The Saint Paul globe., 1901-01-02

Totals ..16SS, 45o,736 S79e25, 600 12s
1t vii be seen that the European popu-
iatIon has, on the average risen to 214
times that of 1900, whilst that our own
country has expanded IA 1-3 times. Out
territorial area has risen from /, ,0lS, Geo. >
600 acres to 5000 00o-an increase Of
1876 per cent.
The great glory of this territory lies III
the rapfdfty with which if has
been converted into an abode Of
the wealthiest and most fer
tile nation on, the face Of the globe It
started its career by braVely winning its
liberties and organizing them into a
republic which has continuously eonsolI-
dated its strength and steadily developed
into the wisest and most pacific form OF
government the world. has yet witnessed
The nation has been built up by it's own
muscle, integrity and industrial genius,
and is the product of the finest race of
mankind Thanks to Providence, sthe
largely credited to- the unsurpassed rich
ness of our territorial heritage. In va
rieties of soil and climate in richness of
mineral deposits, in forest resources in
In magnificence of river and lake, and in
our varieties and . liIaitless sources of
underground wealthS2we have formed
bases of industry -unequa1ed elsewhere
on the surface of the9gIobe. But to have
cultivated these resources with such in
telligenee and eneRg3 as. within one CEN
tury, to have created out of them the
richest commonweaHhI in history-that
is AN achievementfso' Unprecedented that
we may boast ove}Tr, v}r, i1f.lwith just a pa
triotie pride.
The foreign trade of, the country. in the
first year of the century, amounted ID
1852, ,000e00; In 1900, of Has risen to $2,2
Go0, ,000.-showing an 4tisrease of 50, ,eS2, $780,
600; or at the rate of 2S5 per cent. Our
present commerce exceeds by $145, ,000. .009
the foreign trade ofseembined Europe in
1910. From the fattgfo year to 1897, Eu-
aropean commerce Increased S, ,96S, COG, eco,
or at an-averagerrate of 475 per cent;
which is but little over one-third the rate
of progress realized in our own trade
within the whole century. For the last
forty years, however. we have pursued a
policy OF restricting our imports by very
high tariffs; which has had the effect of
materially keeping down the volume Of
our foreign commerce.
Our remarkable industrial progress has
been principally attributable to the fact
that our natural endnwments have quail
fed us to Sarpass sa4I9other countries IN
the production of certain of the leadiri:;
staples of manufacture. The new pro-
duct of the. century, petroleum. for in
stance, is produced in the United States
to the exent of S. per cent of the en-
tire worlds output, and Yields as an
article of export worth S55, GOO coo per an
mum. Also. we have risen to the fore
most rank as producers Of the world (;
of the century, the worlds crop of cot,
ton was about 1.000.e0G bales. of which
only 1000 bales were grown in tne United
States. In 1898 the worlds yield was
12,949,G60 bales. of which cur southern
crop contributed Il, eco bales, or. IS FER
cent of the whole supply. Th crop Yields
us an annual surplus for export averaging
a value of $3.50, ,000. eco. while we retain For
home manufacture 1853 ,000 bales An
other of the great staples of commerce
in which we have risen to foremost
position is coal. The output may be
said to have beguIheenba visible scale hi
about 1910, when toe product was ,SGA eco
tons. In 1892 our product reached 225,
600, coo tons; which was 5.no0.0i9 tons in
excess of the output Of the United King
dom and is equal ito "a per cent CT the
entire worlds suppHyd
The concurrenceAof Immense deposits
of iron ore IN convenient contiguity with
our coal fields has nov placed US in aa-
vance of both England and GERMANY in
respect to both the 9fnantity of product
and lowEesS of cest,-of both iron and
steel. In 1893, eua product Of pig iron
was 12,620,000 tons ;~that of Great Britain
irt 1888 was S,361, ,00e tb4as; whilst, in the
same year that ofhGe9nany was I, ,2ss. COS
tons; the output of TIE United States is
now 26 per cent of the worlds whole
product Our position in the copper
trade now ranks fo1ef5pst among the pro-
ducing nations. I1- 1S50 We stood lowesi
among the manufacturing countries; i'll
1SS we had risen to the control OF 40 per
cent of the total production: and How
we contribute 60 per cent of the Who'll,
supply.
Equally, we rank foremost among tn,
nations in respect to agriculture. In 1890
tie area of land under crops In the wori.
{outside Of Asia) was 402. et0.o90 acres, o
which 2AlAA.nAl acres or z s rle.r cent Va