Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-21
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captured all the knights Of Labor Brewery
Workers unions in Rochester N. Y, and
| the union scale Of wages has been signed by
| the proprietors.
The world is now paying more for instru-
| ments of destruction and the enginery of
death than for churches, schools, arts or
] letters. And out Of this fact the Krupps
have wrought their fabulous wealth.
THE home of bay rum is the island Of
| st. Thomas, the Danish possession in the
West Indies, of which we have heard lately.
The leading distiller of bay oil and alcohol
sends most of his 10000 gallons year to
| New York
all children under II years Of age as the
| result of agitation by Denver labor unions.
Manufacturers of gloves and underwear in
| Germany are said to be receiving large or
ders from this country this year and are
| happy in consequence.
The shipment Of peaches to the north and
west from Georgia is an infant industry, as
| yet confined to half dozen counties in the
famous peach belt. and yet it has already
assumed large proportions The shipments
Tor this season are now about over and they
| include about 1000 carloads.
up to the present time" declares the
Atlanta Constitution, "only the surface crust
| of the south's fabulous mineral wealth has
yet been touched, and there is no telling
what disclosures the next few years will
make. What the south needs is capital;
| she has everything else in abundance"
The carpenters strike at Kansas City has
been settled, compromise having been
effected between the union and the packing
! houses on basis Of 271a cents an hour and
ten hours day. The agreement entered
into is the recognition Of union men and the
| eight hour day to be established as soon
| as possible.
For several years the engines of the
Detroit water works were run with fuel
oil, and it cost 1.55 cents gallon. At that
rate the city paid $2.1S per 100000 gallons
for pumping the water. Soft coal, for which
between $24O and S2.6O q ton Is paid, is now
used instead Of oil, mad 1t costs only $1.40
to pump 100000 gallons Of water.
The total value OF exports at Baltimore in
1898 was $1,315.672 more than that at Boston.
| and the total at Galveston and New Orleans
81, ,32S. 1888 more than the combined totals at
Boston and Philadelphia. The total at New
York was nearly $5,O00,O00 more than the
total of all southern ports, and 1t Is Sc per
cent of all the exports outside of southern
ports, though the percentage of its increase
is below the average Of all ports.
Several American manufacturers are COM
peting for the contract to supply an i'm
mense quantity of pipe for water in Aus
tralia. The line is to be no less than 246
miles long and the pipe should have an in
ternal diameter of thirty-one inches with a
thickness of from one-quarter to fve-six-
teenths Of an inch, according to circum-
stances, The contract will be let In London
in the near future, and there Is lively
competition between English and American
producers for the chance to furnish this
pipe. 1t is said that three houses on the Pa
cifc coast have sent in bids.
The American Economist prints returns
from 2,229 manufacturing concerns, repre-
| senting every industry and scattered through
forty seven states and territories. in March.
1895, these concerns had on their pay rolls
20i $50 employees, who were paid during that
month s7079,0O0 as wages, an average of
$3i. 60 a month. Last March the same es-
tabiishments had on their pay rolls 269, 1923
men, whose wages amounted to $10,19S. 900
an average for the month of fraction less
than $3S. That is, in three years there has
been gain OF 81 per cent in the number
of employees and per cent in wages paid.
STILL there are those who insist that there
has been no improvement in employment
and wages.