Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 1, 1879, Page 7

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, i879-~SIXTEEN PAGES. : The inanufactte of flonr was considerably ! engaged In the business at this port, employing larger, yet, owing to the steady decline in the | seventy-five men, report that they have tonned of that world at prices which they wonld scarce- ly have dared to dream of afew years ago. §o boots and shoes and clothing. ng snit- Mal No. of manntactorles. able allownnce for this fact, the eapital em- No. af charches. .. The uzm’ez:tc annual wares pald was $5,513,- %m 200, against 4,782,112 for 1877, h o ane = ployed strictly in handling fs about ¥ yer cent NEEF-PACRING AND PREARRVING. . e af echnols angd prhlic b vrice of whest, the market during the latter | 10 the neignborhood of 63,000 tons, with thetotal v s < o f dswollines . 1 g e ,000. Th ofiiustalst Inbimg vlanacted: ol mithestale lnmme. mavemont Iy IRON AND WOOD. of harne and vart of the year ruled quict, and dealers wero [ ATO0RL of Disinces travstcted at 475,000, The w580 Btatement of moneys collected at the Barre Office of the Custom-Honss, Chicago, during the year ending Dec. 31, 1878; e Howpiier Tnnn-fi dutles Steambost Inapscior's fee Permits beet-packing and preserving, yet the course uf the general” market was by no means as firin as durlng the preceding Fear, which is due to the fact that early in the spring a shdtp competition arose among packers, and continued with un- abated vigor until near the close of the year, Within the past twelve months fully holf a dozen houscs have npened wip o Chieago, and to-dny notone of them is in existence. In con- sequence of this “entting” of figures among the trade several firms throughout the eountry have suspended operations, among which may )8 mentioned the Baltimore l'rcxen-mf; Company, of DBaltimore; the Hannlbal, Mo, Deet Packing Company; tho St Louia Deet Packing and Prescrving Company, besides two firms_in Texas, which harve discontinucd business. ‘The foreign trade has been well supplied, but in the English mar- ket In particular a weak fecling has prevalled, and in many Instances sales wera effected at Joss . than cost. One firm in this city has daring the past year made large conslrnments to Sonth Ameriea, France, Austrla, nnd Germany, while no small quantity of our products was stipped to the Pacific Const. Iu the canning and pre- disposed 1o ‘‘shade’ in order to effect pales. The flour mills which have been In operation during the greater oart of the year tarned out {335,000 barrels, to which must be added 200,000 barrels of flour (and 70,000 barrels of corn- meal) manufactnred ‘st Lockport, IN., which sre owned hy a Chicago manufacturer, making o grand total of 535,000 bris in both rlaces, Tobacco and cigar, manufacturers re- port a moderately activo year, but at lower pricea. Job printers have énjoyed 8 good yrar, and better prices were realized, Clothing man- ufacturers report an improved feeling, and the salea stiow an Increase of b per cent, hox, brush, show-case, wlitow-ware, and ornamental glass manufacturers report 8 good year, and we note an lncrease of 7 per cent in the agirregate sales. The inquiry for flax was fair. Oll-cake wan less active, and_the snnual cxports ahow a falling off of 3,000,000 Ibs, or abuut belf the 0,000,000 1bs exported In 1877, The following (s a SUNNART. TNB AOORTGATE TRADE IN TIHS DEPARTMENT waa Jareer thap ever before known, and we note an increase of hper cent in the total sales. Eapeclally fs this truo In tho wagon and sgri- cultural Implement line, which fn many in- atances rather rxceeds the above Increare. 'fha total numberof mowers, reapers, aml other farming implements manufactured twas greater than during sny other year In the his.ory of the trade o Chicaro. The inquiry for carriages was active durlng the months of July, August, and September, and on cholen work relatively higher prices wero realized. Wagons anid common stock sold In many casesnt o stight - ad7ance on figures ruling durine the corre- sponding period In 1377, The number of plows manufactured In 1878 fs extimated_at 112,00, agalust 74,000 {n 1877, 66,000 tn 1830, £0,000 in 1535, and 25,000 n 1874, Car and bridge manu- tacturers report a moderately active year, with prices ranging about the samie s {n 1577, There was an fmsreved demand for holsting-machines, winter and spring, while large repairm xera made upon the oropeller Dover, schooner Will- Iam Jones, of Cleveland, and the schooner Mo- ses Gage. The bark Lafrinfer is to be convert- ed intoa three masted fore-and-after during the present winter. Dauring the spring of 1878 Messrs, Miller Bros, made Isrge improvements at their yands, and, {n additlon to other things, put in new pomping works at oo ag- gregate cost of $3000, and this win- ter are putting In saws for facliltating work, Measrs. Doolittle & Olcott have done & large smount of repairing, with tne volume of buniness transacted at $40,000, 20d a tonnage of 80,000 tons. The number of tuga In_commlelon In this harbor last season was fifty-three, representing a tonpage of 1,400 tone, We are Informed that severa! large property- owners in the southern part of city arc