Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1902-05-15
THE FIRST ON EARTH,
ONE CENTURY HAS LIFTED AMERIob
OVER ALL NATIONS.
From a Small and Comparatively Weak
Country We have Become In a short
Time the Dominant Power of the
WorId-1he Figures.

wOrId-1he Figures.
The United States government was
installed in Washington in 1900. The
capital was then a morass and a will
derness. Now it is a city Of 8 5000
the most beautiful in the world.
In 1900 the area of the United States
was 900 600 equare miles; to-day it is
1925 $50 square miles.
The total population of the United
States at the close Of the nineteenth
century was about "a, $50, 600. AS the
population of the United States at
the beginning of the century was
about 5,3OS, 4S3, the nation has grown
nearly s|ixteenfold in 100 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 $91, 600, 900, and in 1900
u imports amounted to $3.50, 900, 900.
The value of our exports in 1900 was
81, 900, 900, and in 1901 their value
arose to 1,4OO, O0O, 900.
Our receipts on account of custom
and internal revenue in 1900 were $10,-
O00, 900. Last year our receipts from
the same sources were 544, 600, 900.
The vaue Of our manufactures isl
1900 vas 1925, 900, 900. To-day they
are valued at SO, 900, 600, 900, this
amount being about one-third of tho
worlds production, which is estimated
at $780, O0, 900, 900.
We produce So 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, 900, 900 immigrants
who came here since 1900 Germany
| supplied $500, 900, Ireland, $500, 900.
In proportion to it's population, Massa-
chusetts 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 $780, 600, coo, 900, which has
increased since 1850 from $1,000, OOO,-
900. 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, O30, 900, 900. In 1900 we had but 2S
state banks: to-day we have 1882
banks with deposits of ST. 1900, 600, 600.
In 1900 we had a per capita wealth
of $1,235, while our debt per capita
was but S14.52.
Our public debt in 1900 was SS2,OOO,-
600. In 1861 it was $780, OO, 900, and
at the close of the war in 1865 it was
$3.50, OOO, 900. Last year it was 49,,
148, 600, 900.
Since the civil war in 1865 we have
paid out in pensions, army and navy,
$2,52S, 900 900. We paid out last year
in pensions, $139 900, 600.
The United States has more gold at
the present time than any other ma
ton, having more than 81, ZOO, 600, 600.
The richest man in the United
States at the close of the eighteenth
century was George Washington,
worth 81, OOO, 900. To-day we have
Rockefeller with $500, OOO, 900, Carne-
gle, 5000, OOO, 900, and Vanderbilt and
Astor over 500. 900, 900.
For gener pity ancient and modern
times will be searched in vain for our
equal. The Yankee is the most gener-
Gus race on the planet. If he is un-
matched as a money maker he is also
unrivaled as a spender. He gives gen
erously and he gives all the time
For charity, education, churches, he is
putting out his surplus in a way that
astounds other people. Look at the
royaf gifts distributed by the Rookie
fellers and Carnegie and so on down
the list. This country in five years has
given more money for educational and
philanthropic purposes than England
has for the past century and more
than Germany has done for 200 years