The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-06-15
oRgAr oaowrH IN a YEAR
Marvellous Progress 1eAds ~ the
United States shown By
Recent Census.

The nrst pamphlet copies Of the sta
tistical Abstract Of the United States
for the year 1904 have come from the
printer and AZ soon - q few minor
corrections are made the edition will
be ready for distribution. Tho ab.
stract, reports the New York CONNER
cial, will make q volume Of $50 pages
and every page Of the book is table
Of figures. It does not look interest.
ing. but the volume really tells fas-
cinating story of progress in America
presenting figures SO large as to
challenge the human mind to compre-
hend them. Here are some OF the
facts derived from these more than
$50 pages of tables:
In single year, the length Of time
upon which all of the comparisons are
based. the population of the United
States Increased by 1s3S0000 souls.
The estimated total for the country
in 1904 was 81,752.000.
In the same year the amount Of
money in circulation increased by
S151 ,45O.691, a gain Of upward Of 81
per capita. The gain in gold circula-
ton alone was more than $2S,000. 900.
The interest bearing debt Of the nation
decreased by more than $19.000.OO0,
and the interest payments decreased
by more than 81 100000.
The thrift OF the people at large lie
shown by the fact that in the last year
the total deposits in banks increased
by $446. 1853. .405. and the number Of per.
sons who deposited money In savings
banks alone was 270215 more In 1904
than in 1903.
In the year under consideration the
people of the United States were less
dependent upon foreign products. the
imports decreasing by about $34.OOO.-
900. At the same time the exports to
foreign countries increased by more
than $40,OOO.0O The farmer Is still
king. for the total exports Of farm
products last year amounted to $685..
643.073. This was not quite so large as
the amount exported the year before.
but the demands for home consump.
tion were very large; there are more
than 100000 more mouths. to feed In
the United States each year than in
the year before. American manufac-
turers sold their products in foreign
countries last year to the amount of
S452 2415.921; this meant an increase
in their foreign sales Of more than
s47.00O,0 900 over the record of the year
before.
More figures taken from the statis'
tical abstract almost at random show
that the total value Of farm animals In
the United States in 1904 was $3.006..
$50, ,737, an increase of more than S..
100000 in year. The production OF
wool in 1904 amounted to 291 1,7S3,032
pounds. a gain of over 1000, 900 pounds
in 12 months. The wheat crop was
81, ,O0O, 900 bushels smaller than that OF
the year before, but the production
reached the respectable figure Of 552,-
399.517 bushels. The corn crop was
tremendous. the grand total Of the
1904 harvest being 2.467, ,4S0.934 bush.
els. a gain of 223,0O0,000 bushels over
the crop of 1908.
OF the railroads. which are to the
country what the veins and arteries
are to the body, 4595 miles were built
in the last year. The number of pas.
sengers carried was more than 42,000.-
900 larger than in the year before, the
grand total being 696,90S,99 The
total amount of freight carried by the
railroads one mile was III, ,290, 0,310, ,6Ss
tons, or over $4,000, ,000, 900 tons more
than in the year before.