Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-10-20
GROWTH Of The NATION.
The. statistics Showing the Marvellous
Growth Of the United States
in Past Twenty Years. 5.5
United States Census Bulletin Gives
Figures Which Show Great
ness Of Country.
All Lines of Industry Represented in
the Marvellous Increase Of
!
Nations Business.

Nations Business.
One of the most fascinating official
bulletins ever issued by the. govern
ment has just made its appearance in
the annual report of the bureau of sta
tistics Of the treasury department. It
is entitled Progress of the United
States in its area. population and ma
terial INDUSTRIES The story it tells
is perhaps the most marvellous to be
found in the history of all the ma
tions. 1t shows in compact tabular
form the development of the United
States to a great and wealthy nation,
all the material facts being arranged
by decades, beginning with 1900 and
ending with 1900. OF course any COM
parison Of the end of the century con-
ditions with those found at the begin
ming Of the century would show a de-
velopment from almost nothing to the
great American empire of TODAY.
OF far greater importance and in
terest is the growth of the United:
States during the last twenty years.
Probably no other nation ever made
such rapid strides as the United States
has made since 1880. The official
figures which measure this growth are
simply amazing. Remember that the
period under consideration is only
twenty years, trif1e In the life of a
nation. At the beginning of this
period the United States was already
one OF the greatest nations. Its pop:
ulation has swept across the contin-
ient. It had recovered from the dis
aster Of the civil war. 1t had en-
joyed years of large crops sand unin-
terrupted prosperity. Yet the devel-
opment since that time reads almost
like a fairy story rather than a tale
culled from the sober figures of CEN
sus and other official statistics
Since 1880 the population Of the
United States has increased by 80 per
cent.
The aggregate wealth of the country,
the true valuation of real and per-
sonal property" has more than doub-
led from S42,OOO,OO0,OO0 to $4,000
100000.
Wealth per capita has increased
so per cent from $3.50 to 1896.
The public debt, less cash in the
treasury, has decreased nearly one
half from $l,919.OoO,O0o to s1,1O7,-
100000.
The debt per capita has dropped
from $3S .27 to $l5. 30.
The annual interest charge has di-
minished more than one half from
$SO,OOO,OOO a year ITO $33 800, 600, and
per capita from 81 SO to A cents.
The amount of gold coined has in
creased more than 80 per cent from
$50, 100000 a year to 100000, 900.
The, amount of gold in circulation
has nearly trebled- from 1925. 100000
to $611 200. 600
The amount Of silver in circula-
ton has more Than doubled-69 ,0OO,-
900, as compared with S142, 900, 900.
The total circulation Of money has
more than doubled s973, 900. 900, com
pared with 50, O55 100000. CircuIa-
ton per capita has increased only SO
per ent-S19 II, compared with
S26. .93.
The number of national banks has
nearly doubled ,056, compared widh
1905.
Deposits in national banks have
well nigh trebled 81 ,OO6, 600, 600,
compared with $2,624 200, 900.
Deposits in savings banks have al
most exactly trebled $s19 900, 900 to
s2,45O. .OOo, 900.
The number OF depositors in savings
banks has increased from 2.235 900 to
6.1OS.OO
That the farmers OF the country,
have shared In this wonderful increase
OF wealth Is clearly shown by further
comparison OF 1880 with 1900.
The value OF farms and farm prop
erty has grown from So, 600. .OOO, 900
TO $40 800, 100000.
The value OF the yearly products Of
ferns has increased from $2,212,O ,OOO,-
600 to s3.764. .0OO. 600.
The value OF farm animals has in
creased from $lsss2 ,OOO, 900 to $685.
100000.
The number OF manirfac acturing es-
Establishments in the United States has
doubled from 253, 900 to $4,000.
The value Of the output Of these es-