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of production and competition. Common brick nold in the summer at $5.00@6.00, and higher in tho apring, owing to a temporary scarcity. Sev- eral yarde wore idle, but the large production, togethor with the fact that there are many men of small means in tho business, who, from ne- consity, aro obliged to convert their product as soon as possible, Induced more or loss com- petition, and the year was not s very remuner- ativa one to manufacturers. NP TRADE 1X TRESSED TRICK 18 reported larger than in 1873, with prices rang- Ing from 812.00@32.00. The demand was chiclly for ordinary pressed. Sales are eatimated at 8,000,000. ILimo declined, ranging from 70c(@ £1.00 per br, in bulk, Pricea ruled compara- tivoly rtesdy at tho decline, allowing o small margin of Xmm, but considerablo difficulty was sxperioncad in making collections, aud tho yenr on the wholo wna not antisfactory. Baveral firma bave pono out of the businers, soma of them fai ag, o that the surviving onea lind n iarser wade, but competition and cheap labor kept wrices down to & low pomt. Tho Companios eprosonting the dilferont hrands of CEMENT WUtlea, Touisille, and Akron) consolidated in he mpring, which fact caused outetde dealars to ntroduco now brands. A spintod competition o a timn was 1ho consequonce, which, together vith diminished cont of production and trans- sortation, rediteed prices all round. Quotations ‘or the above mentioned brands bave ranged from $1.75@2.00 per brl. Tha couutry trada &as smallor than in 1873, tut the local demnnd incressed, tho city improvements taking o largo quantity, Tho enles of cements are cetimatod 81 £230,000 brls, valued nt sbout £437,500. The total eales of tho matenals ahove enumerated aggregate about £2,200, ‘WINE3 AND LIQUORY, THE WHOLESALE LIQUOR BUSINEAS hias not been quito 8o active ag in 1873, althongh the quantity of wines nud whiskies passing through the hands of city jobbers was very great. The lowest eatimnato of tho cash sales is §1 000,000, tho Lusinoss being operated npon a cap- ital of about $4,000,000. Tho samo causes that affected the brewing and distilling interests of 1874 were folt in tho wholesals trado, both in do- mesticand foreign goods. Referenco is made to the recent temperanco agitation, which cousider- ably decreared the country domnnd, to the im- meaiato alarin of the hyuor-dealora, who depend Iargely upou the country for their trado, ‘T'ho ety consumption of spirts chiolly cousists of Bourbion whigkios, and thoe priucipal wines sold aro Krug, Bt. Murceaux, and other Monopole brands. Prices havo ruled firm in epite of tho docrenro in distilling. Thera are nos about 200 Hiquor jobbers in tho city, alt of whom do & fair average buminner, The quantity of imported Jiqnor consunied in tho city, in comparison with the consumption of onr own productions, 18 quite saall, salthough Kentucky whiekies and wines et with a good sale hiore, HONEY, ‘The trade in honey is a very large one ; chiefly conducted by ono houss. The ehipments of tho pakt vear woro n littls in cxcess of 200 tons, worth fully §200,000. 'Thig wan dirtributed mto 0. nearly every ouo of tho Now England States, besidea many parts of tho West. TOTAL WEOLESALE BALES, GRAND AGOREGATE. Thoe traneactions abovo reported undor tho head of * wholesalo " make a grand aggrogato of 268,000,000, including estimates tn those branches whero we could not obtain the valuo of wales clorely enough to make it advisablo to state thomn separatoly (as in curod fish, and ono o two others), Wo caunot compare theso fig- nres directly with tho total for 1873, becauso tho #round is covered moro exhauztively than a year sgo. But, taking the averagoof tho transac. tiona reported for bolh yoars, we havo an in- oroane of very nearly 10 per cont on the aver- ago: which wilt probably hold good for thoso branches that wero not uoted previously, We thus have an increaso of 10 per cent 1n the cash results of wholcralo salor made in Chicngo in 1874, as compared with 1873, notwithstanding the doprestiou that Lins been complained of by many dealets, Indoed, several of those who complained most loudly of tho dullness were forced to admit, on turting to thelr books, that thov had done morolukiness in 1474 than in the twelve months precoding. TILE CAPITAL EMPLOYED io the conductuf_the business above enumerated is a littlo over £55.000,000 ; not counting thaz vestod in other places than Chieago i connec- tion with business in this city. Io arrivine at thira result we hnve given to lumber capital httlo more thaa the money actuslly used in carryiug the current stock on haud, ——— MANUFACTURES. ‘Tho -mantfacturing intercsts of Chicago suf- #red much moro soverosly by tho paule than by the Great Firo. Tho cataslsoplia of 1871 stimu- Iated men to wnwouted activity ; that of 1873 paraiyzed many of thom to such an oxtont that thoy have not yet recovered from the shock, In many cages the comparison is mreh more disad- vantagoous than it would have been but for the Fire, which atarted up such a great number of new workers, both in old and new ficlda of labor, =8 to mslo the production of 1878 nearly doublo that of 1870 ; which was a much greater growth than waa exbibited by the commelca of the city. Nevertholoss, the effoct of tho panio was not a8 dissstrous in Chicago os in most other citice, Frade has bean slow hiete, but not stagoant, as clsewhere. Tho fion interest, the great sulforor through the praotical injunction served upon railroad-bullding, shows a decidod falling off, and othor branches have receded in sympathy. But the fact that wo have no specialty hero to absorb the attention and command the onergics of & majority of our workors has pravented com~ ploto prostration, thongl wo have to chronicle & roduction in wages, as well a8 in tho aggrogate of production. 