Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-26
Taken from a Very Large Book
of Nothing But Figures.
Illinois Leads In Whskey Tax and
New York Leads on Beer,
Cost OF Pensions and Indians Great Water
Area OF Florida.

presses than the Statistical Abstract of
the United States" which has lust been
issued. At first glance this book looks
dull and forhidding. 1t is composed en-
tire1y of figurcs-pago after page of statis-
tics. But look underneath the surface OF
these tables of figures and you will find IN
epitome of tho financial and industrial his
tory of the times. You will learn a world
of things which you never knew before.
And you will have the satisfaction of
knowing that whatever is set down hero is
official and accurate Considered in this
way there is not dull page in the book,
as tho following extracts from the com
pilation, made here and there at random,
will testify:
Florida has q larger water area within
its borders than any other state or terri
tory in the United States, LAO square
miles. Minnesota is next with 4, 100 and
North Carolina third with j, go.
The United States government S interest
charge on public debt has fallen from S3.0S
per capita in 1870 to 40 cents in 1896.
Income From Sugar.
The government gets larger income
from sugar than from any other article of
Importation, S15 $50, 600 in 1895. The
next largest item of customs receipts was
tobacco, which yielded $l4, 9l6, 600, and
tho third cotton manufactures, 50, 1856, 600.
Wooden dress goods yielded IS, 767, 900 and
wooden clothes SIS, no, 600
The largest source of government re-
ceipts from internal revenue taxation is,
of course, from spirits which yielded last
year S74 000 600, beer $3l 900, 900 and to-
bacco $50, 900 600
The governments pension payments
reached high water mark in 1893, when
they amounted to $3.50, 357, 900 against
only SS7, 900, o00 in 1889. The amount
fell to Sal, 000 900 in 1895 and will be
still less in 1896
Every man, woman and child in tho
United States is taxed Il cents year to
pay tho expenses of congress and the sal
aries of senators and representatives.
Our individual contributions to the cX-
pense of maintaining the president and
tho White House is not very great. !;
amounts to only 3 mills a year for each
inbabitant OF the United States.
The biggest item of government eT
rensc, figured per capita is the interior de
partmcnt, which includes pensions ard the
Indians. 1t costs 53.30 per year for each
inhabitant Of the country, the treasury de
partmont &l09, the war department =
cents, tho navy department. - cents and
the postofiico department s1.29,
The total cost of the government per
capita is 1921 Il year.
Contrary to the general impression, it
costs the government more to collect its
customs than its internal revenue. The
per cent Of cost fer tho former was, in
1895, AS, and of the latter only .62.
The Great States.
Illinois pays moro money into the fed
oral treasury through internal rcvenuc
taxes than any other state. Tho figures
for 1895 are: Illinois, $50 60t, 006: Ken
sucky, SO, 947 900; New York, $4,000.
900; Ohio, SIP, All. 600; Pennsylvania
sos 900. These five states contribute
nearly two-thirds of all the revenue from
this source.
Kentucky is not tho greatest whisky
state. In the last six years Illinois has
produced 1876 eco GOO gallons of whisky
and Kentucky 1872, 900, 600.
New York is the greatest beer state
with 8, 15S, 600 barrels in 1895, pennsyl
vania being second with 3, 39l 900 bar
rels. and Illinois third with 3,292, 0OO
barrels Wisconsin beats Missouri in beer
q. So7, 900 barrels against ., 1870, 600
The population Of the United States
Juno last is officially estimated at g.
1913, 600. Tho population is increasing at
the rate of about / 500, 900 yearly and is
now, therefore, about II, 600 900.
Tho national banks of % leading cities
of the United States have loaned out to
their customers more than q thousand mil
lion dollars. The amounts for the cities,
in millions, are as follows: New York,
364; Boston, 1877; Philadelphia, 81; Chi
cago, 93; Pittsburg, 43; Baltimore, 32 St.
Louis, 30; Cleveland, 81; Cincinnati, 26;
Detroit, 16; Milwaukee, Is; Kansas City,
IA; st. Paul, II; New Orleans, 10; Min
neapolis, IL; Brooklyn, II; Omaha, Q;
Louisville, 9; San Francisco, =; Washing
ton, Z; Albany, Z; ST. Joseph 4: Lincoln.
.; Des Moines 2; Savannah, l.
Our total expectation of wheat last year
amounted to rs, 900, 900 bushels and IS
900, 900 barrels of flour. More than two
thirds of the wheat and more than half the
flour went to England. All but 1000. 600
bushels of the wheat and 4, 900, 900 barrels
of flour was sold in Europe.
Only 2A per cent of our corn crop of
1898 was exported, while 81 q per cent OF
tho wheat crop went abroad.
What We Eat and Drink.
greatest sugar eaters in the world We
used last year nearly 2 600, 900 tons of sug-
ar or more than 50 pounds per inhabit-
ant. OF the 10000 900 tons consumed
l,57a, 600 was imported.
The people of the United States con
sumed last year an average Of - pounds
OF tea each, at an average import price of
1917 cents.
This is nothing compared to the coffee
consumed, which amounted to more than
pounds per capita and Mt an average i'm
pofe price Oh III cents. In other words.
our tea bill import valuel was s13. 600 600
ana our coffee bill S95 900 600
Inc mine value of the coal produced in
the United States in 1921 was sls6 900
wv. bltumlnouS coal leads anthracite in
quantity and value as follows; AntIro-
cite, AZ, ouo, coo tons, valued at SIS. 600 :
ooo; bituminous, ST, zoo, 600, yaIued at
SSS 900 600. '''
Inc coal mined in this country in 1874
was worth more than the gold, silver con.
per, lead and zinc combined.
Ihere arc 244 900 subscribers for Roll
Telephones i'll the United States. or IN,
subscriber to every 300 inhabitants
Only 8 per cent of the foreign carrvin,
trade OF the United States is done by
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