The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-09-03
INFORMATION.

During the last ten years the Baldwin
Locomotive works have sent to Japan Ia
locomotives; to China, 81: Russi;l, 80;
England, -, and to other countries, 1868.
The Rogers locomotive works have built
JSi locomotives for foreign countries, in
cludinS Canada Mexico, South America,
Panama, Costa Rica, Cuba. jamaica.
Spain Australia, New Zealand, Japan
and China. The American Locomotive
company has built locomotives for for
cisn countries, rs follows: 10 for Japan,
II for England, I for China. IL for Russia
and several hundred for the British colo
MES, Mexico and Central ana South
America.
Porto Rico seems to be doing very well
judging from the statistics given out in
an interview by Governor Hunt recently.
The shipments from the island to the
United States during the last fiscal year
We're valued 1t SS,.9I l2o, which represent
ed an increase of iS.6 per cent. as COM
pared with the year before. OF this total
sJ,S90,0S7 was credited to sugar. Cigars
and cigarettes accounted for $1,jIO9.S.
The exports from the island To foreign
countries We're valued at $i,j9.,5oj. which
represented an increase of jiI per cent.
over the preceding year. The larges,
item in these exports was coffee, valued
at $3,lGS,G62. Curiously enough, shipments
of that product form the smallest item In
the account with the United States. where
its value is given as $50, lSS. While as
will be seen, the shipments of Porto Rico
to foreign countries are but little more
than half of those to the United States,
there is notable excess of foreign ves-
sells entering and clearing at the ports Of
the island over those of the United states.
This, however, Is not feature peculiar
to our trade with Porto Rico,
The sugar. crop of the world now aggrc-
gates about 1O,00D,0Do tons, the equivalent
of 70, ,O0O 0OO,OOO pounds. For the total estl-
mated population, .,5Go O0O,GoO, this would
he eight pounds per capita. The annual
increase in population of the world is
about one to ilfty, or > per cent, total
of 5O00, COO, this ut the rate of l,bOOOoO FOR
the United States, Al eight pounds per
capita consumption, the worlds average,
this would require AN increase annually
of about .00,0GO tons. An Increase in con-
sumption of one pound per capita, only,
requires 2,J0J Oo0. 600 pounds, equal tn Loo =
900 tons, Within the past ten years the
increase has been fully three pounds per
capita, requiring an increased production
of 800 OOO, 900 pounds, or 100000 tons
Owing to better shipping facilities be-
tween Manila and London than between
MullIia ana Now ! olN, 'o'lNihelo'lt
portion of the hemp produced in the Phil
ipplnes is first sent To London and thea
re-shippcd to the United States,
According to German authority the total
commerce of the world last year was
SD 800 Geo, 900 which was divided hy the
leading countries as follows England,
81, 900. 900 900: Germany, S2,GlS,OOO0O0; Unit
ed States, s., 0G0, The United States
treasury has figures which gives the
United States s. ,j2i 100000
In twenty years the population of the
United States has increased more than
30 per cent. and its wealth more than
100 per tent. The latter has grown to
s9i OOO. 900, 600 from si2 0OO0O0, Savings
bank deposits have increased from SSl9,-
coo 600 10 s9.45O OOO. 900. and the number of
depositors has grown from 2.235. 900 to
G. los, ,OOO Al the same time the public
debt has fallen from Sl99,0 900 to Sl107, =
600 600. and the per capita debt from
S3S q to sli52. The total circulation of
money and the number Of national banks
have nearly doubled, and the deposits IN
the national banks have increased about
200 per cent. The value of farm
property has increased from sl20o1,- =
100000 to $50, 900 900: that of the
annual value of flrm products from 81
9I9 900 600 to 50, ,T6i 0O0,00O. and that of farm
animals from 81, SSs, 100000 to S2,sS9. 900, 600.