Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 31, 1881, Page 15

CILCAGO TRIBU SATURDAY, BECEMBER 31, 188 ENTY-LOUR PAGES. 15 of fallures In the country was less than nanal. No new firms have embarked in the pusiiess in this elty, nnd the enpltel nie joyed by tho Jobbing trade has not, there- fore, been matorially nummonted, reminlitng at 280,000, Prices Nave avernged dighor than for 1880) for Jard, Hoaeed, aud turpentine, Tower for carbon. nud wiite etd, aud not much | dliferent forather Ines, Excapting a brluf period tn tho spring when the movenont was Inter the el by tho show blockade, and a fortnight argo Int November when wet weathor and pat country rons cut down sries, there nity posaid to have been no porlods of dulltiess, pho sates of whitu load show a large Inerense over the preylons year, and the murket has ween muchs taadiet and In every way) more aatefactory, ‘This because of tho Non-ex- Istence of any, combliations sinotg the mute ufacturers. "The pour opaned at $7.00 for strictly puro, deellned to $0.50 a Hite Inter, and Heit recovered to $7,00@7.25, where the market wis uniform during most of tho year, Despite the vory inferior qualily of {ho goods so put tip the trade tn MINED PAINTR continues to Inetease, Lt was a long tine after their Introduction before the lending: houses Would fandio them at all, and they now advise thelr customers against thelr tise, put thoir cheapness recommends them, and they havo an extensive salo thronghowt tho country. icncrnlly: speaking, tho trade tn . window-glags hag been good, ‘The tmportn- tlons have beon materially less than for 1880, tho total not exceeding 600,000 boxes, but thers has beon a large increase In the domes: fle production, aud prices therefore hive ruled but Mttle higher, ‘The total production in tho United ‘States during isl was about, 8,500,000 boxes, or seven thes the quantlty imported, With the exception of the single Item of Inbor, which ts a litte dearer, the cost of production jn this country js no greater than in Europe, and with & duty of from 60 to 110 per cont nguinst tho foreign article the home manufacturer has 0 big advantage. Vriees of 7 CARDON OIL have ruled lower than over before since it became an article of commerce, ‘Che low tices wore the rest of Increased proditc- Ton ‘and tho consequent low prices of carbon olfand the more active competition aniang finers, ‘Ihe average dnity production dur. lng the past twelve months iiag been 75,000 uA neainst a little tore than 71,000 ris for 1880, The exports rench 500,000,- 000 gallons, against 419,811,100 gallons for 1850, ‘The stock of eruclo oll at present ‘on hand {3 In excess of 25,000,000 bris, agaist 99,000,000 nt the close of L8s0, In view of the foregoing facts there would seem to be little to wurrant the oxpectattion of any grent ndl- yauce for soine time tocome, though present prices are the lowest ever known, Tho re- celpts at Chicago for tho past year nmountod to {5,000 bris, which Is an incrense over 1880 of 15,000 bris, ‘The yearopenetl at 149{e for 110 test, 183¢e for-150, and Ae for 175, At tha beginning ‘of Fobruary there was 1 decline of Je, and from that time until the Intter part of May the course of prices was uninterrptedly downward, On May 28110 tesb was quoted ntGe, 10nt 10c, and 175 at Mige. Enrly in August the market recovered, H@ Ke and fate’ in_ September anothor 34¢c was added, put in November the prices fell back to gc, se, and 1c, respectf¥oly, and at these figures the year closed. TURVENTINE & averaged much higher than for the previous year. It started out at ide, advanced to Sle abotit tho middle of January, where St re- mained until towards the close of February, and then dropped off to 49¢, During the next alxty days itdeclined Ye, to 40c, which was tho lowest price of the year, In Juno there was mn exelted and ndvaneing market, due to the fact that with * producers. the season opened about six weeks Jater than ustal, aid as nn active export demand tool oif all the surplus stock, the opening of the actlys season at home found te markets of the country bare of goods, Within the spneo of three weeks the pricg advaneci Te por allon, standing at 47o on Juno 20, ag aginst he at & corresponding date fn 1880, ‘There was but Ilttle further change until August, when prices restuned thelr upward course. Thoy continued to. advance untill lute in No- vember, when We—tho highest price of the ig was reached, The closing quotation Is hse, Lard-oil has tlsoaveraged much higher than lust year, because of the greatly en- hanced cost of the raw material. ‘The year began at 7c for extra, and_ that was the low- est fignre of the season, It lad reached 0 before the end of March, and 8Se early in April.. Then it worked downward until the middle of June, and sold wt Te. It again advance! in July, and continued to work higher wntil. the beginning of October, when it wus quoted at $1.00, ‘Tho closing price ts Me. Prices of Mnseod-oll | ran very steady during the first six months, butduter in the yenr there was amarked advanee, caused by fears of a short crop of seed. Between Aug. and Oct, 1 the market Jumpad oD N@{2s por * gallon, or from S3e to 65c, for bolled, ‘The year cfoscu nt the Inter figure, ——_- PIG-IRO: THERE WERE 10 ED at Clicago during 188i a total of 600,000 tons of pig-lron of n valuo of $16,800,000, This is large increnso on the business of 1880, tha recuipts for that year naaregating 500,000 tons, The past year will goon record as ‘one of tha most conservative in tho history sof the fron trade. ‘Thora was an entire ab- sence of the’ wild speculative mania that characterized’ tho market during much of 1880; and, thorofure, an absence of the sharp finctuations in values which made and lost fortunes ina day. While there was at no time any appearance of a speculative tond- eney, the demand ‘was almost contin- uously good,, and at times so far in excess of tho available supply as to reaulé in serlous — inconvenignes to consumers, and no little annoyance to tho trade, Tho unprecedented activity in te construction and oquipmont of railways, in the bullding of bridges and in manufactur- {ng entorprises generally, created a demand fortron which even the cnormous produc- tion of the past eighteen months has scarcely aufliced to mest, Directly following the artl- ficial enhancement of vaines in January, there was an decling resulting from the anxie- ty of large holdors of foreign Iron to untoad , atthe advance, A little further aloiig prices again Improved under heavy purchases by. consnmers, Meanwhile ovory available furnaco In this country and in En- ropo’ was put to work, and not o few now ‘ones were constricted, and trou was turned out at an unprecedented rate on both sides of the Atlantic, envy Importa- tons of Scotch and English fron added to the Immense home production proved a too Bavere strain upon the murket, and early in the spring prices began to work downward, Thure was 9 steady gradual shrinkage until shout the beginning of June, when Lake Superlor was eguaied At $40,000053,00 anil Scotch nt $27,00@23.00, A Iittle Inter there ‘Was gn additional deviine of §2.00@3,00 In LakgBuperior and of $1.00 ln Scoteh fron, the ftfmer solling down to $20,00@28.00 and tha Inttor to. $26.00, ‘This at the beginulng of ail Very soon thereatter the markets underwent & healthy