The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-07-16
CLIPPERTONS REPORT.
A Review of Trade by the British
Consul at Philadelphia,
GRADUAL REVIVAL OF BUSINESS,

A Review Of the Condition Of Labor, Quot.
ing from statistics TO show the Amount
Of Wages Paid in Agricultural and other
Industries
NEW YORK, July ia consular report
on the trade Of Pennsylvania, Indiana, |
Ohio and Michigan, made by r c. Clip. !
perton. British consul at Philadelphia, |
has been issued by the British foreign Of
fee. The report mentions the business
depression that prevailed over the United
States in 1923, and says the exact cause
of this would be difficult to determine. A
gradual revival Of business is now, how
ever being realized. The report then
goes On to review the condition of labor,
quoting from statistics to show the
amount of wages paid in the agricultural
and other industries of the states in the
consular district,
The shipping trade of Philadelphia is
then treated at length, the report showing
shat i'm 1898 992 vessels lGI] of which were
British) of a total Of 1.323 1S3 tons, en-
tered the port, against 9i6 vessels .sB
British of a total tonnage of l,501,5S5, iu
1892. The total number of lives lost at
past year is placed at l5l, and the value of
property destroyed at Sl,8J1, 500.
The report then treats of the ship build
ing industry of Philadelphia, particularly
| In connection with the new Americas
navy 1t says among other things: Con
| siderable additions are being made &c
/ what a few years ago became u prac-
| tically obsolete navy; and. although faults
! of construction, top heaviness weakness
! of armor plates and such like are oCca.
| siuually rumOred to exist i'm the new
| ships, the very fact of ther construction
means progress This is evident when il
| is regarded that in lSss, when the first
| naval contract was signed, there was not
in the United States a single mill that
had ever made plates and shapes of such
quality required by the governments
specifications.
Now, it is claimed, that there are yards
and plants in this country which can pro
duce, in any quantity and of the highest
quality, any structure in steel, or iron, or
brass, or any other metal, that can be
produced anywhere, all of which have
been created or developed during the past
seven years. The greatest of these achive.
ments are due to the enterprise, invention
and skill of Pennsylvanians, assisted
greatly by the immigration of British
mechanics, especially in Philadelphia and
pittsburg.
Consul Clipperton says that Philadel.
pha has by no means retained its proper
tion of the export trade, and quotes sta
tstics to prove his statement. 1t is al
legged, he adds, that the grain trade, like
many other commercial interests of Phil
adelphia, is handicapped by the practica
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trunk line railroad. The bankrupt Read
ing system seems not now in a position
80 successfully compete, and the Balti
more and Ohio railroad, which is essen
TALLY grain-carrying road. is not com
petitive, the centre of its activities being
Baltimore BY virtue Of geographical po
sition, capital and special facilities, Phil
adelphia should occupy n leading place
but every Northern Atlantic port control
a larger share of this business than doe
Philadelphia.
1t is also alleged that the ocean freigh
rates and facilities between Philadelphi
and European ports are not so favorabl
as the existing rates and facilities a
New York and Baltimore; and it is like
wise said that certain terminal charge
are exacted in Philadelphia which are no
exacted from the grain merchants of Nel
York, and which are apparently only en-
ployed at Baltimore to assist in conceal
ing the differential rates there offered
The total value of imported foreign good
at Philadelphia in 1898 was S49 SOC, sSl
against S4s 1872, $50 in 1892. The export
from Philadelphia in 1892 amou nted t
12O54, ,0S5 pounds, an increase of 3,4S5, &c
pounds over those of 1891.
The report treats at length Of the coal
petroleum, tin plate, iron and steel, an,
textile industries and then speaks Of tn
strikes that have occurred in the pas
! two years, giving in detail the incident
of the great Homestead strike.
Banks trusts and railways and thei
relations to other businesses are consid
cred. Eleven printed pages of the repor
are devoted to railroad matters, their pas
and present condition, passengers an
freight carried, hands employed, passeu
gers killed and injured, etc, etc
The proposal to connect Philadelphi
with tidewater by a ship canal acros
New Jersey is favorably commente
upon. The other subject matter of tn
!. report consists of references to Philade
! phia's municipal affairs and to the law
/. recently passed by the Pennsylvania les
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