The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-03

combinations in December, 1901, were
lower, as compared with the high prices
in 1900, by total Of over $45,O00O00.
The new plant of the Washington cot
ton mills, at Fries n. C., will cost $780,
COO and employ about 1000 persons.
One of the finest hosiery mills in the
world viii shortly be erected in Philadel-
phia by the frankfort company.
The action of the Chicago city council
in removing the limitations as regards
height for hreproOf structures means an
expenditure Of $25000,G00 in building OPP
erations in that city during the next
eighteen months.
profits for the year were 81 ,5O3 638 q.
The strike lnaugurated by the Boston
Mass, teansters is 5 preading to other
cities of New England, notably Fall Rly-
er and Lawrence, big manufacturing cen
tiers.
The Arkwright Club Of Massachusetts,,
composed almost entirely of manufactur-
ers, has united with labor representa-
tives in favor Of an eight-hour law before
the legislature,
Sir ChristCpher Furness, NJ P, on his
return to England from a study of indus
trial conditions in this country said:
What struck me most was the lntelll-
gence of the American workman, who IS
quite ahead Of our skilled artisans. Ihc
Americans are able to produce more
work per man thar we in this country
because they apply themselves with more
energy and Adaptation to al the latest
methods Of labor saving appliances.
Bills have been introduced in the Ohio
LEGISLATURE
shall rot use the class OF engines Win
cabs arranged so that the engineer and
fireman cannot see each other
Ohio has $500 working women Their
average weekly wages are $4S3, and
savings Il cents.
The Broom Makers union issues 1,OO0.-
600 labels each month for unon-made
brOoms.
The Texas penitentiary board has de
cided to buy a 25,O00-acre plantation anu
place all Of the state cOnvicts at work
-
A miIlion-dollar Portland cement plant
is shortly to be erected and put into
operation at ROckmart; Ga, by the
Southern States Portland Cement COM
pany.
The number Of blast furnaces in course
of erection on Dec. 81 in Great Britain
was TO-
The commissioner Of labor Of North
Carolina reports that there are 1911 men
employed in the cotton mills of the state.
About 81 per cent OF the adults can read
and write, but only 60 per cent Of the
children can do so.
The total number of locomotives built
in the United States last year was 1881
Or or I.3 per cent more than We're built In
The organized bricklayers of Cincinnati
have won a decided victory. The city
grants them Increased pay and an eight
hour day.
The outlook for the passage Of the bar
bers' license law, now before the Ohio
general assembly, is very encouraging,
according to all reports
To secure additional HOLIDAYS the stu
dents at eighteen Italian universities
nave resolved to come out on strike dur
ing the present month.
The gross earnings of the New YORK
central railroad for January show an in
crease of $2l8, 600.
A number of union machinfsts have
been discharged by the Union Pacific
road, it is stated, on the ground Of tim
ker1ng with mont nion-constructe loco,
Thomas w Place. master mechanic ~
the Illinois Central, recently put on the
pension list is sixty-nine years old. and
mas heid the position for forty years. In
recognition of his faithful service the
company Is paying all his expenses for a
slX-months trip to California, accompa-
MED by his wife.
Capitalists of Tacoma have organized
company to construct car-bufIdjng
equipment for the Pacific coast. and IaleP
supply the needs Of Alaska and tha
ne cod ne n6o company starts with cap
In Spain a man who works on a farm
receives about p cents a day In the
vineyards wages range from IL GEMS a
DAY for women and boys to q cents for
tbeIa ,e men, and to AZ to IS cents for
t .ilC95t upon whose skill the whole respon-
slDllity of the raisin crop rests
The printers union of INDIANAPOLIS
mo, le suing firm for using a coun-
terfeit label of the Allied Printing Trades
The strike Of machinists. molders and
other metal workers in San Francisco is
II Boston an Allied Freight TransDOr-
tatlon council has been formed which
viii include every unskilled workman.
such as teamsters, clerks, helpers hand
lers and others employed along the wa
ter front on the various railroads ana
those connected with the big wholesaIa
and retail stores
The capital invested in cotton mills j.,
Maine is $l2.959. 1l9, and the value of Their
products $l9SS6,S49 The twentv-fo,ir
wooden mills from which returns weTa
received nave an aggregate capital Of
S2.5St472, and manufactured goods valued
at s4,341, 81. gu
There are now 14i4 wool MANUFACTURING
pants IN the country, a decrease of II
per cent since 1880, but the canital in
vested has increased % per cent. beine,
now s3l0l79; value of goods produced
1926, $50, 4S4. an increase of 10 per cent
The average number Of employees il I5a
108 and the wages paid. $57, 933Si7
The Rational Steel Foundry company