agi- tating the question of onening & *‘new lumher district” between Bridzeport and the Btock- Yards. as the river {s navigable now for both tugs and vesscls to within_nalf a mile of the Transit House at the Stock-Yards, HANUFACTURES, The manufacturing intetests of the city show a decided, and o¥on surprising, in- crease, Somo depsrtfients have not cxpe. rionced greatoc activity than. in 1877, but the majority havo turned out much moro material, and received mora monoy therefor. Tho axgment is chiefly dne to an enormous ineraso in the packing business, and to a materinl reenperation in tho fron indnstries of tho city. Hogs and jron were the chief faators in the decline noted for 1877, and they are now the legding clements in the grand totalof improvoment achieved during tho pnet twelve months, thongh ench porker commands much loss money than a year ogo. DPrices hive also rniled lowor on w Number of finprov 1 additlons, 4125 cost of fmprovements and wilitions, O‘M‘Am: total cost of new buildings, improvements, and addittons, $6,614,100. During the year 1377 the number of butldings erected jn all the divisions of the city wns 133, and 1,493 in 1870, The frontage was 33,602 feet in 167, and 40,790 fect in1670. The cost of buflding and of new fm- provements, for which permits were sued, was 6,043,500 In 1677, aalnst 87,906,400 tn 1870, TIR BEWRIAGE RETENRIONS of 1578 were larger than for acveral years, The sewers butlt wero as [ollows: SOLTIL DIVIRION, VEISRLS OWNED TINRX. . Btatement ‘showing the number, class, and tonnage of vessels owned at the %m of Chicago on the Blat day of December, 1878: steamer FPourth Ward ith Ward. Total. i Sixth Ward... Seventh Ward Elahth Wael Eleventh Ward e VESNELS RUILT. Talue af List of vessels Lulit during the year 1878 and g Worke| other material derivod from the animnl | ferviug of meats exclusively there are tiirea | and fn the aggregate eales an fncrcase of 8 ner | Twellth Ward., . ouuat, |"ers!| oroduct. ————— documented in Chicsgo: fitme, " the valuo of whose annual product fs The X - n Ward R T e v kingdom and from tho ceresl world,— | g7gvh 00, againat $0,000,000 in 1857, BA5N.000 | ool The trade fn sprinz-beds te rap- | Tuirteonut Ward i COMMERCE OF THE PORT. Terndos, f in ¥ tmproving, and prices were I y 41,8 2,400 70! 1,470'8 T4 sonps and starch boing noteworthy fnstances, | 1n 1870, and $2,624,900 in 1875, This Includes frmer, “The following I3 a — 51 BEALTO)| BoRY B, But in other deparimants there has been | PRckages and ealt where used. Tho capital em- sUsxaRY. Tetdiion 40,415 | IR THE CUSTOM-HOUSE. plored Is 81,950,000, and the number of emplayes e v e TWork: 4 75,00 QFFICIAL STATIN! much less of shriokage, and ia somo evon [ 1,670, who draw an’aunual wazes of 870,300, | rom ot toood com | cwpttat, || pemtue, : Fed., o Gaow ks au apprecintion, notwithstanding the atende the pay rangiog from 7 conts to. #1.40 per Y. | e T — E’;:r::’::}: ok o S ! The following is an official statement of ily ndvancing power of the paper dollar, 3:';?."%‘&"2’:&.'}333,"fi.fl;’é‘n’"r.&fi"lh‘ifl“&é‘é‘: A.'!.“«‘.’.'.?.“A.fl;‘m“‘ 0.8 2,530,500] 2,260, 4,210,000 fEona o a 1,;’;;:‘3? the businoss tsansacted at the United Btates ‘We'noto an netunl augment of abont $22,000,- | until the 15th of Januars. The followlng fas | AKiicuitural saoal 1ot 16, 127.0m bk e e ol Do o oy Cuastom-House in this city during the year 0| "aano | Gvand total for clty, 77.430 feet, or fourteen 3| 9, | o 000 in annual products. The Iabor market sutane. P ‘ 5 3kt | and two-thirds miles. : I 18781 . s espocially improved in tone, With 10780 | Firma tabont), ..., o 45 4n wal % LANP.TOSTS, 1,720,000 SRR SOLIRONED: ndditions to the nggregata number of work. | Workers, Mo, (winiot): 9,500 6,100 fae 300 Fmd | The total numberof tamp-posta erccted fn the i | Btatement showing thesmountof duties col- | .\ o kLS oAt Annual waged 8 2,820000 § 2,100,000 clty las year was as follows o Thecol lected at the Chicazo Custom-House on forelgn 3k of Jettels belunging ta Chleago reported ers, thero has been no general reduction in | Capital, i s 0,000,000 £,000,000 North Divislon ol owmuy dei) Bmoo | U e during the last two years: Tost during the year 1578: i s sealo, and tha ho | Valuo of product.”. ... 0,400.000 40,000,000 [ — 1ot L ., Suuth Division # P * = the wages scalo, an greater value of tho Mos o0 10, 400000 e Said s 6105 | Went Dviaton 8 dmon 2 Chifocted EgEzeg § dollar ng o purchasing ngont has really madae [ ) 1720 vart o product of the cattle e annual wages puid was §4,932,- B3 s 3| Ceumnl zw LR l lled here g . | C00, agaiust $2,85Y,0! i tho worker batter off on the whole. Wages TEROLLO upuly the ity consumption " gfl' Totalesercaeruae eree eseanines 208 H “'.’c‘&fi K ; g’ :'; E 5’ g z wore reduced ina fow departments,—among IRON AND STEET. OTUHER METALS TITAN IRON. LEATITER, WO, . * 39,000 80 E P : | g g H the printers, for instance,~nnd there Wwas | THERE WAS A NOTADLE INCREASE IN THE MANU- RUSINESS IN TIlIS DHANCIE 18 THTIS DEPARTMENT A o S NS FigimD 3R - some talkk of cntting down elsewhers near FACTURING IRON THADR was more active than atany time since the panle there was a r‘"m‘“’.m’ Izrze movement, yet, mmwg_-’w'm B 1;1*; :‘,‘, : ; 4 the closa of tho year, which was not carried | during “:“ ast year, "““‘,' 8 tho sbrinkage has | of 1873, which Is o%ing In a great measure tothe | 1409 pricea were closer, and the majority of the | Bravk 2l aarel 139 PiE ont. It is pleasant to know that the num. | 10 8 Kreat measure censed, a much firmer tone | restoration of confidence, coupled with the fact tanneries were running o lees amount. of stock, | Larpir L - pervaded the marker throughont the year, with | that hard-pan prices hod been reached, whilo Jiop hesd mnil . pd Ler of workers ont of employment is less * . i i there was ao increase in the annual sales of 10 | Mon head 1 o.0m)! e T o El an Increascof 4 per cent In fron manufactures: | deslers predict a prosperous trade in the near TR : . 