Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-20

Rufus Hatch Is no. one Of those saG-faced fakirs
who dec,aT" they see the moon and stars ut nOon
but a cheerful Saadi, who sits in the sun and
frankly enjoys prosperity. Naturally, such a
hapPv Il position finds mJfch u admire In the
growth Of country for the past ten years; and
at = time when We hear the H3iSeFere in 50
many b.iGeS5 quarters it may be useful to notice
some OF the encouraging statistics OF progress
which he has collateL In 1873 the wheat crop, the
laTge5 ever raised up to that time. PSI 900 900
bushels this year it viii probably reach 55)O0o.OOO
bushels The corresponding figures for corn are
92og.'s9 and 1900 001G 600, and FOR oats 2SOOOOOOO
ana u,G1tGJ0 And In reply to the assertion that
We arr losing our foreign wheat market Mr.. Hatch
points out that within the past nine weeks we
have exported 1S.G00G05 bushels of that grain
against H. O00 during the corresponding period
last year
The total railroad mileage in 1873 was 7O,65o In
1Ss}. 12i, 40 miles, and the earnings OF the trunk
lines have doubled, more than keeping pace with
their extension. In 1873 the Western Union tee-
graph company had 15ioo9 miles OF wre in 1sS3
$4,000; the earnings for the two years were
s9,3Do,o1 and $40, $4,000, respectively. The an
thracite coal trade in 1873, q 30 900 tons:
1oS3, 3l.7o0o0 tons, an increase OF over 1000o GOO
tons The production OF petroleum was, in 1873,
1SS $4,000 gallons; in 1S>} 1881 600 gallons
Within the period under review the elevated rail-
road system in New York anu other cities has been
developed with enormous SUCCESS, the telephone
and electric light have been introduced the
Brooklyn bridge has been built, all the cities of
the country have had a steady ana rapid growth
while the population Of the country has increased
from about 100000 to nearly -, 100000 over
production Is now far more readily absorbed than
was possible then, and stock and business panicS
cannot have Il generally disastrous effect. Finally
The pubic debt has been reduced from g. 600 900
10 Sli@- ,Hc.0OJ, and our bonds what are left OF
them. are owned for the most part by citi-
Zen- instead OF being held abroad as formerly was
largely the case. These facts certainly do not
presdGt calamity, but rather show that our coun-
Try Is year by year gaining in health and strength
No sooner had SIR Blaine reached New York city
Than the campaign felt the imprint OF his finger
He has puJ himself into close communication with
the working managers OF the party, and hence
forth, very plainly, his headquarters are to bc in
the saddle Yesterday ne held little less than a
leTee all day 1T the republican headquarters, where
he net crowds of politicians, and had pTCtracted
conferences with Gen Grant, johnnie O'Brlen,
"Barnie" B-glin anu other useful republicans. On
Monday he attends a great ratification meeting
In Philadelphia, reviews loren light procession
and makes an address The next day he repeats the
program in New FORK city, and Wednesday morn
Ing leaves !Or Ohio, where he is to visit a number
Of the chief cities From Ohio he visits Indiana,
and thence gees 10 West Virginia, returning to
New / 0rk after the october elections He is to be
accompanied by Hanibal Hamlin, MIR Reed and
Others who were prom nent in the recent Maine
Campaign Gen. Logan has also gone to Ohio, and
from this time on that state Will be- the special
battle ground till the election of October 18th ndi-
Gates how il will vote in November.