The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-08-21

the government when he wanted to
return from California by way of the
Canadian Pacific.
FROM bulletin entitled, Progress
of the United States in it's area, popu
lation and material industries just
issued by the government, the Chi
cago Record Herald has compiled sta
tistics to show the marvellous growth
of the country in the last twenty years.
The story of growth and development
as told by the figures, is simply mar
Vicious when it is remembered that the
United States was already great and
wealthy nation in 1880. Probably no
other nation was ever able to make
such wonderful progress during like
period of twenty years. Some of the
changes wrought in the period be-
tween 1880 and 1900 are shown by the
following comparisons:
Since 1880 the population of the
United States has increased by SO per
cent.
The aggregate wealth of the coun-
try, 'the true valuation of real and
personal property" has more than
doubled-from $42 100000 to $94,-
O0O,OOO,O0O
Wealth per capita has increased so
per cent-from $3.50 to 81 ,236.
The public debt, less cash in the
treasury, has decreased nearly one
half-from 81, 919, 900, 900 to 81, 1o7, 0Oo,-
900.
The debt per capita has dropped
from $38.27 to $14.52.
The number Of national banks has
nearly doubled-2,O56 compared with
5000.
Deposits in national banks have well
nigh trebled-$1, OO6, 100000 compared
with 1894 100000.
Deposits in savings banks have al
most exactly trebled-$819 100000 to
So, 100000.
The number of depositors in savings
banks has increased from 2,235,000 to
6,108,O0O
The value of farms and farmgprop-
erty has grown from $12,OO0,0O0 900 to
$40, 500, 100000.
The value of the yearly products of
farms has increased from $2,212,O00,-
900 to $3, 100000.
The value of farm animals has in
creased from 81, 100000 to $2,982-
100000.
The number of manufacturing es-
Establishments in the United States has
d1ubled-from 253,OOO to $4,000.
The value of the output of these es-
adjustments has increased two and
one-half times, from SIS, &c., 900, 900 to
more than $13, 000,0 100000
The number of employees in these es-
adjustments has more than doubled
2,732,OOO to $4,000. The wages of
these employees has almost trebled-
$948, 0O0, 900 to S., $4,000, 900.
Miles of railway in operation have
more than doub1ed-o3,262 miles COM
pared with 194,321.
The number of passenger cars has
more than doubled-12, 788, against
26,768. The number of freight cars has
increased two and one-half times
-544,O 900 to 1,358,000
Freight rates on wheat, Chicago to
New York, have fallen from 1927
cents per bushel to 4.42, lake and ca
nal; from 1877 cents to sos, lake and
rail, and from 1919 cents to o.98, all
rail.
Freight rates per ton mile on all the
railways of the United States have
dropped from 100 cents to O.75 cents.
The receipts of the federal govern
ment have increased from $685., 100000
to $567, 100000.
The number of postofices in the
United States has increased from
$4,000 to II, 900.
The receipts of the Postof6ce De-
partment have trebled.
The number of te1egraphic messages
sent to the United States has more
than doubled-29, 900, 100000 to 63,O0O,.
900, 0OC.
The number of newspapers and pc.
riodicals published has more than
doubled-9,273 to 20,806.
Salaries paid in public schools have
more than doubled 800, 100000 to
$136, 900 600.
During the twenty years the produc-
ton Of coal and pig iron has nearly
quadrupled, the production Of preto-
lium has treb1ed, the production Of
wool has increased Is per cent, wheat
5 per, cent, and corn 40 per cent. The
production of steel has multiplied
eight times and copper has increased
tenfold.