NEW JERSEY. 



NEW MEXICO. 



547 



990,845. Brick and terra cotta: 45 establish- 

 ments; capital, $4,752,438; product, $3,566,941. 

 Chemical products: 22 establishments; capital, 

 $4,073,688; product, $7,2(50,038. Cotton goods: 

 14 establishments; capital, $1,642,500; products, 

 $2,062,493. Cotton goods (finishing and dyeing) : 

 14 establishments; capital, $4,449,400; product, 

 $6,640,930. Electrical appliances: 7 establish- 

 ments; capital, $1,692,000; product, $1,534,969. 

 Fertilizers: 10 establishments; capital, $3,857,300; 

 product, $3,781,101. Food products: 9 establish- 

 ments; capital, $1,510,500; product, $3,569,892. 

 Foundry (iron) : 24 establishments; capital, $1,- 

 903,623; product, $3,810,689. Furnaces, ranges, 

 and heaters: 13 establishments; capital, $2,- 

 184,437; product, $3,493,282. Glass (window and 

 bottle): 16 establishments; capital, $2,654,440; 

 product, $3,225,205. Graphite products: 3 estab- 

 lishments; capital, $1,134,300. Hats (felt): 36 

 establishments; capital, $1,814,272; product, $6,- 

 130,543. High explosives: 6 establishments; capi- 

 tal, $1,488,735; product, $1,433,750. Jewelry: 57 

 establishments; capital, $2,651,107; product, $4,- 

 587,405. Leather: 36 establishments; capital, $2,- 

 994,653; product, $8,249,889. Leather goods: 12 

 establishments; capital, $1,021,000; product, $1,- 

 819,004. Lamps: 7 establishments; capital, $1,- 

 553,969; product, $2,325,615. Machinery: 65 

 establishments; capital, $8,790,070; product, $10,- 

 431,775. Metal goods: 31 establishments; capi- 

 tal, $3,191,794; product, $4,398,335. Oilcloth 

 (floor and table) : 6 establishments; capital, $1,- 

 975,000; product, $2,574,426. Oils: 9 establish- 

 ments; capital, $13,969,270; product, $27,071,024. 

 Paper: 30 establishments; capital, $2,255,200; 

 product, $3,627,503. Pottery: 22 establishments: 

 capital, $4,598,026; product, $2,393,681. Rubber 

 goods (hard and soft) : 21 establishments; capi- 

 tal, $3,359,794; product, $6,057,748. Shoes: 40 

 establishments; capital, $2,230,131; product, $6,- 

 216,895. Shirts: 18 establishments; capital, 

 $725,100; product, $1,811,099. Silk (broad and 

 ribbon): 106 establishments; capital, $18,663,609; 

 product, $37,042,215. Silk dyeing: 21 establish- 

 ments; capital, $1,692,773; product, $4,279,859. 

 Silver goods: 7 establishments; capital, $1,- 

 263,400; product, $1,021,203. Smelting and re- 

 fining: 2 establishments; capital, $2,500,000; 

 product, $18,958,000. Steel and irorf (struc- 

 tural): 15 establishments; capital, $1,786,500; 

 product, $3,256,964. Steel and iron (forging) : 

 6 establishments; capital, $2,180,900; product, 

 $2,314,801. Varnish: 10 establishments; capital, 

 $1,711,500; product, $1,229,938. Watches, cases 

 and materials: 8 establishments; capital, $2,- 

 276,000; product, $2,242,360. Woolen and worsted 

 goods: 22 establishments; capital, $5,764,066; 

 product, $6,818,752. Unclassified: 33 establish- 

 ments; capital, $4,043,110; product, $3,316,299. 



Labor Troubles. Between Jan. 1, 1898, and 

 Aug. 31, 1899, there were 34 strikes and lock- 

 outs in the State, involving the labor of 5,257 

 men and 456 women. The number of idle days 

 aggregated 1,751, and the loss in wages amounted 

 to $353,841. In 9 instances the strike was re- 

 ported as successful, in 8 partly so, in 13 not 

 successful, and 2 were unreported. 



