Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-07-21
WE ARE THE PEOPLE.
AGRICULTURE IS STILL OUR LEAD-
 ING INDUSTRY.

In Ten Yeara Farms Have Increased Thirty
 Worlds Coal and a Third of It's Iron
 Are From Our Mines.
 America is the product of all nations. Here we sec mingled all the races, all the civilizations, all the religions and all the virtues and vices of all ages aud all countries.
 h one grammar school in New York 29 nations are represented. Doubtless other schools in the western cities can make similar showing. In the south the foreign element is notably absent, falling short of per cent of the popu lation of Georgia and hardly exceeding l per cent in North Carolina. The north and west have Europe and Asia colo nized within their borders, while we of the south have our little Africa
 Let us see what this composite nation is doing, after celebrating the one hun dred and nineteenth anniversary of it's independence. If we limit our investi- gation to our material progress, the sta- tistios of the last census will be very gratifying. Agriculture is our leading industry in the number of persons em- ployed and supported by it, but the val ue of it's product it less than that of our factories, the latter exceeding $4, O00,- 600, 900 in 1895, while that of agricu1- ture was only $2, 460, 900, 900. But our farms have increased in value 30 per cent in the ten years ending with 1890.
 We produce tobacco in 42 states and territories, but nearly half of the crop comes from Kentucky, Virginia, Ohio, North Carolina, Tennessee, Pennsylva- mia and Connecticut.
 Our wheat crop in 1891 was 612, ,000,- 900 bushels, and the same year we pro- duced 2,060, 900, 900 bushels of corn.
 In 1892 our cotton crop reached 9.038, TOT bales. Our hay in 1888 was 47,000, 900 tons, valued at $408, 900, 900.
 In 1899 our farm animals were as- sessed at $2, 461, ,000, 000
 In Il western states and territories the rainfall is insufficient, and irrigation is all that makes farming profitable.
 Our mineral product for 1891 was $66e, 524, 537 in value. We produce fourth of the worlds coal and a third of its iron. We furnish one-third of the worlds steeh two-tifths of the world copper, aB per cene of its gold and the greatest part of its petroleum.
 In 1850 Che capital employed in manufactures was $533, 900, 900; the hands, 957, GOO; the wages, $237, 000,- GOO; the material, $555, 900, 900; the gross product, $1,019, ,000, ,000; the net product, $464, GOO, 900. In 1890 the fig ures stood as follows: Capital, $6, 180, 900, 900, or nearly twelyefold that of 1850; hands employed, 4,665, 900, or nearly fivefold, in spite of the introduc- tion of labor saving machinery; wages, $2,000, 900, 900, or nearly ninefold, thus making the average wages far higher; gross product, $9, 400, 900, 900, or over ninefold; material, $5,000, 900, 900, or ninefold; net product, $4, 400, 900, 900, or nearly tenfold.
 The average yearly wages of employ ees in 1850 was $247 in 1890, $429. In 1850 the employees got 51 per cent of the profit and capital 49 per cent. In 1890 these proportions had become 45 and 55 per cent respectively.
 New York city alone produced $780, 000,0 of manufactured products in 1890 and Chicago $600, 900, 900 worth.
 Of steel we now produce one-fourth more than Great Britain and 12 per cent more iron.
 In 1890 we had 904 cotton factories, with $354, 900, 900 capital, employing 221 1885 hands, with an increased pro duct of 40 per cent over that of 1880
 Industrially our composite nation is doing very we'll. Politically, socially, religiously, morally and educationally we fall far short of an ideal republic, but measured by the worlds standard we are steadily advancing. Altogether the mixture of races called the Ameri- cap people may be said to be in the van of pfogress Atlanta Constitution.
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