reaction, with a marked FALLING OFF IN IMPORTATION, and the Increased demand called ont by the low prices ruling, the market begnn tostiifen, and slice the bux! nung aft August there has wen an advance of fully $5.00 bor ton in Beoteh and of $2.00@4.00 in American tron, closing qntations belng $31,00@35.00 for Lake Superfor amd $31,000.00 for Scotch, ‘The present relatively high price of the latter iy dug tothe high ocesn frelghts, and to the fuct that for the past sixty days the market hus been bare of Scoteh pig, -'Tho yearcloses on an nective and gtronginurket, Dealers re- pont no large stocks anywhere, and ag thera 4 every inuleation of continued activity tn the demand would == 508) to ba ono rook reason wh present’ prices may not ba sustaiuad, aidged, thera aro thought to bo substanlinl” Yeasons for antielpating a further advance soon after the beginning of the new year, Vrlees abroad have recently been advanced 8 polut where all fears of large finporta- Uons of forelgn fron ure ullayod, and as the consumptive demand for soni thie to come bids falr to equal the utmost production of Which tho hone furnaces are capable, itis not atall unlikely that prices may soon take pL nigher FRILEG, Sa ti ‘idol tere are twenty-three fron-producing States, and the total product for He is glvon by the Census Buregu at 7,031,700 tons. ‘Lhe product of the Late Superior region tor the wenn of 18st wits 2,250,000 tons, ‘The six prlucipal lron-producug States, wlth we broduct for 185), are as follows: ,. ‘ PRODUCTION by, THON, hera + | Pata “Per cent?: Per cent PAR Hr her a fatal. Gulist vale sais ehell Shou Sd lds, 107 a CA co B.ATot 4.815 13M Changes tn the fron-nre iniaing industry in the United States durlug the docude cuding Jung 4, 1881, oxproased in porcontages ob tho returns of the consue of 18705 Gain in number of establishmonta,. .. nite in fotnt nnunber of employe Gain ht total borse-power a! CHRINCE. aay econ seenerers Gala in amount pate nsw i Cain in amount paid for mates (ula fa tora) enpital, Logs ti valuo per ton Tate! Gatu tn value of total product Galt in tonnige of total product... Guin Jn product of rezular oatablistinents. Toss In yeurly income of min. Loss in per cunt uf valuo of for Libor, Galo in par al for inutertals.... . Gain In por cant’ o radier ro tulned for roynity, intercet, proilts, otg.. Percent. + OA 1.01 TIARDWARE. IN HEAVY IARDWARE trado Iins been steady most of tho time, Dur- ing tho early part of the yeur and in fact throughout the untire twolve months tluctu- titions wora fess ylolont than for several years proviously. January opened with tho price of ron at $250 per ewt In Marcha decline to $2.30 took place, the price nd- vanelng in July to S240, which figure was held steadily tip to December, when 1m $33.00 rate was attoptenl ar Steol remained steady aVt1}4@l2c, Soyeral of our larger firms intimately connected with inills hero and atthe Bust have made notable finprovements In the manufacture of carriagza and wagon hardware dure ing the past year, Formerly all this hardware wag innde separately, and the sev. eral parts properly adjusted by the enrrlage- maker. Now the hardware and steeP manu: tneturar furnishes the wooden portions of the carringe or wagon, and completes the superstructure ready to reeaive the body of Me vehie! Manufacturers who hinve adopted this Ine of work already begin to complain of the growing searelty of good onk and hickory, which must, from the ne- ceusity of the cage, be employed In order to insure durubllity, TUK TRADE IN NAILS during the year has been vory heavy, os aresulto£ tho Increased building operations In tha country tributary to the Chicago imar- ket. Durlng. the month of January the price of nails was $3.00 per cw, whieh figure ruled not Mareh, whon $3.20 waa the schedule figure. A decline took place in June, when the price was reduced to $3.00, which latter fleure held until Sep-, tember, Durlng that month an advance was established, tha prico being fixed nt $3.40, whieh continued to rita wp to about the close of the year, ‘This branch of the hardware trade hag largely oxtended Its field of opera. thong during the year now closing, ‘This fact is ‘generally conceded by firms In both tha heavy and Hhter elngses of the buslness who have been consulted on the subj "There aro six firms who do te bulk of the Inistness in this Hne In this elty. ‘The aggre- gute cash value of the trade of these tl for the yenr 188 footad up above $0,000,00). ‘Tho light or miscellaneous hardware trade was on the whole a prosperous one, ‘The sengon was Inte on account of the terrible weather experienced Inst spring, but when the market falrly opened Buch was the der miand for certain lines of goods that the sup- ply at several periods atti tho summer wasontirely Inadequate, ‘This shortage was experienced in sheet-lron and nalls—of the Inttor there being at times during tho your Httle less than a famine, ‘The demand for TOOLS AND SHEGLF-HARDWARES the latter Including locks, hinges, and house-trimmings generally, was ‘hardly less active, and as 4 result high prices ruled for all these articles, Cutlery and. carponters’ tools have partictpnted In the advance tn prices, while tin-plate, wire-cloth, metallic Cartridges, and somo’ otter xoods tmive re mained siendly thronghout the year, and dealers who have been able to do so have cured heavy stocks of these Inst named eles in anticipation of an early advice, The murket for barbed wire hus been In a very unsettled and nsatlstaclory. stata throughout. leelsion Notwithstanding, the d ryendered Jast year In favor of the holders of certain patents, whichappearad to give then a monopoly, they lave been unable to con- trol the market. It is barely possible that the nfco discrimination now being: made by Iitde-dealers with regard to hooked or seratched hides may have an important bearing on the market for barbed wire, ‘Pho term hardware Ineludes many artleles which-enn searcoly be classified here, Prom- nent among these are nericultura finple- nents, metals, thinars’. stock, stamped wid pancd thuware, firearms, ote, All these have had a large sale, and prices have been in the main higher thin Inst year. Notwith- standing the ‘neknowlodged defletuncy in some of the crops, the close of the year wit- nesses a healthful state of affairs, und the outlook for the spring season Is very promis- ing, Finero aro engaged In the miscellancous hardware business some fourteen firms, whose aggregate sales during the past year have amounted to about $11,000,000, . SADDLERY HARDWARE, ‘Trade in this branch of the hardwaro in- forest aggregated about $1,500,000 during the year 1891, un Increase of 20 por ceut aver that of 1880, ‘Many country jobbing honses have been started during the year in Upper Mis- alysippi and Lower Missuurl towns. ‘These can hardly be called rival establishments, however, as thoy curry only the coumnmonest staple articles, and depend upon Chieazo houses largely for anything outside of that ne, curt Font largo firms aro ed to this branch of the hardware trade, * These report an active business during the year 1831, with an Jnerense of 156 to 20 per cont in sales. ‘Tho orders filed the pust year cover a wide ox- tent of territory, inany goods goliuz ns far West ns Utuh, while the Southern trade is in nowise luconsiderable. ‘Che trade in