The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-07

80. The percentage Of operating n.
penses to gross earnings 10 feature
of the showing; for. the. month of No.
vepber 1t was only fifty per cent; for
the five months ended November 50 II
was somewhat less than fifty per cent,
The conditions for economy in opera
tion are, Of course, present in an ex-'
ceptional degree. the item Of coal being
mot as usual with other COmpanies)
Of small consequence. The showing for
the month of November and for the
hve months ended November 30 10 given
In detail, as follows:
MONTH OF NOVEMBER.
Item. 1895. 1891 Increaaa
Gross earnings. SEQ. .7Os7S 2i,sSs.s0 N,720SS
up. expenses. 13.76i13 12,l1l.Se l,352N
Net earnings. .sl2.sa5sO $s.57sN Ss.sssss
FIVE MONTHS ENDED NOVEMBER 30.
Gross earningsslss, s74ss Sis, 5,252Os Ss4,l22s5
Up. expenses. 66,sS9.35 66,92iks H.O
Net earnings s72. 1868 $lS,a27.H $aa.1OS., IA
The Iron Age. i'm it's review Of the
iron ana steel markets, says that the
outlook Is more hopeful. The finished
product Is lower. "
In Massachusetts, the share of women
IN the management, of industrial en-
terprises Is increasing. In the case Of
partnerships this share is small,
amounting to only 2.49 per cent, In 1894,
and that percentage showed a decrease
as compared with the preceding year.
In the case of corporations, however,
the share OF women Is greater, For ex-
ample. women constitute 3255 per cent.
or the total number of stockholders in
1894, as compared with 80. .l3 per cent,
In 1888 The percentage of increase was
greater proportionately in the case OF
women stockholders than I'm the case OF
men, for while the number of male
stockholders increased from 2l,927 in
1893 to 21,6l0 in 1894. gain of 1.E per
cent. the number of females increased
from 1873 to 12,461, an increase Of 455
per cent.
The total amount of wages paid in
Massachusetts in 1894 was Sill, ,lO3, ,O85.
a decrease Of $11.392, ,S52, or $50 per
cent. as compared with the preceding
year. In every one of the leading in
dustries already mentioned q decrease
was noted ranging from 1.93 per cent.
In the case of boots and shoes to 1884
per cent In the case Of carpetingS. The
average yearly earnings for all classes
of wage-earners in the Industries COW
cred was $42I.S1. which represents q
decrease Of $14.32. or 1928 per cent. as
compared with 1898.
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The net earnings of the Union Type
writer company (TypewriterT Trust com.
posed of the Remington. Yost. Dens-
more. Smith Premier and Caligraph
! companies) from April, 1894. to April,
1895, equalled per cent. on the $4,000
900 first preferred Z per cent. cumula-
tive stock and 2 per cent. on the 4.00O.-
900 second preferred s per cent. cumu-
lative stock now out.
In Massachusetts, the percentage of
private firms has decreased from 1894
per cent. in 1893, to 1856 per cent. in
1894; while the percentage Of corpora
tions has increased from 20. sc per cent.
In 1893, to 2l.45 per cent. in 1894.
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| There We're 1,166,6S2 errors in hand
ling 377,S75,O40 pieces of mail by postal
officials. or but one error for every 1884
pieces handled. This Is the best record
to date.
There were 3,4O6,S49 acres Of public
land disposed of last year, and there
Is undisposed of 599Os3,49 acres.
Imports at New York for four weeks
have increased 20 per cent. and ex.
ports 13 per cent.