The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-05-31
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Fascinating story Of Progress Revealed by
Statistical Abstract

The first pamphlet copies of
the statistical abstract of the
United States for the year 1904
have come from the printer, and
as soon as a few minor correc.
tlous are made, the edition will
be ready for distribution. The
abstract, says the New York
Commercial, will make a volu me
of $50 pages, and every page of
the book is table of figures. 1t
does not look interesting, but the
volume really tells a fascinating
story of progress In America,
presenting figures so large as to
challenge the human mind to
comprehend them. Here are
some of the facts derived from
these more than $50 pages of
tables:
In single yea, the length of
time upon which all of the com
PARSONS are based, the popula-
tion OF the United States has IN
creased by 1,3S0,000 souls. The
estimated total for the country
IN 1904 was l,752,OOO
In the same year the amount
of money in circulation increased
by l51, $50, ,69l, a gain of upward
of 81 per capita. The gain in
gold circulation alone was more
than $28,000,000. The interest
bearing debt of the nation de-
creased by more than S19,000,000
and the interest payments de-
creased by more than 81, 10000
The thrift of the people at large
is shown by tho fact that in the
last year the total deposits in
banks increased by 1856, S53, 405,
and the number of persons who
deposited money in savings banks
alone was S270,2l5 more in 1904
than in 1903.
In the year under considera.
ton the people of the United
States We're less dependent upon
foreign products, the imports de-
creasing by about S34, 900, 900.
At the same time the exports to
foreign countries increased by
more than 100000. The farm.
er is still king, for the total ex-
port of farm products last year
amounted to 53,643, ,073. This
was not quite so large as the
amount exported the year before,
but the demands for home con-
sumption were very large; there
are more than 100000 more
mouths TO feed IN the United
States each year than IN the year
before. American manufacture
ers sold their products in foreign
countries last year to the amount
of S452, 4l5, ,921; this meant an in
crease in their foreign sales of
more than S47, 100000 over the
record of the year before.
More figures taken from the
statistical abstract, almost at
random, show that the total value
of farm animals IN the United
States in 1904 was So, 3,006, $50, 737,
an increase of more than $S,O00,-
600 in a year. TIE production
OF wool IN 1904 amounted to 291,-
1884, pounds, a gain of over 4,
100000 pounds in twelve months.
The wheat crop was 85,000,00O
bushels smaller than that of the
year before, but the production
reached the respectable figure of
552, 3G9, ,517 bushels. The corn
crop was tremendous, the grand
total of the 1904 harvest beng Q.
467, ,4S0, ,934 bushels, gam of 223,-
100000 bushels ever the crop of
1908.
OF the railroads, which are to
the country what the VEINS and
arteries are TO the body, 1895
miles We're built in the last year.
The number of passengers car.
RED was more than 100000
larger than in the year before,
the grand total being 696, ,90S, 994.
The total amount of freight car
ried by the allroads one mile was
III, 290, ,310,694 tons, or over 49,
100000, 900 tons more than in the
year before.
Travelling Is Dangerous.