The evening times., 1899-05-11

not less than 80O, ,0CO. The prOQuct In loSd
was over 100000 wheels.
In 1880 large proportion OF the cycles
used in this country were imported, main
ly from England. In 1897 the exports OF
cycles and parts OF cycles to England.
amounted to a value Of 81. 128. 491. and the
total exports amounted to a value Of So
902, ,736.
Closely allied to the cycle industry are
the manufacturing industries which sup
ply to the cycle factory the materials used
in the construction of the wheels Steel
tubing for the frame, chains for the driv-
ing gear. wood rims for the wheels, steel
balls for the bearings, pneumatic tires.
and saddles are all for the most part sep
arately manufactured. New machinery for
the making of bicycle parts has been in
vented and is largely built for use in this
country and for export. Saddles, bells,
cyclometers, tools for bicyclists' use,
lamps and locks for bicycles are made for
the use Of cyclists, and their manufacture
requires the employment Of many tEou-
sand workmen.
Another great and new industry is that
of the typewriter. There is no report for
this industry in the census OF 1850. A re-
cent bulletin of the Bureau OF Education
gives the number Of schools teaching type
writing and stenography in 1890 as 1.0Sl
with 57,375 pupils. a vast majority OF thsm
being women. The Census of 1890 report
ed that 49, 41S persons were employed in
the United States as stenographers and
typewriters. of whom 21,270 were women.
In 1870, the Census reported 154 shorthand
writer's in the United States. of which
number but seven were women.
The manufacture Of apparatus and ma
terials for amateur photographers is an
other industry of large extent. practically
new since 1880. In 1892, single corpora
tion in the production of the wares indi-
Gated, had capital of S5,000.00 These
new industries have had a marked effect
on the publishing business. In 1897 there
we're twenty journals devoted exclusively
to electrical matters. thirty eight TO bicy-
cling and the bicycle industry, and eleven
to Photographic interests. Books by the
| hundred have been printed on electrical
matters and scores Of them on photogra-
ply. especially on photography for ANA
| teurs. Not a few textbooks on stenogra-
| ply are published. while nearly every cy
| Gle manufacturer publishes elaborate ad-
| vertising catalogues.
| The cash register and cash carrier were
unknown in 1880. The cash carrier in
dustry has grown up mainly since 1890.
the census of that year making no sepa-
rate mention of il.
The basic steel process. by which steel
is made free from phosphorus. and. there
fore. capable of being worked cold was
! invented just prior to 1850 and was first
extensively used in that year. 1t has had
| much to do with the large increase in the
| production of steel and in its use for tub
| ing and structural purposes. The produc-
| tion of open hearth steel in 1880 was i00.-
S5l tons: in 1890, 519,2S2 tons. and in 1896
| 1,29S, 700 tons A large proportion of this
| open hearth steel is basic steel.
Aluminium, which is daily coming more
| into use. was a laboratory product in 1889.
costing from $40 to SIS pound. Its price
| today Is said to be somewhere about 40
cents a pound and the number of pounds
produced in 1896 was 100000
In 1898 there were received 81, Sl5 appli-
cations for patents. 1,Si3 applications for
designs, 81 applications for reissues. 1859
applications for registration OF trade
marks. $40 applications for registration of
| labels. and so applications for prints.
There were %, 20i patents granted includ-
ing designs, 60 patents reissued. 1.23s
trademarks registered, and geo labels. and
30 prints. The number Of patents that eX-
pired was 15,54S. The number OF allowed
applications awaiting the payment of final
fees was 6,s24. The number that were for
feited for non-payment CT the final fees
was 4,363. The total expenditures were
81 1856. 196.20 The receipts over expendi-
lures were s1.53S2S. The total balance
to the credit OF the Patent Office in the
Treasury of the United States on January
I, 1899. was si972, 1864
In proportion to population more patents
were issued to citizens of Connecticut than
TO those Of any other State-l TO every SS3
inhabitants. Next in order are the fol-
lowing, Massachusetts,, l to every 1.i2S:
Rhode Island, l to every 1854: New Jersey
l to every 1894; District of Columbia. to
every 1854: Montana, to every l.123:
Oklahoma, to every l,sl9: New York. 10
every 1.S25: Colorado. l to every 1855:
California, ! to every 1851. The fewest
patents granted in proportion to the num-
ber OF inhabitants were in the following
States: South Carolina, l TO every 23.3S2;
North Carolina, / to every 22.7 Missis-
sippi, to every 1864; Alabama, 10 every
1874. and Georgia, l to every II. .333
As to foreign countries, 96i patents were
granted to residents of England; 63i to
those OF Germany; 3i5 to those of Canada;
France. 25s; Austria Hungary. 75: Scot
land. Ga; Belgium, AZ: Switzerland, 39
Victoria, 35; Italy and Russia 33 each
Sweden. 30; New South Wales 80; Ire
land and New Zealand. IS each: Denmark,
IS; Netherlands, II: Norway. 10; Mexico.
s; South African Republic, I: Argentine
Republic. South Australia, and Spain.
each; Cape Colony. Finland India, and
Queensland. each; Brazil. Bermuda and
Tasmania, 2 each; and to Algeria. British
Guiana, Burmah. Chile, Cuba. Egypt Qua
temala. Island of Tahiti Jamaica, Portu-
gal. Turkey. and West Australia. 1 each.