The suburban citizen., 1901-02-02

culture, Communication, TranEpOrta-
ton, Social Progress and Literature
There Were No "store Clothes" in 1900
The New York World publishes the
following remarkable compilation
showing in a nutshell the great for
ward strides that were made in the
nineteenth century:
POPULATION
In 1900 New York, Philadelphia, Bal
tlmore and Boston contained fewer
people than the present population Of
Rochester, N. Y
There are sixty-two cities to-day
larger than New York was Il hundred
years ago.
In 1880 Chicago was an unsuryeyed
swamp,
When the century began the centre
of population was eighteen miles west
Of Baltimore.
Greater New York contains four
fifths as many people as composed the
whole republic in 1900.
In 1900 there were four large cities;
to-day there are 150.
Number Of immigrants in 1900, 5000;
number in 1899, 311,715.
Total number of immigrants during
the century, 1S,500,000
Total number of Indians who have
survived until the new century 25O,-
OOO
Chicago in 1884, village in a will
derness; Chicago in 1894, the Worlds
Fair.
Three times as many people cross
Brooklyn Bridge every day as there
We're in the city of New York in 1900.
President Jefferson presided over a
country of 100000 square miles; Presi-
dent Mckinley presides over coun-
try Of 1902, 900 square miles.
PERSONAL.
George Washington died before the
nineteenth century was born-Decem-
Der IA, 1790.
Benjamin d. Silliman, Of New York,
is the oldest living graduate Of Yale;
born 1906.
Sole survivor of the war Of 1912, HI
ram Cronk, of New York, aged 100
years.
COMMERCE.
New York's exports in 1900, S14,-
100000; in 1000, S46O,0OO,O0O.
First coal mine, 1906; first iron fac
tory, 1872; first cotton mill, 1872; first
stereotyping, 1913; first gas, 1916; first
savings bank, 1916; first sewing ma
chine, 1913; first steam-power press,
1923; first matches, 1929; first revolver,
1885; first gold from California, 1S4S.
In 1900 the first patent ever issued to
a woman was granted-for straw
weaving
No pins were made until 1S11-S1 a
paper.
Total number of patents granted in
the last slxty-two years, 1,013,950.
There are more people engaged in
manufactures alone than there were
in the entire country in 1900
Sugar consumed in 1900, none in
1900, 60 pounds annually per capita,
Coffee imported in 1900 none; coffee
imported in 1900, 100000 900 pounds.
Business offices have grown from
two to thirty stories.
AGRIcULTURE.
A hundred years ago there were no
farms west Of the Mississippi; to-day
the Western wheat crop is 60O,OO0,O00
bushels, or one-quarter that Of the
world.
In 1900 domestic animals were few;
to-day there are 14,000,000 horses,
100000 mules; 44,000,O00 cattle, 49,,
100000 sheep and 39,O0O,OO0 swine.
The early American settlers ate their
bread with lard or gravy; butter was
rare; last year America produced one
third of all the butter in the world.
In 1920 our cotton crop was S70,415
bales; in 1899 it had grown 20 1925
1888 bales, or ninety per cent. of the
total crop grown in the world.
A century ago farmers reaped their
grain with sickles, two acres being a
good days work.
The plow Of 1900 was a "crotch
drag" the plow of the Western bo-
nanza IarlnS is run ny steam ana turns
eight burrows at once.
COMMUNICATION.
First Atlantic cable, 1858.
There have been 21,OOO patents
granted for carriages and wagons in
the last century.
The distance from Paris to Moscow
is less than that between New York
and Wyoming.
In 1900, 903 postofTices; in 1900, 75,.
900 postof1ices.
When Erie Canal was opened the
news Of it was carried $50 miles in
eighty-one minutes by the firing of
cannon ten miles apart. To-day the
news would come in one second by tel