Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-01
A GRATIFYING EXHIBIT
Advance of the Country in
Twenty Years,
WEALTH PRODUCTION
FIGURES FOR 1908 COMPARED
WITH THOSE OF 1883.
Great Increase in Savings, Money in
Circulation, Foreign Trade and
the Balance of Trade.

'The Progress of the United States in It's
Material Industries is the title of statis-
,, teal statement presented by the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor through the
annual report of the chief of the bureau Of
statistics. The table pictures conditions IN
the great industries and material interests
of the United States in 1903, where SUCH
figures are available, and compares those
conditions with those of earlier years, run
ming back where possible to the year 1870
Area poplation, wealth, PUBLIC DEBT ana
the interest thereon, gold and silver pro-
duction, money in circulation, sayings nahh
deposits and depositors, value OF money OIL
the country. value of farm products. i'm
ports and exports of principal aftcles anu
totals of imports and exports, railways in OPP
Grafton number of post Offices receipts OF
the Post Office Department. and many other
subjects indicating in various ways the
financial, industrial and commercial condi-
ton of the country are included i'll the ia
bles which give opportunity to compare
present conditions with those iof Garner
years In area, for example, the total N
1903 is 3,025,G square miles, against 2'9oo'
$50 square miles in 1880, and S2I,s41 square
miles in 1900. These figures do rot lncludH
Alaska or the islands belonging to the
United States.
Wealth and Population.
The population in 1903 is stated at So
372 600, against d, 191, $40 in 1850 and o,3oo,-
4S3 in 1900. The wealth of the country Is
stated at S94 600 oG0.O 600 in 1900, and pre-
sumably 100000 ,O00, OGO would not be an
unreasonable estimate for 1903, while for
1880 the wealth of the country stood at
81, 600 0U0,0 600, no estimate being given ior
any year earlier than 1880. The per capita
wealth is set down at $1,25o In 1900 ana
GOO = how t1or m d
rupled meantime. The intereft-bearlng
debt in 1903 is S914, O00,000, against Sl,l24.-
OOo coo in 1850 and $2,O4G,DOOOt1 IN 1870,
The per capita indebtedness of tie country
in 1903 is S11.51, against 500 ink1SIO, and
the interest per capita 81 cents in 1893.
against $3.0S in 1870.
Gold and gold certificates in circulation
in 1903 for the first time exceeded 81 00O.-
1000 or, to be exact, 81 031, 900. coo.
against $s1O,OO0,OO0 in 1909, 1922. 10000 in
1880 and SO 100000 in 1870. The total
money in circulation in 1903 is S236I, 100000
against 81, 429, 100000 in 1880, 1913 100000
in 1880 $675 100000 in 1870 and Si35, 100000
in 1850.
The per capita money in circulation in
1908 is $302l. against $2i...t in 1890, $19.1
in 1880 and S13.s5 in 1860. Deposits in saw
ings banks in 1903 81, 935 600. oGO, against
81 524 100000 in 1880, $3.50, OOO, 600 in 1870 and
$149, 900, 900 in 1860.
Manufactures and Railways.
The value of manufactures for the census
year 1900 is given at $4,000 100000. against
five and one-third billions in 1880 and less
than two billions in 1860. Railways in OPP
GRAFTON In 1902 are 203, 1872 miles, against
1855, 7O3 miles in 1890, 93,262 miles in 1880,
80 800 miles in 1870, 3OG26 miles in 1860 and
9O21 miles in 1850.
The table which follows presents some of
the more striking figures for 1903, compared
with 1888: