New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-12
PROVIDING FOR FOREIGNERS.

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As an illustration Of the ability Of Americans to
send our products foreign countries III cOmpett-
tion with the whole world. and 70 sheW you now
6IaTbGds has become in some of those foreign coun
tries, let read an item from recent E-neISh
To-day many a foreigner sits down to his break
made up of cereal man4tactured at +>i d
from the Mohawk Valley. and his bread. Of course.
On his way to office. i he lies in London he
ride in car built IN New ork Propetle.u Dy
over ID r rsit" az SmSrfcan materials
''On reaching his office and looking about him. he
this condition: He sits in revolving, chair; made
in Chicago: before roll top desk. made in Buffalo;
his letters are written on typeWrlter made at
fountain pen and dries them on a blotting sheet
from the St5gF f Rab5s are put
Taking day for pleasure. he attends the races,
hor Se fddeR S by an jockey Looking
his evening paper. he reads of the placing in Amer
can shpyards of orders for American style battle
ships for European well as Asiatic nations, and
learns that the scene Of the OF 5ne hins
and that the 40.0tO gold, silver and bronze medals
memorate his coronation are being made in Massa-
chusetts; and that the yacht for the German En-
Hail. of New-York and that a member of the royal
by the daughter of an American President-and he
strip almost every other nation all kinds OF mod
ern achievements. and this wonder grows with
only short time ago one of the great ocean
liners brought Baron Won Oppenhein. secretary OF
one OF German legations. who states that he Is
for the purpose OF learning why Americans
do things much better than any one else.
Railroad mileage has steadily grown until now
we have 10000 miles of steam railway In the United
States. These railroads employ over l.OrO,otS men,
whose wages amount to over $SnVOso annually
Their capital is over Sl2.GS.tcOr and thelr earn
ines last year exceeded 10000 1000. They carried
more than 600 100000 passengers last year and ll-
00OC10 tons of freight
A RAILWAY OBJECT LESSON.
want to give you one object lesson in regard 70
American rsiIways In 1851 1.-THE American Rail
wav Guide for the United States. published IN
field Philadelphia and many other cities. consisted
of IA pages 81 by 3$ inches II contained the time
tables and Information regardlng lay raiiroa9s-
THE Official Guide OF the United states LOT
JuIv Is02 which I hold In my hand. contains the
time tables and information regarding s01 railways,
recurring over 900 pages or this size 10 snow II
1e51 there were a little over 5000 miles or rail-
1av OMEN for traffic in the United States In 1902
there are 100000 miles In op 3en r,- $3.50
In 1878 the States east of the Missouri River were
sending food and clothing to the starving people
of Kansas Thanks to the facilities afforded by the
1910 IN he the banner one eight million acres have
haen nIaDted and at the previous average per
acre would Yield something over S99 10000 ousnes:
The Nebraska corn crop Tor 1Nz covers lsdEiy
eight million acres and is expected TO yield forty
bushels the acre, or IN Ing ueer of IsaS NJ
bushels IL n the serea of corn and produced
29s 800 600 bushels or about IS bushels per acre
Previous to the construction OF the Nortnern "a
Rurngfon Rock island and other railways that
traverse that wonderful r eSp ~ bs s5 b b19
wheat belt there was no,nihg s15 oe seen ous
saVares Minnesota and North and South Da-
kota in 1895 shipped 220,Oo0Go bushelS, or wheat
very IeTge Yield although it Is doubtful IL it
will exceed the crop or Ioss a., 1900 ,re. o, 40 ~,
Tts wheat crop Of California In i'S' was S''oo'oo