8 THE GKOUNDSWELL. 



Agrieultural pursuits 5,922,471 



Domestic servants 975,734 



Ordinary laborers 1,031,666 



Trade and transportation 1,191,238 



Manufactures 2,555,314 



Miners 152,107 



Total engaged in non-professional pursuits 11,828,530 



Engaged in professional pursuits ....,,..,. 677,393 



Total.. 12,505,923 



The value of the products of the several industries is 

 estimated in approximate figures as follows : 



Products of artisans, machinists, carpenters, blacksmiths, 



masons, and the like $1,000,000,000 



Leather manufactures 226,000,000 



Iron and steel manufactures 120,000,000 



Cotton manufactures 71,500,000 



Woolen manufactures 66,000,000 



Unskilled laborand distributors 1,600,000,000 



Fisheries 100,000,000 



Railway services 360,000,000 



Agriculture 3,300,000,000 



This makes the gross products of the country not quite $7,000,000,000 



REPRESENTATION OF THE FARMERS. 



When we come to compare the actual amount of the rep 

 resentation of the farmers, both in our National and State 

 legislatures, with the amount to which they are entitled, both 

 in respect of their numbers and property, an astonishing dis 

 proportion is revealed. Of the two hundred and ninety-two 

 Kepresentatives in Congress, only six per cent, are farmers, 

 while of the remainder sixty-five per cent, are lawyers ; the 

 residue is mostly composed of other professional men. In the 

 State legislatures the proportions are not very different. As 

 long as this is the case as long as farmers suffer themselves 



