The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-09-28

Out Of 29,2s7,O 900 persons In the
United States engaged In earning their
bread by the sweat CT their faces in
the census year 1900. 10,43S,219 were
employed in agricultural pursuits.
These were divided into many CLASH
fi~cations, farmers, planters and over
seers, dairymen and dairywomen, gar
deners, florists and n~urserymen, stock
r~aisers, herders. drovers. wood chop
pers ana apiarists. Next to the farm
err In numerical strength stands he
manufacturing and mechanical pur-
suits. There are 7,112.304 persons ac-
lively engaged In these wonderfully
varied occupations, 50 extensive In all
their ramifcations and classifications
that a mere list of these would emu
merate more than $50 forms of skilled
and ordinary craftsmanship, ranging
through all the different forms Of man
ufactures. Domestic and personal serv-
Ice comes next, 5,693, 778 persons be-
ing enrolled as BARRIERS and ~bartenders,
watchmen, policemen. firemen 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 IN this great rank goes to trade
and transportation, which gathers
within its numbers 4,778,233 persons,
or about the present population Of New
York city. This includes an army Of
ctaa ~ or1 cfrant y-oilrvou arayAlnync
sailors and their officers and the like.
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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-
tectly promoting immigration of the
undesirable surplus in their over
crowded districts. The result liz to
overcrowd the cities, reduce the price
Of labor by oversupplying the market
and crowdlng 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.
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Prize money for the capture Of Span
lsh 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
ind the government. Half the prize
money went by law to the naval pen-
non 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
e1S,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 mount
equal In each case to five months pay.
80
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 a
little more than two billion FIVE hun
dred and ~forty-six million dollars, and
the per capita thirty-one dollars and
Elk cents. There may be some com
fort In knowing just what each mans
share is, even IL some persons find
themselves unable to recall, just at the
moment, where their t~hirty-one dollars
are.
49,
The treasurer Of the United States
on May g 1903. 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 IL more than a century
since the first half-cent piece was
coined, and 1t Is nearly fifty years