'fhe industrics of Chicago are 80 many aod so varied that it Is almost jmpousi- ble to cover tho wholo field in s statistical way, The following summary Is, however, not far from complete, and the comparative figures for former years make the statoment very inter- esting to all thore vho have taken pride in matcling the giow Clicago. PORK AND BEEF PACKING. 1N TUIS DEPARTMENT of manufacturing industry Chicago loads the world, and has dono 8o ever since the wintor of 1562-'3, when she distanced Cinciuoati by cutting up tho then immonse number of 070,364 hogs. ThLat number was not agaiu approacbed, even in tlus city, till the winter preceding the firo, when 918,087 were packed, Tho packing-houses wore ‘mostly outuido the aros of tho iro, boing locnted ut Bridgoport and the Stook-Yards, and tho next winter they packed moro than over. The busi- nees has increased with each succeeding year. TUE BEQULAR PACKING-SEAHON bLeginaon tho 1st of Novomber, and ends on tha last dsy of February, Tho beginning of the year this senson cuts tne season iuto *two equal and undivided moieties,” as the lawyers aay, and it is ecarcely possiblo to gathor the statistics of & calendar yoar with accuraoy. Tho following will be found to be a clese approximation, the error in estimating for the last few days in Decembor beiug no greater than that to which our cetimate of the suwmner paeking is liablo. MOLE TUAN YOUIY VIRMS aro now engaged in sbo work of pucking pork- produats, twenty-uine of whons Lavo lurgo ostab- Lislunents, iu which tho processes of Lillity, cuitlng, and packing are carsiod on with & rapld. ity that astonishes even ke resident of Chicago who looks in for the first time upon thae feast of bluod, 'The otuers are swall tirms, who buy rlieseed hogs, or have their hogs killed on coin- wisston ju the'city. About five firms bave ro- aently undertaken to kil and pack on direct jorder {rom Europo, thieir meats being put up in (sho way bost Jiked 1 tho Kuglivh markots, aud \cot beiog sold on 'Change. ‘Y'hess tirns enploy =botit 260 hauds in the busy season, und & few during the rest of tho year, 'Che capital eme. ployed is 300,000, DULING TIB $EASON O¥ 1873-'74 there were packed in thun city 1,401,081 live, snd 55,40 dicesed. Total, 1,620,024 Lead, 'The yroduct wcluded 195,917 bris pork, and 177,877 1cs of lard, Lesidos meats, It ls behoved, ow- ever, that the product’of the packing in October, 1574, was fuoluded*by somo of the packers n their returus. ‘L'he production of pork bas been sanderfully stimulated this winter by the scocu- Iutive demand for tbat siticle, aud the retuius of the season wiil prolably show a very large total, though the wuwmber of hogs mav ehow = gdecreage from the weasou of w & 36T a0, owing to » Isliug off THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, JA in tho hog crop. A beliof that the hiog erop wonld be very short haa eansed prices to rule very high ae compared with the average of tho nino seasona belween this and the close of tho war. AN APPROXIMATION. The following is au approsimation to the num- bor of hogs packed, aud the other statistica of the busincus, fu 1874 Number from Jan, 1 to March 1 551,160 Rummer to Uet, 1. 3,410 Octaler.. a7 November and December.. of year, about.. Total, 1473 Total, 187 The decroase in numbers is very small. The toial weight of tho hogs prcked in 1874 waa 208,000 tonn. The value was about $36.500,000 ; and of produet, including ealt and packagos, 4, 800,000, MEEF-PACRINA, Connectod with this is tho bueiness of beef- aciing, which is cazried on by four of the larg- est firms ongnged in pork-packing. Abcut 14,000 head of “cattlo hava been packedt during tun vear, montly Texans, the selling valus of which was £560,000; and of the product, ineluding eait _and packages, about &G00,- 000. {n 1873, tho Deof-packing was about 16,000 head. This business i not on the Increaso, the packing of beef boing per- formied in tho West and Soithwest for tho Rup piv of Enropean and Eastern markets quite an chieaply as 1t can bo dono 1 Chicago. ‘t'he fol- lowing is a summary of the packing businoss : 1¥ 1870, 2,005,000 ame Number of workers (winter) 4,50 Anntal wages. $1,170,000 Capital employed 5,0:0,000 Valie of products, 34,000,000 Thie great incroaso In the valug of product is chiotly duo to the highor pricos of hogs in 1874, TRON MANUFACTURES, NO RETROGRESSION. Tho mannfactures of irou have not rotrograded no oxtonmively aa represented by a majority of thoso engagod in the business. Thero is & decrenda in tho numbor of workers, but a falling off only to the oxtont of about 7if per cont in the aunual produotion, as moasured in dollara and cents, and searcely anything in the quantity of work performed by men and machinery. A great reduction in the conrser kiuds of work lins been nearly componsated by increasod activity in tho finer branches. 