Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-01
Diseases of Men and Private
Diseases a Specially.
WONDERFUL CURES
s2s2.ooo,ooo. or nearly five times as
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s262.ooo,ooo. or nearly five times as
much.
Then our pension bill was 100000
yearly, while now 1t is over $4,000
900.
Then the animals on our farms were
worth $1,0S9O0O0OO, while now (19O3)
they are worth $3,102. 100000, an in
chease Of nearly 200 per cent in only
forty-four years.
Then our yearly production of Pc
troleum was 21,000,OOO gallons, while
now Census Of 1900 the output Is
2,661o0o,00o gallons, an increase OF
2640 100000 gallons a year.
Then our annual wheat crop was
173,0O0,000 bushels, while now (1903)l
it is 637O00,0Oo bushels.
production brought up $4,000 900,
while now 1t is worth STAT, 100000, an
increase Of s1O1,0o0,OO0 yearly.
Then our annual production Of pia
iron was 821,223 tons, while now (903N
it is 1S,o09,252 tons, a nearly twenty
three fold increase.
Then our yearly coal production was
18,513,000 tons, while now 1t amounts
to about 350,000,000 tons.
Then we produced 1900 tons OF
copper yearly, while now we produce
270,588 tons Census 1900. i
Then we raised 83S,O0O,000 bushels
of corn yearly, while now our yearly
raising is about 100000, 900 bushels.
Then we picked 4,861,G00 bales of
cotton, while now (1903) our picking
Is 10,727,000 bales yearly.
Then our wool clipping weighed 60,-
100000 pounds, while now (19O3) 1t is
27,736,444 tons, or seventy times as
much.
Then our cotton mills were using
$4,000 bales of cotton annually, whild
now (1903) they use 3,924,O0O bales
or nearly four times as much.
Then our exports of raw cotton
amounted to 1,767,000,O00, while now
5000 the quantity exported is s,063,-
100000 pounds.
Then we had 30,626 miles of steam
railway in operation, while now the
mileage is nearly 100000 miles, or over
seven times as much.
Then there was 2,546,237 tons OF
American shipping engaged in foreign
trade, while now sSS,77s tons is SO en-
gagged. That Is the only exception to
the long roll of American progress.
Then we had 2,S07 ,631 tons of Amer
lean shipping engaged in domestic
trade, while now we have 5,198,569
tons SO employed
Then the American tonnage passing
| through the Sault Ste Marie canal
yearly was 403,657 tons, while now it
Is 27,736,444 tons, or seventy times as
much.
Then we had 2s,49S postofiices with
ss,51S,00o annual receipts, while now
the number is 74,169, taking in $780,
| 100000 each year.
Then we received in the one year
| (1860) 150,237 immigrants, while now
| $500 fiscal year we absorb S15,361 of
the oppressed of other lands
| Then we were publishing 4,051 news
papers, etc., while now we regularly
issue 20,4S5.
Then (1860) we granted Ats pat
ents, while now d903) we protect 31,-
| 500 new developments of American
| genius.
Then our people, torn by internal
discussions, We're nervously appre-
hending the future, fearful even of the
very existence of the union: while now
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from
the Arctic ocean to the Gulf of Mexico,
we are one in thought, purpose and
action, eager for the opportunities Of
the years which are to come.
! Schenectady. Walter ]. Ballard.
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