.
One hundred years ago the Unite,
States imports aggregated s3l ,OOo, 900
to-day, $500, 36l ,42l.
The bituminous or soft-coal output in
the United States now aggregates 100,.
0Oo, 900 tons annually.
Completion Of the Tehuantepec rail-
road will open Mexico's richest coffee
section to the United States.
Seven hundred and twenty tons oil
cardboard are said 10 be utilized every
year in the use OF postal cards.
More roses are grown in the pretty
New Jersey village OF Madison than any
where else in the United States.
Daring the last fiscal year the United
States smoked up 8. 200. 600 goo cigarettes
and borrowed about half OF them,
Until 1859 no pig iron was manufact-
ured in Pittsburg. In 1892 total OF
l 40, 2os gross tons were produced.
The total currency OF the United States
Is about 1880, 600 900. OF this amount
about $500 900, 100 il In silver dollars.
II Is estimated that more than 81 ,2oo,-
uU.OOO worth OF railroad property ia
this country Is in the hands OF receivers.
Aluminium is beginning to be utilized
Tor roofing, in sheets like tin, the cost of
i for that purpose being about the same
rs copper.
The assets OF the life-insurance COM
nsnies OF the United States aggregate
$50 ,On 900, while the gross income is
'220. 900 800.
Something over 1000 tons OF silver
we're purchased under the act OF 1890 by
he general government at cost OF about
1850, 200 600.
Thirteen years ago the Argentine Re-
public imported 10000 bushels OF
wheat. This year il has AZ, 000, 900 BUSH
liz for export.
The gold production OF the United !
'tates for 1903 will he over $50. oO0. OoO-- !
n increase OF s2.000,000 as compared |
Nth the previous year.
The lumber export OF the United
'tates In 1892 amounted to $2S, 200. 600. |
Z rnf. 81.
Fill be exhausted in 100 years.
The carrying capacity of the cables be-
ween Australia and Europe is from H.
10 to 100000 words day. The actual |
rattle is about 5000 words day.
Excluding about 62.0O0 small crafts.
he commerce OF the world il carried on
y Al, 100 vessels OF 20,500, 600 registered
ons, with q carrying capacity OF IS. 0OO,-
The American Casualty Insurance
ompany has got rid of 81, 200. 600 in its
,ur years existence, the company's
'sses being mainly ascribed to its rail
Dad business.
Upon recent purchase OF 10000 tons
raw sugar, not more than two weeks
npply, the American Sugar Refining
ompany Will net, II 10 estimated a
roft of s2S6 900.
Mr.. Preston, the Director of the Mint.
quoted AS saying that the worlds pro-
uction OF gold this year will be fully I
lao, 0o0.o00, to which South Africa will I
attribute about s24, zoo, 900.
A statistician finds that the average
.lue OF mule Is ~ more than that of
horse. In Texas the price OF a mule
about twice that OF a horse, and in other
Duthern States il takes longer purse
buy the long-eared quadruped.