'The production of iron goods waa groatly stimulated by tho fire of 1871, ospecially a8 iron ontered far more largely into tho construction of the new Chicago than of tha old. TIE GREATEST FALLIXG OFF was experiencedd in the production of car-wheels, which hias doecreased fully 50 per cont, owing to the fact that tho building of new linen of rail- rond waa vetoed by thio panic, though tho differ- ont linvs, both East and West, have been ro- paired, and many of the old iron rails were re placed by those of Bessemor steel, CIHIOAGO NOW FAS TIREE ROLLING-JILLS, inelnding the one at Joliet, which is owned and oporated by Chicago ecapitalists ; and, notwith- standing tho fact that tho iron market is now at ita lowast ebb, they show an aggro- gate sunual production of £14,000,000 agai ns £16,000,000 the precoding year, This rodnetion of 1214 por cent i considerably loss than many were propared to oxpect, inasmuch os tho ma- jority of the rolling-mills throughout tho country wrere obliged Lo suspend oporations dusing » por- tiou of tho past year, TUE FRODUCTION OF WTEEL RAILS this year falls off 50 per cont, tho figures being 75,000 tonw, againet 150,000 tons in 1873, The iron foundrics have fallen off fully 7 per cant. Stove foundries show an incresse of 12¢ per cent. Ml machinory showa an increase of 43 per cout, tho country trade in this branch bewg enormous. THE GALVANIZED-THON WORKS show a decrcase of noarly 50 por cent, The Fire of 1871 stimulated this branch of industry to such an unusual dogroo that the market 18 ovon uow glutted with their product. It is true that o great number of buildings have been erected during the past year, but they are most- ly situated outside the busiuess contro of the city, and aro of that class which doosnot requiro wetal cornices and galvanized-iron fitiings, Steam-eugine works shoy an incroase in pro- ductions of 33 per cent. AUIMART, Tho following tabla suows tho number of ea- tablishments devoted to iron work in its various branches ; tho capita) omployed ; the numbar of workers engaged, and the total value of the pro- duction for 1874 Work Iron manufacturee, No| Capital, | ers, | Product, Ttoling mills and fuc-| nace Tiuware inanuf Mixcellanaous Vor] LRrers Iron Ledatend o, Itange and furnsce o, Tron works, ., g ,300($14,000,000 1 1,520, 1200 H 212, 840,000 i pull 313,000 9 00l 430,000 i 40 115000 4 5 95,000 1 123) 500,000 2 x| 523,000 Cutlery works .. 2 o] 10 alvanlzed fron do...] 1 41y B0 Hteam fittin 4 60| 210,000 Bieam heatin, ratun o, of Machinery 1w Chain manufactorics Wire manufactories. Sesle works. ... Horseshoo nail do “Totals, Tutals Tho ageregato annual wages paid in 85,311,520, agninst 7,201,080 in 1873, Of thews 159 estab- lxuh&numu ouly 26 wero in existence previsus to 1860 efemceloaunl IROY ARD WOOD, COMBINED, THIRTY YER CENT DEGNRASE. Tho manufactures of iron and wood, combin. ed, show a docreaso of about 30 per cent in the aggrozate value of annual production, though tho list this year ia one-fifth greater than in 1873, owing to tho fact that soveral small estabe lishmonts were omitted from tho liat of a yoar ago. TUE MANUPACTUBE OF WAQGONS and agricultural implements are among the oldest aud most important of our (ndustries, ara esgentially tho rosult of Western enter- yrise, ‘The cstablisiment of wagon-makiug in thiy city dates back 1o the year 1849, Ioth these Lranches supply & vast portion of tho Missiesippl Valloy, and even of the Far West beyond, sud tho calls upon them have nearly doubledd with each succesding year. The production of 1872 was scarcely 70 per cent of that of 1870, owing to the destruction of work- shops in 1871, but slnce then the business has grown rapidly, and large additions to both capl- taland production are reported for 1874; the gain in tho former being 270 per cent, and in the latter 85 per cout. ABOUT 15,000 REAPERS have boen turncd out of the factorics, Which s ono-third mote thau has ever been proviously wannfacturod jn one year. This fue creaso i partially duo to the improved fipancial condition of Western farmera. The chiof cause, howover, was the recont atrikes among tho farm-laborers of Great Britain, which Induced tho farmers to buy machines from the United States to reuder them less dependent upou the laborery. PLOWS, ETC. ‘The manufactura of plows and minor fara im- . plements slso exhibit a large increase, over 28,000 plowa having been mada thils year, the mosat of them bhave found a market at the nu. merous stations sloug tho Pacifly Kallway, and have geloed tha reputation of being the best brand in the general warkut. & PRESENT CAPAUITY OF THE WOBKA in whicks furm wagons are made, iy iusuficlont to supply tho denund. About 2,500 wore turned out in 1874 _Tho number of carrisges wade is reported ut T760,—» (alling off to the oxtent of at {oast B0 per cont. 'The psuio msy be said to Luve litoraliy sok o great many people * ou thoir feot.” iloistiug apparatus works show » gainin capital of 0 per cent, The general business, bowever, shows & ducrease of B0 ‘Lhe car sud bridge builders repart s They tave mada 1,164 oars and trncks, and 7,000 lineal foot of bridges durinz the year. . KTATIRTICAL, The following aro the atatistica: Iron and” weod con- Vivork bined, J'al Capital. | ers, | Proluct, Wigon and cartiage] [ | mannfactories......| 43(8 1,100,000] 1,384'8 1,908,000 Agrlealtiral - tmpiey ¢ [T 8l 57000 1,900 8,500,000 Car and bridge Bl 1,300,0001 375} §10,000 Hpring bed warks, 8| esoon] MYy M Hoisting works. ... 4 10,000 593,000 Fire upparatus work 430,000 598,000 8,053.000( 3,616 $12,749.000 6,11:300] 4,816,$17,410,500 Tho aggregate annnal wages paid is §2,050,000, Against $3,946,000 for 1873, Of thess moveuty eatablishmants, only twenty-six wero iu azlstence previous to 1860 MANUFACTURES OF WO0D. GREAT AGTIVITY, This depattmont of our manufscturing indus- tries has been quite active duting the past year the docroase (n annual production boing only 014 por cent sinca 1873, The production is about double that of 1870, thotgh nearly ono-balf of the planing-milts and & majority of tho box-fac- tories and furnituro-manufactorios wera burnad down ad fnterim. THE COUNTRY DEMAND for plain and manufactured lumber hins boen s« pecinlly good during the past year. The bottor pricen realized by the farmera for thoir produco Tinvo onaltied them to make extonsive Smprove- ments, both