The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-11-06

celebration of tn. Louisiana purchase
| \ recently issued government hulletii
| presents some instructive. data regard.
| inp th, present condition and produc-
| tiuns OF tn. territory included within
| that purchase. From this II appears
| that tn. land area Df the Louisiana
| purchas" exceeds that ni tn" original
! thirteen states being Si4.9il miles
! against II total land area of S2o.9li
| Square miles in the original thirteen
| states. The stHtps and territories which
| have been created in Whole OF IN part
| from It's ar"a number fourteen, and
! their rnpuIation in 1900 was llioH,ilj.
| against II population OF less than loo,-
| 900 in the territory at the time "f its
| purchase. Their total area t. nearly
,iie. third that ot the entire Union. and
their population about une-ifih that
of In. entire United States.
They produced in 1870 l6l, ,ooo.oOo
bushels of wheat. and in lHoo 264 .o"o. o"V
bushels. at Il value in lauo of Sli2 ooo.
900. their total wheat rrodu"tiun being
over >" per cent. of that of the entire
tinted States. They produced SO; 600,
uon bushels of corn in lHao. and 1913
900 .Oon bushels in l9"0. with a vHluc in
1850 OF $3li 900 UOn. their total corn crop
forming in 1850 ~ per cent. and in 1900
4N l,rr cent. of the total corn crop Of
the United States. or oats they pro-
duccd in 1900 81 900 900 bushels, or IS
per cent of the total product of the
country. with Il valuation of S,l 400 600.
Their production of barley in 1870" was
valued at over SlU.uOO. 900 and Of ry"
over 81 .ooo 900 while their production
ST. 900 .oo0 ihu, of hay. $3.50. .Oon. .0uo and
that Of cotton so. 900 900 in value. The
total vaiu- uf tn. agricultural products
of the states formed from the Louisiana
Purchase. inrllGins in that category
simply wheat. corn. oats. barley, rye
hay. potatoes. and cotton. vas. in 1880
s6,O.o0" 900. and in 1900 s,;'i.Ooo,ooo
The wool product Of these states
amounted to tl.S.l .:::.7 pounds in 1921.
and in 1900. t" o.@sG 9S. or 81 per cent.
of the total Wonl product of thu coin
try, with AN estimated v;,ir of about
Sl3.oU".Ooo or equal to tn" cost of th"
,.ntir" area. The value uf the. farm ami
mails in these states in IN!W was ST.
noe 900 and in 1900. S>,, .ooO. .VDU Add To
these easily measured farm products
the estimated Nalli. of the wuol the
sugar the dairy ANA poultry products.
and tn" proportion of the liveSturk am
nually turned into provisions. and ii
may be safely estimated that their
agricultural products during Il singh.
Year amount to one hundred times h.
original cost of tn. area: or, in other
words. that its cost is repaid by | per
cent. of the agricultural productions !
Of each recurring year.
The product of the mines is also very |
great. rh. coal produced in this lrru
in l>9" Amounted to 1000. 200 tons. !
against l. 1000 400 in $500: the iron ore lu !
H,i"l 600 tons in 1900. against .26' UOU
tons in 1890: the silver product uf l$9. |
$50. 200 16S in coming value. against $lA.-
399HS in 1890: and gold. $3..7l. 400 in |
1889. against Slo.650,oou in 1880. The |
shown by these figures is.
further evidenced BY the banking in |
slturunS of the states formed from
this territory. Their Capitul stock |
In 1900 to over $50 900. 600: |
their cirru!at ion. 10 $40, TOO 600 in 1900
against Sl3.Gl4 900 in 1880: their loans
ana discounts 10 $3i1 .jGN, 900 in 1910.
against $2daold.ooo in 1890; and their
total resources. $lO"9.lll,OOO in 1870.
against S1i6 so:.. 900 in 1880: While a still
more gratifying evidence Of the pros
p"ri'N OF this section is in the fact that
ndNidual deposits in national banks
N 1900 amounted to $"29. $50? 0OO against
S2lG Go9oo in 1890. an increase of more
han Sllo,OoO,0Oo in individual deposits
Turing the decade.
a study Of educational conditions
shows equally rapid and gratifying
developments. The pupils enrolled in
he publir schools in the states in ules-
ion in 1880 numbered 2,aN0, 49a. and In
>?', 3,lGl,ll2: the teachers employed
numbered. in 1890. S9,ljN and in 1889
~ 20; and the expenditures for public
"hools in 1890 Was $50 .Si 49,, and in
N"H N' lS',SNl. The number of pupils
n attendance at high schools in lSaa
vas 1851. with +o31 teachers. at nor
nal schools, l5.Sl3 Stlllents. with 90
eaohers. ana at higher educational in
iitutions. 4O,2i9 students, with Se2I
rurhers. The total figures for s,.b,,Is
nd educational institutions IN I'M.
uurtern states formed from th. lu,,i.-
ana purrhns. show. Teachers I'm l>.,
:, :i6a: in iS9s lll,GSy. attendance in
$50. .G,v.5il. in lN.o 332l oil nm.
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