UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (ILLINOIS. 



The aggregate capital stock and deposit capital 

 of the stock and foreign companies doing business 

 in this State at this date is $850,000 less than 

 the aggregate capital at the previous report. The 

 table also shows an increase in assets of these 

 companies of $5,971,991, an increase in surplus of 

 $1,789,772, and of risks written of $107,002,857. 

 The net excess of recepits over disbursements for 

 1900 was $0,321,327. The risks in force at the 

 end of the year 1900, compared with 1899, show 

 an increase of $1,378,907,003. 



The year was one of marked prosperity in life 

 insurance, the business written exceeding that of 

 the previous year by 8,598 policies and $9,750,031, 

 exclusive of industrial business. The net increase 

 of insurance in force on new insurance written 

 was 44 per cent., as against 57 per cent, in 1899. 

 The total premiums received amounted to $10,- 

 380,708, and the total losses paid were $5,411,900. 

 The entire industrial business written shows an 

 increase of 212,484 policies and $41,150,103 of in- 

 surance. The total business of all life insurance 

 companies shows an increase in income of $30,- 

 001,849, an increase in expenditures of $18,483,705, 

 an increase in assets of $154,730,811, in liabilities 

 of $130,411,900, and an increase in surplus of 

 $18,324,851. 



The 41 companies in the State doing the busi- 

 ness of fidelity, surety, and casualty insurance 

 show the following aggregate results: Capital, 

 $18,830,400; admitted assets, $110,732,804; liabil- 

 ities, $97,700,509; net surplus, $19,020,234; risks 

 in force, $4,870,025,910. 



There were at the date of this report 25 assess- 

 ment life and 6 assessment accident companies 

 doing business in the State, with total admitted 

 assets as follows: Life, $18,378,807; accident, 

 $203,298, One hundred fraternal beneficiary so- 

 cieties doing business in Illinois show total ad- 

 mitted assets of $17,805,584. 



Building and Loan Associations. The 572 

 associations doing business in 1900 show total 

 assets of $47,890,148, as compared with 599 asso- 

 ciations in 1899 with $54,104,002 assets. 



Railroads. From the report of the Railroad 

 and Warehouse Commission for the year ending 

 June 30, 1900, it appears that the total mileage 

 of steam railroads in the State is 10,800.28 miles, 

 an increase over 1899 of 388.41 miles. The mile- 

 age of elevated and surface electric lines is 149.08, 

 an increase over the previous year of 52.02 miles. 



The total capital of all steam railroads in Illi- 

 nois at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 

 1900, was $3,008,099,029. This is an increase of 

 $141,323,872, a very remarkable showing. The 

 increase in capital of the elevated and surface 

 electric lines was $7,140,448. The total amount 

 of taxes paid by the steam railroads for the year 

 was $4,379,011, which is a decrease from the 

 taxes paid in 1899 of $254,158. There was a large 

 increase in the wages paid to employees. 



The number of passengers carried by the roads 

 reporting was 42,153,557, and the passenger earn- 

 ings per mile were $2,194. The total amount of 

 freight handled was 83,007,441 tons. On all lines 

 of roads reporting to the Illinois commission, the 

 entire number of persons employed for the year 



1900 was 327,103, to whom was paid in salaries 

 a total amount of $187,050,038, an increase over 

 the previous year of $22,078,495. 



Mining. From the coal-mining statistics for 



1901 it appears that the number of counties in 

 Illinois producing coal is 52. The output of all 

 mines for 1900 was 25,153,929 tons, of which 

 21,009,803 tons were shipped. The number of 

 shipping mines is 323, and average days of active 

 operation 214. The number of employees is 39,- 



k uii<lcr^roiiwl. The 

 MI>:IIII<,' \\ as 4D.3 cents, 



384, of whom :j.,-jo:5 



price paid per ton tor li 



an increase of 2 cent ^ ovi-i the previous year. 



The average value of lump CM;. I ha.-, ai-,0 increased 



from 91 cents to $1.09. 



Food Commission. This ronimi-^iori was 

 created in 1899, penalties to <^<. n.; , .>'.<! on arid 

 after July 1, 1900. The duties of the "oniMiis- 

 sioner, his assistant, and (5 inspect 01 - ,i ; . to en- 

 force the laws in regard to the purity of foods 

 by analyzing samples and prosecuting m.i;i!i:,u 

 turers or dealers found guilty of any violation- of 

 the law. The report for 1901 shows a total of 

 980 food samples analyzed. In the year \'.',l 

 prosecutions were instituted, of which 53 wen? 

 for fraudulent sale of oleornargarin. 



Militia. The militia consists of 7 regiment* 

 of infantry, 3 battalions of colored infantry, 1 

 regiment of cavalry, 3 batteries of artillery, 1 en- 

 gineer company, 1 signal corps, and 1 hospital 

 corps. 



Arbitration. The subject of arbitration of in- 

 dustrial disputes in 1901 received the marked 

 attention of both employees and capitalists, and 

 the advance made in the direction of perfecting 

 the arbitration laws of the State have met with 

 the approval of all persons interested in the sub- 

 ject. Prior to 1901 the arbitration laws of the 

 State were lacking in one essential particular, 

 which has been corrected by the last Legislature. 

 This defect was the lack of jurisdiction of the 

 State Board of Arbitration when disputes arose 

 in labor circles which involved the public, and in 

 which quasi-public corporations were the employ- 

 ers and parties to the strike or lockout; when, 

 for instance, the means of communicating, or the 

 questions of food, fuel, or light were involved in 

 the strike, the inconvenience of the strike was 

 very serious, and yet the State board had not 

 the means at hand of making an investigation 

 into it. The present board secured the passage 

 of an amendment to the arbitration laws, which 

 is embodied in the following paragraph: 



" Whenever there shall exist a strike or lock- 

 out wherein, in the judgment of a majority of 

 said board, the general public shall appear likely 

 to suffer injury or inconvenience with respect to 

 food, fuel, or light, or the means of communica- 

 tion or transportation, or in any other respect, 

 and neither party to such strike or lockout shall 

 consent to submit the matter or matters in con- 

 troversy to the State Board of Arbitration, in 

 conformity with this act, then the said board, 

 after first having made due effort to effect a 

 settlement thereof by conciliatory means, and 

 such effort having failed, may proceed of its own 

 motion to make an investigation of all facts 

 bearing upon such strike or lockout and make 

 public its findings, with such recommendations 

 to the parties involved as in its judgment will 

 contribute to a fair and equitable settlement of 

 the differences which constitute the cause of the 

 strike or lockout: and in the prosecution of such 

 inquiry the board shall have power to issue sub- 

 poenas and compel the attendance and testimony 

 of witnesses, as in other cases." 



While this law does not give the board the 

 right to compel the parties to the dispute to arbi- 

 trate, it nevertheless gives it the power to investi- 

 gate, and makes it their duty to report to the 

 public the results of such investigations. 



The year 1901 witnessed fewer strikes in Illinois 

 than any of its predecessors for several years. 

 Undoubtedly the* prevailing prosperity has tended 

 to increase the wages of employees, and thus pro- 

 mote peace among the various workers. 

 adoption by the vast army of coal-miners through- 