this ne ts largely controlled by the ¢Auiur- lean Pocket-Knife Company and the’ Amor: fean ‘Tablo-Kulfe Company, who regulite prlees ng do the Nall Association aud othor Ike bodies connected with the diferent de- partinents of the fron trade, ‘The estimated sates of tho four firms above mentioned, to- gother with-a number of minor establish: tmenty engaged In this Hne, were about 100,000, STOVES AND HOLLOW WANK, In the exclusive salu of these articles gome dozen firms are engaged, the bulk of the trude, however, bolng done by five or slx. Most of the houses are agencies of Kastorn Mmanufactories, only two of the whole hin bor ropresenting. stove-works In this. city. Business tha pist year has been active throughout, keoping the home source busy In preserving the necessary assortinenton the market, ‘The country suppiliad by the Chi- engo trade Is extanidlag continually, and nt present reaches Ito the Western Territories and the Gulf States of te South, Sales for the year by firms engaged In this brauch are salnated to have been between $3,500,000 aud 750,000, * NOUAEHOLD UTENSILS, METALS, RTC, Engaged in this class of trade almost ex- clusively there wore during the pust your five Jurge firing, ‘These houses concur with tho nuungers.of those Jn other branctivs In stat- hat the yaar was in the mal a profitable He, prices bulng subject to no sudden or ex- treme finctuations, and goods bulny soit well upto the. capacity of the manufactories, A cnroful estimate of. tho actital sales of the your gives $3,500,000 ag the negregate, CAMINET HARDWARE, ‘There are but few houses ongnged tn this articularbranch, not to exceud half a dozen, ut he sales reported by thom fuot up about $1,600,000, Every conceivable articie of hurd ware naad In the upholataring line enters into tlelnstock in trade. ‘This brunch of the Hardware Interest is Ineroasing rapidly ag 8 neeessiry consequunce of the marked Krowth of our furniture manufactures, BUILDING MATERIALS, ov ‘r11t 200,000,000 IixICKS Manufactured tn this city, as shown clso- whors, the entire number were used In this elty for butlding purposes. ‘Phere wero dure ing the year porlips2,000,000 or 3,000,000 sent toothor markots; but this. fact was moro than counterbalanced by the use hervof aven a lnrger number recolved from AMilwan- kes, Raclue, and other places. At no tne after’ tho spring = opened — wag there a surplus above = the — actual demands.nt our growing city, taking tute pos count, of course, the reserve stock that mit always be corrled during the colder months of tho year. ‘thuse bricks, It placed longth- wise, Would reach a distance of aver 9,500 tniles. Prices have muged 1O@t6 per cent higher than in 1880, the average per 1,000 for SOuIOR bricks th ar being about 8 Ys a pagt ving the ageregute of the sale at yl V0, + . + ‘Yoo pressed brick sold here agarczated about 12,000,000, which, at an nvoruge euat of 22,00 per 1,lu, would ‘amount hieash value to $310,000, FINE-BRICK AND BEWER-VIEE. ‘The trade in theso articles during the past your has been Hintted by the cupacity of uo Imanufacturivs to supply the demand. At no thne after tig opening of spring was the sup- of tho necessary —honse-br nopurtenan es sttiticlent to om the daily recurring demand upon tho dealers here, ‘The consequenes link been an ad- yaneo in prices. Phe number at iris ene genet ns dealura Increased somewhat durhig tho past year, but the tuanufaeturing enpn- city was not enlarged In proportion. ‘Pho esthinated net sales of sewer-plpes during te vente amounted te $205,000, while those of ire-brick aggregated about $235,000, The try i line openod brisk tn tho yprliiuy and continued In this condition wy to the close of tha year. Trices ruled steady throughout, and thera was nob at any one tne a very Tare surplus here aver and above the wants of builders, ‘The sales during the your are estiinated at about 30,000 bris, or About one-third mory than those of al, The tverage peice per br) for the twelve months awn S105, . ‘The inerease In the sales of coment ant stucco during 1831 I¥ estimated by dealers ab 333g por eent. Much of the cement bought through Chicago houses never reachey this elty, but isdistributed from the polut of pro- duction at the South. WINES AND LIQUORS, AN INCREASE OF OVER 15 pErit 1s reported by wholesate dealers and jobbers In this line, ‘This increase was, attained during the Inst nine months of tho yenr, the excessively cold winter holding tho iquor trady, as well ns many others, incheck, One notable feature of the whisky trade at prea: ont Is the senreity of “aged” stuck, most of that now hell having been distilled not longer ago than 1879, “Prices of tine goods have Increased 15@2) por cent, and stich has been the demand that most of this class has bean withdrawn from warehotses before the limit under the revente hits expired. "The sale of wines has Inere ntjenst 20 per cent during the last twe! months, and this In the face of the fact that priees have been 10 per cent higher than those of 1880, “Prosperous Uines” were drunk to freely during the year 1881, and would-be drowners of sorrow heve partaken liberally of the Lethean bowl, Dealers i native wines report a largely In- creased trade as wellag a marked Improve. ment in the qulity of their goods. ‘Thosale of Ohio, Missouri, and Cullfornin wines reached a much larger flzure the past year than during the ya provlous. The sales, of Jobbing houses In all these fines are esthnated a nearly $55,000,000, with an aggregate capital of about $11,000,000, BOOKS AND PAPER. THE TRADE IN NOOK, atatlonory, ete, 1s catlmated nt $21,500,000, ‘The sale of books was considerably larger than In 1880, the holiday trade lvoming up grandly, eclipsing In fact that of several pre- vious seayons, ‘The consumption of print paper by tho newspaper and job printing ofiices fs estimuterd n6-21,000 tons, The West- ern Pauper Lrade’s suuual review says? Straw bonrd sales renched $150,000, and the entire trade in coarse papers, including wrapping and manilias, is estimated at about $8,000,000, ‘The daily papers of Chicago con- sume not less than 1,000,000 Ibs of paper per month, valued nt $780,000 a year; other Chi- engo perlodicnis will use not far tren $500,- ood worth, while three codperative news- paper establishinents, which recelyo thelr piper direct from the millsat the rate of forr enrlouds a week, use About $312,000 worth. ‘Tho Chicago stationers and job. printers would require at least $2,000, worth in addition, for the supply of thelr trade, and the biank-book. ntumufacturers consttine 0 cousidarable bulk- of paper. A wary farge proportion of the newspaper press and printers of the Northwest ue supplied with paper from Chicago, which ts now see- ond ninong American cltfes In the bulk of paper distribution. An esthunte of $10,500,- 000 for the paper sales of 1831 ty not deemed an extravagant ony by those best posted {1 tho businusy, Stationery runs Inrgely Into ny ase paper, and the: statistles of the two trades nducsanrlly encroach upon each other, ‘The leading slationers of Chicago roport an increase In business over 1880 of 20 to 80 percent, and fob printers adda large bulk of paper atutlonery to swell the total. ‘The hnported stationery and fancy goouls sol by statloners and other dealers would bring the axaregnte stationery trade up to nbout $8,000,000 