in foneing and butlding, Lumber dlealors and manufacturers have, fn turn, Leon benetited by the low lske freights of tho past summer, which stimulated the consumption of Inmber by lessening ita cost. Tho agitation of the mensnra to make tho fire-limits coincido with the boundaries of tho clty made tho planiog- mills nonsually active, a8 many pooplo who {n- tended to build were anxious to gat thoir wooden siructures far onongh under way to be ontside tho restriction whon the now ordinaucoe should go into effect. THE INCREASE IN THF ANNUAL PRODUCTION of planing-mifla the past year is somewhatover 2per cent, Picture-frame manufacturcs have decreased about 7 per cent, showing that tho ro~ cont pauic has dansed paople to retrench in un- nocessary expensos as much as possible. Lad- der and woodenware manufactures havo gainod 3porcent. Chair manufactuces biave gained 100 por cent. Plano manufacturcs bave incressed in annual productions 40 per cont. Organ manu- factures have decressed fully G0 per cent, tho main cause boing incrensed Enstorn com- petition, which is ro great that Chicago firmsare unable to cope with their older and more pop- ular rivals. BTATISTICN, Tho following aro the statistics : Work* era, | Product, MHanu/actures of wool, |No Planing mils, etc, 7,90018 8,878,000 Furniture mfs, 2,815 5,169,000 Picture frame do, 530l 1,360,000 Refrigerator do........| 3 159,000 Brackot aud wolding| | d0.1evnees Lo 4 15,000 Tacking box do. 1) 180,500 Cottin do. 1| o 1 50,000 1 160,000 2 v} 1 25,000 al “wou 41 130,000, 4| “vsio0n al o0 2] 8,000 21 120,000 & 4| 20,000] Cooperage 16 915,000 Bungs, faucew, and 200 C0rkBusuvarareres] 3| 75,000 208'$8,157, 6110 16011"9,554,800] 9,6: Tho aggrepate annual wages paid is 5,077,830, against B 065,400 in 1873, i OTHER METALE THAN IRON, TIIS OLASS OF MANUFACTURE comprises man7 of the oldest and most siaplo (lend and brasa) in tho West ; whose reputation for excollonce of production bas grown with the steadily incraasing trads of the city. Tho hrass foundrica bave labored under the ssmo disad- vautage as tho iron foundries, the chief troublo beirg over-production a8 & result of tho Groat Fire. This braoch also embraces mnny manufactories whosa products are to o great oxtent Juxuries ; which have boen at a discount, The trado was largely with the country, aud the profita correspondingly amall, DUASS FOUNDRIES HAVE DECREASED in sunual productions this sesson sbout 6 per cent, the chief business late in tho year being the regular annual repairing work, Labor in this llno has decreased slightly. Gold lenf manufactures havo gained 25 per cent in annual production, and 25 per cent in capital. Tho profit in this trade 18 great, and offers oxtra in- dacements for an investment of capital. SILVER BMELTING WORES havo decreased 30 per cent in annual produc- tlons, the mining interesta at presont being quite dull. Dagpage-checks manufacturers have incrensed 40 per cent in capital. Gas-fixture manufactures have increased In annual produc- tions 18 per eent, the gain being dno to an un- uanal extension of gas-lighting facilitles durin the year. T'ha general busineas has decrease about 24 per cent. The following are THE BTATISTICS Work-| Other metals, |No| Capltat. | ere, | Product. = Ticass foundrios 38 607,000, 4378 1,161,000 Hilvor Bmeiti uf ssnoo0] 56 8000800 Type and_electratype| toundries,.euver oo 0 890,000 320 670,000 Vault lght' “manufac torien,cosos vecnns| 31 215,0000 128 370,000 insirument tord a| es000f 1| a0s.000 of onom| ml amsom 9 129,000 45 845,000 Jewelry g 000 ool 10A400 Nilver-plating works...| 5| 2T0d| g3 114,000 Watch-cuse works.. 1| 2| 6,000 sl g0000 Dagyagochock workes..| 3| B6K| 100 17,000 Sewlng-machine works: 1| 0000 7 17000 Locknuith ol Csesol 21 oolooo 3 Cusw 13 1w 9 1 1,00 T844|3 6,015,000 1,600l 8 nn Re: $1,085,930, againat $1,361,C00 ia 1873, Of theas 63 ‘establishmonts, only 6 wero in existence in BRIOK AND BTONE, TWO PEI CENT INCUEASE, Thess show an increaso of 2 per cent in she sgrregato of annusl productions, though the numboer of workers employed is 16 por cent loss than in 1878, The annual productlod of bricks has varled widoly within tho past fow yesrs. In 1870 the production was 97,000,000, ‘The yesr after the Iire it rose to 867,000,000 under an enormaus demand to replace the buildiogs destroyed, and in 1878 it foll off to 178,000,000, For 1874 the total production in estimated ab 200,000,000; including 4,000,000 manufactured at the City Dridewell, of which only about 1,000,000 wero used. Tho manufac- ture of brick in theso years dqes not, however, accurately ropresent the relative quantity of ‘building dous, The proportion of bricks used is Rroater now than the vast average, on account of the prolibition to eract wooden siructuros within the city limits, There Lavo also boen a great many moro sowers put in than in any formor year. Iu the West Division alone 145, r 745 fineal foet, or moro than 27!