Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-05-18
Interesting Statistics.

An article in late number Of the New York
Post presents the following very interesting sta
tistics. compiled from an appendix to report OF
the Secretary of the Treasury to the U. 5. Sen
ate. on the Colonial and Lake trade of the United
States: 80.
s.Our average imports from 1921 to.lS26, sne-
Gle included. were $50, ,S78. .34S; from lo4o to
1852 thew were $TSl 1856, $40, showing that they
have more than doubled in thirty years. Our av-
eraoe imports from 1921 to 1896 were So, ,4o9,-
1855. and from le4S to 1852, $l75,943,3oO. In
1921 the tonnage of the United States was only
.298, ,95S tons; in 1852 it was a, 49, AL tons,
showing that it has more than trebled in thirty
wears. Next to Great Britain, we have larger
tonnage than any nation in The world, and IN flve
wears at the present rate of increase, I'VE shall sur
pass Great Britain.
..The value of our annual products exceeds
three thousand millions of dollars, of which only
about Sl7O. .0OO,O00 are sent abroad, leaving 81
S30 ono 600 to be consumed at home and inter
changed among the States. At least SoOO, ,OUo,-
600 is thus interchanged between the States OF
the Union. -. ,,o-,
"The total debt of the several States IN 1901
was 1901 .54l ,624, which was less by some MIL
lions than it had been during the previous ten
wears. The value of property assessed In the
same States was $5,9S3, l49,407, the real value
being, however, 81 ,068, l57 ,779-a pretty gooa
security, we think, for their debts, whether ow-
ing at home or abroad. =,
s'The total population of the villages, towns WINS
and cities of the United States is only 4,oOo,Voo'
while the rural population, the honest peasantry
their country's pride,' is l9,26S, 600; The four
cities of New York, Boston, Philadelphia and
Baltimore contain a population of l,2l4,000, the
amount of whose real and personal property is
S7O2 900 900 or S57S each. The property OF the
rural population is S2,3l2, 100000 or about l2o
each.
..From returns from the agricultural crops it
appears that we raise annually $l43, ,0OO ,OOO In
wheat, 1891 200 900 in Indian corn, $50, ,2a5,-
600 in hay, $40, $4,000 in oats, S73 l25 ,0O0 in
Irish potatoes. and $l29, 100000 in cotton; the
whole crop being 81 ,752, ,58S,042.
"The animals slaughtered are worth quite as
much as the cotton, bringing some Sleo, ,OOo,-
600 per annum One of the most useful OF our
crops-wine-s yet in it's infancy the West hay
ing made only little over ,O0O,000 OF gallons In
1851, worth about 100000 but the cultivation
is increasing and in few years will be Immense,
especially when New Mexico and California,
which are admirably adapted to it, shall go into
the business.
"No portion OF the trade OF lhe Ciioh iiao
grown more rapidly within a few years than that
connected with the steam marine. The total num-
Der of steam-sessels now employed on our coast is
625, with tonnage of 2l2,5OO, and employing
IL ITO men as officers and crew. In the interior
the number of steam vessels is 765, with tor
mage of 2O4, ,725, and employing II ,604 men
our whole steam marine, therefore, d9z sas a@oanis
ned by 29,377 men, and carrying, besides frelga,t,
about 4O,OoO,OOO Of passengers every year, In
this vast travel, only $50 lives were lost in 1852
far too many, but not so many as some people,
who fancy every steamboat powder-house, are
prepared to expect.
s:The amount of money paid into the treasury
of the United States, duties on foreign goods,
in the year 1852, was at New York, $2S,772.-
558 at Philadelphia, $3,7l5,l26; at Boston, &C..
25O ,5SS; and at Baltimore, 81 ,063 $50. 1t will
be seen that New York more than trebles all 9th
er cities.
..There are I2,sO8 miles of railroad in opera
ton in the United States, and 1852 in progress
-rore than in all the rest of the world"