for the year, including blank books, About $20,000,000 worth of wall paper is manufactured: in the United States, of which Chiengo-wauld sell and dls- tribute not less than $2,000,000, Ln the book trade adeelded improvement ia noted, - Tho tuguregnte value of books sold and distribut- ed In Chicazo daring 1831, Including the sub- seriptlon-bouk business and that of the Chi- engo agencies of Engtern hauses, may be es- timated at over $0,000,000, of which subserlp- tlou-books are credited with over $800,000 at retall figures; school books, over $1,000,000 Inw books, $400,000; second-hand books, 30, 000, A large number of books are made by printers for local distribution in all parts of the West, whieh, with the miscellaneous book and perlodical trade of tho Jarge boolk- stores and news companies, would siake up thle aggregate estlnints of $0,000,000, ° TOTAL WHOLESALE SALES, + THE GRAND AGGREGATES ‘Thu total wholesale sales noted above foot up 4 total of $42,000,000, nearly, which may bo necepted us a near approximation to the magnitude of our wholesale trade. Correct. Ing previous figures fora slight change in the classiticntion, we have the following ag- eregites of comparison: Hates of 1841, Sules of 1880, $41,000,000 1858,500,000, +B 34,500,000 Or about BF Tho above flyures aro the total selling yalue of goods trom first lands, aud do -to! Include second sales, which would largely swoll the aggregate, _ TMB CAPITAL EMPLOYED in tho conduct of the wholesale business has considerably Increased. ‘Lhe eastinates foot. Up about $84,000,000, bat this Includes tho enpital employed in manutuctoring in sev> erat branches, as in boots and shoes, and elattiine, Making allowances for tls tact we shall have abort $48,000,000 ug the enpltal strletly employed ti handing goody at wholeaale, ‘This is about 10 percent of the first sulling value of the gouds, ———_ MANUFACTURES. Amarked gain In production and Increaso in uctivity ts reported for most departiuvents of our manufacturing Industry. ‘Tho excep- tlons to the rule occur only In those cnses where Inok of material or other facilitles preventod an éxtension, ‘Tho most marked instance of deerensa is in our leading indus- try, hog packing, ¥ot, oven there, the value of tho product for 188L was grenter than that of 1880, though the quantity turned out was Juss by nearly Vper cont, Our manufactures fn Iron, brick and stone, leather, cotton, woul, anil priating, alt show, a substantial galn In the aggregate of results; and In most cases in the remunerauon bath of employers and workers, Tha’ Intter have - found full employmunt, . mostly nt good wages; and labor has been really searee In nota fow branches of activity. ‘Phd work- lug classes wero nuyer go well remunoratod for their toll, and thelr labor was never in butler demand, notwithatanding tho vast im provements In machlnory withhy the past fow years, ‘The want of something to do, which in somo formor years hus foatored Communism and other political heresies, has practleally disappeared. Wages havo ranged 7Q@15 per cont highor thaw tn 158), the avur- age advance belng 10@123¢ pur cent. ‘This, however,.was not all gain, the cost of the things which the worker must. buy in order to Ivo having increased ft proportion to the vulute of the Javor needed to produce them, In the early part of the year there was a guneral movement on the part of the laboring cliases for higher wages, ‘Tho success of the West Bide stroct rallway conductors’ coup Wetat was the signal for a general demand from tho working people for more pay, ‘The trade unlons held meotings frequently, and jnereased thelr mowbership and Influsnes. With few exceptions the businessmen recog nized tho right. of thelr employds to obtaln wages In proportlon’ to-the Increase In the cost of living and the prosperity of the thucs, The advances usked by the men were usi-, ally allowed, and tn_very amnany Instances wero fade yoluncarlly by the firms, “fhe strike werg few, aud many of them fallures from the start. The most notable strike ainong the trades ‘was that of the uoller- ninkers in this city, who to the number of about soo “ went aut” Jast Mareb, the strike Inating ubout six weeks. ‘hero was no vlo- lence, but slinply a refusal to work dll tho ployers gaye the advance asked. ‘Tho persevering boller-makers finally carried thotr poluts ; — MEAT PACKING, THT CUTTING AND PACKING OF MEATS, with the cognate processes of rendering lard and tallow, ete, has for miny years past formed the leading group in our industries, ‘The first in inportance, as tt was also the frst In historleal order, is the work of hog-kitl- ing and preking, in wilel this elty took the fend of Cinelnnatt in the winter of | 1802-"6, nnd ling ever luce then Jet the world, ‘The business fins been uetively prosecuted dure fig the past year, but the piumber of hogs handled was steadily leas than for tha corre sponding ties one year previously, the ave erage falling off being nearly Yper cent. ‘The reagon for this tes In tho sutliclont fact that aamaller number of hogs were marketed here and elsewhere, ‘The hogs were rushed inas rapidly as possible durlag November and. December, 180, , leaving a small- er number to come oI during the Inter months of the whiter, and the hog crop for tho present winter was re- duced by thy bitter weather of a your ngO, whieh killed off the young ones tt untold minnbers. We have handled our full propor: tlon of all the hags sent to markets and bow big that Hronortion is may be judged from the fact that thus far this winter Chteago packers have ent up more hogs than the combined work of Clucinnatl, St. Lomly, Ln Miasingy iz, Milwaukee, Loulsville, Kansas City, Cedar Rapids, St. Joseph (Mo), Des Molhes, Newenstle, Ind, and Sabula, In. Thess eleven points are the principal ones in the West, the packing of all other points age wrexatinyg only about hall as mitch as they. Chicago has packed 40. per cent of all the hogs ent ih the past two months, while her percentago for November and December, 188), wes a Hite less than $327, ‘The bigzest mouth’s work in the historyet the trade fir this elty was performed In’ November, 180, when shout 1,000,000 hows were cut up, ‘The condiaons above noted ‘reduced the aggre: gato for Inst. November to almost exactly three-quarters of that number, That biggest month's work wis, however, seareely more than hall the working eapic- ity of our. packing-houses, ‘They could Tundle. nearly 80,000, head per day, If 80 many hogs ¥ and there werd ntemand for the product, But there has been neither of thesy during the pist twelve months; Indecd, the paekers have found it attimes dificutt to dispogs of the di ininished quantity of stuff they haye turned out, the forelgndemand having been very hive reduced, as noted under the lewd of tha market for provisions. Jt now luoks ts Howe have reaehed a ligher annual produc tion than will be witnessed for a year of two hence, A bigger supply of hogs next winter promises to be compensated” by relatively sinull niunbers during the next two months, and perhaps pending the whole summer, THE PACKING CAPACITY year ago was estimated at nearly 80,000 hos per day, Since then the Denny house hag added avout 3,000, ‘The Hately house, with nearly (int capacity, was bined down Inst Angust, and has been rebuilt, beng now abont ready to restime