New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-23
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THE NATIONS GROUJH.

The splendid celebrations which coHih'eh'o'
rate the achievements of Columbus are appIo-
nriately accompanied with most interesting us
cIosuros regarding the wonderful growth OF the
Now World. The progress of the United states
!, industries and wealth is indeed the wonder
~ tho world and the census bulletins when
h,,,o hoon ,nncaring within the last week give
. cIoarer convention of that progress IMAM IL
has been possible to form from statements
proyiously published. Ii has been known 'hd'
the Nation has grown TO number o''ooV'oo'
inhabitants. and that in consumption OF prou-
nets these srrpass any population OF l2o'ooV'
oOO in any other lands on earth III mas oeeh
krovn that the addition to the Nation wealth.
du,;po the last decade alone was greater than
tho aoorcoatc of wealth in 1860, so that single
decade added more than all the wealth created
during the centuries which had elapsed since
ne discovery by Columbus. But the sources
of that wealth creation have never before pech
made as clear as within the last week.
The Census Bureau has published bulletins
civinr statements Of manufactures III twenty
three cities. embracing many OF the more I'M
nortant manufacturing cities OF the country.
Iov.-Yorl, lead, the list with an annual pro-
ducton Of S763 S33.923 while the number
If hands employed is 351, 757 in this single
city. Chicago ranks next with production o'
S63o1Si14O. though only 203, los hands arc
cmploycd Philadelphia employs 2'3'o'3
hands. and the annual production Is reported as
S564 3o3.7G.. Boston employs JOS hands,
and their annual production Is S2oS'lol'oSo.
In these four cities the annual product exceeds
50 90. 600 600. and in nineteen others OF
which Cleveland Buffalo, Newark Milwaukee,
Providence and Rochester are the most lmpor-
,ant the aggregate annual product is raised 70
more than SO, 600. 900 900 in the twenty three
cities.
In 1850 the aggregate annual product OF
manufacturc, in the whole country was about
~ Zoo. 600 900 and the twenty three cities
contributed only 81 900. O00. 900 OF that sum
less than a third. The increase in annual
nroduction in these cities has been 81 per cent
in the single decade. IL Is hardly Z" ne eA-
pected that so vast an increase VIII appear Ill
the minor towns or the rural districts, though
the multiplication Of manufacturing centres ana
hives OF industry has been the most remark
able feature of the last decade. The returns
already make it probable, however that the
increase in annual production will exceed %
nor cent for the whole country, and the aggrc'
gate production yearly by manufacturing VIII
exceed IS. 600. 900 600 for the year 1890
The OUTPUT in only twenty three cities is the
result of the labor of ,307.5i6 hands while IN
the same cities the number OF hands employed
in 1850 was about 757 900. But there remain
to he rcportcd the products of other workers
numbering many millions. Economists and elo-
Lo Ia, boru snpaLIuu with
enthusiasm of the Nations greatness have been
accustomed to calculate that It's yearly increase
Of wealth was about equal To that OF Hfea'
Britain. Germany and France combined. but
the recent figures Indicate that this has been
= too modest estimate. The annual product OF
this country. instead Of being about SlO,OOO,-
900 600, as many have rcckoncd must be much
greater when all industries taken into &C
count.
In ono sense the New World owes much 70
Columbus But the magnificent development
Of the United States mas been due, first and
mainly. to the free institutions which have
brought 10 this country the most cnterprising
and worthy cmigrants from other lands Tor
moro than a century, and, second, 20 the Ma
tionaI policy which has been maintained during
the last thirty years by the party now in power
For it is within the last thirty years that the
Nation has gained moro than three-quarterS oil
its present wealth, and power of wealth pro-
duction. These are fact, which may well cA-
cite pride in the bosom of every American.
They may also suggest u every true American
the question whether the policy which has
realized such grand results ought TO be aban-
doncd.