Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-11-24


ttes for the Republican candidates r
Presidential years. furnishes magnfn
cent example of prosperity and progress
under Republican Administration durtnf
the last four years. and the benefits {
the workingman resulting from Wis
and conservative financial policy. Few
States in the Union tell a more impress
siye story than may be- learned from
study Of the last annual report q
the Secretary Of Internal Affairs. part
third, referring TO Industrial statistics.
In the report referred To viii be foane
the 1852 comparative series tables This
Is a presentation Of fortE-fOur indus
tries. representing 81 establishments
The same establishments are carried
through from 1852 and comparison Is
made year by year Of the days Of opera
ton the persons employed the aggre-
gate Of wages paid. the yearly earnings
the daily wage ana the market value OF
the output.
The actual figures tell a wonderful
story Of progress ia the last four years
In these 554 establishments the total
number or persons employed In 1896 was
lls.99 IN 1893, 154 AZ. Aggregate amount
or wages paid. 1896. 81, I02, 800 In 1888
s7s I79. a33. Average yearly earnings, 1886.
si41.23. in 1850 s506.27. Value or product.
1886. s2l1. 252. 1872. 1889. $8T7. 934. All
The 1895 comparative series. which fol-
laAs that of the 1882 series, Is made up
OF s3 industries, representing so estab-
HI AHttHEN. IN TINS series comparison -
made with 1896, including the tnterEan-
ing years. and shows the increase or de-
crease ia wages. etc. same in the
1852 series, with the addition of capital
invested. and the cost Of basic materials
In the presentation OF the cotton and
wool census for 1883 the figures repre-
sent the entire business done in the
State. including capital invested, wages
laid 70 males. females and children
quantity Of output and value and also
looms, spinGIFs. cards, combs, picktFss
knitting machines bralders. etc.
The resume of these sos establishments
showing the comparisons between 1886
and 1883. makes the following interesting
exhibit OF progress and prosperity dur
ing the Mckinley administration: Capt.
tai invested in plants and fixed work
Ing capital, 1855. s2g5.3s3 913; in 1893 IL
was increased to- $245, S77. s26 Average
number of days in operation. 1896. 29s;
: 1899. 2sS: number of persons employed.
1868 In 1s96. and ISL a36 ia 1883 Aggre-
gate amount of wages paid In 1896. SSH
s1S543; In 1889, $3.50, 725- Market value
of production In 1896, Sl95. 205 ls4, In 1899
s332, sos 934. Value Of production during
the year to each employee. Sl542.l4 in
1896. while in 1899 il had increased TO
sls2s.36. Average yearly earnings. 1896
st09s1. 1899 sf32 10.
Comparison with the preceding years
is made Of the entire production Of pig
iron in the State. it's value cost of
basic mai erial. days of operation, per-
sons employed. aggregate Of wages paid.
yearly earnings and daily wage The
same detailed information as to wages,
earnings. etc. Is shown in rolled iron
and steel as Is set forth in pig iron. At
tention Is especially called 10 the largely
Increased number Of employees in all
OF these leading industries. TO the in
creased earnings and wages and to the
Increased production, all of which is
fully set forth in the analysis at the
close OF the report.
MORE STEEL THAN GREAT
BRITAIN
When It Is reflected what the manu-
facturer Of iron and steel Is to Pennsyl-
vanIa: what IL Is TO the United States.
and what 1t is to the world a study of
the analysis viii be of more than or
binary interest. 1t shows how peunsvI-
vania produced in 1880 almost double
the amount of pig iron she produced IN
1898. how this production was more than
~ per cent of the entire production for
1873 Of Great Britain; how PENNSYLVANIA
produced $50 per cent more steel in
1879 than IN 1921; how this production
was nearly . per cent. in excess of the
entire production OF Great Britain. and
shows how. in the manufacture of tin
plate. In which Pennsylvania is 50 much
Interested. the production in the United
states for 1880 was f35 per cent in OK
cess of the production OF 1894 and shows
pennsylvania relation 10 this large
increase.
VALUE or PRODUCT.
If 1899 has shown il vemarkable Increase
IN the number Of workmen employed
and the wages paid. the value Of the
tLsase me aggregate for 1899 reached
In sae nnpfecedented ,agures e $2s7 9s4 Al,
10 Per cent over 1882. the once most
prosperous year of the SERIES but now
eelipsed by 1899 the Increase was Sos.
4Asie. or 1925 per cent and over 1891
the year OF our greatest depression fbs
increase sweiled 10 $50. 307 ii6. or 1855 PEI
cent
The capital invested III the s. estab-
lishments considered In the cumpara-
tive series of 1886 advanced since thar
year from S2e5.3S3,91S 10 $245 ST.. SIC in
1osf. the heaviest increase being from
ls9s g 1899, when Ii advanced nearly Is
Ter cent In 1895 the days of operation
We're IS: In 1897 they were z76 til lssS
aiTference ef twenty days in favor Of
HIT the number e working people EN-
pioyed In these So Industries of 4s I Der
cent, The number employed in 1889 having
heen lslsSe as against l2s.57S in 1896. The
increase over ISIS was 144 per cent. the
number employed in that Year having
been $4,000 The average earnings ~.
Alt of these ISL. $50 persons skilled ana
nnslStlied. male ana female. Vas II 1890
; IT, H. e increase over 1895 Of s2S-S4 ana
scented fer 1879 Iarse volume 81 business
1ahe. III Ng5Gs assreEastnE s22.>2Szas4
H. S sIs ZIG 1tS.l6+ Il 1890, ia increase
of SSfspts,tsu, or over q Per cent
PIG IRON
The year 1899 marks the greatest era
IT. the production Of p3s iron IN tie
history cf the State, the increase over
lSsS being G175.3Ia gross tons. Or rearls-
~ Per cent. ami the Increase over 1925
heing Z5l6,s4S gross tons. Ell 81 per cent
FNnnS SINania : production Of 40 gaS