operations. Both of these are known as “English houses,” send- {ng thelr product direct across the water without placing it on the market here. ‘Two other establishinents are in the same line, and a great deal of other stuf Is sent direct to Europe tobe sold there, ‘This Bnulish trade is gradually working a sevolution in the character of the foreign business, The tondency now. is to singelng the bavon and siding the hums without: the sweet plek- Jing process, Uo result beluga turder, trimer texture to the ment, Which fy what the Brite ish consumer tikes best, ‘This Isnpravement Wil probably abolish: the prejudice recently exhibited ngatust Amerlenn hog meat, and may lead to 0 ble revival of our export trad ‘Shore are ubout thirty firms who do pac! ng in the elty and vielnity on a large scale, besides some fifteen or twenty others who landle dressed hogs, or purelingy material from the regular slaughter houses, while a few slaughter for themselves Iu a small way, mostly for the elty tr About fifteen of the whole number each cut 60,000 hogs or more during the four wiuter months, ‘The work is algo prosvented actively during the situmer months, ag is shown Inthe follow- ing table, ‘This summer preking is not pos- siple in more southern ecitles, oxcept uta erat dIsudvaniage, While thelr packmyg houses are ‘closed during the hot weather, there Is n steady strenmof hows passlig into our houses’ allye, and" leaving them in the pops ‘of product ut the'rate of nearly 200 ear- lors per day. ‘The following are tho firms who ench cut moro thar 160,000 hogs during the twelve months ending with lust February Armour & Ce . One of these firs (Armour & Co.) cut up 1,061,000 hogs in the year ending with last Aavennls ; it nu ober WUtelE exceeds the (the re pack ling he ity for any year pre vious to 871-72. ‘Tha big packed record of Chicago Dogan with the winter succeediug our big fire. Itis now néarly tive thes as arent ns it was ten years ago. Where will itend? * NUMUER OF 11608 PACKED. ‘The following shows the umuber, weleht, nud value of the hogs cu tn this elty durlag ‘th Inst two calendar years: 1881. 1880, Junuary and Pobruary + 7,000,000 1117090 Maroh I to Oat t...... 700,000, ¥,85U.00) November aod Vocember, 1478,000 1,782,000 Total number your... 6,178,000 6,041,000 Welxht, tons, G'P),000 TW2,000 Valuo of do. $64,100,009 Vulue of produ: i 72,200,000 ‘Fhe lnst-amed valuy includes salt and neknges, ‘he Items of lnbor, salt, barrels, jerces, boxes, and fee during the hot weather foot upa Itty more than $700,009 of the total, to whieh must-he added’ tho Items of ront, taxes, iniauranice, fuel, water, wd proilts, to give the whole value of tho productof our packing-houses for the year, THE CANNING OF REEF was conducted with great vigor during the fst year, but competition kept prices no low hat ‘the ‘business [s sild to have bean far from profitable, Cattle averted S07 per 100 Ibs higher than in 1880, and other ma. terfals and. labor advanced, ‘Phe number of firms engaged in the worl was reduced to five, and one of them his not done great deol One ar two houses prnetically went ott of the business over iy yeur ago, partly owing to failure to pertect the process, a the senson of 1880 was also a poor one for making money, ‘The firms doe continued, however, with the exception alluded ta, have onlarged thelr capnelty, und one args house wont into the thing very extensively, ecllps Ing inost of the elder concerns In the magnl- tude of its operations, ‘The product, there. fore, Is larger than over, and the demand has {nereased many fold, ‘The bulk of the'eanned ments are still uxported, but a larger domes: uo trade has been cared for this season than herslofore—the cheapness of the article mak. ine ft more desirable than the corned beet rutalled by the butchers, ‘Tha West ond East have been lurge consumers; in canned goods hays VEONLG very popular throughout the country. England is still the largest customer, but the goods have been suid thore at low furan, the hard thnes cutting olf theconsutnption o} anything that could classed auieng the luxuries. ‘The heavy duty tinposed by Gere many amilnst how product, and the silly prose udigs existing in some parts of Europe aguinat American meats, have operated some. what to prevent the exports from reachin, the yoluine expected by manutacturors, bu tho surplus his beon Fadily taken upat home, Some touses say they faye scarcely been able to (iH all theirordors, One loading firm had onleny fer uiess goods in lots 7 ot cirlonds = ab tye for several wuiccessive days, Cunnod meat advanced recently, and the businuss now Appears to be'working Into Detter shape, though tho rise in prices in the past two months barely makes the manu. facturers overt on animals bought In the tall, and the selling figures aro yet, it ts sald, below the cast of cattle, Ty sum directions the business appears to fava changed for the better, Moro attention Iy glyen te sorting Une beat, aid a stiperior quality fs turned out ty ult w eluss of cus: tomers who diserlitnaté in regurd to this fouture, ‘The bulk pf the beet ls pur up tin cans Welghing 0 to 1 tbs cach for the export rade. ‘The home market takes two-pound cans ohieily. : : 7 "Pho beet cauning and’ meat prosorvint tudustry In. all {tg branches probably ene ploys upwards of 3,800 men who garth from $1.60to $5 par day. Tho aggregate wages pad wer ubout $1,505,000. ‘This estimate eludes the men enzaged in mann facturiag the tn cana used: inthe business, all uf which avo untde by the canning establish- ments thames and consumes an immense muntittty OF plate, whiel several of tho firma finport fur the purposes besides other einployés than, those actually engaged in putting np tha beef, The value of the eanned beef turned ont hore Inst year bs estlimated at $15,000,0%), ngalnst $11,000,000 the year before, ‘The enpital employed is, about $9,200,000. ‘The five houses engaged inthis work slaughtered $1 1891 nbowt 259,00007275,000 lend of cattle, ‘An fiuportant Inwault was brought by a Fencing local tirmagainst a competitor, clan. ing nu iufringenentof the former's patent on the process of beef canning and the slave ofthe can. ‘The case was argued at wrent length, and the Court rendered decision to the effect that to patent existed, elther on the process, which was inercly that of press- ing bofled ineat while warm, or on the style orshape of the ean The suit was brought agninst 1 $t. Lonls firms "rhe production of lard-oll was large, and tha price about 25 per cent Aibgher than in 1840, Five houses manufactured oleomar- warine off and stearine, the buik of which was sent out of the country, One firm re. cently stopped making It, and nnother did very fittle Inst year. ‘Tho making of butter- Ine. which was nearly suppressed ten inonths ago, was resi with vigor the past fall, abont seven houses with ait estle mated eapuelty of 80,000 Ibs dally engaetnue iy it. All the houses are not running to tho full Nil, but tha produectlon the past fall has been sufficlently large to attract the atten- flon of the nuttiorities, and prosecutions have: Intely been comimenced against the retuilers who pain. the stuff! of on tho: public as genuine butter. One firm ns recently stopped making it. A considerable portion of tue butterine Js gent South, and some Ig exported, The rest finds a+ market