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the census year 1900, 10,43S,219 were
employed in agricultural pursuits.
These were divided into many CLASH
locations, farmers, planters and over
seers, da' -ymen and dairywomen, gar
| 1eners, florists and nurSerymen, stock
raisers, herders, drovers, wood chop
| perS and apiarists. Next to the farm
er in numerical strength stands the
! manufacturing and mechanical pur-
| suits. There are 7,112,304 persons ac-
| lively engaged in these wonderfully
varied occupations, SO extensive in all
| their ramifcatiOnS and clasSificatiOns
that a mere list Of these would emu
merate more than $50 forms Of skilled
and ordinary artisanship, ranging
through all the different forms of man
ufactures. Domestic and personal serv-
ice comes next. 5,693,77S persons be-
ing entitled as BARRIERS and bartenders,
watchnlen, policemen, fremen and
walters. In addition to these, under
this classification, are gathered the sol.
diers, sailors and marines Of the regu
lar army, 12S, 736 in all. Fourth posi-
ton i'll this great rank goes to trade
and transportation, which gathers
within its numbers Ats, 233 persons,
or about the present population Of New
York city. This includes an army Of
steam and street railway employees,
sailors and their officers and the like.
immigration officials say that the
class Of immigrants coming here has
materially changed within the last few
years. Formerly passage was more
expensive and it required industry and
moral stamina to acquire the neces-
sary funds to make the journey. Then
men and women Of the sturdy pioneer
type came to this country and made
good citizens. To-day the competition
between the steamship companies has
resulted in offering unusual induce
mentS to immigrants. Foreign gov
ernments are also more or less indi-
rectly promoting immigration Of the
undesirable surplus in their over
crowded districts. The result Is to
overcrowd the cities, reduce the price
of labor by oversupplying the market
and crowding every avocation and to
tend constantly to lower the standard
Of living Of the American workman
by bringing him into competition, in
the mines and on the railroads, with
the same class Of labor from compe-
tition with which he has been shielded
by a protective tariff.
Prize money for the capture OF Span
ish ships and property in the battle of
Manila Bay has recently been paid to
Admiral Dewey and his men. Bounty
for the destruction of the Spanish
ships has already ben paid. The pay
ment Of prize money, which is distinct
from bounty, was delayed by compli-
Gated litigation; the disagreement |
about the real value of the capture |
was genuine, and in no way involved !
unfriendliness between the claimants
money went by law to the naval pen
sion fund; the other half, amounting
to three hundred and seventy thou
sand dollars, was divided between Adj
miral Dewey and those who fought
under him. The admiral received
$500: the commanding officer Of
each vessel received one-tenth Of the
amount awarded to it; and the other
officers and the men were paid in pro-
portion to their salaries, an amount
equal in each case to five months pay.
United States treasury experts fig
ured that on the first Of last month
both the total and the per capita mon
etary circulation Of the country had
reached the highest point ever record
ed The total in circulation was
little more than two billion five hun
1red and fOrty-siX million dollars, and
he per capita thirty-one dollars and
six cents. There may be some COM
,ort in knowing just what each mans
share is, even if some persons find
themselves unable to recall, just at the
moment, where their thirty-one dollars
Ire.
The treasurer Of the United States
IN May 6, 1908, redeemed two half
.ent pieces This is the first time in
he history Of the country that any
UGH coins have been presented for re-
lemption. 1t is more than a century
1nce the first half-cent piece was
oined, and it is nearly fifty years
ince the government discontinued
ninting them.
Speaker Cannon saiG the other day
hat he received a thousand dollars in
wages for the first five years that he
worked for hire, and saved half Of it. s
f he should write an article on How
o Live on Two Dollars a Week." 1t
would be worth reading, for it would
e record Of actual experience. i
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