The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-09

in the history of the New York Stock
Exchange more than 100000 shares
were traded in on it's floor during the
five hours of business.
The showing of national banks in
the country at large was far in ex-
cess of anything of the kind ever be-
fore reported; the comptroller's state
ment in Washington in June accounted
for u total of 4.O64 banks with total
resources of $5,630, ,794, ,367.
The largest single order ever given
for watches was received by an Amer
lean manufacturer from London
firm, the former agreeing to deliver
to his customer 100000 timepieces
within twelve months.
HARVEST RECORDS.
A. l.. Schaeffer, of Edgar county ILL.,,
harvested the largest crop of popcorn
ever gathered in the world. From 'his
1O2 acres he had 1900 bushels, a yield of
a little over seventeen bushels to the
acre. 1t cost him S17 an acre to raise,
sort shell and pay ground rent.
The winter wheat yield of Kansas for
1901 was 9O0455 514 bushels. valued at
$50 1850. and breaking the preceding
years record by 1S,45001O bushels.
These two were the largest wheat crops
ever grown by any state.
The first year of the new century was
an all-around record breaker for the
| farmers of the United States The en-
| tire years surplus of the products of
| field and farm sold abroad amounted to
no less than $500, 600.
Charles NJ. Schwab, president of the
| United States Steel corporation, is au-
| thorty for the statement that steel has
supplanted cotton in Industrial king
ship: that it exceeded the cotton in
| dlstry in 1900 by more than $1O0,0OO.000
| and for 1901 will exceed it by more than
| $250O00,O00.
Reports of pig iron manufacturers
covering production in October show
| that the month was a record breaker,
| the output reaching the great total of
| / 400 900 tons. All previous tonnage
| records We're broken during December
at the Carnegie steel mills in Home
stead, the total output for the month
being S25 sol tons, exclusive of armor
and all other government plate. The
| distribution of wages on Dec. 10, cover
ing three weeks, aggregated S5OO,OOO, the
biggest pay day ever known at this
plant.
BIG DAY IN CATTLE.
Imagine if you can, a live stock train
| 1873 miles long-numbering 1887 cars
and containing 3f,IS5 head of cattle,
3S ,456 hogs and 22,234 sheep, and you
will have some idea of the record
breaking day for receipts at the Union
Stock Yards, Chicago on Wednesday,
July "a, 1901. 1t was the biggest day
ever known in the history of this big
| live stock mart
The drought in the Middle and West
ern states caused this unprecedented
rush of stock to the market. The total
value of jhe days receipts was over
$780, 600. The cattle alone consolidated
in one mammoth animal would have
made Il steer seven times as high as the
Masonic temple, or in Il single file
would have reached from Chicago 10
Milwaukee.
This herd weighed about 10000, 600
pounds on the hoof, and furnished beef
eaters with about 10000, 900 pounds of
meat. The value of cattle shipments
for that entire week was estimated at
over $4,000, 900 The worlds sheep rec
ord was smashed at these yards on
Monday Aug, s. when 81, 15S head were
received.
Taking Il broader survey all previous
market of the west during the first
nine months of 1901. Treasury depart-
ment reports show that up to Oct. l.,
!. .236 1856 head of cattle had been ham
died at the five principal live stock
centres of the west During the same
period 13,413669 hogs and 5,S3l,355 sheep
were received, making an aggregate OF
3,9S1, 1880 food animals, or l,74l, ,2O9 more
than the total for the same period in
1900.
ODDITIES.
TO conclude with IA few records more
strictly i'm the odd class Two prize
winning hogs We're produced Down in
Vladosta. Ga a hog was killed whose
gross weight was 1880 pounds his net
weight was 955. Each ham weighed lO3
pounds. This fat monster produced $40
pounds of lard or nearly n tierce and Il
half--enough TO last Il small family
about four years. Besides the lard
there was nearly "A wagonload of saus''
age from this one pig, to say nothing
of big dishpans full of hogshead cheese,
liver pudding ana other products.
Among other curious things, London
had "A record breaking fog on October
%. the streets being rendered impass-
able during all that evening By the
densest and blackest fog known foI
years.
Park Policeman A. j. Stiles, of Chi-
cugo says he is the champion stopper
of runaways, having during the year
Increased his total to 1876.
Finally, the entire postal revenue OF
the United States i'm 1901 reached high
water mark, being in round numbers
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