31,4370 81,431,833 HERE ST thaa atany previous timo since the panic. ond In the nggregate sales of steel ralls we are | future. Tin plate Is now belng uscd in agreater ',::,;::‘&uj:ng:‘v:::I“E‘:‘%r\'risogr':um‘:;?::‘ 1 0,00 1) e B0, HFEEEEE ST ablo to note and increase of 6 per 5 ¥ i~ = PACKING, Xuruofd nr:lll prices have p:nn::l’-‘tn‘t;mllg ;:ir:::'lu:"e :r;x‘:;l:c'l'nl:zdb'pr::r"::xc'nthfirfi :I"onr‘): cotirazing tenor, Luyers ouréhased mors jber. 3 & 000 Btatement showinz the value of and dutles b4 ) CTICAGO LEADS THE woRLD por cent. Upon the whole, the oni- | fng-houses in Chicago emploging 330 men In tho | 215" and althoagh T atitho deslerein $hl [ proryiaaly - gollected en kmpotted goodeal. Lileagy during i gEE S in the mporlant ladustey of pork-packing, and | Jook for the future fs much brighter than | working up of this articlo for thelr gonds, wbic | /'Y 1a¥e adopted the shorvcreait syatem, the [ ficus 3| e sheyour 18781 PR SliB8EE tast year led moro dectdedly than ever before. | at the aat of our last sunual review, whon, | are sbipped to all ports of the world. movcmc;n has hndnu-gdeun; to ;ulrlnl hmfi" Open . 1o Tutus, eoltected, ' Aslongas seveoteou years ago our packers | for tna corresponding perlod In 1877, trade | Brass fonnders were unanimous fn re- ‘:n .:tl‘x‘:’:tfn“-‘;c}mfx:aflz‘!‘h;;:n:l': Tor tl}g(l;'n roodes Mol 3 H Shjeigd. 8 ok i frat passed Cluctnnatl in the contest for sU- | was of n stugaish character, and prices for all | porting an increased trado; indeed, tho | tho provailing feelloi was qno of emuesh Mo | Geler o] 3 fxid i fi’ PESES premacyin this direction. 'The mext winter [ kiuds of fron and stect wero ungcttied, and tho | Yoluma ‘of ' busincss dons was. larkee | bt oo e O O LR, e, | Fiax: [t I 51 8§88 8: Chiengo ontstripped her former rival by more | market feverlsh. The Chicago and Union' Roll- than for the past three years. As fa usually the | were put In operation dulrine 1 although , 208 §12, 039,910 Zmoeay than 50 per cent, and ever since has been with. | ing-Milla In tuls city have been fn netive | case during the months of December and Janu- | not running to thefr' fullest capacity, 577,10, 000" 10, 71, 565 SRSt ==3-= t u rival, though the rd of th gperation during 1873, and the works at Bouth | ary, business {s qulct, and several aliops have | have turned out thelr share of upper and k{n The azuregato aonual was was 86,51 FRgatEzE=E 18020 e ot et covor Ohy tho 8cason | Cnfeago have rosumed busincss, and are | St downs everal of the leadinols lave stock,—there belng but one sole-leather yard | 195, agalust $5,504,210 In 1 wed BpiTaiised 18623 was not agaln equaled till nine years | running to thelr utmost ""“‘z)‘u—""m" OUt | companies In this city, who In former vears had | here. Mcention was wade in our last Anial S pafde=gasy later. The winter after the great fire the pack- [ about 20,000 tons of fron and 1,000 kegs of malls | thelr **fournal-bearings ? manufactured Irother | Review that about one-half the leather tanned SUMMARY OF MANUFAC- gii"“: 3 o) ers of Chicogo passed the million **mile-post? | per day. places, transferred thelr favors to Chilcago firms, | in Chicago wos sold to Boston manufacturers E“"' 134 | for the first time, packing more than 1,200,000 TNR NATL-PACTORY Wio turncd out not only ns zood—If not supe- | of boots and shocs, and the covds made from TURES. [ 3 i Yot in connectlon with thess works was started | rlor—work, but at fower prices than could bo | them beine sent back to this city and sold. ) =43 FEF e Doge, Tho progress since then has been very | 31550 Clloliet Tron aud Steet Mille, which | etalneg siooaielo " Ol a8 a better move- | Eepecially hos this Leen tho ease duringthoyear | These totals foot up fu round numbers as fol- Bai3 282 H rapld, broken only by one halt, threo years 020, | suspended operations fn February, 1877, aro still [ ment in the tyoe and electrotypo foundrics, and Just closed, and scveral thymain other Easiern | Jows: 2= oaas 7 About that titme they began to cut fn summer | fu the hands of a Receiver, but were actively | the advance establlehed one year ago was fully | citles are pursuing a Mmuar course adoited by | Number of establishment, gifl § %~ us well as In winter, uslng fce for curlog during | Working during the grenter part of the season, | sustained. Sliver-smelters report a fafr trado | the manufacturcrs of Boston, while No lictle Number of workers, ] the warm weather, Tho result bas been