The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-04-22
OUR COUNTRY'S GROWTH
Area Increased to Over 5000, 900
Square Miles.
NEW YORK LEADS IN POPULATION

First In the Ltst-Stntisticai Alb
strnct which shows the Progress
of the United states During the
Past Century.
"a picture on every page" is the term
by which an enthusiastic student OF
statistics describes the statistical ab.
stract ~ the United states just issued
by the treasury bureau OF statistics at
Washington. White solid columns ot
figures are not looked upon by the av-
eragc citizen As especially picturesque.
an examination OF the pages Of this
publication presents some interesting
II not absolutely picturesque facts.
The gross area Of the United States.
exclusive Of Alaska and Hawaii. has
grown from s27.sii square miles in
1900 to 3,O25. GOO In 1900 aud the popu-
lation from j,3Os, is3 in 1900 to 1903
pa In 1900. Virginia ranked first in
population Ia iSOO. aud In 1900 the
same state ranked seventeenth. Penn
sylvania has sturdily held her own.
having ranked second in population in
1900 and the same in 1900. New York.
which was third in 1900. Is first in the
list in 1900
North Carolina, which stood fourth
in rank in 1900 was fifteenth in 1900.
Kentucky moved downward from
eighth in rank in 1900 to twenty ninth
in 1900 and Delaware from seventeenth
to forty y-slxth, while Indiana moved up
ward from twenty first 10 eighth and
Ohio from eighteenth 10 fourth.
The debt Of the United States. which
in 1855 was SIS25 per capita, was In
1901 $i3.45 per capita. and the interest
charge. which In 1865 was Si.29 per
capita. was in 1901 3S cents per capita.
The lowest rate OF interest In outstand-
ing bonds in 1865 was 4 per cent. and
OF those there were but 100000, 900
against $24J. 900. 900 in per cent bonds.
N.2l3.O 100000 at q per cent and S61l,-
600. 900 nt ~ per cent. while in 1901
practically onc-half of the outstanding
debt stood at . per cent and even those
bohuS Ntlt SSiiihS At pi'hh'hhi al
the markets.
Another Interesting page Is the one
which shows the condition OF the saw
ings banks of the United States In
| 1901. Deposits in 1920 were Sl,l3S.5IC
and the number OF depositors S,635; In
1901 the amount of deposits was 81,
449, ,5I7. .ss5 and the number OF deposl
tors 6,10T, ,Os3; the average sum due
each depositor in 1870 was Sl3i.S6 in
1901 1t was S4Ol.lO.
| There is statement showing the
transactions OF the New York clearing
house from 1854 to 1901. In 1854 tn,
number OF banks was tifty. the capita
Si7,O00.oOO and the clcarings $3.50,
455.0ST; in 1901 the number OF banks
had only increased to sixty-two anC
their capital 10 So. 100000 while tn,
clearings had increased TO STT020,6T
4g4, the number of banks having thu
increased about - per cent and tn,
capital about - per cent. while th'
clearings In 1901 We're thirteen time
as much MS in 1854
In single table is the story OF tn,
foreign commerce OF the United State
from 1900 to 1900 In 1900 the import
were sol, ,OO0,O 600 and the exports S7i,
OOO. 900. imports exceeding exports b.
$50 900, 900, or nearly 80 per cent; II
1901 imports were SS23 600, 900 and ex
ports 81. .iSI 100000. the excess OF ex
ports being SGG4 100000. or 50 per cen
greater than the imports. Imports il
1901 were nine times as great as II
1900 and exports were twenty
times as great as In 1900.
One section of the abstract divide
the imports into great classes ant
shows the relative growth OF each. Ar
ticles OF food in 1885 formed 81 pc
cent OF the imports and in 1901 26 pc
cent. manufactures ready for consump
ton In 1886 formed 20 per cent of tn
imports and In 1901 l6.s per cent; ar
ticles in crude condition for use o
manufacturers formed % per cent o
the imports in 1856 and 33.5 per cen
In 1901. showing that manufacturer
are steadily increasing their importa
tions OF raw materials required in man
ufacturing. while in most other classe
the percentage OF imports is decreas
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