in Chieago aud tho Western towns. About 1 hundred men are employed In making the article, ‘The local prejudice against butterine is sald to be so stron that South Water street merchants generally refuse to handle it, and the butik disposed ‘of here ts suld by the mantfacturers without the intervention of the middteman. ‘The value of these prod- uets—Inril-oil, oleo, stearine, and butterinc— iy placed at 24,100, ‘Mere are about twelve extensive eausaze factories in the elty In’ addition to the four packers, Tesides these, nearly every retall butcher makes sausuges, ‘The production the past season was unnsuilly heavy, esveciaily since Oct. 1, and chiefly for the domestic trade, the muintfaeture ‘of Freneh sausages having fallen off owlng to the decree of France pro- hibiting their Importation Into that country. ‘The two firms which hitherto made the hulk of these goods have been turning out the common and the German sausage, The export demand is likely to be better soon. Tho following are the ESTIMATES. Meat produce Works | Value of tion, Wa.) Capitat. | era, product, Hog packing,| $5/€6.250,000] G00] € 85,750,000 OUT. G) 22y0,0u0] 2,800) 1,000,000 L'd-oil, suine, 1,476,000] 006) 6,100,000 Totals, 70,025,000 | 8,709] $105,651,000 ‘The number of workers ts the average fur tho year, IRON AND STEED, THE MON WORKERS REvOnT asatlafactory year. ‘The volume of busitiess Inerensed 10@15 per cent, and falr profits were renlized, though prices generally ruled low. The fron masters have avolded the old policy of “booming the market” to a pont that Invited netive foreign competition, and have probably. melted more American ore than jn any former year, ‘The late ndvance has led to rather free importations, but the business of the foundries aud machinery es- tabllshinents does not yet appear to be uf- fected thereby. The cost of Inbor, whieh fs one of the leading items in this industry, keeps up, and shows no signs of weakening, the advance In the spring averaghg 10@¢15 percent. é ‘The tron-workers in the city report an in- crease Ju nearly every department, ‘The nunber of builer-works and machine-shops fg larger than ever before, and foundries fre gutting tu be so nitnerous that it 13 lit cult for the old-stagers in the business to keup track of them. The stove-mating establishments were Increased by one, md the product the coming season {s expected by thesnnguine to be vw arent deal harger than it has been in any previous year, knew wheel shop was opened Jast spring. Chicaze hus the only extensive entlery establishment tn the Northwest—n concern which entnrged its enpmelty the past season, aid expects to employ 30 people thls spring, ‘ ‘The’ rolling-mills had all the work they could do, and found it necessary to rum to thaly full eapaelty. Pri have not ad- yaneed much since lust year, but the busl- less proved to be satisfictory, except as It was hampered by a. of transvurtation facilities, A now mill is building at South Chicago, which will be in full opuration tt is expected “by March 1, It has a eapnelty of 160,000 tons of steel rails annually, and will ulve employment, to abowt2,000 men. Four blast furnaces of this establishment were Tun this past year. Tho manutieturers of barbed wire report 0 + gain of su) per cent insales, In addition to the raphdly rowing demnnd from the new Western States aud ‘Territorles, thousands of tons are exvorted to Australin, New Zewaud, South America, and Mexico, ‘The wlre-weav- ors and fron network mnkers experienced a intr trade, the demand Increasing conslder- ably in volume. ; ‘tho following are the estimates for tron; duplications tiv enses where firms dou va rety of work bulng avolded as faras possible. TAUULATION. ron, Manus Wark] dures. Nu,| Capltal. | era, | Product. Holling mills & furnices 4 5,000,000] 4,600) $10,000,000 Foundric sy ® eo 14400) 2,500,000 Machin rutionble litt: Ue... 65) 1,200,000 | 3,000] 8,500,009 jor sin} t co iid wW 6,000} 750] 1,900,000 Onr-wheel WOFKS sees] 4 625,000] 650) 1,700,000 Stove mitra | 4 650,000] 600] 7,600,000, Steam fitting] andheating.| % 100,000} 250) 800,000 Guivanized Pierre 1 125,000] - 3280; 0,00 Tinting prong) m'f'ra, oto..| 6 05,009 i) 250,000 Farnnces and TANKS. |b 100,000] 87} ~ | 200,000 Barbed wire,.| 6 BORON) 8th x) 000 ‘ks Ay is Wy} 1 au EY lia) 1 ay) By 210) “| 175) 3] Ee) Fi) 100,000) 150) ‘600,000 |__| ————-—| —— woth” BtU,5h2,0K0] 1189} 53, 17,000 «Lwin sivas] .uin.o0 Penta TARO] | tan] “ass SLUTI ON The total af wages paid was $7,010,0X, agalnat $0,250,010 In 1850, ee IRON AND Woon, IN THIS DEPARTMENT the proauotion was fully equal to the cn- paelty of the establishments. Prices ayer- aged 10@15 percent nbovo those of the pra vious yeor, ‘Tho raw materials and Invor wero both higher. ‘The manuficturora of farm wagons reported x decided aan in trady, especially with the Far West, and the carriage und Nght vehlete makers found business better In the elty mid largo towns, ‘The agelowlturat {mplement manufacturers report thor enpacity wns not Inrge enough to cunble them to moet the demands of the trade, Ono of the reaver tmotorlos—tho Jargeat In the country—vvus. enlarged about one-huls, and about ‘half as many more ni chines were turned out ag in 1890, ‘The wasg- on aud carringe makers also did a sourlahlig business, ‘Tho olovator-bullders suy, they had moro orders than ever before, “In the country as woll as the city a business bloek haa ceased to be termed “irstalass" when it does not contuln wu olovator, ‘The care builders estimate that 20 pur cant represents Ruprostinately thy augmont In the outturn, With the greater demand for transportation “fusilitlys, the rallrowds found Ib nvcessnry to add largely to thelr rolling-atock, suid the car and bridge firms were Kept full of work dur- ing theseason. ‘The followin ts 6 . . AUMBAIY, ib wad Warl ron aie Wu] Capital, oe Product, aoe eee acusia eal Raa a ; tieieide se sreee| 1} 29%0,000} 1.00018 3,400,0u0 3] 2,000,000} 2,500) 6,000,000 PIGMENLE 4 Cur bultders and, rides Q} 1,200,000} 2,100) 6,000,000 Paci aera OT BG "Totals, . 5 4.050,00° | 0.0) $1,000,000 ‘Totals 1o3)., web UT3YI J Bo ‘Tho nll $400,000 In 1880. Fook mp $5)07H000, agains, OTHER METALS TITAN IRON. THE URARS FOUNDHIES nud the brags, copper, and other metal work- ers report asatisfactory yenr, The prodite: tlon was large, several local firms having in- creased thelr enpuclty, but tho. demand kep t pace with it, and fair profits were. the ruler though in some Lines the competition was keen, Manufacturers estimate a gain in the voluing of bustuess of about 29 per cont, with arise In prices and Inbor of 15 percent, The cost of mannfacturing was cheapened by the einploymentof Inory labor-saving machinery. Tho type-founders estimate an tnerense fn siles of about 10 per cent, prinelpally In the States and the ‘Territories, Colorado and of new quarries. ‘The advance in cost fy duo Jnrgoly to the inerensed expenne of finishing. ‘Tho wholosnto business In marble has grown wonderfully, the houses here having prob- ably Increased tholr business one-third, the soles of this branch running to over tut & tuiliion dollara, About $200,000 worth of furniture marble Is used here In a year, most of He coming from the East in the finished state, ‘The firms engaged in streots eatt- mate that AbUIEST 000,000 worth was done the Very ilttid stone