The herald., 1894-05-01

A NATION AND ITS GROWTH.

The progress of America and its de-
velopment as great and enlightened
nation, furnish at all times interesting
reading to any man or woman who has
the good OF the world at heart. The ex-
pansion OF American industries in the
past forty FIVE years is pretty accurately
given by the statietics OF the census bu-
reau at Washington. First is the total
taxable property Of the entire country.
Year. Total Valuation. Per Capita
1880 S 1000 100000 $ 30s
1860. .......--... 16 100000 STA
1870. ....... 80 900 900, 900 $50
1880 ....... 43.5O0, 100000 $40
1901. 65,o37, o9l, 900 1899
This shows, by comparison OF 1890
with 1850 an increase Of 40 l-5 per cent in
ten years. At the period when $7,000,-
900, 900 covered the total wealth Of the ma
ton there were no such states as Kan
sas, Nebraska, Oregon, Washington,
Colorado, Montana or Idaho. After get
ting out OF Missouri ON the long and
dusty march across the plains, one
struck what was then known as the
"Great American desert" now covered
by half-dozen rich and populous states.
The only state to the westward OF that
desert was California, admitted into the
union in September of that year, and its
wealth very properly included in it's CEN
sus enumeration. The "big four" states
are those given in the subjoined table:
New York. $50, 800, 600, 900
Pennsylvania. ..................... 100000 900
Illinois,. ..............--. 3,O0o, oo0, ooo
Next in order to these coms Msssa-
chusetts, California. Missouri. Iowa,
Texas. Michigan. Indiana, Wisconsin,
Kansas, New Jersey, Nebraska, Ken
lucky and Colorado. The most remark
able showing made by any state in the
union is that OF Illinois. which today
lacks less than six million dollars OF
having as much taxable property as all
the Atlantic seaboard states from Della
ware to Florida, both states inclusive.
The fact that California, which has
only few thousands more population
than the city of Chicago alone, is seventh
on the list in valuation OF farms and inn
pIOFomcAtbS bHOWo thhb OhillOiAl q
motto is to adorn the home and beautify
the farm. This is what might be ap-
propriately termed the patriotism of
private life.
In the matter of live stock, farm i'm
plements and machinery, California is
eleventh on the list, the first four being
Iowa, Illinois, New York and Missouri.
Kentucky, which spends more money to
advertise sales OF live stock than any
other state of the union, is eighth on
the list. In the production OF wine,
dried and canned fruits and everything
relating to orchard work, California is
first, except in the production of ap-
pies.
Taken for all in all, the showing is q
creditable one for the Golden state,
when her isolation is taken into consid-
GRAFTON, as well az the long and irksome
delay which attended the settlement OF
her land titles. HaI place as an agri-
cultural state is that which was filed by
South Carolina IN 1850. and South Caro-
lima is not today among tina first twenty
I've. Our place SIS d stock breeding state
today is that OF T9nnssees in 1850. hut
Tennessee has since fallen off four points
behind California. Altogether our young
states rank is one OF which her we'll
wishers have no reason to be ashsmed.