Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-12-05
PROGRESS IN A DECADE.
A Statistical Record of the Unit.
I'd States.
Gain of $4,000. OoO, 900 in Bank Deposits
-Ipcrease of ss22.OOO, 900 in Total
Exports--ImpOrts Worth ST.
434,0OO,oOO or Nearly
Double.

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the United States, 1SOd-1sO7." is the title
OF a publication lust issued by the
Bureau Of Statistics 90 the denartr,en.
OF commerce ana labor and ,vhiIe ann
posed exclusively Of columns oC figures
the records of progress which it shows for
the United States and its industries and
commerce is extremely ,ntarestInp
Among the many fnterestlne facts which
II presents Is that tho n,onev in ,irc,,l,.
ton IN the United States on Julv I 1907
was s2.773 rN. coo. against g. 736. nrn ooo in
1876 and 81 .64o0oO.ooo on the correspond-
Ing date of 1897. 4 decade ago Dooosits
I'm savings banks are set down nj e. ,q5 =
co 600. against .3aqo 700 oOo in 1oos and q -
os3, 900 in 1897: the total deposits in
all banks, at $4,000 900 I'm 1907 spcak-
ing in round terms against $40 o5o ooA :
coo in 1906 and but 5000 900 ooo I'm 1907
The public debt less cash in the trea
sury. Is given at sS7S go COZ IN 1907. AGAINST
1904 000O 900 In 1906 and s9S7 600 ONo IN 1877
and per capita Indebtedness. sloo6 in 1907.
against Sl46 in 1905 and s13.7S IN 1877
The annual interest charge Of the public
! Indebtedness on July l. 1867. is given az
! s2I ss6 EGG. against 500 90 ON AZ tho cor-
responding date Of last year and s4
333, 1888 at the corresponding date Of 1907
| and the annual interest charge per
| capita % cents in 1907. against % cents
! in 1906 and 4S cents In 1897, a decade
earlier
The merchandise imported into the
country Ia given at s!434 900 900 in tn,
fiscal year 1907. against sl.9e7 .OCO. COO in
1906 and S165 oo1. On0 IN 1897 having thus
nearly doubled during tho decade; while
exports of domestic merchandise arc set
down at 81, S54. 100000 in 1907 against 81
100000 in 1906 and s1.o32 an. coo In 1897.
Manufa cturers' crude materials import-
cd are given at 477.0co. o0n in 1907. against
s4l5, mn, 900 in 1906 and sla5. 10000 IN 1897
manufactures for further use in manu-
featuring at s274 900 400, aga inst 5000 oo0 600
in the Immediately preceding year and
SIS. coo ooO in 1897, a decade earlier. on
the export side. crude materials for use
In manufacturing arc given at $500, 600
900 in 1907, against $50 800. 90 in 1906 and
s297 900 coo IN 1897: manufactures for
further use in manufacturing. at $3.50.
900, no, against SOC. 10000 in the inn
mediately preceding year and sos. Oo0. 90
in 1897 and manufactures ready FOR con-
sumption, sisl.or0.Nn0 in 1907. against
$3.50 nOo. eco In 1906 and ,9l9.Ooo N0c I'm 1897.
The records or production areaIso on
couraCing. While the figures Of produc-
ton are In most cases stated by calen-
dar wears and can therefore be given IN
this publication only for the calendar
year 1906. they show in nearly all cases
nm inprovemert over the Immortality
preceding wear. Pigiron production for
1906 ,s given at over c5OI oOD TONS
against % 40 ono in 1905 and 1850 an in
1897. Petroleum production is given at
6. 3s3 600. 90 gallons against 800 o. ona 4
decade earlier. The number OF cotton
snindles In oneration In mills NJ tho
90 nm IN 1907. and ~ the Southern States
600 900 against a.o50. ono in 1897.
Evidences of activity among the manu-
facturers are shown bv increased i'm
portations or material used nv Thorn
Crude r,,ii,ar imnortod during the hsca,
vear ,ao7 amounted IN - Ooo M rourds
against ~ -so ooo IN 1905 and AZ ,oO M, in
1897. raw SILT imrorted nearIv "a oOO noa
mounds against - ooo M, IN 1000 and loss
than som Ono in 1897. vhiIe many otber
articles used in misunderstanding srow
nateriaI gains over tho ;rnnorts os Ios,
wear ana largo increas.. r,bon comnar-
cd with those NJ 4, decade earlier
Tho nonu,a r,tv Of Au.r,can p,ercbor-
disc in fore,pr u,arko,s /, various rarts
of the world Is illustrated IN Some ex
tent nj least nv tho tvo ra,.s do,.o,ad
70 tho ,oro,e,, co,,rorco =, ,ho rr;rc,,aI
countries az tho world ora th. s,,.ro 30
tho. tr,d. n.,t, Nv, Irr,,.a s,,t.. r,haso
statements show mat n, tbo ir,ror,s 90
Co,oa, sos Nor cant uoro ,r,n,,, r.o,,
tbo rrritod S+otes ana -, IT, o,n,.,s
GO, nov COW. uora sor+ 60 .hu frnt,.s
statos IN tho latest vcar for which salts.