The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-10-21
While Now.

year or $1Q.61 per capita, while now
they are 81, AGO, OOO, 900 year or ST. so
per capita of our largely increased pop
ulation.
Then our imports were 1858, 900, 900 a
year or $11.25 per capita, while now
they are 1901, 900, 900 or $1s. 90 per capita.
Then our national wealth was &c.,
600, 600, 900 while now its is 800, 900, 900,
900 or $S4, 900, 900, 600 increase in forty
four years.
Then our public debt, less the cash in
the treasury, was 500, 900, 900 increased
by the Civil War to "a, 331, 600. 900,
while now it is $925, 900, 900, reduction
since the war. of 81, 4O6, OOO, 900, besides
a reduction from $118,O00,00O annual
interest CS70) to only $25, 900, 900, an
interest saving each year of sos, 900, 900.
Then our money circulation was $435,
600, 600 or SIS. S5 per capita, while now
it is 81, 521, 900, 900 or s30 80 per capita.
Then the depositors in our savings
banks numbered 693, with deposits
of $3.50, 900, 900 while now they number
Z, 300, 900 with SO, 600, 600, 600 on deposit.
Then our farms and farm property
were of the value of $4,000, 600, 900
while now Census of 1909 the value is
$50, 500, 100000 an increase of $12, $780,
100000 or over $50 per cent in only
forty-four years.
Then our farm products were of the
yearly value of 1S7O) $1,000. 900. 900
while now their yearly value is over
81, 900, 900, 900 an increase of So, 700, OOO, :
900, or nearly $50 per cent per year in
only forty-four years.
Then our manufacturing establish
ments numbered 40, 433, with yearly
product of 1885, 600, 900, while now
they number over 900, 900, with yearly
product of $14, 500, OOO,O 600 and 1000, 900
workers.
Then our government revenue was
$56. 600, 900 a year, while now it is $541-
600, 900 or nearly ten times as much.
Then our customs receipts were $685.
600, 900 year, while now they are $780,
900, 600, or nearly five times as much.
Then our pension bill was 81, 100, 900
yearly, while now it is over $40, 600, 900.
Then the animals on our farms were
worth 81 ,0S9, 900, 900, while now 1909
they are worth So, 1O2, 900, 900, an in
crease Of nearly 200 per cent in only
forty four years. ~
Then our yearly production of petro-
leum was 21,000,O00 gallons, while now
Census of 1900 the output is 1861, OO0,-
900 gallons an increase of 2,64O, 900, 600
gallons year.
Then our annual wheat crop was 49,
600, 900 bushels, while now 5000 it is
G37, 900, 600 bushels.
Then our yearly gold and silver pro-
ductions brought us $46, 900, 600, while
now it is worth $147, 900, 600, an increase
of $101, 900, 900 yearly.
Then our animal production of pig
iron was S21, 233 tons, while now (10O3)
it is 1900, 252 tons, a nearly twenty
three fold increase.
Then our yearly coal production was
1S,513,0 900 tons while now it amounts
to about $50, 600, 600 TONS
Then we produced 1900 tons of cop
per yearly, while now we produce 27O,-
5SS tons, Census 190W
Then we raised S3s, 600, 900 bushels of
corn yearly, while now our yearly
raising is about 1890, 900, 600 bushels
Then we picked 1861, 900 bales Of
cotton, while now Q9O3) our picking is
1927, 600 bales yearly.
Then our wool clipping weighed
go, 100000 pounds, while now 1908 it
was 2S7, 100000, or nearly five times as
much.
Then our cotton mills were using 079,-
600 bales of cotton annually, while now
they use 1908 1924, 900 bales, or near
ly four times as much.
Then our exports of raw cotton
amounted to 1,767, 100000 pounds,
while now 5000 the quantity exported
was 1908, 900, 600 pounds.
Then we had $1,000 miles of steam
railway in operation, while now the
mileage is nearly 900, 900 miles or over
seven times as much.
Then there was 2,546, 237 tons of
American shipping engaged in foreign
trade, while now SsS, 776 tons is so en-
gagged. That is the only exception to
to the long roll of American progress.
Then we had 2,SO7,63l tons of Am
erican shipping engaged in domestic
trade, while now we have 5, 1913, $50 tons
so employed.
Then the American tonnage passing
through the Sault Ste Marie canal year
ly. was 4O3,65 tons, while now it is
81, 736,444 tons, or seventy times as
much.
Then we had 2S,49S post offices, with
$S,57S,0 900 annual receipts, while now,
the number is "a, 169, taking in S155, O00,-
600 each year.
Then we received in the one year
(ls6O), 15O,237 immigrants, while now
1904 fiscal Year, we absorbed S15, 1851 of