INDIANA. 



was 080,210. The depositing memlxrs were 85,- 

 520; the borrowing members, 41,889, The au- 

 thori/ed capital slock is $219,144,500; tin- capi- 

 tal stock subscribed uiul in foivc. xs|.(i(i!i.-j;,7. 



Industries. The fourth biennial report of 

 tin- Hiircuu of Statistics gives figures based mi 

 investigations for 1 HIM, as follow : Kight. indus- 

 tries namely, iron, railway-car building, wnml, 

 woolen, (|iiarry. encaustic tiles, wagons and car- 

 riages, and . r lass have an investment in build- 

 ings, grounds, and machinery of $l3,Hio.!i50; 

 the annual cost of materials used aggregates 

 ^4.'j:5!>,!MS); the value of their product amounts 

 to $44,473,812. The whole number of establish- 

 ments was 427, including mining companies. 

 They employ 28,830 men, 1.852 boys, and 1,778 

 women and girls. The average daily wages of 

 the skilled and unskilled men was $1.K5 on 

 statements from the employers, and $1.95 on 

 statements of the employees. 



Tables regarding the iron trade, based upon 

 reports of 93 establishments in 17 cities, snow 

 the value of buildings in use to be $5,543.573 ; 

 annual cost of material used, $9,568,211 ; annual 

 value of manufactured products, $19,265.997; 

 months in operation during the year, 11-1 ; aver- 

 age per cent, of increase in wages, 4'3 ; average 

 hours in day's work, 9-9. Only one city, Ham- 

 mond, showed a decrease in wages, and that de- 

 crease was 8 per cent. The highest average 

 price paid skilled labor was $3.99 a day, and the 

 average lowest $1.59 a day. The average lowest 

 paid unskilled labor was $1 18. 



In the statistics concerning the wood indus- 

 try an average increase of wages of 7'45 per 

 cent, is shown. 



The bureau reports the number of pounds of 

 wool produced in the State in 1891 as 3,443.796. 

 The total annual value of the manufactured 

 product was $1,903.659, giving employment to 

 1,962 persons. 



Coal. The latest figures of the product of 

 coal at hand are for 1891. The total product 

 was 2,973,474 short tons; spot value, $3,070.918. 

 Compared with the output of 1890, the product 

 of the Indiana coal mines in 1891 shows a de- 

 crease of 332,463 short tons and a loss in value 

 of $188.315. The decreased output was largely 

 due to the three months' strike in the Brazil re- 

 gion ; but whether this would account for so 

 great, a falling off is to be doubted. The gen- 

 eral average price was $1.03 per ton, an increase 

 of 4 cents over the price in 1890. The average 

 number employed was 5,879. 



Education. The apportionment of school 

 money prepared in May gives the whole number 

 of children between six and twenty-one as 7!I5. 

 113; the total amount collected and ready for 

 apportionment. $1.4 15.003.!) 7. equal to 1.75 />< r 

 capita, with $15,000 for the State Normal School, 

 and a balance of $8,556.22. 



The superintendent is preparing a revised 

 edition of the school laws, with special reference 

 to protecting teachers from illegal exactions. 

 It is said that the trustees have in many in- 

 stances, shown a willingness to bind teachers in 

 their articles of contract down to stipulations in 

 direct contravention of the statutes. For in- 

 stance, in contracting with a teacher to teach a 

 term of school it is generally stipulated in the 

 articles that he shall not receive pay for certain 



legal holidays, when the statute expressly affirm* 

 that he shall. 



IMans were made for a new building for the 

 Normal School, to cost *<;O,<MM>. but the I^ishi- 

 ture appropriated only $40,000. t'ndcr the Uw 

 this money must be used for the object for which 

 it was appropriated before Nov. 1, else it is cov- 

 ered into the State treasury. Therefor. 

 tracts had to be let for as much work a- tin 

 $40.000 would pay for. 



< harities. A memorial from the superin- 

 tendents of the 4 insane hospitals was submitted 

 to the Senate, setting forth the inadequacy of 

 their accommodations. 



In 1H90 the total population of the State wan 

 2,192,404. The ratio of insane to the total popu- 

 lation, according to the census of the whole 

 State, was 1 to 660. The capacity of hospitals 

 of this State was: Central Hospital, 1,523; South- 

 ern, 390; Eastern, 435; Northern, 410. This 

 gives a general ratio of hospital capacity to 

 population of 1 to 869. 



Notwithstanding this appeal, the Central Hos- 

 pital was cut from $260,000 for maintenance to 

 $220,000 a year, with the specific appropriation 

 of $100,000 not granted. The 3 other insane 

 hospitals get the same for maintenance and re- 

 pairs they did two years ago, with no specific 

 appropriations. The number of insane, by the 

 report of the State Board of Charities, is 2,767. 



The Institution for Feeble-Minded Children 

 asked $200,000 for a new building and a farm, 

 but received only the usual amount for mainte- 

 nance, with $2,000 for incidentals cut off. 



The Blind Asylum's maintenance was cut from 

 $30,000 to $25,000, while that of the Deaf and 

 Dumb Institution was increased from $55,000 to 

 $62,000. The Knightstown Home was cut on 

 maintenance from $95,000 to $90,000, and did 

 not get the extra appropriation of $28,000 asked. 



Prisons. The Woman's Reformatory re- 

 ceived an appropriation of $40,000. The earn- 

 ings and receipts of the institution amounted to 

 $12,795.47 during the year, leaving the net cost 

 of maintenance $27.204.53. An indebtedness of 

 $6,851.31, incurred for repairs made necessary 

 by fire, has been canceled. The cost of mainte- 

 nance for each inmate was $169 for the year. The 

 salaries and wages amounted to $12,683.60. sub- 

 sistence to $7,000.65, and clothing to $2,541.84. 

 An inmate of the girls' department, seventeen 

 years of age, confessed to having set the fire that 

 burned the prison in March, 1892. 



The Grand Army. The national encamp- 

 ment of the Grand Army was held in Indianapo- 

 lis, Sept. 4 to 7. The report of the Adjutant- 

 General shows that the membership in good 

 standing is 397,233, a net loss in the past year of 

 2,657. During the year there were 7,002 deaths 

 in the order, more than in anv previous year. 

 Under the column "Expended for Charity was 

 reported $178,745. Since these records have 

 been kept there has been re|>orted under this 

 head $2,500,000. The Woman's Relief Corps 

 disbursed $58,628. Resolutions were adopted 

 censuring the pension legislation and adminis- 

 tration of the Government. 



The number of men in line in the procession 

 was estimated at 22,000. 



A controversy was caused in July. 1892. by tin- 

 act ion of the commission in charge of the sol- 