was used. I'he iinet yleldd n'good ne-kilns ylelded a good Ineame, Tho dé inand for tecra-cotta ware and architestural work increased, ‘The Inttor was used ex- tensively in the adornment of several of the Inost costly building blocks that were put up in the city during the season; and for cor- afees it ls taking the placvot galvanized tron, ¥ violin ‘fre the estinintes of the senson’s aviny ota contributing freely to the galn, bustness, with comparisons: : Prices did not. change’ much, while |. TARGLATION. metal advanced, and the employés ui wa were granted a rise of 7 per cent Tirtete and stone vo, Capital. | ers. | Product. in wages last spring. ‘The demand for Jabor In this department excoeds the supply, and some huuses tive machines standing dle on Tats 460,000) 8 r al? Sootona] *B00| Noone this accotnt, while they have more orders 200) “O0.Ku) for type than they can proinptly fill. 10) 85,00 A heavy galn in the manufacture of thn be a stamped, Japanned, and other sheet-metal Fone ware ls noted, ‘The production of tinware nione Is estiinated at $1,400,000, not counting the thi cans made hy the beet canners tor thelr own use. ‘These packing-houses Import the plate themselves, and probably mant- facture as inuch In value ns’ the regular trade, ‘Che price of the gooils made for the trade advanced, and the cost of Inbor Is said tu be nearly to the standard of 1973, ‘The houses manufacturing jewelry in this elty do so nga tule In connectlon with a fob- bing business, but the tine seems to be not far diytant when we shail be able to boast of as large manufacturing establishinents ns the East. The Industry is growing rapidly. It received two additions tn 18st, Nickel- plating fins become an Jmportant auxiliary to natty, of the houses that inake the finer Hines of inachtnery, tools, ornamental and metal goods, furnishings, ete. The manufacture of lead plpe Is sald to have been conducted at barely cost, {1 con- sequence of the eiforts of some partles in the trade to crush out competitors. ‘The low prices ruled elsewhere in the West on ac. countof this fight ‘Tho outtiurn of sheet. fron was unisually lurge, and both that and shotare understood to have netted hand. some returns, Anew telegraph supply house was opened hers In September. With these concurns business has been Inrguly ferensed in the past twe or three years by the Intros duction of the telephone Into general use. Following are ‘THUD FSTIMATEA: tO} 715,000 10) 25,000 12,0001 9.68418 3,900,000) Koo) Beeol® Rowan ‘Tho aggregate of wages palil was 31,425,000, fAgatust $1,050,000 in the preceding year, Estimating for carpenters, butlers, pinstar- ers, und masonry work, the total production Auintos this head would approximate $10,% BUILDING. HUILDING OPERATIONS in the city were unusually extensive tho past year, uvotwithstanding the advance in Jabor and alt kinds of materials, ‘The City Bullding Departinent issued more per- inits than In any season since 1875 The num ber was about 4,25, of which 2015 were for bermitnent structutes, tho remainder being for alist besewient, sinntl additions, ete. tunber of dwellings prepondarate, and stores with Mats or Nii reoins above were erceted than in previous seasons. though tha increase in the residence quarters jas large, the der was fully equal to It. The houses \ dL ns soon as they were ready for occupancy, and very oftenwhale blues and flats were ured long befure thoy had passed out of the hands of ‘the cons tractors, at rentals while patd the tandlords well, In the business ton MUnerolts large blocks wero built up, and the tots tn the heart of the city which haye h vACANE since the great fire of 1871 are getting to be few und far between. A goodly number of FACMUS, WORKSHOPS, AND BLOCKS Were also put up to meet the Increased wan of the inanufacturing Interest. ‘The pane ing, especially in the residence quarters, would have been mich larger If materhils had been tnore plenty and cheaper, Numer- ols projects were nbandoned in the spring 61. account of the searelty and hleh price of Other metals. Brass aud cop per works, etc. Tin, stumped, & ahitinet') ware) 14 ‘Type foundries.) 4 Eleetrotype ad atereatype, ote) 6 Jewelry in'fr’s..] 13 Wateb-caseg....) 2 silver, wuld, Aud Work- sn] capitat, era, | Priatuct, 3 760,000) 1,000,000} 1, 400,000] $1,500,000 2,700,000, 65,00) uickel plating) 12 5.o9 | common brick, dug largely to the heavy de. Tiumenecehe sits) 1 tows | Wand fron South Chicago, which nbsorbed Gus-txture 2 60.0%) | the surplus stock lett over from the previous. aute Hihts Fy BESSY pausouy au ae new brick came ld ne nto marke ey war . ce feat beaters...) 09,00 et they were rapldiy taken at. gond prices, and stocks did” not. te ewuntilite on deters’ hands, though there was 9 considerable tnerease in the nuin- ber and eapnelty of the yards. Several cast ty publle brildings were . the setivol-” fotse capacity’ was extended, and ‘two or ‘Telegraph sup- piles. on hut VUNES UCase 60,000 | ——— | three expensive churches were added Totals, g 5005000 | list, : eset Ene ‘Totals 1820. x, 5815109 The coming season promises to be one of the busiest slice the great fire, Among the extensive buitling projects whieh have been deehted upon Js dhe erection of a new Board a Trails buikling to cost upwards of ‘rho waxes pall weqecuute $1,870,008), and tn 188) about $1,620,000, MANUFACTURES OF WOOD. THE PLANING-MILLS REVONT a prosperous business generally, prices ad- vaneing in sympatliy with lunyber and labor. Anexception 3 mentioned th boxes, whieh Appear not to have’ gealued so much In price as thelr cost did, but the nianufacturers made up for.stender profits by the large Ine crease Jn orders, ‘The coopers turned outa {urge quantity of work, but tho fore partet the packing senson has scarecly reached exe pectatlons, the mild weather having inter- fered with tho plans of the packers, aud coop- ernge lins consequently fetched lower prices: than: {t promiseil toeartler, ‘The prospect for the next few months ds bright. A xood deal of cooperage Is now manifretired with the ald of machinery, whieh seems to be tak: ing the plice of hand lubor, Several firms used inachines the past. year for the frst thine, With the amnunfacturors of: tanks, pups, ete, the season was 2 good one. TH FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS have hud a good year. ‘They lave “all been driven to death’? with work, and often de- elined orders because they were tunable to fi them promptly. ‘The f{nerense in the vol- ume of bustuess Js estimated nt 15@20 per cent, with an advance in prices and Inbar. The manufacturers huve used more of the Heh fored woods, ainong theor maple, yush, onk, pine, and whitewood tn taki the eheapor crates of furalture, while black-walnut, which hus become seatce and dear, has been reserved for tho more ex- 1a followlug table shows the esthinated cost of the inprovements in the three divis- tons. ‘This estimate will be somewhat ine ray when the figures for a few sinall buildings have been made up and mito ins ‘oat. x North Side., SNibil sonsnaasaviaracndsta dears ayckOlNOMI OM The frontage inpraved was 50,000 feel aguinst 42,000 feet In 1830, ie BREWING, DiIsTILLING, TO- BACCO. y rine 1 RS? THADE INCREASED the past year abou 10 per cent. ‘The bust hess was profitnble oarly, but the large ad. vance In minterinis dininished the