The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-27
GROWTH OF THE
NATION GREAT
Commercial Supremacy Shown If
Exports and Products.
WORKING FOR VESTS NEEDS
CARNEGIE READY TO BACK PAN.
AMERICAN RAILROAD.


ITJASHINGTON. April 96-The treas
wv ury bureau Of statistics has col.
lected some comparative figures
of the production and expectation Of
manufactures i'm relation TO the pro-
ductiOn and expectation of agricultural
products of the United States. the pur-
pose being 90 show the relative growth
IN each case. The gross value of mani
fractures produced in the United
States I'm 1850 was I'm round terms
$1,000 0O00 00 and I'm 1900 $4,000 900. p
Geo. so that the product of 1900 NAV be
said TO be thirteen times as great as
that of 1850. The expectation of manu-
features from the United States I'm 1850
was 1000 900, and iu 1900 S433 900 900.
or twenty-five times as great as in
1850.
The census reports present the fig
ures of agricultural productions i'm 1870
and deceunialiy down 90 and including
1900. The value of agricultural prod
ucts I'm 1870 was 81 95S. 03092I. in 1900
the value was $500 1906. an increase
OF 81 per cent. Agricultural exports Bon
1870 We're 1851. ISIS. 4S3. Do 1900 they were
$685.. A5N,l23, an Increase Of l31 per cent.
Summing up the comparison of pro-
ducuOn with expectation iu agTicul-
tural and manufactured products re-
spectlveiy, il may be said that. COM
pairing conditions I'm 1900 with those OF
1870. agricultural production has in
creased 80 per cent, agricultural eXpor-
JatlOn l32 per cent, production Of man
ufactures 209 per cent. and expectation
Of manufactures 53S per cent.
For Commercial Congress.
Arthur +. Francis. secretary Of the
Trans Mississippi Commercial con-
gress, is in Washington I'm the inter
ests of the organization, which Is pre-
pairing for this years meeting al Sc
attic Wash. Mr.. Francis has secured
the promise of Secretary COrtelyOu 20
attend the congress as one OF the
speakers. Chairman Knapp of the In
terstate commerce commission win adj
dress the congress On the subject Of
railroad legislation. T. Fl. Newell Of
the geological survey viii talk on
Government Construction of Irriga-
ton Works Secretary Hitchcock OF
the interior department has been In
yited, and If unable 20 attend person
ally viii be represented by some mem
Der of his department IT. is expected
that at this years session Of the con-
gress delegates viii DE present from
Hawaii Manila and Alaska. During
the past fourteen years of the exist
ence of the congress ii has done much
good work i'm the interests OF the COM
merCial west. Ii supported the irriga-
ton movement and the bin for the or
ganiZatiOn of the department of COM
merce was first discussed and recon-
mended by this body
Pan-American Railroad Likely.
The projected Pan-Americau railroad
may yet be a realization Ex-senator
Henry c. Davis Of West Virginia, who
is interested in the proposed railway
project. has been advised by Charles
81. Pepper, special commissioner %
South America in connection with the
road. that Andrew Carnegie has agreed
to act as fiscal agent for the line ana
raise the 500. 600 0C0 necessary 10 com
plete the connecting links. Mr.. Pepper
will visit Colombia. Chile. Brazil, Ar
gentina. Bolivia and Mexico, where ne
will discuss with the various govern
ments plans TO develop the inter
continental railway project, Inc plans
contemplate a through line Of ro@u
from New York 90 Bueu0s Ayres. a DIS
lance of l04u miles. The road is M
oneration over one-haf of this as
lance. and many sections OF 1t are pay
ing propositions Mr.. Carnegie ls So
greatly interested in the plan JhaI pr
has offered to defray AIR. Pepper eA-
penses on his long itinerary, which Wll
require eight months 90 complete
The plan of Pau-American ralfoad
was first proposed by the late James
q Blaine. He succeeded in having a
Pan-American convention called, anu
a large sum was appropriated TOT SUI
views which were made. After lhe
death of Mr.. Blaine little progress was
made until last year. when announcer
convention was called and ex-senator
Davis made chairman.
General Corbin Has Friends.
ARMY officers I'm this city are resent
ing the recent action of the MetrOpol-
ft9n club in connection with the apph-
cation of General Corbin for member
shin Rrigadier General George =. Gill
lesnia chief of engineers of the army,
has resigned from the club and MAJOR
General s. B. NJ Young, Brlgadler Cen
eraI Crozier and other high ranking
officers of the army win tender their
RESERVATIONS General Gillespie was
member of the board of governors or
the club and personally endorsed lne
aDDIicatfon of General COrbln. General
Miles and Admiral Dewey headed ll-
faction of the club opposed 10 the ad-
mission of General COrDln. ootplh
name was not rejected, as his irleHdS
caused the withdrawal of ms applltd
ton before adverse action, which was
imminent. could be taken.