The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-07-22
THE LOUISIANA pUacHAst..

Guided I'm the Louisiana Purchase ar,
given in a publication just issued bI
the Department of Commerce and La
Dor through its Bureau of Statistics
entitled Territorial and CONNER ia
Expansion of the United states.' Tn
Information 1t summarized as follows
The land area of the Louisiana pur-
chase exceeds that of the original thir'
teen states. being $40, 025 square miles
against a land area of S20.94i square
! miles In the original thirteen states
The States and Territories which. have
4 been created In whole o. In part from
It's area numb.r f.urtccn, ana tneii
population in 1900 was A,7OS,6l6
against population Of less than lO0..
600 in the territory at the time OF It's
purchase. Their total area Is nearly
one third that of the entire Union, and
their population about one-fifth that
I of the entire United States. They
produced in 1890. 1874, O000 900 bushels OF
wheat. and in 1903, 31i,00O 900 bushe s
, at Il value in 1903 of s235OO0.O0o. Their
total wheat production being nearly 81
per cent of that of the entire United
/ States. They produced 603.O00,00o bush
/ els of corn in 1890 and 973, 900 bush
! els in 1903, with a value in 1903 of
! 1852 ,3I5, 900, their total corn crop form
! ing 40 per cent in 1890 and in 1903 over
43 per cent of the total corn crop of
the United states. OF oats they pro-
duced in 1903, 331 900, 900 bushels. or AZ
per cent of the total product of the
country, with n valuation of s99 900. 900.
Their production of barley in 1903 was
4D-
at over 100000; while their produc-
ton of Irish potatoes in 1903 was over
1874 600, COO; of hay, s117OOO,O0O, and of
cotton 1880, 5OOOO,0OO. The total val
ue of the agricultural products of the
States formed from the Louisiana pur-
chase, including in that category sim
ply wheat, corn, oats, barley. rye, hay,
and potatoes was in 1890 given as
s0G2G 100000, and in 1903 it had increased
to $S66399, 600. The wool product OF
these States. amounted in 1894 to 61,-
81 1857 pounds. and in 1903 to SO, 1853 500
pounds, or 80 per cent of the total wool
product of the United States. with an
estimated value of about SIG, 1000, 900, or
more than the cost of the entire area.
The value of the farm animals, in these
January 1, 1904 the value was sl.119.-
$4,000. Add to these easily measured
farm products the estimated value of
the WOOL the sugar, the dairy and
poultry products, and the proportion
of the live stock annually turned into
provisions, and it may be safely es-
timated that the agricultural products
of a single year amount to one hundred
times the original cost of the area; or,
in other words, that it's cost is repaid
by l per cent of the agricultural pro-
auctions of each recurring year
The product of the mines is also of
very great value. The coal produced
in this area in 1902 amounted to 10000
600 tons, against 140OO,O 600 tons in 1890;
the iron ore to 10 $4,000 tons in 1902,
against 1869, 900 tons in 1890: the silver
product of 1902 to $37,S37, 576 in coming
value, against s44, 799, 99S in 1890, and
gold 9,Si1, 500 in 1902, against $40, ESQ.,
, 900 in 1890.
The prosperity shown by these figure
is further evidenced by the banking in
situations of the States formed from this
| territory. Their capital stock amount
| ed in 1903 to over $l03, 200, 900, : against
| about s9S,00O,0O0 in 1890; their circula-
ton to $50, 49, 00 against 1914, 900 in
, 1890; their loans and discounts in 1903
| to $500, 4i2, 600 against $3.50, 016000 in 1890
and their total resources in 1903 to ST.
/ lS,SO0000, against s746, 9O3, 600 in 1890;
while still more gratifying evidence
of the prosperity of this section is the
fact that individual deposits in nation
nj ha, i,, 30
600, against $216 600, 900 in 1890, an in
, crease of more than $254,OO0,0O0 in in
| dividual deposits during the period.
| n study of educational conditions
shows equally rapid and gratifying de-
/ velopment. The pupils enrolled in the
| public schools in the States in ques-
ton in 1890 numbered 1850, 495. and in
/ 1902, 3,426,593; the teachers employed
numbered, in 1890, S9,55S, and in 1902
1929. and the expenditure for public
schools in 1890 was $50, 2Si, 1862, and in
1902, $40, SOl,677 The number of pupils
in attendance at high schools in 100.
/ was 49, 7l, with 1864 teachers; in at.
tendance at normal schools, 1i,03;
students, with $50 teachers, and a
higher educational institutions, 1880
figures of the number of teacher!
and attendance of scholars fol
schools and educational institutions IL
the fourteen States formed from tn,
Louisiana purchase show: Teachers, il
1890 95.365; in 1902, l2l ,25S; attendance
in 1890. 2,67O,541; in 1902, S,617699.
The number of newspapers and peri
odicals published in this area In 1888
was i,759, and in 1903 the number wa
5,74l; the number of post-ofiices in 1S9
was 13,474, and in 1903 1t was 16,4S7
the miles of railway in operation il
1890 numbered 5l,S2S, and in 1902 Their
We're 62,iO3 miles being operated. o
nearly 81 per cent of the total railwa,
mileage of the country,
The power of this vast area with II
agricultural and mineral wealth to sus
tain population much greater thal
that which II now supports is suggest
ed by comparison of its area wit
the area and population of the pros
porous countries of Europe, The tota
area Ia S75,O25 square miles and
slightly less than that OF the Unite
Kingdom, Netherlands, Belgium, Ger
many, France, Spain, Italy, and Swift