Vital Statistics. The State Board of Health 

 reports that the number of births in New Jersey 

 during the last fiscal year was 34,687; the num- 

 ber of marriages, 13,664; the number of deaths, 

 28,033; the number of stillbirths, 2,083. This 

 was an increase over the fiscal year of 1897 of 

 3,092 in births and 52 in stillbirths, and a de- 

 crease for the same period of 4,507 in marriages 

 and 1,789 in deaths. The falling off in the mar- 

 riages was due to the marriage license law, which 



stopped the hasty marriages in C'amden and some 

 other points bordering on other States. 



Insane. This year 272 patients were admit- 

 ted to the hospital at Morris Plains arid 206 were 

 discharged ; 267 were sent to the hospital at Tren- 

 ton, and 216 discharged therefrom. The total 

 number under treatment during the year was 

 1,508 in the former and 1,386 in the latter. 



National Guard. The National Guard as re- 

 organized consists of 4 regiments of infantry, of 

 12 companies each, 2 troops of cavalry, 2 field 

 batteries of artillery, organized into 2 brigades, 

 each brigade to consist of 2 regiments of infantry, 

 1 troop of cavalry, and 1 field battery of artillery. 

 One signal corps, to be attached to division head- 

 quarters. 



Political. The Republican members of the 

 Legislature on Jan. 10 nominated John Kean 

 for United States Senator, to succeed James 

 Smith (Democrat) for the six-year term begin- 

 ning March 4. The two houses met on Jan. 24 

 and voted separately, the result being: Senate 

 Kean 14, Smith 7 ; House Kean 37, Smith 22. On 

 Jan. 25 the joint session confirmed the ballot of 

 the day previous and declared Mr. Kean elected. 



NEW MEXICO, a Territory of the United 

 States, organized Sept. 9, 1850; area, 122,580 

 square miles. The population, according to each 

 decennial census, was 61,547 in 1850; 93,516 "in 

 1860; 91,874 in 1870; 119,565 in 1880; and 153,- 

 593 in 1890. Capital, Santa Fe. 



Government. The following were the Terri- 

 torial officers: Governor, Miguel Antonio Otero; 

 Secretary, George H. Wallace; Treasurer, J. H. 

 Vaughn; Auditor, L. M. Ortiz; Adjutant Gen- 

 eral, William H. Whiteman; Solicitor-General, 

 E. L. Bartlett; Superintendent of Public Instruc- 

 tion, Manuel C. de Baca; Mine Inspector, J. W. 

 Fleming; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 

 William J. Mills; Associate Justices, Frank W. 

 Parker. Jonathan W. Crumpacker, John R. McFie, 

 and Charles C. Leland; Clerk, Jose D. Sena. 



Finances. From November, 1896, to June, 

 1899, the revenues of the Territory amounted 

 to $287,046.96. This amount does not include 

 the following items: Proceeds of capital rebuild- 

 ing bonds, $73,125; proceeds of Insane Asylum 

 bonds, $30,000 ; money borrowed to complete 

 payment of interest coupons under section 2607, 

 Compiled Laws of 1897, $51,600; United States 

 annual appropriation for Agricultural College, 

 $47,000. The principal items of revenue are: 

 Taxes, $252,425.60; cattle indemnity fund, $12,- 

 000; fees paid by district court clerks, $7,820.79. 



The expenditures for the same period are given 

 as $347,315.15, exclusive of the following items: 

 United States annual appropriation for Agricul- 

 tural College, $47,000; paid notes given for the 

 interest fund, $23,600. The principal items of 

 expenditure are: Interest funds, $86,142.50; Ter- 

 ritorial institutions, $42,459.19; Penitentiary, 

 $40,035.05; capital rebuilding fund, $34.323.86. 

 The Territorial debt, June .30, 1899, was $1,243,- 

 400. The total indebtedness of the counties, June 

 30, 1899, was $2,997,665. There has been paid to 

 the several Territorial institutions during the 

 past two years as follows: University, $23,180; 

 Agricultural College, $9,404.57; Insane Asylum, 

 $59,189.03; School of Mines, $8,655; Military In- 

 stitute, $9,700; Silver City Normal School, $9,033; 

 Las Vegas Normal School, $9,318; total, $128,- 

 479.60. 



Valuation. The assessed valuation of the 

 Territory, 1898, is reported as $40,124,724.79, as 

 against $39,478,119.18 in 1897, and $36,091,192.48 

 in 1896. The rate of taxation, 1897, was 10.80 

 mills, as against 7.75 mills in 1896. 



