roviding for boards and arbitration stablishing an eigh labor on public wa rohibiting employme under 12 years of ar imiting hours of lab Lestricting employme of school age children and "rohibiting employme Regulating woman la Regulating sweatshop An examinatior In practical politi more important su ave done the mo Labor Bureaus.Howard giving a c al, that have bro that have furnish in favor of protec statistics. The a State labor burea publican States a figures to a propo lican States, or 8( ocratic States, or Factory Inspec people that prote any State unless for the purpose who violate such islation, but it is fore, enacts such forcement, it is d again observe th States, or 76 per vices. We also i cent., have facto subjects of labor of the fact that vision for factor out the provision eration. Inspection of on the same gro that fifteen of the seventeen D Child Labor.tem, over a cen inconsiderate ai who often at a ciple recognized years of age sh civilized countri or 14 years upor lutely prohibit sugar imported.* product of Refined DUCTION AND COMMERCIAL MOVEMENT OF SUGAR. tity of Sugar Consumed in the United States from 1877 to 1905. (Data furnished by Messrs. Willett & Gray, of New York.) Leading refiners state that little or no sugar is manufactured from Messrs. Willett & Gray, New York, state that of the estic molasses. r consumed in 1902 only about 44,749 tons were unrefined. Includes 309,070 tons Hawaiian, 66,279 tons Porto Rican, and 5,100 tons ippine. Includes 311,139 tons Hawaiian, 84,827 tons Porto Rican, and 2,550 tons ppine. Includes 357,850 tons Hawaiian, 85,989 tons Porto Rican, and 29,947 tons ippine. Includes 330,745 tons Hawaiian, 116,942 tons Porto Rican, and 22,100 tons ippine. Includes 376,497 tons Hawaiian, 124,928 tons Porto Rican, and 14,673 tons ippine. antity of Beet Sugar Produced in the United States, 1891-92 to 1904-5. (From reports of the Department of Agriculture.) Consumption per capita. SUGAR CONSUMPTION. Per Capita in Europe and in This Country. The per capita consumption of sugar in the United States in 1904 was 75.3 pounds, an increase of 4.2 pounds, as compared with 1903. There was a further increase in 1905 so that the per capita consumption of sugar in this country is now practically equal to that of Great Britain and more than double that of Germany or France. F. O. Licht, in his "Monthly Report," dated Madgeburg, February 16, 1906, gives the per capita consumption of sugar in Europe last year as follows: A glance at our production and imports of wool during recent years, at our sheep census, and at the various prices of wool, will show more clearly than any explanation can convey, the benefits of protection to this great industry of our country. Free wool has been made one of the rallying cries of Free-Traders for many years, and finally after various attempts we were given a tariff in 1894 that carried in its schedules free wool to our manufacturers. The result was most disastrous. Our sheep were killed, our farmers could not get profitable prices for their wool; and during the operation of that tariff we imported from abroad over 800,000,000 pounds, displacing, of course, to that extent the American production. Our manufacturers had free raw material indeed, and yet their mills were closed and their hands were idle and their dividends were passed. We are only beginning to recover fully from the blow which was dealt to both manufacturers and sheep raisers by the free wool tariff, which was in operation from 1894 to 1897, and yet in the face of that experience our Free-Traders would again, if they had the opportunity, place wool upon the free list. Population 1905. Pounds, 1904-5. NUMBER AND VALUE* OF SPECIFIED FARM ANIMALS: 1882 TO 1906. -Horses -Mules Value. Dollars. 615,824,914 1,835,169 765,041,308 1,871,079 833,734,400 1,914,126 852,282,947 1,972,569 860,823,208 2,052,593 901,685,755 2,117,141 946,096,154 2,191,727 Number. Number. -Milch cowsValue. Value. Dollars. Dollars. 