The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-28

New York Bakers Union so accompany
ing the organization TO reunions and en-
tertainments will receive 90 cents spending
money out of the union treasury.
The largest toy factory in the world
is in New York, where playthings in tin
are manufactured literally by the million.
1t stands five stories high. and turns our
1901 distinct varieties OF tin toys. The
output of circular tin whistles is Geo.
600 per annun-
1t is reported that a party OF NTexicans.
headed by Senior Don Evaristo Madero. ex-
governor of the State OF Coahila. inter-
ested in cotton manufacturing. were in
Fall River, Mass, last week. for the pur-
pase of engaging overseers for his cotton
mills He has decided to take up the
manufacture of the finer grades OF cloth,
increase his manufacturing facilities. and
secure competent overseers to take charS';
of the various departments.
In the production of iron ore. the United
States is leading the world. with % mil
lion tons mined in 1893. With its impor-
tation of 7402 tons of ore added to this.
the country manufactured 49, SO, I0S tons of
pig iron in the same year. and of this
converted 1o.6S9,S5I tons into crude steel.
making 80 per cent. of the total steel
supply of the world. OF ore, steel, ore
lars worth was exported last year, plac-
ing the United States at the head OF the
steel and Iron production of the world
a position which authorities hold that it
must maintain in the future. In 1883
the world mined S4OS4.OH0 tons of iron ore
Germany came next to the United States,
with 17,SS9, 665 tons, while Great Britain
took third place with only 14,1T6,9SS tons.
And yet in the face OF these figures. the
oSr of
partment at Washington says: I'VE are
still at the beginning OF our resources,
both in the quantity of ore mined per an
mum within our borders and in the
economy of methods of accommodating ma
teriaIs at the centre OF iron and steel
manufacture" And in 1870 the output OF
ore in gross tons was only 3,GS1$31- The
Lake Superior region, first known in $50,
was opened after nearly fifty years, and in
the SOS the rich fields OF Alabama were
uncovered. so that in 1853 the Lake Su-
perior country was producing US per
cent. Of the United States ore, and the
South was mining 10 per cent. of it.
leaving only 81 per cent. to the rest OF
the Union. Only Michigan and Minnesota
surpass Alabama in the production of iron
ores, while Virginia, Tennessee and Gets-
gia have taken q front rank as producers
It IS announced on good authority that
decided TO replace white employees by
negroes One large firm alone expects.
by the middle of next year, to have six
thousand negroes in its employ, and no
white men, except foremen. 4 repre-
sentative OF one OF the large packing
institutions, who is daily hiring negroes
in the place of whites discharged. was
asked by representative OF this news
paper why packers had decided to employ
negroes instead of whites. He was ask
ed ii the negroes were considered to be-
more skilful workmen. He replied as
follows: NO. they are not more skill
full. but they are more obedient. We
are putting in negroes here, and shall
have six thousand of them by next
year. because we want workmen 10 DO
what we tell than to. The negro minds
his own business and let's his employers
business alone. He let's trades unions
alone, does not go on strikes and is
willing to. work for reasonable wages
He does not think it beneath his dignity
of his employers We believe most
aroused to discourage a dangerous plan
for breeding race riots IN a great city.
It is better to interfere now with the
causes OF trouble, even at the risk OF
offending vested rights" and a mans
right ito r'n-.. mis- own business to suit
hinloelf,' than TO deal with the problem
Of race hatred when 1t shall have gone
beyond the reach of argument These
men who propose to breed race discord
are dangerous enemies to the public
welfare. and that fact should be i'm
pressed upon them by their fellow citt-
zens.-New York Evening Journal