% miles, wore laid, agawst 68,731 feol in 1873, The total lougth of brick-sewerago laid in the clty durin, 1874 18 93,716 feet, or 18.7 miles. I'he monoy pll5 out to brioklayers as wages during the yearis stated by the oflicers of the Bricklsyers' Associs- tion to be £2,12,013, ‘TILE, MANUPACTURK OF BRICK has been s lusing process with mauy, although the clay costs littie more thau the labor of ex- cavating, ‘Tlio nuwber of yardd was jooreased after tha fire to such an extent that the lossened demsud which followed the rebulldiug hss given riva to very close competition, the production be- lug greater than requirod. Thorp s s better progpoct for the business iu 1875, a4 the accu. wulstivus of 1873 Luve Luen partislly worked off, aud tbe recent agitation of the inwursuce quess tion Liay led peoply to nee that it is resily more econoinical to build brick houses than wooden oues. ‘The original cost is ouly about 8 per cent. greatar, aud the isoreased duzabllisy, with the TARY 1, 1875. TWELVE PAGLS. reduction in the cost of fusl and insuranco, is mors than onougl to offwot that small percont- sge. ROOFING MATERIATS, For readons adduced ainea the fire of last Taly, thiora is & decided Increaxo in tho busiuess of roofing with Alate and other fire-proof material, both in cavital and productiou. Blato shows an fucresso of 80 per cent. Wao noto that ‘@sor has bean mutch cheaper than o provious yeara. The _vARe wnficn of bricklayers wore $2.75 por dav in igit, and of atono-masous £2.60,—n redite- ton of 25 per cent from the wagos of 1872, The wagea of plumbors have been reducsd abont 15 per cont, and that branch of industry, is ropre« rented an Loing largely ovoratocked. * Fhe pro- duction of artificial stouo has iucroased 4 per cont. BTATIRTICS. P e Stone and drick, Canttal, | ‘era, | Products riex yard 1] 500,000/ 1,2¢0] $1,300,600 Hitone cutle A 1,400,0000 21001 4,600,000 Marblo manutactoriosi 18] 181,000 40| 673,040 Artiflclal stone mfa...| 7| Gag) 2Mf 497,000 Tooting alate mfa. 9l somoon| 27| BALE0D TRoofing mfa [ B £ X ) X ) Anphalt pave FL T S T AT ‘Torra coita mf 6f 15,0000 129 207,000 Totals. .....ee 7] §3,491,000) 4,04] $4,038,000 Totul for 18i3....| 6| $4,693,000) B,471] $7,89 Tho aggrogato annual wages during yoar was 82,110,020, aainst $3,713,068 for 1873, Of theso sixiy-soven establishmants only tweuty- six wero in existence provious to 1860, DUILDING, Tha following tabla contains the statistics of building in brick and sione in Chicago during 1874, omitting tho framo structures orccted it tlio early part of tho year : Feet Duision, Ne. frontage, Cost, Nort : 170 © 8205 $1,204,3) Hout T TBI0 N8I, Weat M1 1 1,742,938 Totaloveriveeanaeneess 67 S3,005 6,785,541 LEATHER MANUFACTURES, TUE HIDE-LUSINESS and the manufacturo of leathers, which wore al- ‘most nothing till about ten yoara ago, have siuce developed largoly, and kept uesrly even paco with the growth of the packing interests. The valuo of tho lenthier made horo in 1874, inclvding tho manufactura of boots and sloes, oxcocds 26,500,000, moro than 26,000 copds of bark being consumed in tho tanving process. The leather- product ia estimated at 75,000,000 pounds, which is an increaso of 93 per cent ovor tho product of 1878. A considerablo pnr&:nmlg(n of this incroase hias boan consumed at hame. 'U'he following are tho figures, showing a slight increase iu the TOTAL PRODUCTION OF TIH8 CLAS3 Work Leather. No| Capital, | ers. | Product. Tannerle: 19§ 1,300,000 55018 2,740,000 10 1,962,000] 1,203] 2,560,000 i 1| 245,000 1, tosonf 917 Gov,000 3 0| 28} 760,000 1 1oo0w! "33 160,000 1 3,300 5 El 20| 19| 04[5 2,988,700, 2,445(5 , 3 s 3,710,500] 2,543 G, The aggrogate annual wagos paid 1s $303,830, againat $903,000 {n 1873, Of thess sixty-four establishmentn, only ifteen wero in existence previous to 1860, DISTILLING AND BREWING. THE BUIPNENT TO EGROPE OF IIGHWINES tho past year hasnot been eo oxtonsivo asin 1873, tue principal ronson boing tho changoe in the Ttevenuo law, which provides that all export- ers of distilled liquor shall give bond, backed by real estato, This renders tho situation very awk- ward for European shippers at New York, inas- much 28 they ara nearly all Greeks or Italiang who do not cars to Tock up their capital in Ameri- can real eatato. Tho vowrulo of the Italian Government, by which their distillors are taxed Tpon s capacity basis, tenda to mako tho Italian production as great as possible, and to thus de- crosso TILE DEMAND for United Btates goods. The contract of the Italian Goverument with its distillera will expire shortly, when that Government will probably re- turn to tho old plan of tasing upon the actual production. The high prico of corn during the latter portion of the year has also reprossed tho European demand by increasivg the cost of manufacture, The corn market was practically vicornered " for three months. This difficulty waa partially obviated by a more liboral use of wheat, the lower grades of which were much cheaper than corn during tho autumn months, ' Tho quantity of nlcohol shippod to Eutopa from Chicago ia & littlo over 8,000 barrels, while the ozportations of 1873 amounted to 12,000 bacrels. THE DISTILLERIES OF TIlI§ CITY now have an "““fm capacity of 32,000 gallons por day, including highwines and alcohol. Thoir full capacity is over 87,000 barrels, or, in round numbets, 11,000,000 Ellloui ® yoar, Choir aotunl roduction this yoor hasbeen about 8,930,000 gal- ons, 'Tho total amount of aleoliolic spirita shippod to Europo from tho United Btates in 1874 oxceods 50,000 barrela, which s a matorial decronsa in comparison with the figures of 1873, Chi- cago offers peculiar advantages for the produs. tion of highwines, which aro not surpassed by any other city in the United States. TIIE CORN in grown in the West, ono bushel of which ia oqual to fourtean quarts of aleohol. Tha pro- duction of a bushel of cora can bo shipped from Chlclqu to New York for 16 cents, wkile, even with thoaid of tho low freizht rates which have prevalled during the aroater portion of the year, it hias cost considerably mors than this figure to carry the corn tho same distance. It s, there- fare, chiospor for Eastern rectiflora to buy bigh- wines mauufactured in Chicago than to produce tho samo at home. THE LARGE NUMDER OF DREWERIES now in Chicago have becu doing a thriving busi- nesa durmi the past tweive months, During tho regular browing season the production was enormous, Tho capacity of our breweriea and malt-houses at the present time shows a wonder- ful incroase over that of 1873, More than 335,200 barrels woro turned out during the season. Tho vast incresse in the consumption of boerthe past year 14, In tha oplnion of many brawers, owing to tho recont tomperance agitation, as it han undoubtedly caused a great many persons to coase the usa of whisky and drink beer 1n- etead. The low prico of malt has aleo tended to stimulato the browing intarest, TUE FOLLOWING ALB TUE TOTALS Work Drewing and distilling Capital, | ers, | Product. Trowories 4 agmon ol aeme 000 Distillerics 100,300 60| 6,400, t-houses. 