News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-04
SOME INTERESTING FIGURES.
Miles of Rnilroad-TonnRge of New York
Exports and Imports, ETC., Etc.


Miles of Rnilroad-TonnRRe of New York
Exports and Imports, Etc., Etc.
The total number of miles of railroad
in the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan, Wisconsin, Missouri, Kansas,
Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, and Dakota
was 1875 in 1850, o. in 1870, and
55, 874 in 1883. From 80 to 95 per cent
of grain received at the ports of Port
land, Boston, New York, Philadelphia,
and Baltimore during the year 1888 was
the product of our Western and North
western States and Territories. 1t is
estimated also that about 95 per cent OF
our exports of beef, SO per cent. OF our
exports of pork products, and 85 per
cent. of our exports of live animals are
the products of these States and Terri
tories. The value. of the exports of
breadstuffs and provisions, chiefly the
surp.us product of our Western and
Northwestern States, which, as before
stated, amounted to $73. .664, 431 in 1856,
increased to $420, 1926, 463 in 1880, and
the development of internal commerce
was very much greater.
The tonnage transported on the New
York State canals fell from 6, 442, 225
tons during the year 1868 to 1864, ,056
tons in 1888, but the tonnage transport
ed on the New York Central and Hud-
son River Railroad increased from
1.846, 500 tons in 1868 to 10, 892 440 tons
in 1888; the tonnage transported on the
New York, Lake Erie and Western Rail.
road increased from 3,908,243 tons in
1868 to Is, 61O, ,623 tons in 1888; and the
tonnage transported on the Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad increased from A, 722, ,015
tons in 1868 to 21, ,674, 160 tons in 1888.
The total tonnage transported by rail
on these three roads increased from
10. 476, ,857 tons in 1868 to LIT, ,223
tons in 1888. From trustworthy data it
appears that the total value of our in
dustrial products for the year ending
June 80, 1883, amounted to at least
SIC, 900, 900, 900; that the value of the
products of industry in the United
States is about 1875 things the average
annual value of our exports of merchan-
disc and about 14.6 times the average
annual value of our imports of merchan-
disc during the last five years, and
nearly seven times the average annual
value of our entire foreign commerce.
embracing both imports and exports.
The real value Of the internal commerce
of the United States was nearly seven
times the value of the exports of mer-
chandise from Great Britain aud Ire
land. five times the value of the imports
of merchandise into Great Britain and
ireland, and three times the value of the
total foreign commerce of Great Britain
and Ireland. It was elev en- times the
value of the exports of merchandise from
France, s. 6 times the value of the i'm
ports of merchandise into France, and
five times the value of the total foreign
commerce of France. Compare the
total value of the products of the indus
tries of the United States with the value
of the exports of the countries named
and the case stands as follows:
| Annual value of products of in
dustry in the United States. $40, 900, 0OO 900
Total value of tie exports of
merchandise from Great
Britain and Ireland, France,
Germany, Russia in Europe,
Holland, Austria-Hungary,
and Bell glum. ........--...-... 800, fUo,ozo
From this it appears that the total
| 4lo Of oil M fri in
the United States is more than twice the
total value of the exports of merchandise
of all kinds from the countries of
Europe just mentioned.
The total value of the foreign COM
merce of Great Britain and Ireland with
countries other than the United States
was about one-tenth of the value of the
industrial products of the United States.
According to Mr.. NJ. G.. Mulhall, F.
8. s., a much quoted English authority,
the United States is now the largest
manufacturing country on the globe,
the value of its manufactured products
in 1880 being, as stated by him, about
$3.50 OOO. 900 in excess of the value OF
the products of manufacture of Great
Britain during that year. Our census
valuation of products of manufacture in
1880 was s5, $50, 579, 19l. OF this amount
he value of products consumed in the
United States and disposed of in our In
ternal commerce was So, ,260, ,000, 900.
But the total value of the exports oil
products of manufacture from Great
Britain and Ireland to all foreign coun-
tries during 1888 was only $l,O47, ,OOo,-
900. and the total value of the exports
of products of manufacture from France
was only 1864, 100000. In other words,
the census valuation of products of our
own manufacture consumed IN the
United States during 1880 was five
times the value of the exports of prod
ucts of manufacture from Great Britain
and Ireland during the year 1888, and
more than fourteen times the value OF
the exports of products of manufacture
from France during the same year.