The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-20

OUR OPPORTUNITIES & Co. IS
circular says of the wheat situation:
Germany. Belgium, Italy. France and
Great Britain annually import about so
per cent. CT the worlds annual imports
into consuming centers. Great Britain's
average imports since their free trade
principle began in 1869. has ranged from
about 5S,000,OOO bushels per year to 1sOV9o.-
crop has declined from about 123, 900 0OO
bushels to about $4,000, 900 last year. Their
supplies are near a minimum average.
The Corn Trade News reports supplies
to be drawn from up to Sept. as SO.0O0,000
bushels less than last year, and 10000, 900
less than in 1894. and 100, 900. 600 bushels less
than in 1893, and l50, 900 bushels less
than In 1892 thus making 1t possible for
the United States to hold key to values"
FOREIGN TRADE OBSERVATIONS
The full foreign trade figures for March
are interesting, says the Philadelphia
Press. as showing an Increase In mer-
chandise exports and a decrease In i'm
N5. ,954 or $lO.366, l07 more than in March,
1895. and the merchandise imports We're
$66, 3s3,S3s or S29ll,G5 less than In 1885. In
other words there is an excess Of exports
this year O(S9, ,0l6 as compared with
an excess of imports last year Of 81. 1888. GIG
For nine months the foreign trade makes
less favorable showing. There was an
increase of merchandise exports of $780,
OS5.9t7 and an increase Of imports of $72,-
06O.695. The following table shows the
exports of merchandise, gold and silver
for nine months:
Exports ............ .S61S OS3 i62 $623 ,O46, 5l5
Imports ................ 607, 5s9,SQ 35,529, ,119
Excess exports .....s 20. .4s3 s5s sS7.5is. .4Os
Net gold exports ... 52,O39,6s7 37,sS8, ,O9l
Net silver exports -. 23SSS $50 1854, S63
The foreigners seem to have taken. our
gold and silver instead Of our merchandise
during this period.
WAGES FOR WOMEN.-The Indiana
bureau Of statistics In it's latest bulletin,
presents some interesting figures with re-
gard to the women wage-earners or In
diana. The bulletin says: There are.
In the 1888 manufacturing establishments
OF the state from which reports have been
received. 7,lS2 women and girl wage-earn-
ers; from these women S57 statements have
been received, which Is 1876 per cent. Of the
wage-earners are employed In the thirty
two following industries as given by name.
with the number employed in each: Wear
ing apparel. 4.O62; cotton mills, ZIG; wooden
mills. TO: glass factories, H3; furniture
factories, Ssl; packing companies. .O;
buggles and wagons. lis; bread, crackers
and candy making, ITS; paper mills, 1+6;
boxes and packages, 100; encaustic tile and
terra Gotta, lOS; specialties In wool, 50;
implements, IS; chemicals, S.; coffins and
casket AZ; musical instruments, IA; cereal.
inc end hominy. II: washing machines. 9:
handles, s; car shops, 6; planning mills. 6;
varnsh and paint, 4; pulleys and shafting,
S: pumps, 2; oils, s; tanneries, 2; saddle
trees and names, 2; cement, /, and misccl-
laneous. 1872. An ANALYSIS and classifica-
tion in the aggregate of the women and
girl wage-earners, in respect of number
and wages received, shows that of the S,1S2
employed In the 983 manufa acturing estab-
lishments OF the state. 1.635. or 20 per cent,
receive 30 cents or less a day in wages,
thnt 3.3a5 or AZ per cent. receive from 80
TO rs cents: 1853. or 81 per cent, receive
from 75 cents to 81, andfthat 500, or Z per
cent, receive more than 81 a day. or the
whole number of women employed. 1861
are single. Including IN widows, while 49i
are married. The average number Of per-
sons in the families of those who are mar
ried is 90 persons"
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TUE EJJJ.ED CuEESE EBAJrD IL 10
nrohab,e that the hiii recentlv introd,,ead
in the house defining the nrodnct Of cheese
and imnosinE taS unoi, and reeulatinr
the manufa acture. sale. importation and OK
narration of "filied cheese" become a.
law The measure which was introduced
hv Mr. Grosvenor pronoses restrictine
tSe trade of fiIIaS cheese a nroduct CON.
tainine merchants mot used in the manu-