585,000 74| 097,000 "otall 504,600|" 849(8 9,373,000 Totals for 000 _ 870§ 0,300,000 The aggregato aunusl wages paid fs 8345,000, against $610,714 for 1873, OF theso thirty estab- lisbments, ouly six were in oxistonos previous to 1660. . THE MANUPACTURE OF @AS, THE ¥IOUREZS, The following are tho leading statistics of the coal-gas mauufactura in our city : Itein, South Side, Weat Side. Totals, 000 $350,000° $3,250,000 Annual 103380 870000 § 20160 nnusl wages. A X Gas man., miilion ft. 360 300 m’cao Pipo lald,"millex. ... pr) 16 ] Number if gas-| ' ,000 190,000 $ 390,000 L 330000 330,000 + 40,000 45,000 65,000 Tho averago quantity of gas consumed dally througliout the city Iu 2,109,600 feet, of which 1,205,468 faet is conducted through Houth (and North) Hide ptgen, and 904,100 fest through Weat Bido tubes. Thoe Bouth fide works furnwh the North Side pipes with gas, OHEMIOAL WORKS, ETO, THIS COMPAISES A NATHEW WIDK HANGE OF IN. DUSTRIES, in some of which Chicago is following the lead of older citles, and promises to supply the Great Weat with bor own mauufactures, The depart- ment shows «an increaso of nearly 8 per cent in {he spuual production, though the number of workers is noarly 4 per cént leas than in 1878. The falling off is greatest in chemicals, modicines, and sode~water. In whits load there is an incre of 8 ger cent, notwithstanding s powerful com- petition from other cities. Varoish works have increased their production 60 per cent, under a large increase in the country trade. Vinegas shows an increaso of nearly 40 per ceot, and soaps B per cent, During the year about 21,000,- 000 Yo or 914,285 boxes of staple soaps jwere mada here. Tue production of toilet svaps is also growing rapidly, the cspital iavested in thas branch alono hoing about #75,000, on which £150,000 worth of goods wore produced in 1574. 'Tho following fs o BUMMARY ¢ Product, Fark] ers, Chemicnl works, efe. l.\'n Capital., ! Chemical work 17308 ona, 00 White-lead d B[ 2,300,000 ‘Varniah de 48,000 Confection 400,000 Vinegar works. A Hodnund miner water| Pickle mfrs. Totalt,.vs 804’8 7,703,000 Totala for i 11| 7850,000 Tho agarogate anntial wages paid 1a €017,30, agaiuat 025,000 in 1879, MISOELLANEOUS, FLOUR. The production of flour is one of the most im- portant undor this head. The annual products in this branch have Incroased about 12 per cont, moro than 261,000 barrala having beon ground outof thaoity mills, and, counting tho Lock- port mill, which i3 operated upon Chi- cago capital, tho sggregato quantity, will awoll to fally 820,000 barrsls. Only ona new flour mill s etarted n 1874, ita process of grinding being & wvew ono, by which tho atarch of tho materinl ia mors thoronghly separated from the glutinous particles, and the separated parts reground, COTFEE AND BPICE MILLS have increasod thoir production about 4 per cant, and sovers! now ostablishments in thislino have commeunced operations. The annual production- of the city bakerles necessarily increases with the growth of thecity. Troduction of tobacco and cigars has also gained wonderfnlly in spits of “bard times.” In the last twolve months tho capital invested in tho cigar and tobacco lino has incroasad ahout 16 per cent, and it has gained in annual products fully 7 per cont. Moro than 41,306,900 cigars woro mado, and thore were turned out 5,775,974 1bs of leaf tobacco, about one-fifth of which has Deen consumed at home., Tho quantity of suul upon which duty hag beon paid ks 11,610 lbs, AL LOFTS, on account of the low obb of the shipping inter- oats, bave suftered soveroly, having fallon off nearly one-third_in annual products. Biltiard- table” makers dida thriving trade, having ol last year's ordors more than they cau possibly fil. " Lime-works showa slight increase, tho trado being somowhat stimulated by the July fire, Paper manufsctories show gradual in- orease under a stoadily growing demand. Many of the remaining establishmonts ombraced under the Lend of miscollaueous show a Lieslihy growtls. The following ls THF SOMMARY: Hiscellaneous, |No| Camtal, Printing _(including] = '$ 1,340,000 1,000,000] B}900] 8,060,000 247,000 w75, o0jo0a} 45| 475,000 Cotton batting Bed sud bedding do Dakerles, ..1.u.e Flour and feed mills,, Coffes and aplco mills, Paper 40, ve ey ivenss Gluo and neatufoot ol| Bhowease J Uilliard-table mfs Limo work Ornamental glas: Ees | T P T T e 1) jt 5, Carpt wosvera. P 13 49 Moj-head and handie| mfs.... cioony | 75000 9| Wasto clesning mfa...| 1 6000 | Wringing-machine Works. u.ve.s 1 5000 13l 12,00 i aso0or 25 35,000 Trory-turning works,.