The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-01-20

months q 1901 and about SO. COO. 900
below those Of the cd-pssP0ndins months
Of 1900
When ii IS remem0eredf hosveTer. that
IN bresdstufIs alone there's been a
reduction Of $4,000. 900 as compared with
the corresponding months or last year
and OF $40. 600. 600 as compared with the
corresponding months OF 1901 the fact
that the figures Of 1904 fan but - .0G0. 600
below those OF last year viii prove an
extremely gratifying one in its evidence
Of the advanIa geOus effect upon our
export trade Of diversified production.
Labor
The year 1904 in the history OF organ
| lied labor furnished contrast with the
! twelve months preceding For the most
part the labor struggles OF 1894 were
| contests in which the labor unions we're
| combating wage reductions. the open
shop" the institution Of piece-WOrS sys-
| tens and the -no-agTeement policy OF
| employers organizations In 1905 the
unions were more aggressive
Passenger Traffic on Railroads
The magnitude Of the railway mileage
VIII be understood when il is stated that
| the present rails. excluding second track
sidings. etc. would make. II laid side by
side, sixty-eight or sfxty-nine complete
| lines reaching across the United States
from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean
The vastness OF their transportation il
inconceivable to the people Of other
countries. In the fiscal year they car
I
ger mileage reaching 2O-S95. 00O, coo miles
which is equivalent 10 saying that II
every inhsbitant OF city Of 100000
people were to be transported nearly
around the world the passenger move
ment OF the American railways would be
duplicated
Colossal Freight Business.
The freight moves aggregated 1906
/ O0O, 600 tons the mileage being 171-Z92.
00O, 900. This colossal total was posi-
! bic despite the drop in breadstufIs ex-
! ports-which forms an important ele-
ment IN the freight OF the carriers. The
/ decrease was almost wholly due TO the
shortage in the wheat yield. the fall-Off
amounting 10 approximately 500. OOO.-
/ CO., But the earth yielded enough for
| the country-and little mOre-hence
| the better prices for the cereal com
pensated The growers for the lack Of
| bountifuI crop Corn and cotton. now
| ever, have much more than Offset the
| loss in wheat. obviously shown by the
| plethora Of money in the west and in
| the south. for not the least important
| Of the years fiscal aspect was the indie
| pendence OF the western and southern
bankers during the crOp-periOd move
ment.
West and South independent
For the first time IN the country's
/ financial history the east was a compar-
| atively negligible quantity pending har-
| vest time. Formerly eastern bankers
supplied the funds with which to get the
south had money to lend whilst farmers
and planters were sending their stuff
/ TO market. The agricultural regions not
! only did not need the eastern capitalist.
but they were in the market for securi-
tieS-they bought bonds some Of them
| even purchased the shares OF the much
! detested railways that traverse their
/ farms
Farmers Are Now BondhoIders.
The contrast is wonderful. Less than
j her ME and
/ the western farmer We're ''mOrtgaged TO
their ears as the phrase was in those
/ days Now the people who were so
| mortgaged are buying up other peoples
mOEtgages-after having acquired more
/ land. paid for. spot cash In the south
| the transformation has been marked.
! During the depression from 1890 TO 1899
the planters lost annually 500. 600, coo
I through the marketing Of the staple at
/ prices below the cost Of production In
I the last .lustrUm. owing chiefly to en-
HANGED prices. the volume Of the output
not materially increasing. the value Of
| the crop has exceeded by $1,000. 600. 600
that Of the five preceding years. The
worth Of this years cotton is put down
! at $500 OOO, 600. Notwithstanding the re-
cent slump The improvement Is eNhib-
/ tied by the statement that whereas in
1880 the total value Of all agricultural
products OF the south was $3.50. 000 001.
the cotton crop OF the last year almost
! equaled the latter sum Even in 1890
an southern products did not exceed
| STT3. 0OO. 600 while at present the worth
/ Of those products IS about 100000
Failures OF the Year.
| Moreover. a quarter Of a century ago
the south had s21OO0, 900 invested in cot
| ton manufacturing industries which
consumed 225- 900 bales annually while
/ now 500. 100000 OF capital is so invested
and the consumption is 2OC0. 900 bales.
and while the south has expanded in this
wise that section Of the country did not
throughout the United States were (fOr
| ufacturers) 1888. against 2-SI2 in
I 1903. though the liabilities were only
I S55. TS3, 13T. compared with S66-5sl, 1O2 a
year before. Traders made less credit
q Die showing. Here the insOlVencies were
I 9 Oqs in lumber and S66. All .3SS IN
I amount against 5000 and S5S. T05,3S6 re-
/ spectively last year
That the aggregate makes a favorable
comparfson with that OF 1903 is not as
/ gratifying as the quarterly separation.
<-hich shows that the returns have i'm
/ uroved as the year advances Thus. the
/ FIRST ol1arter was much the worst % the
wear but still cOntrasted favorably with
the last quarter OF The preceding year.
and the closing three months contained
1 a much lower commercial death rate
than the same months OF 1903 This
means that the depression reached its
climax early I'm the year and gradually
/ disappeared. until at the present time
/ the business situation Is sound
Deaths During the Year
/ With war and assassination 10 assist
Z him as. .ident and suicide and illness 10
further his ends. Death in 1904 reaped
/ a notable harvest As the months have
| passed that made up the year which has
lust closed first one nation and then
/ another has seen called behind the
/ scenes some figure which had stood Wen
! to the center OF her stage; now this pro
/ feSsion and now that craft has seen its
work laid by forever as some foremost
disciple has passed across into the great
/ beyond. Prom the death in January OF
{ those venerable Generals Longstreet
/ and Gordon. and OF that Princess Bona
parte who had linked the era Of the first
+ Napoleon with present DAY history. on
through weeks TO the deaths OF Car
dfnaI ATocenni and President Drown OF
Iehizh university and .-EaT Princep-
the artist in the twelve-month-s clos
I ing DAYS a roll or world known names
I has been forming which now totals ar
! z52.
I There is real loss in the passing Of
such men as Henry Ii Stanley. Laf-
/ cadfo Hearne. William Vernon Efarc0urt.
I Count Won Waldersee. Pierre Valdez
/ Ro-sssau. AntOnin DToEal- George Fred
erfck Watts. Haurus JOtai. William c
I Whitney. and George Frisbie Hoar-
/ Scarce a land but has heard the cold