Show SALT LAKES prosperity the census bureau at washington in quite busily engaged at present in ending out statistical bulletins showing bowing up ap the status of the manufacturing and mechanical industries of the country the one numbered relates to salt lake city and has baa just been received at this office the following showings showing are made TOTALS FOR FOB industries OMITTED IN 1880 BUT INCLUDED IN 1890 number ot of establishments reported 14 capital invested 2218 number of hands employed 71 W wages a i paid cofek cost of materials used miscellaneous expenses value of product at works to ascertain the amounts for comparison with the totals for 1830 the foregoing figures should be subtracted from the totals for 1890 anti and the percentages cen of increase would then appear as follow percentages OP OF INCREASE capital invested number of bands employed wages paid cost of materials used value of product at borki works population of city assessed valuation 0 city municipal debt lose less slaking f decrease in number of establish ments reported 1867 per cent which to IB caused by the fact that hand trades such as burtom boot and shoo sho making the manufacture of bread and other bakery products and carpen carpenter ng do oot not appear to have been as fully reported as in 1880 it to is claimed that a striking feature of these returns to la the satisfactory increase during the decade in the number dumber of hands bandi employed and the amount of wagon wages paid the increase being set get out as from in 1880 to in 1890 or per cent A great many uther other aaa statistics antles corresponding substantially with the foregoing also appear and all tend to show a material I 1 increase in our material prosperity |