The New York herald., 1869-01-07

tAAs utdu since loOu dS iOliOW5s
No. or estdo- Capital Sets or ma
ltshalessts. f,aUeSted. clsaaeru
1850. 0..................2 .259 $I,0ia740 2a4
1865. s................ ..b51 5,44S,OOO 955
3. Pig IRON PYUduction.-The recent average an
nual increase In the production of pig iron ia re-
OF increase Of population, the latter beng about
three and half per cent while the annual increase
In the product of pig iron for i've years has been as
followS.-- .....
ANNUAL PRODUCT OF PIG IRON FROM 1858 TO 1858.
Tons. Annual Increase.
1864. .............. l.l35,as7 1882 per cent
lso6. ........ 1851, l43 $50 per cent
1855 isSs ,estaied s ;as os per per cent cent
For the seven years from lS60 when the pr0duc-
sion 0l3, TO tons 1867 the average annual in
rms increase is in excess OF the increase in Great
Britain, which, since 1858, has been g follows
1868. 63................... A5l0,Dl0
lo6s.- 4,ioI,s5i oIl per cent.
1885,. l,sl9,2SA Los per cent.
1866. os.................. 4,52s,s $50 per cent
In France the product Of pig iron was in 1866
i,25sloo tons, and in 1867 l42, 800 tons, showing
In Austria the decline has been much greater.
4. CoDpeT.-The product OF the copper mines OF
Lake Superior from 1860 to 1861 inclusive Is re-
turned foows-lS6o. 5000 tons; 1851, 7,s0O tons;
lsD2 9061 tcus 1865, s,54S tons; lS64, 6472 tons;
s sS Il. Sns q Gea
Britain largely declined, VIZ, from Is, 9eS t0Rs In
lsG0 50 H. l63 tons IN 1860 and 10 500 tons In 1857
D.
OF 10 ei gallons in 1854 and 1885, about 80 OO0 900
each year; In iss 81 o52 020 gallons and IN 1885, up
10 december 10. al,T7<. zal gsilons.
G. CodL-The product Of anthracite coal is reported
es folowsls6l 74gs $50 tons; 1884, II 319 4s0 tons
1s57, tons 1865 TO December IL 900
IONS In lsds 1t was seriously affected by strikes
and constant interruptions Of labor; otherwise It
would have shown much larger increase. But 1t Ia
plaln tnat the conditions Of ability TO consume
winch aSe mainly industrial have increased during
the past year about three times as much as the popu
lation.
Trade show was-In 1864, Gas vessels 202 304 tons;
in ls6d 997 vessels 25l07T tons; In 1857 l,lo6 ves
sels 2I99sl This ID less however than In 1862
and 1855. But the clearances from Chicago in 1861
IN vessels, tonnage and number Of seancn were FAR
greater than ever before.
5. Consumption Or sugar aud Coree.-The import
ed sugar consumed per month for 1s6s averaged
S. lss I6o POUNDS In 1887 ir was 7ooss4 4so pounds
in 1865, 6s2e66o0 pounds. That OF coffee, N 1865,
g. ia tons; In 1857 1850 tons In 1885, $500 tons
Thtrdsy-Ihe continued increase In the agricultural
prodlct OF the United States, whether measured by
States Or 1851 were believed 70 pe sreser
tan those Of ANY previous year while the crops for
the past year are known TO exceed those OF 1857.
Some specific evidence Is given. In the state Of
Ohio the number Of sheep In 1856 Is reported a.
6,505, 19o. ls6s, 1880 =
n eight years the hogs Of ohio are reported as
10000 hogs IN ohio; In 1888 2,l0o0oo
The wheat corn and oats In 1895 were lo7, ,27s
bushels. IA 1oJ5 lis, COL 9ll: In 1sGs 141 100000.
Tne number OF hogs packed at the West for three
years is reported as followsIn 1885, 1,705, ,o55;
1861, &49J, 1sl. l36s-s. Z,1sl,0s4.
This latter number was, however, exceeded during
the inst three years OF the war.
The crop Of Indian corn in the country Il said TO
increase three and one-half per cent per annuIn.
