, 1902-05-06
H FIRST ON EARTH.
ONE CENTURY HAS LIFTED AMERICA
OVER ALL NATIONS.
From = Small and Comparatively Weak
Country We Have Become In = short
Time the dominant Power Of the
World-The Figures.


The United States government was
installed in Washington In 1900. The
capital vas then a morass and a will
derness. Now it is a city of 285 900,
the most beautiful in the world.
In 1900 the area of the United States
was 900 900 equare miles; to-day it is
3.625 $50 square miles.
The totai population of the United
States at the close of the nineteenth
century was about "a. 250. 0OO. AS the
population of the United States at
the beginning of the century was
nearly sixteenfold in LOG years.
In 1900 we had but six cities with a
population Of over 5000. while to-day
there are in the United States 500
cities with a population greater than
5000.
There are but three countries which
have a greater population than the
United States-China. the British
Empire and the Russian Empire.
We imported in 1900 merchandise to
the amount OF $9l ,OOO, 600, and in 1900
our imports amounted to $3.50. O00, 900.
The value of our exports in 1900 was
$71 900. 900. and in 1901 their value
arose to 5 1.4OO. 00O. 900.
Our receipts on account OF custom
and internal revenue in 1900 were $10.-
600 900. Last year our receipts from
the same sources were 544. 900. 900.
The vaue of our manufactures in
1900 was $125, 900. 900. To-day they
are valued at 50. 900, 600, 900. this
AMOUNT being about one-third of the
at $50. 900. O00. 900.
We produce IS per cent Of the cotton
crop of the world.
immigration has been the greatest
factor in increasing our population.
Germany has done more than any
one nation. though Ireland is a close
second. OF the q. 600, 900 immigrants
who came here since 1900 Germany
supplied $500. 900. Ireland. $500 900.
In proportion to its population. Massa-
chusctts contains the largest proper
ton of Irish blood Of any other state,
while the Germans show the smallest
admixture Of any state north OF
Mason and Dixon's line.
The United States is the richest
country OF the universe. with a wealth
estimated at $50, 00O. 000. 900. which has
increased since 1850 from 81. 900 .OOO.-
600. No other country has shown
such an enormous advance as this.
In the amount of our banking capt.
tai we stand first among nations. with
81. O3O. 0OO. 900. In 1900 we had but %
state banks: to-day we have 1882
banks with deposits Of 81, 300 900. 900.
In 1900 we had a per capita wealth
of $1.235, while our debt per capita
was but $14.52.
Our public debt in 1900 was $82 .0OO.-
600. In 1861 1t was 100000. 900. and
at the close Of the war In 1865 1t was
1850. 0OO. 900. Last year It was g..
i43. O0O. 900.
Since the civil war in 1866 we have
paid out in pensions. army and navy.
$2.528. 0OO. 600. We paid out last year
in pensions, $139. 900. 900.
The United States has more gold at
the present time than any other ma
ton. having more than 81, 1000. 0OO. 600.
The richest man in the United
States at the close Of the eighteenth
century was George Washington.
worth 81. OOO.0 900. To-day we have
Rockefeller with $500. OO0, 900. Carne-
gle. 5000, 0O0. 900. and Vanderbilt and
Aston over 800. OOO. 900.
For generosity ancient and modern
times will be searched in vain for our
equal. The Yankee IS the most gener-
Gus race ON the planet. II he ID un-
matched ~ = money maker he ID also
unrivaled u . spender. He gives gen.
srously and he sives all the time.
For charity. education, churches. he 10
putting out his surplus in \ way that
astounds other people. Look at the
royal gifts distributed by the Rocke-
fellers and Carnegie and 10 on down
he list. This country In I'VE years has
given more money for educational and
pAilanthropic purposes than England
has for the past century and more
than Germany has done for 800 years.
! Daily Republican Soc Per month.