The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-04
WrEDNEsD AY, JANUARY 4 1905 1905.
Our

Our c ountry.
tis country is not to enjoy q cont u a
q at ion of tho season Of rosperit the
III E11s OF tho times ore utterly IN z.
Tho 81 gins may summarized as fol5-
1ows: & secretary Wilson says that the
Il farm ducts or 1904 aggregated III yalue
,eo, 600 ooO,s q and that the farmers THIS "
a3 Sear " have SO much il1prley that E they
D col y know what 10 dc Il with IT.. q 3
"a they pilo I'll into tllo banks
u hese inst tutious themselves ale ut Is U,
mss how to dispose or IL He lsilo VS. 81
III ono bank an his own III tic town OF 8loWtl
That sent more than $3.50 900 TO n ew 1ork t
1as year U ri farmers lie adds
sthat liz increase in tile value OF faflli
n,rod lets 3f for 1908 is over four llnlldreo
S ,nillon. which Itself M I'D -
over the celislls value ~ 3lssY -
AZ per cent. II $t8 IL
iSs Mr q gorge r.. ebert ctorI OF Of me
limited States Mint, say thut tl INC soilu 1l
sgnrod lie tpn OF 1904 aggregated IN value 1'l1lt
aloo II three hundred and forty million y
This is al, innate but y says my ~
III approx innate " correct. 55
Il to 1903 the annual output Of Of go ~
[; III $thcaworld had never but once exceeded q
90, ooo ana that was In 1885,, sWhentltei
ir1s,t to was ssG6, 100, ooO The yield III
@ sbutl, Africn was about SIS, 600 600 inEtliat
III aid pra ctcally all In nine mon tlls.
TENDER he I3oer wa broke OUT alld
8the mines suspended opera tions Tor l"o
wears the mines We're closed Il and We ef
world s production was reduced 70 500 500
Goo in 1900 and sos, 900 900 IL since
ls8t hen, chieny$bS the recovery made l1 We
II anyyaal, the worlds yield has s eadily
se, ountlng to $780, 900 900 In 1902 and
n ssss995, 100 900 In 1908. IA III h
Il lis TO sbe remembered that the Supply
gold lis n constant quaint Is not not
t5s oensuned \ as agricultural products are ne
consumed. t Us practi cally $indest
ana each years product is an a -t f
ton to the whole. q y. {Ss3
He further says that the the total Gol!d
holdings OF the banks of En- gland France
" e einltlr,y, Spnin, The Netherlands BEL 5e
Il q UNI, italy, Russia, Australia anu the
sS United States amount to s, 625 'S9 ass, an
4 1ncrease for the year Of S29G SS67 ,5O7 III
gold Increase for tho year In the United led
$8 IS es treasury and the national banks
sSof the United States amounts 'r; t. 1921
ss3 4s5, 4se, -
lssjSS Thesc arc the l,a&es OF our pros
a5 abundant crops. well to-do farmers, and
ss a II n enormous and plentiful supply of
A gold. I. b *
5S3 Our export trade aggregated In value
Ri about IL billion and a half dollars, which
6StS slrpasses I'LL records, IT.. was not llnt.l
1896 that the exports Of the United States
38sS reached as much as IA billion dollars. In
i.y5 1893 they a grcgated billion and n quar-
& ter; III 1900 one flllon four hundred and
s eighty seven million dollars, and lin y1I
ii one billion four hundred and eightS-four
II 81 million dollars. The figures for 1904 are
not yet complete, hut the exports VII
IA probaGl be at slcast a billion and a hair
4 8 and this in spite of the fact TINT there
WAS IA decrease III brcadstuffs sent abroad
or about eighty million dollars.
hi The NewiY York Herald of Monday prints
ssS33i Interviews with large number OF rail-"
S5 Toan Wv z
S 1flhi corpo't''''''s' tl'u
shese f'le ielor' '''s ~ 4
ttoh IS t''o NJ lpt'tNs '''u IS.
5as prospect II eo''''''ueu
vi railroads and the Industrial corporal Ions
Il all did a thriving and prosperous business
Ss IN sltt' ap t'le '''en ~ ss.