130,945,378 12,611,632 326,489,310 148,732,390 13,125,685 396,575,405 28,046,077 161,214,976 13,501,206 423,486,649 29,046,101 162,497,097 13,904,722 412,903,093 29,866,573 694,382,913 50,360,243 107,960,650 163,381,096 14,235,388 389,985,523 31,275,242 661,956,274 48,322,331 167,057,538 14,522,083 378,789,589 174,853,563 14,856,414 366,252,173 982,194,827 2,257,574 179,444,481 15,298,625 366,226,376 978,516,562 2,331,027 182,394,099 15,952,883 353,152,133 941,823,222 2,296,532 178,847,370 16,019,591 1,007,593,636 2,314,699 174,882,070 16,416,351 -cattle -Sheep -Swine Total value Number. Value. Number. Value. Number. Value. farm animals. 1893. 16,206,802 992,225,185 2,331,128 164,763,751 16,424,087 357,299,785 47,273,553 1894. 16,081,139 769,224,799 2,352,231 146,232,811 16,487,400 358,998,661 36,608,168 536,789,747 45,048,017 1895. 362,601,729 34,364,216 1896. 363,955,545 1897. 369,239,993 15,893,318 576,730,580 2,333,108 110,927,834 16,504,629 15,124,057 500,140,186 2,278,946 103,204,457 16,137,586 14,364,667 452,649,396 2,215,654 92,302,090 15,941,727 13,960,911 478,362,407 2,190,282 96,109,516 15,840,886 434,813,826 511,074,813 2,134,213 95,963,261 15,990,115 474,233,925 603,969,442 2,023,027 111,717,092 16,292,360 514,812,106 27,610,054 689,486,260 41,883,065 885,200,168 2,864,458 183,232,209 16,833,657 505,093,077 45,500,213 906,644,003 59,756,718 968,935,178 2,757,017 186,411,704 16,696,802 488,130,324 44,727,797 839,126,073 62,039,091 342,120,780 2,989.170.150 1,030,705,959 2,728,088 197,753,327 17,105,227 516,711,914 44,659,206 824,054,902 63,964,876 364,973,688 3,102,515,540 1,136,940,298 2,757,916 217,532,832 17,419,817 508,841,489 43,629,498 712,178,134 51,630,144 133,530,099 47,009,367 289,224,627 2,998,247,479 1,200,310,020 2,888,710 251,840,378 17,572,464 43,669,443 661,571,308 45,170,423 127,331,850 47,320,511 283,254,978 3,006,580,737 1,510,889,906 3,404,061 334,680,520 47,067,656 746,171,709 50,631,619 179,056,144 52,102,847 321,802,571 3,675,389,442 *The value given is for December 1. 482,999,129 42,294,064 89,872,839 37,656,960 92,721,133 39,759,993 174,351,409 1,888,654,925 39,114,453 107,697,530 38,651,631 170,109,743 1,997,010,407 122,665,913 37,079,356 185,472,321 2,228.123,134 178,072,476 56,982,142 353,012,143 3,011,254,076 164,446,091 48,698,890 168,315,750 46,922,624 Note.-In estimates for 1901 and subsequent years all due weight has been given to figures of Census. Values. Per ct. 1860. 256,560,972 81.13 361,188,483 79.35 685,961,091 83.25 999,465 0.31 Values. Per ct. Dollars. DOMESTIC MERCHANDISE EXPORTED, GROUPED ACCORDING TO SOURCES OF PRODUCTION: VALUE AND PER Total ex ports of do- Values. --Fisheries- Miscellaneous -Total facture Dollars. 4,156,480 1.31 3,879,655 1.23 275,896,531 87.24 40,345,892 12.76 316,242,423 5,026,111 1.10 14,897,963 3.27 17,321,268 2.11 5,255,402 .64 25,580,264 3.50 6,197,752 .85 28,636,199 3.56 6,276,375 .78 536,315,318 73.98 15,022,255 2.07 26,222,959 3.62 5,614,111 .77 530,172,966 72.96 15,797,885 2.18 22,014,839 3.03 5,955,122 .82 484,954,595 72.82 13,654,286 2.05 20,961,708 3.15 5,138,806 .77 4,713,156 523,073,798 74.41 11,758,662 1.67 21,126,273 3.01 5,155,775 500,840,086 73.23 17,993,895, 2.63 23,991,092 3.51 5,518,552 2,835,508 .62 721,090,338 598,445,386 81.62 669,995,549 88.31 87.52 102,856,015 12.48 823,946,353 134,794,346 18.38 134,228,083 733,239,732 16.69 804,223,632 .75 5,435,483 .45 42,126,889 3.49 5,992,999 .50 1900. 835,858,123 60.98 37,843,742 2.76 52,218,112 3.81 6,326,620 .46 3,164,628 .26 3,286,872 .27 4,665,218 .34 1901. 943,811,020 64.62 39,207,875 2.68 54,317,294 3.72 7,683,353 .53 4,510,740 .31 685,476,129 78.86 183,728,808 609,796,856 76.86 183,595,743 23.14 634,629,309 73.52 228,571,178 26.48 754,722,212 73.13 277,285,391 26.87 919,594,559 75.98 290,697,354 24.02 864,339,076 71.79 339,592,146 28.21 936,911,815 1,049,530,282 21.14 869,204,937 68.35 433,851,756 31.65 71.86 951,840,460 70.23 1,370,763,571 410,932,524 28.14 1,460,462,806 403,641,401 29.77 1,355,481,861 .46 982,763,096 948,136,666 984,705,143 70.72 407,526,159 29.28 68.48 452,415,921 31.52 63.56 543,607,975 36.44 1,392,231,302 *The group "Other than manufactures" embraces substantially all articles crude or only slightly enhanced in value by manufacture. |