Evening star., 1902-02-17
THE NATIONS GROWTH.
Interesting Comparisons Shown by
the Bureau Of Statistics.

The statistical abstract Of the United
States.' just issued by the treasury bureau
of statistics. presents some interesting
facts The gross area OF the United States,
exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii. has grown
from S27 ,S44 square miles in 1900 to 3,023. 600
In 1900; and the population meantime from
5,3Os. .4s3 in 1900 to 1855, 724 in 1900
Another page shows that Virginia ranked
first In population In 1900. and in 1900
ranked seventeenth; that Pennsylvania has
sturdily held her own. having ranked sec
ond in population IN 1900. and the same in
1900; New York, which ranked third in 1900
stands first In the list In 1900; North Caro-
lima, which stood fourth in rank in 1900
was fifteenth in 1900. Kentucky has moved
downward from eighth in rank In 1900 to
twenty-nlnth in 1900; Delaware. from sew
enteenth to forty-sixth, while Indiana
moved upward from twenty first In rank IN
1900 to eighth In 1900, and Ohio from eigh-
teenth place in $500 to fourth in rank in
1900.
Another page which presents an interest
ing picture Is that devoted to the analysis
OF the principal of the public debt of the
United States. 1t shows that the debt OF
the United States. which in 1865 was $1S.25
per capita. was. in 1901, $13 40 per capita,
and the interest charge. which in 1910 was
81 % per capita, was in 1901 50 cents per
capita: the lowest rate of interest In out
standing bonds In 1865 was per cent, and
of those there were but $50, cocoon against
$2i5,O0O coo in per cent bonds. 81 1,213.Wo,O0o
at per cent and $671 900 600 at I.3 per cent;
while in 1901 practically one-half of the out
standing debt stood at per cent, and even
those bonds We're selling at a premium in
the markets.
Another interesting picture is found on the
page which shows the condition Of the saw
ings banks of the United States in 1901. De-
posits In savings banks in 1870 We're 81 ,l3S,-
SO, and the number Of depositors S,6S3: In
1901 the amount Of deposits was 81 449 547, $50
and the number of depositors 6,107 :0S3; the
average sum due each depositor In 1870 was
$131. &c. in 1901 1t was $4O1 TO-
Another interesting picture is found In the
statement showing the transactions OF the
New York clearing house from 1854 to 1901.
In 1854 the number of banks was 90. the
capital $47, 600 OO0 and the clea rings $5,so0.-
45o,9 ,9S7; In 1901 the number Of banks had
only increased to g. their capital to 49,
coo. 600. while the clearings had Increased to
ST., ,020, ,672 494. the number of banks having
thus Increased about 25 per cent. the capl-
tai about 70 per cent, while the ciearlngs IN
1901 were thirteen times as much as in 1884.
Still another interesting picture is that
which shows in a single table the story of
the foreign commerce of the United states
from 1860 to 1900. In 1900 the imports were
sol, 100000 and the exports $7l.OOO OOO: I'M
ports exceeding exports by So0000.000. or
nearly 80 per cent; In 1901 imports were
$s23.OOO,OOO and exports 81. 0OO. 600, the
excess Of exports being 1864 64,0OO.OtO or Gu
per cent greater than the imports. Imports
in 1901 We're nine times as great as IN 1870.
and exports were twenty one times as great
as in 1900
Another interesting picture is that which
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 26 per cent: manufac-
lures ready for consumption in 1856 formed
20 per cent of the imports, and In 1901 1863
per cent; articles in a crude condition Tor
use of manufactures formed % per cent of
the imports in 1886 ard 335 per cent In 1901,
showing that manufacturers are steadily in
creasing their importations of raw materials
required in manufacturing. while in most
other classes the percentage of imports is
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