Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-27
LAND AD Dl TON S
INTERESTING STATISTICS CON-
cERNlNG THE SEVERAL ApDI-
TloNs TO UNITED STATES.
Marvellous Figures Show the Develop
ment From the Territory in the
Louisiana Purchase, Original Oregon
Territory and Mexican cession.

IouiSiana FurchaSe, Orl9lnal oregon
Territory and Mexican cession.
The termination of the Louisiana
Purchase exposition and the prepare
lions for the Lewis and Clarke Cen
tennial exposition lend interest to
some figures compiled by the depart
ment of commerce and labor through
it's bureau of statistics with reference
to the production and business condi-
lions in the area included within the
various great additions to our terri
tory.
The land area of the Louisiana pur-
chase exceeds that of the original thir-
teen states being S75,025 square miles
against land area of 820,944 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 14,708,616,
against population of less than 1907
900 in the territory at the time of it's
purchase. Their total area is nearly
one-third that of the entire union, and
union, and their population about one
fifth that of the entire United States
They produced in 1890, 1640OO,OO0
bushels of wheat and in 1908, 374,00O,-
900 bushels at value in 1903 of $685.
100000 their total wheat production
being nearly 60 per cent of that of the
etire United States. They produced
6O3, 100000 bushels Of corn in 1890 and
973, 1894 900 bushels in 1903 with a
value in 1903 of $352,375,0O0 their total
corn crop forming 40 per cent in 1890
and in 1903 over 43 per cent of the to-
tai corn crop Of the United States. OF
oats, they produced in 1903, 331 ,00O,-
900 bushels or AZ per cent Of the total
product of the country with valua-
ton of $99,O00,OO0. Their production
of barley in 1903 was valued at over
; S25, 100000 and of rye at over s3,000,-
900; while their production of Irish
potatoes in 1903 was over 4,000,0 900;
of hay, $117,0O0,O00 and of cotton
(1S99) $5o,O0O,0O0.
Agricultural Products.
} The total value of the agricultural
products of the states formed from
the Louisiana purchase, including in
that category simply wheat, corn, oats
barley, rye, hay and potatoes, was in
1890 given as S626,0O0,O0O and in 1908
it had increased to $866,399,000 The
wool product of these states amounted
in 1894 to 6IS71,357 pounds and in
1903 it had increased to S866,399.0 900.
J The wool product of these states
) amounted in 1894 to 61,871,357 pounds
) and in 1903 to 89.S53,500 pounds or 80
per cent Of the total wool product of
the United States with an estimated
e value of about S16,000,000 or more
Y than the cost of the entire area. The
: value Of the farm animals in these
/ states in 1890 was $759.596,0 900 and on
; January /, 1904 the value was s1,119,
/ $4,000. 4
4 The product of the mines is also OF
. very great value. The coal produced
+ in this area in 1902 amounted to 80,
: 100000 tons against 100000 tons in
! 1890; the iron ore to 15,859,0O0 tons in
t 1902 against 100000 tons, in 1890;
! the silver product of 1902 to $37,S37,
576 in coming value against $44,799,
99S in 1890 and gold $39,S41,500 II
4 1902 against $10,650000 in 1890.
The banking institutions of the
; states formed from this territory re
h ported capital stock in 1908 amounting
v to $103, 100000 against about $4,000,
! 900 in 1890; their circulation to $56,
r. $4,000; against s15,644,000 in 1890
their loans and discounts in 1908 tx
" s5O2,412O0O, against $269,016,000 II
:. 1890, and their total resources in 100;
' to s1,713,sO0,Oo0 against s746,9o3,00'
r. in 1890, while individual deposits II
a national banks in 1908 amounted t.
j s471 100000 against s216,609,000 IL
&c 1890, an increase of more than S254
a 100000 in individual deposits DURING
e the period
# The pupils enrolled in the publ
- schools in the states in question II
10 1890 numbered 2,5S0495, and in 1902
3,426593; the teachers employed mum
bered in 1890, ss,55S, and in 1902, 10,
263, and the expenditure for publ
schools in 1890 was $30,2S4,752, and Il
v. 1902 $15,301,677. The number of pu
pills in attendance at high schools i
1902 was 1921, with 1893 teachers
lg in attendance at normal schools, IA,
to 033 students, with $50 teachers and a
ID higher educational Institutions. as 80
~ students and 4.446 teachers. The tots
~ figures of the number of teachers an
Il attendance of scholars for schools an
~ educational institutions in the fourtee
ID states formed from the Louisiana pur