ade. | thelr prounct” belng purchased direct by a | throughout tho year, while in the other branches | swount 18 cxpotted to Europe, Aggresute wagos pai & EPe 8.y e s -+ | Ghleago flem. The work doue at the Unlon | cominz under this' caption dealers enjoyed u LOUTS AND BIHHOES, tjnnllATlefhnluyc L RAaY SEEE uded revolutlon 1o the business. In 1837 | flolling Mills was principally on Hessemer steel | moderatels active frade, and prices undurwont | While Chicago still maintaius her supremacy | Value of product, ol m.:lun--...l A i an creased to about §31,- 040,000, if we allow for the hands employed in brewing, distilling, ete., whoso wages are not no- Chlcago men cut up, fully 3,000,000 hogs; and during the past twelve months have heaten even that big figure by about 50 per cent, and ralls, of which a large quabtity has been dis- tributed to Western rallronds, there not being comparutively any shipments of this class of rails to Canada by either of the works in Chi- few changes. Tho following is o BURMARY, ns the larigest boot and shoe jobbivg city fo the The wages wor world, we are pleased to make mention of the fact that within the past year several Eastern manufacturers have come TEISRLS WINTERING IIERX. Statement showing the tonnage, clasy, and number of vessels lat S"JJ!"'?I the purt of Chleago T3-170: Other metalt. sloce the beginning of winter have cut up cago._The vost of labor was about the same as a1 | ticed above. In th tal: I ¢ in- during the winter of 1, g among us and established boot and ¢ esa tolals we have not in uboutas many hogs a8 Cliicinnatl, tit, Loats, In- | {n 18] v e ehoe factorles, and also that tho agurecate | cluded the items of butlding, ete. ss a largapart Ctase, ARERCARS. Wirhon TR «dfanapolis, Milwaukee, and Loulsyille combined; INON FOUNDRIES, Type sua ciecirotypel annual productlon shows a gratityiug increasa | of the cost Is already Included under other head- Heliouers, 53 T 319 10 saynothiog of the vastly greater aggregate In sympathy with the manufactures of fron s of 15 per cent. Five flrms luve extended their | Inggs. We deem the returns of capital too large. m& .3 in the first ten montha of the year. ond stecl, the oggregate movement- fn iron operations by the takiogz of coatracts in tho Allowing for some departments not ttemized Bloops. 2 1 Our Chlcago packers draw thieir matorfal from ° foundriea last year was conslderably larger, and, Lusing Penttentlaries in the States of INlfuols, Indiana, | & year ago and gathered fn now by the Increased Progeliers a3 22,458 R whilo there 18 no material changs to quote in o and Wisconsin, and Michigan: ‘The manufucture | knowledge of our reporters, these fignres show Hteamba i oll over the West. Hogs came bhither, not only figures, the general fecling fs one of firmneas, o an average increase of nearly 03¢ percent on the of ladies’ fine work fs largely on the increase, wl "0 7y rotn Illinots, , Kaf and Ncbrasks, but A dull season was witnessed {n range and fur- total nuinber of workers smployed, fully 6 per und quitea number of Hr{nn are enimged ex- 1 7 from Missourl, past 8t, Louls, from Michigan, { nace works, and salea wero slow cven at the de- P clusively on children's stock,~which bids falr at | cent in the aggregate wages paid, and § per cont 077 Tot CTERTTRITY Iudiana, ond even from Ohlo; In the carly part | clino noted one year ago. Boller, bolt, and oo 1 o distant doy to hecowe a feature of the trade, | In the currency value of production, with a de- 2,857, 4%0 81,438,356.87 | genooners, of this winter we reccived @ lot of live’ nozs | crew, file, and galvanized works wera fairly 4,50 01 A goodly number of retailers have, during the | crease of 13¢ber centinthe total capltal em- FONRION GOODS WARKHOUSED, Propetle i & from within sbout thirty milea of Cinctonatl. | active, at unchanged prices, Beveral Chleago | Eog. met. sgn muntre,] 0 45,00 2] past year, purchosed thele stock direct from the | ployed. Biatsnent showice tha painet nnd'dm s L Ly 'This 13 fuund to bo the beat markot, oven after | steam-fitting and heating firms have filled cone Total. 100829, %00 3,007 8,007,075 | inanifacturer, which I8 o- “new deparsuro® | Tho above figures do mot Include the monu- s L4 700 | ot 3 4 allowing for a constderable disadvantaa in tho | tracts in thoSouthicrn citles, and 1wo galvanized 3175004000 114801 033,00 | from the old way of doing business, facture of pas, the figures on which we have | forelzn goods warchonsed each month during | AFmewste 108,143 relative cost of transportation. The reason s * that onr paclers have brougnt science as well ns capital to thelr ald. Tho coat of handling 1 now reduced to the loweat vossible figure, and our packers aro content with a smaller percont- age of profit than hawe hitliorto been cousidered neceassry by the pacliers of other polxz.u. Thero *"13 8180 an Iniportant advanesgoin«thg ellnats | bere over that of tho more Bouthern cities, while our nearness to thoe lumber regions reduces the cast of cooperage to the minimum. Our packers can operate through the suramer, by a moderate uso of fce, thus offerine a market for hogs when other points are *“closed for tha season "i and this fact hiclps even axainst thetr The