The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-12
GROWTH OF TIE S4L9ES
Governor ShaW's Centennial Adj
dress al the White House.
The Progress aid Development Of
Americas During the Past Century.
The Nations Wonderful Agricnl-
turnI and Mineral Resources-F'S-
ture oRerx Great Possibilities.


Iowa, had for the subject of his adj
dress at the White House during the
Centennial Celebration exercises there,
ssThe Development Of the States During
the Century, 1seo-19O0." He said:
"At the date of the event this day COM
nemorated the United states Of america
was composed of sixteen States. Kentucky,
Vermont, and Tennessee having been adj
mitted to the Union during the closing
decade of the eighteenth century. Since
then Virginia has been divided and
Seventeenth State admitted without IN
creasing the area included in the six
teen, and there have also been added
twenty-eigbt other States.
ITO better appreciate the growth of the
natien a few comparisons may not seem
nI-advised-
''Had there been no change In area. and
without taking into account Territories
then or now owned by the nation, and
supposing the same development and in->
crease within the several states as 1.as
been Witnessed, the Uaited States would
then be larger than Great Britain Plus
France and Denmark Greece, Portugal
and Belgium, and would have poBuia-
tion more numerous than Italy plus Nor-
way and Denmark; it would outnuLnber
Austria plus Sweden, Switzerland, and
Greece. The population Of these 81 yen-
teen States is very nearly equal TO that
of Great Britain.
THE twenty-nine States admitted dur
ing the century have brought an Increase
of Territory exceeding the German En-
pire plus Great Britain. Francs, Spain,
Portugal. Belgium, Hungary, Italy.
Greece, Denmark, and Sweden. The
Trr.sa Eu4r I'D, val sci a
organized Territories and other
possessions, is larger than Eu-
ropean Russia and larger than ali Europe
except Russia, while our population is
nearly equal TO Great Britain and France
combined. and once and half as large
as the German Empire. The area OF The
United States. exclusive OF organized
Territories and possessions, has increased
six-fold and our population hfteen-fold
in zoo years.
Not only have we increased numerical
Iy and the States developed materially and
our people prospered financially. bat intel
lectual moral. and religious improvement
has been equally marked While tie pop
uiatIou OF the United States has increased
fifteen-feld in 10osyesrs. church member
ship has increased four times ffteen-fold
in the same period
eve have 1s, 200 600 pupils receiving ele-
mentary instruction. $50. 600 receiving sec
ondary instruction n high schools and
academies, 28o, e8Gsin colleges ana uniyer-
stiles, 90, 600 receiving normal school train
ing and so GOO under professional tuition
Comparisons for the last thirty years
show an eye=-inereasing per cent in the
enrolment OF children Of school age. as
well as the number OF days attendance OF
pupils enrolled and IN the average length
OF the school year. The ANIMAL expendI-
fure FOR educational purposes. exclusive Of
donations TO endowments, and for college
and university buildings. exceeds $500, o00,
00U per sunum
when The seat Of Government was
moved to the District OF Columbia -tuf s.
0oe. GOO people we're dependent almost en-
tire1y upon agriculture and fisheries. Their
clothing was spun aud woven in the home
OF the wesrer; their grain, home grown,
was ground TO order, and their meat. most
iy 'range-fed. WIS generally slaughtered
ct the door Of the consumer. The "a bic of
the average American was nct then debtor
thrice day 10 three continents for what
we now call necesssries- Very little con-
sumed By that frugal people salt and rum
excepted, had been transported twenty
miles from the place OF ifs production.
a British Boast of Yore.
THE Edinburgh Encyclopedia. publish
ed in 1880. spends fo-ty columns OF an
eighteen-voIume edition in describing
farm machinery. 1t calls attention to the
conspicuous superiority of the British
rural Implements and records the fact
that In former times the construction OF
utensils OF husbandry was left almost en-
tirely to rude and Ignorant artisans II
speaks IN glowing terms OF machine fer
separating grain from straw which It
declares has been brought 20 q degree
Of perfection that few people expected
- IT, Co
tant did these inventions appear to the
author OF the article and lest their con-
structicn might become lost art he
describes in detail with cuts and draw
ings. all implements then known 20 agrI-
culture, TO wit, plow ten feet in length,
a single section A-shaped harrow 4 roll
er, q twc~wheel cart. a drilling machine
reaper that neither gathered nor raked
nor dropped, machine designed 70 sep
arate grain from straw and a tanner
Time forbids even hasty review of the
more recent as well as more marvellous
improvements in agricultural methods
and appliances, which in foFty-dve years
have reduced the time In human labor re-
CURED TO produce a bushsi of corn IS per
cent. and the cost of this labor, aotvIts-
standing ever increasing wages. 20 per
cent and which have reduced tAe time in
human labor required to raise 3 husael
wheat from an average OF more thAr
Lr-a hours in lSa3 10 ten minutes a. LSe
present. time. and the cost II human labor
trsu - cents to s3z cents, Rates OF trans
roztztgoa have also materially decreased
He zze rate per ton per mile
zse5 - oae OF the eldest aDd
kno91 ~eads IN ths United
So tss en reduced more than
1879. ana the average
sfI roads In this country
see 5Ecsr e1nt during the same
rls-z1s-1 ,v<z.s "a faz = Va ID
Pc cent "a twenty years
Eggs&G. are nearly three
che United States,
ard O. shs CoEtfae1- OF Europe the rates
ere hfEaer nan = England Nc wonder
THAT zEacsitgrs-r has prospered under
thssa fzrcrfse conditions. and no wonder
THAI ead as are made most congenisi
for al. astral pursuits when We note
the treH- zndoEs product OF field ard fold.
of mine and quarry Of furnace and of fac
tory.
Products Of Americas Farms.
"our farms produce Per annun in round
numbers 3. 200 ooo. e8e bushels OF cereals,
worth 81, acc, eeo. Gee We grow 2sa 600 600
bushels OF potatoes. worth SCI, os0. oso. s5,-
GGa, zoo tens OF hay. worth s4e9, eo9, eco;
IL eee. eco bales ofzeottsn. worth $500 oo0.-
eco; ], zoo, eao. coo pounds OF butter and
cheese. and market 2.oeV .Oe0. 300 gallons Of
milk. worth in the aggregate S450. geo 400:
clip &c zoe CO pounds Of wool worth $50
600, 0e0 and sell Loo. zee ,gea dozen eggs
worth over s1ee CJe 600 and hold upon of.r
farms lie. eco. eco farm animals. worth So
25e, eco, 969. And still have not referred