Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-09-27

Out of 20, 2ST,000 persons in the
United States engaged IN earning their
bread by the sweat or their faces in
the census year 1860. l0.4SS,2l9 We're
employed in agricultural pursuits.
These were divided into many classi-
tications, farmers. planters and over
seers, dairymen and dairywomen. gar
deners, 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 T,112,30I persons ac-
lively engaged in these wonderfully
varied occupations. so extensive in all
their ramidcations and classihcations
that mere list OF these would emu
merate more than 100 forms of skilled
and ordinary artisanship. ranging
through all the different forms of man
ufactures Domestic and personal serv-
ice comes next 5.693,7TS persons be-
ing enrolled as BARRIERS and bartesiers,
watchmen, policemen, firemen and
walters. In addition to these. under
this classification, are gathered the sol
diers, sailors and marines of the regu-
TAR army, 12S.736 In all. Fourth posi-
ton i'll this great rank goes to trade
and transportation. which gathers
within its numbers 4.7TS23 persons,
or about the present population of New
York city. This includes an army of
steam and street railway employees, .
J sailors Snd their officers and the like
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Immigration officials say that me
class of immigrants ecining here has
materially changed within the last few
years, Formerly passage was more
expensive and 1t 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 indl.
cectly promoting immigration OF the
crowded districts. The result is to
overcrowd the cities, reduce the price
Of. labor by oyersupplying the market
and. crowding every ayoatlon and to
tend constantly to lower the standard
| Of living of the American workman
| by bringing him into competition, In
the mines aud on the railroads, with
the same class of labor from compe-
tition with which he has been shielded
by a protective tariff.
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Prize money for the capture of Span
lsh ships and property in the battle OF
Mantle 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 compll-
Gated litigaton the disagreement
about the real value of the capture
was genuine, and in no way involved
tnfriendlness between the claimants
and the government. Half the prize
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
S1S,500; the commanding officer OF
each vessel received one-tenth of the
amount awarded to 1t; 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.
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Plans are being made at the Navy
Department for The reorganization OF
the battleshlp squadron Of the North
Atlantic fleet. The squadron now con
sists of the Kearsarge (fagshp), Ala.
bama, Illinois, Maine, Iowa, and Mis-
souri, The plan Is to increase this
squadron to eight battIeships and di-
vide 1t into two divisions, each incom-
mand of an officer of flag rank. The
proposed additions are the battIeshIp
Kentucky, now undergoing repairs as
result of her long service In Aslatic
waters, and the battleshlp Massachu.
sets, now attached to the Atlantic
coast squadron.
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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
cd The total in circulation was a
little more than two billion five hun
dred and forty-six million dollars. and
the per capita thirty-one dollars and
six cents. There may be some com
fort 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
are.
49,
The treasurer Of the United States
on May G, 1908, redeemed two half
cent pieces. This Is the first time In
the history of the country that any
such coins have been presented for re-
demption. 1t is more than century
since the first haif-cent piece was
coined. and it is nearly hfty years
since the government discontinued
minting them.
49,
Herbert w Bowen, United States
minister to Venezuela, does not advise
soung Americans to try their fortunes
In the country named. They might
prosper financially there. he says, but
they would be very likely to lose NOR
ally. physically sld intellectually.
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About two hundred Thousand dollars
were spent by the national committees
IN the Presidential campaign Of 1861.
IT is estimated that the national con-
mit4ees will spend total Of five mill
ion dollars this year in electing
President.
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