actual Increase in this department fs not 80 great as o comparison of thoso totals would Indicate, becauso we have Included somo estab. lishinents that were fu exlstence, but uot found, * ¥le aggregat 1 wages pald was §1,321, e aggregato annunl wages pald was §1,821,- 220, aguiust §092,211 in 17, BUMMATY STATRMENT n corni 'ms have lar; ntra s Iron cornice fir ¥ &e contracts in Tex of number and tonnage of vessels which arrived and Nebraska. The other branches of trade coming under this head weré moderately active, The Northwestern Horse-Sios Nail-Works re- ort 8 £ood year, and shipments wero made to ingland, Russis, Prusasis, Australia, and Ha- yana, This Company was established hero in <1802, and is the.quly.one {n.tba Northweat,.. Thie following {s & snmmary showing the num- berof establishmenta devoted to Iron work in its different departments, the number of workers ;:nn;g;:él. and thevatue of tho annusl production lor H SUMNARY, —_— buen unable to obtain “sluce the commencement | tho year 18733 the value of and duty on woods of the long-pending discussion between the jras | witlidrawn each month: aud the value of and companics and thie city, Neither do they in- dug ou goods remajolug in warebouse Dec.- 31, clude several minor occupations, which consti- | 1878: tute o large ncgregale of themselves, ‘The MoniAs, total manufacturing production of theclty {s | Amount in probably not far from $2:30,000,000; the capital cmplored, 876,000,005 and the nuwber of wWork- ersa |lttla orey 70,000 souls, . TNE EXPOSITION. TilI8 MAY NOW D& CALLED Justly ond of the finstitutions of the Garden City, and the sixth and last exbibltion, which BADDLR AND JARNESS manufactarcrs continue to'report o fair amount of busiuess ot remunerative prices. ‘Frunk aml blank-book manufacturers have enjoyed o profitablo vear; aud the aggregate gajea show an {ncrease of B per cent, The trade in lulh('r-bt]in’.' is_grajually on ,the Inerease, and mannfaeturcrs have extended helf trudd ¢t tid &mm‘ng (4R et whils'one Fulue, Duty, $ 2H.010 B84, 109 Lnan HT, MW AT 3008 D i 8 BRICK AND STONI. BINCH TUR DATH "v m‘iln LAST ANNUAL RE- 1B « J04,mg Wik =a7 firm bas made consiegntneris to Denmark, Ger- B muny, Sweden, und Norway, Chieago bas many advantages wlhich no o clty posscsses for the production of pure oak belting, and In this porticular braiich our manufacturers sremukiog there has been an fmprovea fecllog in this de- partment of trade, tho volume of busfocss | 7vois dumrmn e manufacturer, with a view to bringing to terms “delinquent contractore.’” Tho movement thus fnaugurated, it {s claimed, bos hud o tendenc: to place the buatn upon g inore substantinl basts, and manutscturers wero enabled tomeet customers to vav cash on &l sules,a healthier fecling prevalled, There i3 no particular change to note In prices, whiclt/ ate firm. The total .number of barrels put upon the market as re- TWork- vigorous efforts. The follawing s o ‘gg‘:fi:}'u?-n T cf.':.‘:}"‘i".f.?f:' Pocanse sbe | Irmmanumcsures.| Mo Cuptrat, | “ets. ) Product, | transacted bolog moderately large, and, In view | * avants extended from Sept. 4 to Oct. 19, fuclusive, was, ¥ " v X hat the stocks of brick on hand at hout bt, the fnest of thy Th o X therefs alwaya @ markot here. With a proper | N¢ling mils of (hs face Leatner. . | without a doubt, the finest of tho scrics. The 3 reduiction in tho coat of feed, otc., nt. the Union | FAATRSCE 2 SIS 30000 | tho closo of tho scason wero comparatively | Rt | _Loduct | iotal (payioe) attendance daring this perlod s B B 33 Btovk-Yards, thero would be left nothing more 19 0 igssos | amall—belug less than six millions— Tannerlen,eoss s glg-%‘;fi;} 200 ¥ ixg | was 200,510,—veing about, tho same as In 1877, 5 s tobe desired to mako this clty perfect as the | Lor,wacel ™ H b sn carly advanco fs anticlpated. Tho | baiile end b 5 which fact of ftself goes to show that the ate 234 gya.tccm»:l.{} D“‘f""fi:‘g’?l-"‘lnl llm‘:mrhll- 1t and sere ki a1 weather ~ durlng the season of 187 | ,manufactorie Tal ASheon 2 teudance Is growing rather than decreasing, EH durl‘:fzmong t:',‘,:h.,' m;::fi. h:'".b':flf’:,‘,f: m-cmfi‘er{ ) Ien ‘was tayorable throughout, and contracts were bouk mant 410, Bl and in poiot of numbers far exceeded the B3y lith, A yearago our eapacity wes about 8- | (iR H 10 uaa gencral thing promptly fllled at orices rang- display of 187B,~the year in which the =3 009, mow it is fully Gaivanized 1765 | fog from $3.75@7.00 per 1,000,—the latter figure tirst exbibitlon was held. Durlng the past S & !le“l'l -rnox;unbnoa,bn‘,. oA, ; ,;‘,':{“ ,u,-l-l;-,;,,,',u i e ruliug at th(; closo of the .lu”?l“ and A;l;"tha pres- year the uumber of atockholders was focreased 33 0 now Liouses have been buflt, but several eam-Lieatiugwis, | | 473) ent time,—the averago prica during 1877 being 75, | by thirt; kivg the al be: Rl : o . | Machinery manu:, & The nggrezate annual wages p a8 §$1,078,- | by thirty, makivg the total number of share- fi?-:n:fifi'tflg‘n'r%v'l'-‘fl;}; fx"r !-5‘&3‘#.‘:“.’.“‘%?%“.‘52. factories 2 1,009,781 780 't»f‘sr.p!fl ;'%'wg“.:"."f‘ 1878 1t hf.’"m?