The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-10-11

SoI'ne Of Business and the MARK
ID ttvance In Wages MS Compared
|ita Record of CIeyeIaaA's Admin-
Gstra,ion.
Pennsylvania has shared In the pros
s-'.y that followed the election Of
.T'''.!I Mckinley to the presidency.
I'll cN,ent to which the prosperous
-''~s have benefited the citizens OF
tn mmonwealth is shown in the
-crr 4 the Office OF the bureau Of
frir,..lal statistics.
81, ron, steel and tin plate indus
tT''s 2 Pennsylvania have probably
hs, ected as favorably as any others
fhyJu-h the return OF the Republican
sz1r'y 20 power in Washington.
Is marked the greatest era In the
-Tr'" ion Of pig iron IN the history of
-h' sttC, the Increase over 1895 being
II, gross tons, or nearly 80 per
.-r,, I'D the Increase over 1896 being
E+lg.G'g gross tons, or CTS per cent.
Pcn.a, lvania's production OF G,5i2,99S
gross tons in 1899 was within about 80
-sar unt of the entire production Of
t5rem Britain. The production Of the
Tn aI states was 1880, 7O3 gross tons,
"r es IS over the production of Great
SSir"in of more than sc per cent.
GP~tT BRITAIN LEFT BEHIND.
Tl,sy ilgures are very significant,
vhe' 4, is reflected that in 1894. just
civ years ago, Great Britain produced
-~esr.. 80 per cent more pig iron than
was produced in the United States,
g1r lr in 1899 Great Brltain's in
,laeaSe n production over 1894 was but
l..,le over 25 per cent. while the in
crease IN the part Of the United States
vas over 100 per cent
Thn market value of Pepnsy,vauia's
PRODUCTION OF pig iron for 1899 was
sl0s. Sd a hundred million dollars, the
saai42d value being $9S,2O3, SOB. AS
compared with 1898 the increase was
s,'.S79 .575, or S4.1 per cent. and as
compared with 1896 the increase was
153tl,7 ,76i, or ll7.i per cent.
An average OF l5,347 workmen were
gTnployoi il Pennsylvania in the max
7rT O.. ..E iron during 1899, an increase
over ls9G OF 3,7G7, or 52.5 per cent.
The average earnings in 1899 for
skilled and unskilled labor was nearly
stlN0 I'm excess OF 1896. the average for
1909 Icing s495.1S, and for 1886, s996.3O
Pennsylvania produced 6,446, ,159
g-u7a fons Of steel Of ell kinds in 1892
sn increase Of nearly SO per cent over
1876. The production Of the United
ssa.,t5s ur 1899 was i0,6SS,857 gross
t1ns and OF Great Britain about 5,000,-
, e5O tons. Pennsylvania consequently
-EroduCed over GO per cent Of the pro-
. IaCtior Of the United States and about
- Tar cent more than Great Britain.
The Increase In production OF steel
" the United States for the past five
year has been TAI per cent, while
JsTao' Eritain's increase has been but
about So per cent.
Tho entire production of iron and
..revi rolled into finished form in Penn
sylvlI'a during 1899 was zoos, tS5 net
ccas nu increase over 1896 Of S,336, AIS
ilsls 1r nearly SO per cent.
The value Of this enormous produc-
,0u w7e s239 S77 .l26, an increase over
1926 Of fl1d. BAT ,36t, or over 96 per cent.
LABOR WAS BENEFITED.
1'hp number Of wOrkmen In 1899, in
dependent Of those employed in tho
Y5lilnc OF black plate, was 80 .9S2, an in
Epaso over 1896 Of 16,4OJ, or 500 per
g.4nt
II, .vcrage earnings Of The C9,9S2
@,orl;mcu, skilled and unskil'ed. was
$3.50. ,s against s444S9 in 1896, an In
cs,aec 0f t11l11. or 25.G per cent.
PENNSYLVANIA had y black plate
worts n operation during the whole
- pert of 1893. OF which is turned out
a timed production. 36S 500, ,73A pounds
g hlf"f plate were made. as against
tf'. zoe 10 pounds ia 1896 an increase
20: on 'i7ii pounds or 1928 per cent
'euu-yivania's increase IN timed
production for 1898 mas heen equally
o.. sa factory as her increase In black
.H, rle aggregate of the black plate
. -rks and dipping works combined
sau- 81 ,0S4.73I pounds, as against
'#H. .5Ne 703 pounds in 1896. an increase
I Isl 'tOSl pounds, or 1872 per cent
pgID"ylvania's share Of the entire pro-
durticn Of the United States Of tin and
Lgrnc plate for 1899, which has been
s.;,U aL S9l 900, 600 pounds. was about
.gr cent. Comparing this produc-
r 20 the United States for 1899 with
.' nrn1uction in 1891 of G6,3l34O9
uos, it will be seen that the increase
. rD United States for the past five
b. Las been 724,65G 59l pounds, or
u. cent.
Hmber of workmen employed
lack plate works for 1899 was
,.6S2. au increase over 1896 of Ass, or
"ar cent, and the average daily
ToEe tgr all workmen was s2.36, an in
"rease NJ 56 cents per day.