The crop OF 1859 was returned by the census at
S30,4 1Vi bushels, and at that rate the crop OF
1867, acknowledged TO be full one, must be esti-
mated az llOO coo 0)0 bushels and al the low price
o. forty.six cents per bushel would net over
s500,oo4c0o.
Ia tins Southern States the cotton crop Of 1878
Mas a east 001 bales, or about c5 per cent Of
t average crop for Ave years before the war; while
ior the years lo6sS me estimates generally In
faso OF 100000 bales. Ihe results OF the two
crops upon Inc inteTess OF the South viii, however,
b. materially different During the crop year ls57-s
The south did not food sufficient for Its own
subsistence and large part OF the proceeds or the
c0tlol ai that year were used TO buy food and re-
pay advances. Ths year llscssD the soutn has food
enough aud the proceeds OF nearly the entire crop
may be considered as surplus for future develop
ment.
rue following are the estimated cotton crops CT
the sogth since tee termination OF the war:-l6659
2 i5f,4i5 bules; l.6j-7, l,g5s,9ss bales; 1s67-s,
2ns ssj ba'es; 1852, estimated. 000 bales.
me rice culture, destroyed By the war, has been
restored 20 that c.C00 terces are raised this year
eaolgn for home consumption.
1ae tobacco ,ro7s since ls50 are estimated by the
uade ~ iolows:--ln ls60, 20l, $50 eo3 pounds; In
y i, 2e5,Ssaoo2 pounds In 1894 i5I4oo 10 pounds;
ia lse5, ls3sle,o5S pounds; In 1860, S25,Ooo.ooo
lounds; Ia 1851, zJO, 00V0o0.
GALWAY EXTENSION AND MOVEMENT.
n ISL the United states had bat l.oss miles OF
railway; IN 1881, 80, "a miles. Average increase.
L. " miles per year. In 1880 there were built I.s45
miles; IA 1854 only Ca miles. In lssL 73s miles;
iullca IN 1900, IN lstO.
lSSg and 501 miles In sos Thus the rate or increase
A. increasing rapidly. Mr.. poors book railroads
SHOWS mat the earnings or the roads IN l5Bs were
tsenty-one per centin the Northern states twenty
three per cent OF their costand this ratio increases
steadily.
The goods moved on these railroads are estimated
al OcO Tons, worth s12i3, COO In ISL the
n rcilaahise tonnage was estimated at 60O0,000, 80
tat the increase Is 800 per cent and Ia value say
$,3320oVo0, or at the rate VI ssoo,0oO0 0OO per
nlm.
During the ten years from 1858 to 1858 the increase
fnAk
States has been az rate sixteen times greater than
the incf ease Of population.
1kieDraphx-Iu 1865 there we're put up about
1000 niles of wire; In 1857, 1900; In Isss, 6,0c0
REDUCTION oP srArg DEBTS.
1ae debt OF New Hampshire IN 1868 waa reduced
Ct Der cent: that OF Vermont le.z per cent, "a
against III per cent 10 1851; OF Rhode Island 13.7
per cent; Connecticut "a per cent; Kentucky, Il per
INDIANA, - per cent. During 1857 and 1858 Illinois
reduced her debt 3o.5 per cent, while New YORK
Mhicn mas comlarativey the largest state indebted
ess redlcel bet debt Ia lsss about 10 per cent and
~ 1861 10 per cent West Virginia, Kentucky, Iowa
WISCONSIN, Nebraska aud Minnesota have no State
oeUis.
scIEs ooNcERsED y NATIONAL DEvsIornESr.
Ar. Wells next inquires:--'sTo what agenc.es ID
cur seemingly fabulous national development 10 be
attributed, and 10 what extern especially n n 10 II
seierred 10 positive legsiationp 2, 81
the agencies, he replies have been mainly two
VIZ, 6rst great natural resources IN Abundant and
rue territory, great natural fact tiles for inter
communication, abundant and cheap raw material
aid DIVERSITY without nsaluority o. climate; and
secondly, lorIn and spirit uf government which
heretofore has ieif man aud CAPITA over an ares
alu1Ost continental, free and unrestraned 10 WORK
out their own development. since 1890 especially
0tller agencies have aided these anjuncts--ilnInl
railways, also the purchase Of California and III.
discoveries Of aVla on the Pact0c