“:l um,t 100, ngalust §1,470,243 In 1677, | holders gt tho present time 500. Tne whole it ™ v abou rivl was nauufactured o1 Q8 e ars able 16 o rowatarty her ther sobnsiort | mis M R Jehict I8 10 tho. nelghburtiood of 000000 1683 | BREWING AND DISTILLING. | ehnd or sy toor s O3 Thich amount, & Following {s a lst of the articles fmported at 0 marly only do spasmodically,—thot sad Kili and A AT tgi““ :,’D“;""‘!':“f“"““h':“‘n "fi;":‘;‘;;’&)’:’l‘l‘fi and DUIING THA ¥R UET iosts * | the treasury the handsome sum of $3,000. The Chivaite ol e year Tangs - e mported & 3 x i . g ] tako caro of tho product. One of the moat alg- crease tn manufacture [a owlng i great meas. | 8 largo business was done: by Chlcago browers, | Sareadiures In the Art Depariment were H18- | Ale. beer. sndpors- . isfinorat wat k 3 nlnc‘nlnm hcukmlum Illmslnm s lhlll. omiln ,2 ure to certaln results brought fhnul. by tho Lriek | and whie It fs.a fact that many eligepad In ?&i.t{fl. Ilml ‘,';',g’,;’,‘}‘?’.““&‘.%{,"‘g‘"p","f des.nr:‘ ‘;‘r‘nyfl .. ..'ml mi-muu:.n. a crs have worked to littls more than thels y e . 3 ment nlone o mprising c| 3 avallablo capaity thus far this winter, FHe o Y Monufasturers’ Associatiot, wiici waa fured | thls trade hava not mado much monoy, tho | docs 100 casts or speclmens of antlgte scuipture. | &8 T dlaa. B, . cess of avallablo capacity, accompanicd by an k( ;" thambay Formity i pricas the e hecUrs | mnfority report a very satlsfactory year; and, ns | In the Mechanical and Natural History Depart- 40 3 ulmost cqual excess of capital, tends, however, 3B T R | R o e Taliortouists he languafe ot | the more promiuent, oués Lavo requirod theiy | MeUts the cxhibits were larger thau n aoy bre. to keep the busines 21| 611l , aver-production, and also, tousc the langitnge of u L o Vo requl 4 vious vear, The total expenditures for 1878 Ll BUMMARY BTATEMENT 3 1 teady, and {s really o tost important ald lo making thfs the most aitractivo volut for the *raw inaterlul, and the best market In which to buythe product of the manufacture, The number of firms cngaged 5 incrensed by of number and tonnage of vesscls cleared from the District of Chicago durlug the year 1578; 7RERSEEZEAE saigg| § (Inciusive of ropairs, construction, personal property, printing and advertising, aud {nauy- ance) was Rs,418, whilo tho total receipts were 803,118.95, The number of applications for space I8 already Jarze, and the prospects for The aggregate annual \-nn-;fld-wn &i,&ifl,‘- o t Lo b 8 thoir bills wilh greater promptucss, ‘Ihe price | ported to the Internal Hevenus Department | (o exbibit of 1570 are very flattering, Durlng . 2,38 e 2 Bhoulk two n’,’,,,‘.,":',..‘:“{,fi{,",“:‘u‘,',‘,‘c‘:";',',"{.{;":}';’,fu: 720, ogalust $4,251,018 for 1877, ot labor ranged from “8LIBS@LIS pur day, | was 403,874 Uarrcls, nguinst 17,240 In 1677, | the month of November tha Biok poogng 0 Ploserved veiuia: 3 [ Kl tho business s tho same as a year ago. There ST Tho City Bridewell did not ‘manufacturo any 811,451 fu 1870, and 200,333 {n 1875, Agriculture insugurated 8 scries of shows,— aiiroad tie y are uow two lareo establishments, cach Killing | MIANUFACTURES OF WOOD, | brick during tho past scason, sud the stock an DRI ING, similar 1o character to the Smithfleld Cattlo 1 B 7 in the nelghborhiood of 8,000 hoga ner day, and NOTWITRSTANDING TIl% DEFRESSION "“"d-'g‘m'om—""‘ CAOIRT OIS [0 WY | 1 e rsnchi of trads oderately active | SUow In London,—exhibitiog fancy fat stack, 3 sbout forty other firme. Ono of these atmast | {n many other branches of business, trade Inthls | 20 8484 ber LOOC. ncas was enfoyea at prices eurroms dusiug. | CALLIS: sheep, hogs, and poultry for liollday purt 4 3 rivals the twoaboye re ‘backs chiefly y usiness, e lnthls AMARBLE MANUPACTURRRS, buslness was enjoyed at prices curront duriog | poses. It is the intention of the State Board to niic vl " Fi on Engish account. Tho resy rancy | GePartment has ruled fairly activo, while valucs | reported o larger amount of Lustoess thu last slx months of 1877, The California | take this & permanent market, and the ftirst at- Daten by g b i from & dally Yeapacity” of 4000, | Were generally woll sustofued at the decrease | transacted than for eeveral years Pasty | trade wus active, and is now controbled by two | tempt was eminently ‘succesaful in a finanuial | Drugs andy 2 2. downwards; about unu-:{lm of tha | noted twelve months sgo, and manufacturers | 80 although wo cannot quote auy | Louacs fu thls elty. Within the past week ene | pote of view,—the cattle bringing f; rices. K, -] BT bumber buying dressed Logs or curlug grcen | have cause for congratulation. Tha planing. | CP3S%, M prices, & healther feoltog per | gavemonts invo been mude tor January, Febra- | The movemant: thos commenced will witbons o7 e meats, or have thelr hogs kilfed for them by 1ils b ad d‘ ol vades the mll"kcl- Beveral Chicago firms dur- | wry, and March dellvery for oxportativn,~the | & doubt, awaken an futcrest In brecders and Io, ¥y other ' firms on comm| Thoy ewmploy al. | T1/18 bave enjoyed & good trado as compar lug the past year wero cnabled to establish | largest consignments beluz o Marsellles, | stock-men zenerally, : 3§ togetber abont 7,500 workers, Inctuding foremen | With the year preceding, aud, slthough prices | azenclus fu the more prominent Western citles, | France, and tha balance to Mediterranean |23 oand clerks, during the four winter inonths, anq | Were not” materlally lower, yct many of the | Wiile & fow otbicrs ha; ¢ azents on tho roud. points, Bouth and Central America. In come THE IIARBOR, I 3 ncnxll\' tlree fourths of that number during the | mills, even duribg tho busy season, in thalr m." "&:fi:’.""