Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1888-12-06
Statistical Slips.

The total consumption of spirits in Ire
land last year was 1854. .4SS gallons, or
over a gallon per head for every man, wo-
men and child.
Ithas beer computed by a Western statis-
tician that the people of the United States
spend more than sl,5OO,OOO every year for
chewing gum.
The total wheat crop of Minnesota and
Dakota for this year is placed at SS, S,49S,OOO
bushels, for which the farmers will receive
$50, ,79S, 600, being S75O,OOO more than last
year.
1t is computed that this years corn crop,
if loaded for railroad shipment, would fill
2.S7S.57l ears, and make train that would
reach l6,449 miles. or two-thirds of the
way around the world.
The Agricultural Department estimates
the present crop of wheat at 4ll,OOOOOO
bushels in round numbers. The Farmers
Rerielg places the total at 4l9,OOOOOO.
The actual product in 1887 was 456 100000.
It is estimated that there are 100000
men in America who get shaved three times
A week. That means an expenditure of
thirty cents week, or $500 a year, for
each man, or for the 100000, Sl5,6OO,OOO
annually.
The French national debt is stated to be
the Ian. est in the worlds, 100000;
annual interest S264.OOO,OOO. Thus the in
terest alone is nearly s6O,OOO,OOO more than
the total wants of the United States Govern
mcnt. The per capita tax Of the French
people is SIS, perhaps the largest OF any
people. The President receives a salary Of
$4,000 year.
The Farmers Rcuicc estimates that the
yield of corn in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska, the
chief orn-growing States, will be l,4S5,-
lSI.S5S bushels, an increase Of G5475S,S5S
bushels as compared with 7SO ,425,OOO BUSH
els. the yield reported by the Department
of Agriculture for 1887. The total corn
crop of 1888 is estimated at 2,ll0,92O,S5S
bushels.
During the past year Great Britain has
paid out for cattle slaughtered on account OF
pleuro. pneumonia-ior diseased cattle,
SlO7. 600; for healthy cattle in contact,
$4,000 on account Of swine slaughtered
owing to swine fever, $4,000 for diseased
swine and s32, 600 for healthy swine in con-
tact: making n total drain on the country
caused by these diseases amounting to $780,
600.
There were lJ5rz ParcHrs issued '"sV
wear. and of these but ,083 were granted
to Southerners Texas led the Southern
States, patent being granted for every o.
OO6 Texans. Florida came next Missis-
sippi's ratio was one patent to every S5,l45
Of her population. Alabama, in spite Of
the recent great mechanical development OF
the State, was credited with but 81 inyen-
tions in the year.
The United States has more than six
times as many miles Of railroads as Great
Britain. but the cost of construction was
only twice as much as Great Brtain's. In
1887 the gross earnings Of the roads Of the
United States, with six times the length Of
road were about three times those Of Great
Britain. Our operating expenses were
64 4j per cent of the gross receipts, while
ia England they were but 52.2l per cent
The last bulletin Of the American Geo
graphical Society quotes VI. Ganeyal as
showing that the world is not yet over
crowded. Allowing five acres to each in
habitant, he finds that Europe has room for
an additional population Of ll5,OOO,OOO,
Africa for ,l2G, 100000 Asia for l 100000
OO0 Oceanca for 5l5.O0O,000 and America
for 2,0O9,OOO,OO0 The frozen regions Of
Asia and Europe are deducted from the
available space, but Arctic America is as
sumed to be fiji for cultivation.