Abilene weekly reflector., 1902-02-06


Of monograph issusdby the treasury
bureau Of statistics, which contains .
series Of statements which show the
rapid development during the century
Of the important factors in the pres
ent prosperity Of the country. These
tables show the development in pro-
ducts Of the field, forest, mine and
m,nuiactory, the growth in our pop.
ulstion, wealth and commerce. the
extension Of railways, telegraphs and
other methods Of communication and
transportation.
Among the facts presented BY these
tables are the growth Of production,
the growth Of commerce. the growth
Of wealth, the growth Of money in
circulation, the growth Of money In
savings banks and the increased num-
Der Of depositors in savings and other
banks, the decrease in interest on the
public debt, and many other facts OF
this character.
On the production side cotton has
increased from l55,566 bales ia 1900
to 9,4S6,4l6 bales in 1900; wool from
IS, ,SO2,ll4 pounds in lS4O to SCI, ,6o2,-
1928 pounds in 1901; wheat from l5l,-
$685., ,9OS bushels in 1865 to 522, 2Ss, 900
bushels in 1900; corn from S67, ,946, 2S5
bushels in 1866 to 2,lO5, lO2,5l6
bushels in 1900; copper from $50 tons
in 1850 to 27O,5SS tons in 1900; pig
iron from l65, 900 tons in 1880 to l5,-
100000 tons in 1901; petroleum from
2l,OOO,OOO gallons in 1860 to 2'66l''
1885, 1868 gallons in 1900; coal from
s,s5S, ,S99 tons in 1850 to 267,S5O,OOO
tons in 1901; and gold from $5O,OOO,-
900 in 1850 to $79,17l,00O in 1900.
Exports Of merchandise have grown
from s7O,97l,7S0 in 1900 to $l,764,-
$4,000 in 1901; the per capita in 1900
being slS.S7 andi in 1901, 1881. The
imports Of merchandise have grown
from $s1, ,252, ,76S in 1900 to $S2S,l72,.
1865 in 1901, while the per capita i'm
ports have fallen from $l7.l9 in 1900
to $l0.58 in 1901.
Turning to the figures which show
the net results Of these developments,
those relating to wealth. circulation,
deposits, etc., the tables show that
the wealth has increased from 81, 1885,
7SO, 900 in 1850 to an estimated e94,'
800, 100000 in 1900; the per capita
wealth from 1907. in 1850 to 81 1885,
So in 1900. The public debt less cash
in the treasury was in 1865, $7e.SS
per capita, and in 1901 was $lS'44
per capita; while the interest on the
public debt which in 1867 was $l4S,-
7S1, ,592 had fallen to $S2. .S42,797 in
1901.
The figures Of money in circulation
show in 1860 a total OF $4S5, 407, 252,
and in 1901, s28.O2. The deposits in
savings banks in 1880 were $685..
S04; in 1883, So years later, they were
81, ,O24, ,S56, 1877, and by 1901, q further
period OF only IS years, had reached
81, ,597. .O94,5SO. Meantime, the ma.
tional banking system had come into
opera tion, and in 1865 the deposits in
national banks were $5OO,9lO,S7S; in
1880, $l,OO6, 452, 1858, and in 1901,
IS, 100000.
The number OF depositors in savings
banks grew from SS,OS5 in 1880 to
!, ,O67, ,O61 in 1866, and 6,S5S, 72S in
1901. Railways grew from s.o2 miles
in 1850 to 19S,S78 in 1901; freight
carried one mile increased from 49,.
SO2, ,2O9, ,249 tons in 1882 to l4l, 1892.
lO9,4l3 tons in 1900, freight rates
falling meantime from l.24c per ton
per mile to Is lOOth. OF one cent per
ton per mile.
Teachers' Wages.