‘,,’:f‘fl." .;},f;&:’:i;‘é‘,:‘ '.'m“:‘,“fl],: Dastsoh witls “,'.""“‘Il:"('l'l'fi:‘“{ AT, ste b TUB SEABON OF 1578 i’ ;E % ot rol % hy 3 Il 1 o 3 pi 48 ;Ffl:.fin":,fi& fl.':“ A :J:fi,:ztfi_mm;"::; “'“i"’"‘ to do busiuess, granted cou- | stock on haud In Docewber wid sniall, prices | creaped, 104152000 Elllun]'nl\'iuu e . | e by no moans a profitable one for the vessel L3 l of workors ranging from §1.50 to &4 per day, | COSMons to favored customers, We | are lirm; syerag: Ih’rrlil\lklxll)ul tho year sbout Inctured, ngllun 800,000 gallous in 1577, | fntereats, yet upon the whole thero s less '3 ’ Tho geseral pay of Iaborers i» $1.75 pef duy, o nro“; a gratifyfog incresse in the furniture | tho same as in "'“:ln;:llowlnz lsa :"fi.‘f'm h.x Au‘lu".fim -.flzl.ltl\uomln“ la:.:x.u Tho | quse for complaint, as business in nearly all H ;;i t nosnEn oF 100s rairED. o P | engaed b this trala are sending thelr gooda ty ._'L'_'.’E’lf_""_";."‘_."‘ | goplial _1"_' Product, LU T Qe from the panic of 1873, Another causo for con- | “watcl 0/ Window o e ?' 1 The following shows the number, welght, and | Prowluent Eastoru cities, which speuks volumes LIS DN l Wors gratulation {s the fact there were fewer disas- | 1 &7 baceo baiss sp| a8, Casce. . 1,37 P 57 valuc of tho hogs eut fu this city duriog the | JoF LEN e L 2| CQuoital, | era. | Product, | yors, and, with expectation of revival fn the | Lumber. fact. HT0u e fooe, ealiies 8y 3z ! last two calondar years: i anit lhcenvlv?a‘x20(:r'n?dng:'::om';r::"i:"vonbly xlr’u{ B (#4331 70 7u0 8 6,355,100 | spring trade, vesscl owoers snd others engaged Y = e [ . 78, 1877, L comp ! 4 2 in the maritiws loterest aro hopefully looking January and Feb e 1,448, 7 4 with that done In auy of tho old citica In the LU LTS Sl dacacon sul oo s EXFORTS TO OANADA. reTsy haia00 Bz | AR OnUTRE s tany of them by "‘, Sl 0 ), _LILAL | forward t improved times and an upwand turn | geatement showing the quantities and values . 81 March 1 to October i1.., :z.lt‘ms,% 1, 508, 000 oy “Badoars me 98 o1 Novemuor and Decotber 1,60 1,032,000 | ageneies in Boston, Fhiladelplin, Pittsbure, and e 0, 11471 $1¢.727.3% | in froigbte. The number of new veasels put I | of domestic produce exparted from Chicago tos ————— | New York, while not ‘a fow have estabiisbed Jotalnosoccienns 104 b L 20 10T, 1M 8 | commisston in 1878 was smaller than at any | Canada by lake duriug the year 1878: 127,740 | branches fo the M faroff Westera towns, Seve | Tolsls for 7] .«‘ ATRer ".'"l il 0 0 timo during the past elght or ten years, and as | _drrictes. Quaniittas, 44,010,000 t.’\u.mlfg:m eral of the leading houses are muking pariur- ‘Lotels fur I87: SR TIRNTINTD) IS v,0k2 ) CHEMICALS, ETC. the tonnsge lost fu 1870 and 1877, by disssters | fFuest; b = L B YOREION VERSELS, furutture & specitty, while a larver nanibor are engaged exclusively ju the manufacture of bureaus, bedsteads, and smalt tables, and soven mako choirs w specialty, The packiug-box trade Is rapidly ou the incresse, and, although several addivional firms bave engawed In this fine of bustucss durlng the “year just closed, prices bave ruled steady and unchanged, Tue echool-furniture and apparatus manutucture ein- plove not less than men, tho guoas being otherwise, was large, thera s within the coml, son—likely to e & reaction fu the shipbutiding line. Cerrtaln {t fs that scv- eral of the leading shipbuilders on our lakes have already contracts for sall-vesscls and steamers whoso completton may be looked for- ward toby theopening of the scason of naviga- tion of 1850, ‘The Chicago harbor—so far as the condition The aguregate unnual wages was 83,060,417, agalnst E2EKLGN In 1577, $4,612,530 In 1670, 3,041,458 1 1975, $4,002,793 {us 1874, aud E4,718,- 008 In 1573, 43,400, 000 The Jast-named value lucludes salt and pack- aces, o note that the stems of lsbor, sal barrels, tlerces, boxi wealher foat up to TOR AGOIEGATE ANNUAL I'RODUCTION was not materially fncreascd, ouly & few of the leading articles, while tho trade {n the confec- tlonery department waa greater by 10 per cent than in tho preceding year, Varnlsh manufac- turers reported trade active, with a frwer feele Ing as regards prices. 'The reputation of Chi- cago varnisties is sccond to nons in the world, The followlng fs 1ho lst of forelgm vessels which arrived at the pors of Chicago durlog the year 1878} Name, svon—perhal . nd o duttng o, l-gi abouf of tha total, or not far from 131¢ ner cent, addition to the oriinal cost of the fiogs; to which must be :dl\::crl 'n,::] l;amn. ol‘ m:l. lalxu..!nfurnnu. tucl, A rofits to givy A 10Ut o Gur packiug honses for tha poae, 0 BUILDING, THB CHEAPNESS OF LALOK AND MATERIAL duriug the year 1578 bas cuused 8 Jarge amount of building to be done, and as a rule the bulld. M for tho yea; d 3 condi- 1o following are ‘the' Autssiorts returns of | Cabeian No loos Aban' e o, 512100 80 | [0 dcrected wors of & more substantial anil du. | snd. thelr products are ot only ahipped to ali | of whatfuge l coucerned—is tu cxeilont condl el N:' rl:um‘l‘fi nul 8 In seven Northwestes stylea of globes are made hiere, with wapg and | rable character, Awmong the number giention | parts of the United States but to Canada, fn seversl particulsrs. The chsnncl {5 now RRCHIPTS AND 8111 PMENTS, el Liral ot ll’llefldunfifi.gfl" n’kdecidn'd Increas chartsin profusion. ‘Lhie dewand for may be suade of tho Siuzer, Willlans, Wallace, | where they are brought {nto compes | (iredged to adepth of sixicen fevt from tho Recelpts by Inke during 1878: growing b 8 much Jarger ratio.