The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-11-17

corn yield Of ?, 7o8, 900, 900 bushels
has never been closely approached
in the past, the largest crop hither-
to being 2,525, 900, 900 bushels in
1902. The leading compromising
states in 1905 were Illinois, with
$50, 900, 900 bushels; Iowa, 3o5, =
900, 900; Nebraska, 263, 900, coo,
and Missouri, 2o5, 1000, 900. The
value of the aggregate of the
country's farm crops IN 1905, in
GLIDING cattle and hogs, is, by con-
servatlve estimates, placed at So,
636, 900, 900, gain of 81, 5000, 600,
900 over 1904, which year broke all
records along to that time. 1t is
said that when the farme rs income
is large the country prospers.
Never in the past have the rewards
of the cultivators of the soil been as
they are in 1905. This will be true
even of the cotton raisers, for the
money value of 1oo5's 10, 900, 900
or II, 200, 900 bale crop will pro
badly be fully as great, at the pre-
valllng prices, as was that of the
record breaking $4,000, 900 bale
yield of 1904,
Ia most of the other great pro.
ductive activities we are likewise
making new records. The output
of iron for 1905 will be ~, 500, ooo
tons, as compared with 10, 500, 900
tons in 1904 and Is, 900, 900 in
1903, year which held the record
till 1905. Our iron and steel pro-
duction for 1905 will exceed that
of Great Britain and Germany com
bined, which are our nearest com
petitors. The present pig iron pro-
duction IN this country is at the rate
Of $4,000, 900 tons year, showing
a large gain in the past few months
and indicating also that 1906 is
likely to beat 1905. In 1904 the
country's coal production, which
has just been ascertained officially,
was ssh, 900 tons, as compared
with aga 900, 900 tons for Great
Britain, which is the second countr,
on the list. The figures CLEANED
thus far show that 1905 will make a
higher score in coal output in the
United States than did 1904. We
see all these activities reflected in
the country's commerce, internal
and external. The calendar wear
1905, as indicated by the
figures which have been given out
at Washington month by month,
will show the largest volume of ex
ports and imports ever recorded.
The gain in exports of manufact-
urerS, which are tie real ties
of the country as an industrial ma
ton, is particularly gratifying. show
ing that last years unexampled
shipments are to be left behind in
the present year. The shipments
OF freight by the way of the 500
canals, which are by far the busiest
OF the worlds artificial water WAYS,
aggregated $4,000, 900 net tons to |
November I, which is several mil.
lions ahead of any entire previous
seasons movement. The 40 ,ooo,-l
900 mark is likely to be reached
before navigation is closed by ice.
As consequence of the largely in
creased traffic railroad earnings are
It higher mark than has ever pre-
'lously been touched. The only
drawback to our activities now is
he lack of transportation facilities.
lone of the big railways are able to
andle all the business that is Of
cred them, and although they are
extending and improving their
quipments as rapidly as tne work
an be done, they are still behind
and in freight moving. The ,
United States in 1905 is riding high
n the prosperity wave.
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