gains of the past four or flveinonths, Barley ruledabout 24 per cent and hops 40 per ceut higher than in the latter part of 1850, while the price of beor did = not ehange materially. ‘Tho mitd summer and general prosperity greatly Increased the consumption, “The quatity of the beer brewed In Chieago was. exeeRent, and appears to be growing better every seasons In fet, the strife between our We brewers now seems to be fo seq who can produce the best turer, and the competition tn this direction has largely stip viusted the old fashion of giving dlycounte as nn dadacement to draw trade, ‘Thils de pensive ‘goods. Mahogany, redwood, and parture is indlented by the fact that an un other forelen woods sultble for cabinet | usually tarue auantity of Camda barley hag work are also in tishlon agaly, being exten- | been broneht here this) fall. at a east of sively used in tha higher-pr shops. | bout 31.20 per bu, wills very good Was mn barley could have been had for $105, though the supply of the latter turns out to have deen sinall, the long spell of ral dn te Gall lowering the grade of the crop ba the North: v vt Black-walnut hag been “all the raxe” so Jong, and so foolishly wasted In cheap stl that the splendid walunt forests have nearly nit been destroyed, and the people ure ut hast, beginning to give one of our tandsomest’| west, Milwaukee still ships heavily to this nutlve woods tne phice it deserves, ja ¥ bur the dity seats to be not faroll when ‘The muuufueture of rattan and willow | Chicago will produce cnough beer ofa yuule outside ware la sti} done principally in small shops; butitisabraneh thatls growing, ‘The pr duetion of the seven or elit tems iy the city probatly amounted to 360,009, ‘Pho “ poluts ” for Household goods were Kindly furnished by the Furniture Exclinnge. Tho sewingemching aud -biliinrd-table manufacturers have found: busliess netive cand satisfactory. More of the former were producod In this elty than heretofore, and the sales of the latter indented that the boys wore “taking more” to billards than i it years, he manufacture or organs hing increased lurgely In the past two years, En dine, Ist, anew factory was opened by 1 local nits! Instrument firm who caleulate to manufaet- ure uxtonalvely this year, and another house: Intend to increase thelr capnelty fully ono, quarter. by spring, ‘The manufaetire of planos here Is increasing raplly, and Kame exceltont work fs turned out, Foltowig are THE UBTIMATESS Manufactures of san vo] capital, ity and ata piles that will driv competition from thls mar Several brewerles wero tnereused In. enpacity wy ‘The wice of beer has, ranged 80 per bri, ‘Che total prodiedon, ret, ns shown by the ollleint 1 brls, the valie of whict fs esthuated be! Tho nunber of brewlng houses inthe city is about twenty, counting some saul houses whieh produce other than Jager beet. ‘Vie maltsters ranto thelr full capacity in thy early part of the year Isst and had an netlve trade. ‘The: demand from brewers was heavy und the distiiers were Inge con stmers, “Che new season opens with an ox- vellont prospect for brewing walt, and large auiantities of been returas, Sanda barley fave Drought here by maltsters for the trade, Low grades ot malt are not so much wanted, While tha West peat to be well xtocked with poor barley, ‘The diminution in demisnd for these grades Is due to the aetion of the distillers in running ouly halt their capacity for the nuxt six months. ‘Two new houses Wark} era. | Product. | org started the pist year, “Che listiiing busthess was Iarge in vol: Phining- sills, ° "] os 35, wine and moderately profitable, though the alana uure, lke Bil seta) Acs SLES | inte advaues In rat resulted in higher Conlus, ete. S| Tyan) Ta) annoy | pelees, witch ent olf tho export movement ot Clenr-boxes......1 4 fakin) eh] oN | alcohol, and the home market was soon tlood- Refrigerntors .. g] sacuud} —— 4u| 3,03 | ed with free goods, which caused a break in NSU a tpn eas 1 0 | prices that wiped out the proflis, Asn con Chaerns, taka, sequence of thls turn, the distiilers haye * Ki formed nue ussoclation wad agreed to run only eoetee turnt Bl about half eapnelly trom Dee, 1 te dune i Tlor-awit trames| 15) ‘The outlook ts new lovked upon as rather plore proilstur, ‘The quantity of spirits produced nnd on- fared at warehouse lost year was about 10,571,018 proof gallons, ‘The quantity rectl- Uppotsterod fur.) 31 Chalra, ov eve vee fl Kohool furniture]. & Piolure, —mbrrar; 10 pur cent higher bnalness was considerably darger in-voluue that in 183Y, and remiunerative. Cigars nde Yanced wboub $2.50@03,00 per 1,00, nainst a risy of $1.00 in labor and about $200 In raw material, ‘Pho product was Jarger thun tn proylous’ years, and brought fale rotarns, Anvtfort [ys being iuie, with 0 falr prospect ‘af anceess, to huve the tax reduced from Wo to due por 100, Following Is cy BUMMATY, yg cand dive Work-| Breit ete No. |Capuat, | ene | Product, "5 g9.200,000] 2,000! 6. 100,000 pty baer ‘UU be U,U0J,0U0 Organs... Plunas ., framos, and fied by the 05 hates was 4,380,800 proot mal. brnekets 42} 200,000) 800) 1,000, lous. ‘The exports uf alechot wort 1,073,681 Muttroases. 3) hud) EO) ealtons, : Spring bod BY) am NTs) et f . ee, a Sowing tn 4} Goud) Gn] 1,000, Topacce ADVANOED 10 PEn!ceNt, Dlinrd tables. BI} mt eX) 0,00 | and labor culad ‘The i Y 454 “Hral er. 2r, 000] 14,438] 20,551,000 ’,xU,u0u] 133400] 2,000,000 ‘Totals 4... Totata, 180... 1B .NU,00U] 15,4 0,000 "hho wages puld foot wp $8,018,000, In 1880 thoy wore nbUUE $3,0N0,00, : ——— BRICK, STONE, ETO. TUE DEMAND POR ALL KINDS of buildbug materials was heavier than In 1890, und prices ruled Uigher, “Tho business was profitable, An Increase of about twelve In the number of brickyaris |s noted, the ad- ditfons being ehletly inf North Chicugo und hake View, which ts tietudad In the extimate given below, as the product of tho yards there Ia sold. dn this elty. Common brick average $1.00 per 1,000 higher than Jn the previous year, and the cost of labor rose Hid¢e por day, ‘Tho fall sonson was shortened by tha wot wenther, and dealers entered the wit tor wilt a rather Jight stock on hind, Trussed brik bs soon to be imunufactired on the North Shie, Prices have bse higher than in any yeur slice the great Ure. . Gus stony advanced ubout 13 per cen} in 88} 2,180,000} 900} 15,531,900 4) 876,000) ‘MiS} 8,860,000 4 ody), TU) Ld) .00u,UU0 445187,005,000] 8,705] 920,08 100 0,200,000} 1625 $23.250.000 stall, Pherae ea wore $3,100.00, ngalist ‘The tax pal on spirits at the satornad rev- onuvolllve ju thiselty the pst year was $8,23,~ 24, atid the spectal ar leans tax au nated to HUA, ‘The reverie fram boc thosainy tine was stds (ul, showlng sales of 3 elxws, row, nnd the sulus were mueb larger. ‘The | G4 bel. Frovy Aobacea, S848, i fn raugh stone alone ts eathinuted ‘nt | SON, 503; clynrets, $2,201; anyif, $1,400, 805,000, ulne firma boing In the busiaess. ‘Tho use of marble ts ravi ‘the tlemand for It for Hooriag, walusvoting, a1 Dullding-tronts {a much furger ln this elty than a few years ago, ‘Thy stone itself hos been chenpened In price by the employment of proved machinery atid by the openlug © CHEMIOALS, TUF WHITE LEAD AND MIXED PAINT - manufacturers reports large lucreyse in pra- duction and a heavy trade, with profes efosy in consequence of sharp competition. The