® Wa aSoi PIANGL 4ND QOAKS | Doane, Crilly and Blair, and stay Duildings, | titton with goods of English manufucture, | suel ond of thy Goreramens Horrom tho . the hogs fu theae Statce aro nearly 50 pet ecar | T good throughout tho year, The whiich are superlor 1o any herctofors put up fa | S08vs were 1 largy demaud, but, In co he wouth of the mai® river (nside of break- Tt clgur-box trade 1 steadily focreabing, wad, not~ yaeuce of “eutting” among the leading de water). ‘This s all the work dune by the Gov- Of those returued tor all the Unlted States and b withataudiog tho suvng cowpelition amoog | 100 Lusluess portion of Chicaga, As will bo | G0 oy wra” s trils Jower, - We Dot b 1 | erverat ac rale point. duans 150 Do iony Territories. e 3 dealers, prices Fange About the same as 10 1877, | seen below, the cost of tho bulldings aud new | Crog, b7 per cont on the auuual sales of | soason considerublo dclay sud sonoyanco wes Ollo.... it 87a, The following is & lmprovements cowpares favorably with that | plckles, and an {ncreato of 8 per cent on sada | suilered by tho vessel fnterest by craft grounding ssse L, 010 P P Tudiana , 21 485! b SUMMARYD of 1877, in which amount (§6,454,100) is not | 8nd mineral waters. Feveral firms engaged fu | in tho river at poluts abreast of Goodrich's dock o 74 Colion, brta. lilinois. ... U] Manvfaciures of Wor fucluded the cost of the -work doncthus fur on | Y26 manufacture of vuegar are about to with- | und the Lifu-Saving Btation, ‘Abo water ab 8,700 Tes, ¢hi ] icoad. f.\'a Cavitul. | ere. iz draw and invest thelr esoital 1o other cnter- | these places fs sboal, and the dl{ authonties 4 T i o 31§, Sh 0] 60 410,357,000 ‘ch'ng",';!g Lt f":.:f"’l'lui',"“l'f""".gg“:"’; prises. | Whitedesd worke yero ouly fairly should sce to It that next epriog wltucses wune | fiard capl b 3 337, ourt-House, ' and y-Hsll,—tho estimated | active throughout the yi ut the warket was | g eduiuie, Ve understan w Giov- | Tro) rortog "‘ 5632600 | mmount ezpended on theso bulldings slone Jast | irm. The followlng fxs crnmeut, duriug the comiug year, contemplates | Jiglos, tons s, ATRIVALS AND CLEARANCES TUR LIMIT OF OUR PACKIXG, 4 4 $ = . —lcay chi ' Bbipmenty by lake duriog 1878; 1vass, ; g Produztion at present s the ebility of our b LR T :’:::‘:u:’-‘l:g: ::fi' «fi:‘ifi'c'fu:.?e.?"&"r' tnu.l; Arifeles. Quantity, Quasiity, et e packess Lo dispuss of the product, The conree ¥1.60 | No, of baildings erected ... ».. swialler veasels. Thls—If done—Is all the work e asr i BN 0l AbLer ::::em-:;:lfico; J(ortouts pust fudicatcs tiat | ¥ S .y | o of feet, R-‘:;'Jn'nffi"fl'. the Guveromeat will do 1t et durig th “‘%E & By e é:.‘..‘:%‘.{ Vi 0 her ey coul ol i i [ i Nu. of v Ldiugi vavigstion scasqu of 137V while it s the htaize 330 212440 sold, and that Ve Huwwp-pall isoufsc: No. of two-ajory builaln, e 31, 407 2,738 3¢ If thio $tut could va. ’.&';“':u“o‘}'."“o'?.“. l{:".'é'a':; o 1 5,000 | No. of thirco-stcry buldiss "“"‘Y‘:‘,:, 4l (beoislaeot Veushiownety rgf T 3 yackers bave catablished. auencies for 1ts asls 4 1rt,oa 1 No- Of four-slary bullding tended © by “tho 'wutboritics Ta - reds 1 Pes 2 1{\:, alwost all tho vriuclpal vities of both the Olu al 3 [iR the mouth ot the harbor during the 5 red ot X u"u'rlll{:n:‘d ‘lhr:eilwl"l':‘ud now siip it to nearly ol past two years hus becu fu m grest measurs ARINE COLLEUTIONS, hgil X i e A e 2o s o i el S b A oot 25 | e gl Sl e he e i i . The 3 5 . rago . Hfien thl ity fn u steady atecan which hias ot b The oagrezatc aonual wazes' pald was | - SG0m LEADING DRY-DOCE Wty S, one frouall: sotcces diring, 1o yéap SRR e Tom seldom averazed G.000.000 pounds or SCU car- 4 13Lun e $1,574,100, sgutust $30,890 In 1377, report a woderately sctive season, witu wages e 0, OvT lmoml:l‘lll:l‘l;-‘llur:we}x)‘logeum. aud vt ye v abhiie [N o e 4 = ——— st 8228 for ten nours! work, whlet s an u- W e A ¢$ ou band bere wore of the wateral | ¥ 2 4 _ > v 25 cents per day on 1 ! 1682 % sl rodied 1n's wonle et 4 matcrel 3110 | No. of stone-frout Lutldisgs MISCELLANFOUS. urease Of 25 cents per day on prices ruliog o ;'E 533 1577, Tho price of dwklu? wes uuchenged, und the srgregate amount of work turned out cowpares favorably with that of the year pre- ceding, Mesara. Slller Bios., the alilest Opm poit then Chicavo, It Is thiv excess of product 1uat has kent prices so fow us to be the wonder @ e woild, and eLabic us to feed a larse vurt 1L {1 b Fuur "“f;m Kenerally report u alignt Wnprovement fu trude; » L6 Uuou the whide trl va wwere Jully sustatied. supppy ok