| 1 00| 5 ,000 1 50000 2 Ol cup mfs, 1 40001 6 Open baneran) 1 1,000 10] Musical - fnab 3| 1000 o8] 1[ 1,500} 4l 2,000 Totals, ... a8] $8,180,600]19,457($29,885,166 Tatal cnumerated in| & 8T8, o0 oseveers o2 1131] 3,890,000]14,7051818, ‘I'ho sggregate annual wages paid in 187 85,050,380 againat $3,837,000 in 1873. Of thoso 858 eatablishmonts, only 21 wore in existence pravious to 1860, THE GREAT DIFFERENCE botween the number of miscclianoous establish- wonts reported for tha two years is partinlly due to tha fact that all bat 15 of the €00 plages in which cigars and tobacco aro mavufactured.were omitted in the statement for 1873, thair total production being credited to the 15 principal es- tablishwenta, The printers were also omitted from theo list in 1878, TIR TOTATS. ‘T'he foregoing figures faot up aa follows: Annual wagea of workeru,.. Capital employed, Vulue of product. WIIAT THEY DO NOT REPREGENT. These figurea do not, however, represont ail the manufacturing industry of the oity. No note is made above of vessel-bnilding; and our to- tals of wages aud production do not include sev- oral of the itoms which enter inta the cost of buildings, or the labor of mnoy artificers,—as tailors, shoemsakors, otc,—who work alons, in their own homoa, for individual customers, Making duo silowance for these wae sball have tho following aa tha approximate results: Number of establishments, Annual earnln, Cu[l(ll.l employed, Value of prodact. Tho following wore our 1873 and 1870 Number of establishments l‘lvumher of workers, agos. . Capais Value of pi 'Thoso figures show a falling off to the extent of only 6% por ceut in the valuo of the product, agaiust n reduction of 10 per cont in the amount paid or earned as wages. T'he reduction in the number of workers being taken into the account, the percontags of reduction in tho average value of Iabor is not far from 13 per cent, THE EXPOSITION, TIE PROMINENOE ATTAINED LY ONTCAGO a8 & manufactaring contre was partially shown in the Exposition of last Beptember in tho im- menae building on the lake shore eyected for the exhibition of 1873. The aggregate showing of manufactured articles and manufucturing pro- ceagea far oxcooded thatof tho year previous. Tho agricultural andiron-machinery dopartmonts were tho most noticeabla features of the display, despite the dopresaion of tho last-named branch of industry, Leaving tho fino arts ont of the sopount, there woro 016 exhibitors of manufacturod srticles roprosentod, againat 713 the previous yoar. But although the number of exhibitors was some- what smalier than last, the variety and useful- ness of the display was far in excoss of the pre- vious attempt. THE DISPLAY ¥HOM ABROAD was quite extennive, New York, Boston, Phlila- adelphia, and other principal clties in tho United Htates beiug ably representod. Bus tho great bulk of the thousand aud one objects which weore on exhibition were the products of our own mavufactures. ‘Ihe principal aim of the Exposition managera next yoar will be to induce as large » number of exhibitors s possible jto perform the manufao- turing processes in viow of the visitor, inducting him into the secreta of tue mechanical aria by praciically illustrating how THK BAW MATERIAL I8 convertod iuto a warkeiable commodity., This waa partially effectod last Beptembor, but owing to the short notice with which somo of tho ox- hibitors were served, and tha misunderatandings which nawrally ocour in the mausgement of a new enterprise, & full corps of workmea cauld not b obsuined, MANUPACTURES IN THE FUTURE. THE PAKTIAL BTAGNATION of manufactures by the panio has lasted longer than wad expected & year ago ; and somo of themn are still *flat.” But the aggregate showing is wvery satisfactory, and those which are the moat tardy in recovering tone caunot loug ro- mala under & cloud. The great West is too prosperous, and Chicago (s too closely Idontified witl its manufacturing intoreats to permit that. Indeed, our position in that respeot was ouly Just beginning to ba underatood at tha timo of the panio. We now manufacturo fully ono-third of the agricuitural fraplements wsad by the farmors of tho Minsissippl Valloy, the kame pro- portion of the machinery need in the workshops, factories, and mines of tho West, and fully as much of its railroad-material. Tho propared Jumbor for the homes of tho farmers, the cloth- Ing they woar, the beor they drink, the soaps with which they koep themsolves cloan, tie medicines thoy inko when sick, nnd the orna- menta with which thev decorato their lomes and persons, aro in large part DIAWN FROM CTCAGO, and not_merely through this city. Our Tonthor, beel and pork, aud meats, highwines, amd flour, aro_distribntod notonly’ in the Bust, but sonk brondesst over Europe. Chieago tn really na Kreat as & manufacturing contro, A8 in her com- moreial relations to the reat of the world, though that fact does not seom to bo penoraily known, Aud thera Is no rosson_to doubt that ogo long her manufactures, which are even now ?rovvhm moro rapidly than her sommorco, will bo tho grontest factor in tho atteaction which will draw to 1a tho 00mMmOrce o1 we==aiture tu Apite of all compolitors, ——— THE GRAND TOTAL. The following i an approximation to tho valuo of our trado in 1874, It Iucludes only the first wolling price, second enles not being eounted, though made by jobbors: Produce trad $210.500,000 “* Wholesale," (a8 205,000,000 Manufactures , 104,300,000 m $682,500,000 n fucluded in whiolesals . 