The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-03-05
GROWTH Of THE COUNTRY
The Area Increased to More Than
100000 Miles.
New York State Leads In Population.
Statistics on Debt, Interest Rate
and Foreign Commerce.

Washington. d. ca picture on
every page" Is the term by which an
enthusiastic student OF statistics de-
scribcs the Statistical Abstract OF the
United States. just issued by the Treas.
ury Bureau Of Statistics. While solid
columns Of figures are not looked upon
by the average citizen as especially
picturesque, an examination Of the
pages OF this publication presents some
interesting. II not absolutely pictur-
esque, facts.
The gross area Of the United States.
exclusive Of Alaska and Hawaii. has
grown from s27.Si4 square miles in
1900 to 3.O2J.6OO In 1900. and the p0pu.
latIon from 5.3Os. 4S3 in 1900 to $685..
724 in 1000. Virginia ranked first In
population In 1900. and 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.
In rank In 1900. was fifteenth in 1900.
Kentucky moved downward from
eighth In rank In 1900 to twenty-ninth
in 1000: Delaware from seventeenth to
forty.sixth. while Indiana moved up
ward from twenty-first to eighth. and
Ohio from eighteenth to fourth.
The debt OF the United States. which
In 1865 was S7S.25 per capita. was in
1901 S13.45 per capita. and the interest
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 hut 100000. 900.
against S245.O00.OOO in 3 per cent.
bonds. $1.213. 100000 at @ per cent.
and S6I1. 900. 900 at 7.3 per cent. while
In 1901 practically one.half Of the out.
standing debt stood at . per cent. and
even those bonds were selling Mt pre-
MUM In the markets.
Another interesting page Is the one
which shows the condition Of the saw.
lngs banks Of the United States in
1901. Deposits In 1920 were 81. 1876.
and the number Of depositOrs $685.: In
1901 the amount of deposits was So.
40 .547. 1856. and the number OF depos.
stors 6.107.O .OS3: the average sum due
each dcpositor IN 1920 was Sl31.S6. in
1901 it was $i01.1O.
In a single table Is the story OF the
foreign commerce Of the United States
from 1900 10 1900 In 1900 the imports
were S31 .000. 900 and the exports S11.-
100000. imports exceeding exports by
SEC. 900. or nearly so per cent; In
1901 imports We're $S23. .O0O. 600 and ex.
ports S1.4SI .OO0. 900. the excess OF ex.
ports being SG64. .OOO. 900. or so per cent.
greater than the imports. Imports In
1901 were nine times as great rs in
1900 and exports were twenty -onc
times as great as in 1900.
One section Of the abstract divides
the imports into great classes and
shows the relative growth of each.
Articles OF food in 1886 formed 81 per
cent. Of the imports. and In 1901. &c
per cent; manufactures ready for con.
sumption In 1886 formed 20 per cent
Of the imports. and In 1901 16.S per
cent: articles In n crude condition 70:
use Of manufacturers formed q per
cent. Of the imports in 1886 and 1875
per cent. In 1901. showing that manu-
.factIrers are steadily increasing their
importatlons OF raw materials required
in manufacturing. while In most other
classes the percentage Of imports Is de-
cre1Sing