Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-22
MANY TIMES PAID FOR
VAST WEALTH OF LOUISIANA
PURCHASE.
Area One Third Of the United States
and the Population 0ne-Fifth Of
That Of the Country.

The termination of the Louisiana pur-
| chase exposition and the preparations for
| the Lewis and Clark centennial expos, ton
| lend interest to some figures compiled by
| the Department of Commerce and Labor
! through it's bureau of statistics with ref
| erence to the production and business condi-
| tions in the area included within the vari-
Gus great additions to our territory.
| The land area of the Louisiana purchase
| exceeds that of the original thirteen states.
| being S75.025 square miles. against land
area of S2O,944 square miles in the original
! thirteen states. The states and territories
which have been created in whole or In
part from it's area number fourteen. and
! their population in 1900 was IA. 1884, 18
against population of less than 10000 in
| the territory at the time Of It's purchase.
Their total area is nearly one-third that or
the entire Union, and their population
about one-fifth that of the entire United
States.
Total Farming Wealth.
The total value of the agricultural prod
ucts of the states formed from the Lou
isiana purchase. including in that category
simply wheat. corn. oats. barley, rye, hay
and potatoes, was in 1880 given as $685.
0OO, 600 and in 1903 it had increased to
$500, 800, 600. The wool product of these
and in 1903 to SO, S53, 500 pounds, or 30 per
cent of the total wool product of the United
States. with an estimated value or ABOUT
SIG, 600, 600. or more than the cost or the
entire area. The value of the farm an
imals in these states in 1890 was $l59596.-
600. and on January l, 1904. the value was
81 119, 512, 600.
The product of the mines is also of very
great value. The coal produced In this area
in 1902 amounted to 10000 900 tons. against
1000 900 tons in 1880; the iron ore to To-
$50. 900 tons in 1902, against 1,269 600 tons in
1850; the silver product OF 19O2 TO $51 $751;
516 in coming value, against $44 799,9 9S in
1890, and gold $50, S41 500 in 1902, against
$40, $50 600 in 1890.
The banking institutions of the states
formed from this territory reported capital
stock in 1903 amounting to $1O3, 900, 900.
against 98OO0,000 in 1890: their circulation
to 500. $4,000 against 1854 GOO in 1880;
their loans and discounts in 1903 to $780,
AZ, 900. against $269, 600 in 1890, and their
total resources in 1902 to $1,713, 800. 900,
against $746, 800, 900 in 1890. while individual
deposits in national banks In 1903 amounted
to S471 600, against 218GO9,000 in 1890.
an increase of more than 1854 600 900 In in
dividual deposits during the period.
Schools and Newspapers.
The pupils enrolled in the public schools In
the states in question in 1890 numbered
1850. 495. and in 1902. 1926 593; the teachers
employed numbered in 1890, 80 $685. and in
1902, Ito. 263, and the expenditure for public
schools in 1890 was $50. 1884. 752. and in 1902,
$45.301677 The number of pupils in at
tendance at high schools in 1902 was 131 271,
with 1894 teachers; in attendance at nor
NAL schools, IA .033 students with $50 teach
ers, and at higher educational institutions,
45,SO2 students and 4 ,446 teachers. The to-
tai figures of 1.-The number Of teachers and
attendance of scholars for schools and edu-
cational institutions in the fourteen states
formed from the Louisiana purchase show:
Too hn II, L.,
tendance in 1890, 2,670, 541; in 1902 1871, 699
The number of newspapers and periodi-
Gals published in this area in 1880 was 759,
and in 1903 the number was 5,T41 the num-
Der of post offices in 1880 was 49, 474, and In
1903 1t was 49, 437; the miles of railway In
operation In 1890 numbered 51,S23, and in
1902 there were G., 403 miles being operated,
or nearly 81 per cent of the total railway
mileage of the country