The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-11-07
Extracts from Census Tables.

How many farmers know that the an
nual hay crop of Pennsylvania, the great
mineral State of the Union, exceeds in
value the annual output of iron ore of the
United States? 1t does; and the hay crop
of New York is half again as large as that
of Pennsylvania; and Iowa's hay tonnage
far exceeds either State The hay crop
of Michigan, at New York prices, is more
valuable than the annual production of the
great Lake Superior copper mines, together
with those of the remainder of the United
States The hay crop of the four States
named, at New York prices, exceeds in
value the production, including custom
work, in the whole United States of the
following manufacturing industries, as
shown on pages 107 to 112 of Abstract Of
Seventh United States Census:
Value of
Product
Bridges, both road and railroad. .S2l ,868,O6S
Carpets and ugs...................... 4I,IIO l93
Carriages and wagons............... 1922, 293
Cutlery and edge tools.............. ll,110,6l4
Electrical apparatus and supplies 91l4, ia
Firearms. s.................... .....-.. 1922, ,514
Glass, all kinds. Al ,O5l ,OO4
Iron and steel nails and spikes of
all 34,Z2I,oll
Wire, fence and all other kinds. 22,0l2, 804
Milk At ten cents gallon, the milk
product of New York and Pennsylvania,
in 1899. amounted to more than the value
of all the gold and silver produced i'll the
United States, The gold and silver mined
in the whole country would not buy the
butter of the country at at ten cents u
pound; and this before the repeal of the
Sherman law, when the great smelters of
Colorado and the mineral States we're
belching night and day. 1t could just
buy the eggs at shilling dozen. Mas
sachusetts could just do it with the product
of her great cotton mills, the most numer-
Gus. the finest and largest in the world,
far ahead of those of Manchester; the first
great industry of New England. The
product of all the brass and copper mills
and manufactures in the United States
could not half do it don't touch on
the wheat, oats, barley, potatoes, cattle,
swine, ETC., and the large products of the
farm; enough has been said for compari-
son; these figures are from the last United
States Census Send to the Department
of the Interior for an Abstract of the Cen
sus. There is world of Information in it.
ABSTRACT OF ELEVENTH CENSUS OF THE UNITED
STATES.
Page 9s. Tons of hay produced
in United States in l889...... 66,83l, $40
Page 9S. Tons of hay produced
in New York. 6,675,65S
ffg Il Pennsyvania................ Sai 4,ss1, $50
in Michigan. 1885, Is5
Page so. Eggs (dozen )produced
in United States. SIS, S,249,20l
Page 10. Gallons of milk pro-
duced in United States. 300, l29, 567
Page IS. Gallons of milk pro-
dueed in New York.............. 63,9l7, 24O
duced in PennsyIvania. s6s, ,9O6, 4sO
Page rs. Pounds of butter pro-
duced in United States. ,O24, ,22S, 46S
Page 1884, Value ofiron ore pro-
duced in United States......... SSS, 1913
Page 1874. Value of gold and sill
yer produced in United States 99,2s3, 1872
duced in United States......... $780,, 800
Page l45. Value of cotton goods
produced in Massachusetts. 1OO, ,2O2, SS2
Page 113. Value of brass pro-
duced in United States......... 2,549, $50
Page l13. Value of brass and
copper, rolled, produced in
United States.-..........-...-... S,3ol,4f2
Page 11S Value of brass cast
United States. s..................... 24,S44, 484
Page 113. Value of brassware
produced in United States. lS.615,172