The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-08-17

A representing 81 in
@ d . dustries In 242p
separate establishments. It showed
an average increase In wages during
This period Of 1915 per cent The il
curry into the cost Of living shows
that living for working mems families
having under S1,SOO income per year
had Increased during this period lhb
per cent. In order to ascertain this
average increase the labor bureau So
cured the income and expenditure In
detail Of 2,561 families In thirty-throe
States, retail prices being TAKEN The
statement shows that the 2567 families
consisted OF On average OF b31 per
IONS, and that the average income Tor
the year 1901 was SS21, the average
annual expenditure foe all purposes
$76S and the average expenditure for
food S328 per family. The principal
items OF expenditure were. Food, 42A
per cent OF the total expenditure, rent.
1856 per cent; clothing, 14O4 per cent;
and taxes, insurance, organization
dueR religion, charity, books and news-
paperB, amusements, sickness and
death, and intoxicating liquors, t~51
per cent Each family consumed $40
pounds Of fresh beef during the year
Of a cost Of $50 The lowest average
price Of food from 1890 to 1908 was In
1893 The highest price was In 1902,
when II WINS HOB per cent Of the aver
age price for no period. The average
eogt of food per family In 1880 wa
1913; in 1896. $2a6s liz 1902, S344i and
tn 1909 S3s2
The Interstate Commerce COMMITS
non IN the case Of the Dentson Light
and Power Company against the Mis-
sour. Kansas and Texas Railroad do
ctted that the freight rate OF $1-90 pen
ton ON coal from the McAlester dis
trtct, Indian Territory. to Denison, tn
Unreasonable and should not exceed
S1.2a The commission also decided that
90 cents per 100 pounds was the Just
rate for shipping horses from Bayou
Sara, La, 10 ST. Louis Mo, instead OF
S1D, TIE rate charged by the Yazoe
and Mississippi Valley and IlitnoA
Central Railway companies and ON
planned of by G. IL barrow. The rata
complained Of Is on less than q load
lots and upon an esttnnted weight OF
2yOOO pounds for each animal The
commission recommends That the
weight Of The first animal be estimated
at 1000 pounds and ea~d additional an
final 1000 pounds.
A startling condition Of affatrs n
shown by q report made public by
Commissioner General OF Immigration
Sargent. It shows the number OF
aliens IN confinement In penal and
charitable institutions in the United
States during the first four months OF
the present year. and deals only with
those aliens who have been in this
country less chan five years There
are confined tn the institutions cover
ed By the report $500 males and
l5,643 females, all Of whom have not
becoms citizens OF the United States
OF this number 1896 are imprisoned
for gywve ofensesI $3.50 for mtnoi
crimes, while 20279 are insane and
l4,6O4 are paupers. New York leads
IN the percentages, with Boston second
and Philadelphia third. The mvestt
ga<tun Is being continued.
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The federal government II generous
30 its hired help and goes down In III
wallet to the extent Of S3,000sO0 to
tive them a summer outing at the
seashore and In the mountains This
sum is for the army Of employees In
Washington alone, and does not In,
clude the thousands OF others who
are on duty and on the pay rolls In
other places throughout this broad do
main. Liberal lawmakers decided
that ten months In a year was long
enough for employees OF the govern
ment to WORK, and that thirty days
should given for sickness and thir
" days additional for annual leavs
to rest UP from the laborious dutiea
This law was for the clerks and did
not take in printers, pressmen. navy
yard employees, but eventually thest
were given the annual leave
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Telegrnphic Brevities.