43,100,000 Total busines 30,000,000 Do, In 187 501,000,000 Thore figures givo an incroaso of 131 por cont in produce, su increaso of 10 per cent in wholesalo trade, and & dearersa of G}¢ per cont in manufacturca. The increase of tho whole over 1873 Is T4 por cent. The above figures would be materially incrons- ed it wo included the sales of produce to ship- pera after it han onco beon sold in opou market ; and no inconsiderablo addition would bo mado it wo should poto tho streot trado of the city, as ice, milk, vogotablos, diosscd hogs, oats, otc., which go to tho consomor directly from;wagou, withoat being placed in store. Thosales of roal ostato aro also omitted ; they do not belong to tho wholesale trade of tho city. Tha following wero the totals for previous years, ontimatod on tho samo basis : $100,000,000 « 431,000,000 + 450,000,000 231,000,000 97,000,000 20,000,000 COMMERCE OF THE PORT. The following ia the official state ment of the oading facta in tho Custom-Ilouse record of the commaeros of the Port of Chicago for the yoar 1874: 'VESSEL REGISTER. BTATENENT showing tho number, class, and tonnage of ves- sols owned in the District of Chicago, Dec. 81, 1874: Class, No, | Fonnage. a i o 1,048 Ft a8 [ 1,560 3 1,607 310 6440 1 14 1l 1 il 5 during the yesar 1874 and dosumentod at tho Port of Chicago : Tonnaae., 233 Bonr I, B, Coates Prop Bret Harte Prop Bouthern Belle, 24 Tug Alert. ... ur. e 23 Bteam canalboat Heaves 07 Hcaw.schr Sam Clextos n Prop Idler, . 16 Prop Bo Fourteen vesselt, .euiuesaass ARDIVALS. Btatement of the number and tonnage of ves- #ols which arrived in this district during the yoar 1874: T lymssgis i coss.|FOBEIGN vERsTLE [ VESSELS IN COAST-| FROM YORRIGH Hontha, ING TBADE, Fourk eesened0IL Veasels. | Torade, || Veasela.| Tonnaae, 2,403 — RTCTIPTS, COABEWIRF, Rintoment of the roceipta conatwise during 38 yoar cuding Dec, 81, 1874, at the port of Chie Tatal. Artieles, 00, ki Pats, Dol Bal, 4 Tallow, i Facet 3 s 4,540 O T 0,718 O, brls B3t 2,45 W i 033 Whisky, br K. 404,963 Ale, b AT 0. 1463 Limpty by 4,44 Uroou hildes, balos., 8.2:3 Bukding stoup, cds. 3,64 COASTWISK BUIPMENTA, Btatoment of thoshipmaonts coastwisn daring the yoar ending Dac, 31, 1874, at tho port of Chis Total. 1 Artiele 4,121 Fide Dot ‘var, bags, rass ncod, 1bw,,., B, Braom-eorn, baisi Hoot, brls.. FPork, bris,.. L 949,843 | F1sli, ph I, (391011 cako, bA, Arsl dalt, brl, 521 Cattle, Sundilos irick, m: 2,5l Flaxsoed, Bigh. CANADIAN RECEIPTS. Btatement showiug the articles and quantitios of each imported at Chicago via and from Cane ada during the yoar 1874 by Inko: Artieler, wantitier, Articles, Ale, baer, ete., phis. 8,003 Potataos, Tilchiug, 'nowdorc 101 Jtfen, bars Thooks, casos. 1 Salt, tous antitirs. Quantifiss, = Louo, Clay ston ey o Granth, i rou, ity Lumbar, in. i.\quur. n ‘ainans, Floklon, Pors, bu. ED VIA CANADA, Piatement showing tho quantities and valner of articles of domestic produca oxported frow Clueago to Canada, by lake, during the yeas onding Dec. 81, 1874 : TArhcles Quantities, | Valuess Wheat, bushels. Corn, bushols, Oata, bushels, Flour, barral York, barrela eef, barr Greago, barr Bacon, pounds Corn-meal, barrala. 610 Dulk meats, paunda 20,000 2,000 Tiroom-corn, pound 228,065 10,27 Fertilizer, tons ‘00 43000 Hame, ticrces, 27 090 Lard, ponnda, 6,040 60 Grars sood, po 4,10 130 0il cake, ponnds, 5247 104 Mlides, pounda. 163,187 18,100 Bundrios, packiges v60 64,213 $4,113,735 i COLLECTIONR, MARINE. Btatomont showing tho marine collections as tho port of Chicago during the year 1674 ¢ 5 ¥ ERE I1E s3] slf 2 2| & 31228l B MowTUS, .'2‘ 5- if :;“ 3 .| & 9 £ 5 [is|s* H : s a |3 $ i H : : 5 ¥ 230.08| 10.00| baLel 40.00| ' 240.00| 9, 1, 253,40, by oL, 97,65 4,1 651,85 4, 724,80, 4. f42.70] 4, B18,80] 8, 224,004 1, 103,00} 1, 1 00) 5, 7410/ TT, 50,1 0|3, 28,00 DUTIES ON FOBEIGN GOODS. Comparative statoment of the dutios cotlected on foroign imports at the port of Chicago dure ing {ho years 1873 and 1874: 3onths, 1874, 7430064 73,844, 45| 137,364.17] 250,837,90) 151,470.69) 114,463.90: 103,337.59) O1,877,11] 174,618.18 181,104,68, 142,095.79, 56,690,081 49,514,064 December,.. | 1,358,490.69 1,635,031, MONTHLY STATRMENT. Statement showing the value and duty on fore eign goods warehoused each month during the yeoor, 1874, the valuo of and duty ou gooda with=- drawn each month, and the value of and duty on goods remaining in warsbouse Dec, 81, 1874: doniha, Vaine, | Duty, . 'rom foreyn porta.| Veasals. Tonnage.| Uctober,......| November ,,,,! 1] December, 17,288 10,897) 3,195,033 A CLEARANCES, Statement of the number and toonage of ves- mols which cleared from this district during tho yoar 1874: Veaasla in the coaal-, | Foreian tessels to 18, ing trade, Joreiyn yorte, Vessels. | Tonnage. || Vessela, | Tonnage, 43,417 Aagreante, Veawota,| Zonnace, ss0m|_10,13| 3,134,078 VESBELS LOAT. ¢ List of vessela bolouging to this district re- ported loat during the yoar 18744 Name, Tonnage, WWhere loat, Schir Miami, 249 Tong Tulnt, Lake Erlo, .. 113 Of Alichigun City, Ind, Bobr Despatch, 231 O Manitowoe, Behr John Webber..., 182 Bebr Thos, J, Aott, Near i, Abino, Lake o. o Ludington, Mich, VESAELS LAID UP IN HARBOR. The total number of vessols laid 'up ia this harbor for the winter of 1874-"76 is as follows NH"ID;P. Amount in wacehouse Deo, al, 73(h 530,675 $166,255,68 ‘Warehousod {o- [ 159,521 27,00 561 77,613 231,116| 105 1009 O eu 00,873.50 74,800 48,870,65 103,030] 43,017.63 | VALUEZB OF FOREIGN 1MPORTS. Btatomeut showng the value of the foroiga ' roods imported and tho duties pald on the same during tho yoar 1874; “Aviicles, Valucs, | Dubies, - $1,760,915] $224,510.7¢ 105,42 80,602.24 | Ale, beer, and po Glilua, glaas, aud oartici fhEe 153,330,507181,858,490,03 LOBT ON THE LAKES, The followiuy is taken from an articls recently ublished by the Evening Wisconsin: Duriug he past your 63 vessols of all desoriptions, rep- resentiug » tonnage of 15,916, want out of ex- intence, sgelnet 07, with @ tonnage of 19,014, in 1478, Blout of the vossels loat {0 tho service in 1874 were small or inferior, though several of tho fiuest atloat wore in the hst, The pumber of disasters was 1,251, aad tho estimated damago to property 93,091,700, sguiust 1,818, the dimages amouuting to 3,476,000 in 1678, The tounuge stloat the past “‘n‘z greatar than in the precoding n, large BaRy (See Plith Page)