The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-02-28

vember were the largest for any single
month on record and reached $204,4 44,-
eco, which was nearly seven millions q
day. Our exports to Europe were $4O,-
100000 more than in 1905, when they
were larger than for any other year. Our
exports to North American countries also
gained 100000. Our exports to South
America gained $7,OOO,OOO, to Asia $11,-
OOO 600 and to Porto Rico, the Hawaiian
Islands and the Philippines more than
ten millions.
In 1850 there were only 251 ,354 depos-
itors in the savings banks of the United
States in 1870 this number had increas-
ed to 1905 One person in every
thirty of the population was depositing
his or her savings where they would draw
interest. To-day S,5SS,S11 persons. or al
most exactly 10 per cent Of the entire
population of the country, have accounts
in savings banks-an average of one in
every ten men, women and children in
the United States.
The internal commerce for the year
was greater than ever before. On the
Great Lakes and on the railroads the
movement of natural products was beyond
all comparison. There was a gain Of Ii
ped, gain CT % per cent in coal and a
similar gain in corn, wheat, live stock and
every other important article. while the
freight charges averaged lower than for
any previous year.
The increase in exports occurs chiefly
in manufactured articles. The figures Of
| agricultural exports remain about the
same as in 1906. when they were the
largest on record.
The government treasury was never IN
better shape. The report Of the United
States treasurer for June 80, 1870, show
ed en- available cash balance Of 15O,O96,-
600 in the treasury at Washington; the
report for December IA, 1907, shows an
available cash balance Of $3.50, 762, 300,
without counting $246, 284 ,455 deposited
in national banks and subject to the call
| Of the department. This makes q total
available balance of $JO6,O46, 764.
Secretary Wilson in his recent annual
| report showed us that the crops of the
| farmers of the United States for the year
1907 was beyond all comparison and had
a. farm value of $7.412, 100000 an in
crease Of 81 per cent in eight years.
In 1870 the value of the farm animals
in the United States was 1854 900, $40 !;
in 1907 they are worth $4,423, 697 1853.
In 1870 our farmers had 25,4S4, 100
neat cattle; in 1907 they have 1858, 906.
| In 1870 they had S,248,SOO horses in
1907 they have 19.746,5S3
In 1870 the wool clip was 1852, 900, OOO
pounds; In 1907 1t was 298,915, 100
| pounds.
The wheat crop in 1870 was 235 1884,
700 bushels; in 1907 it was 735, 26O,9 go
bushels
The corn crop in 1870 was 1,O94,255,,
600 bushels; in 1907 1t was 1927 49,
091 bushels
In 1870 the cotton crop was 8,114,9
bales; in 1907 it was 13,51O,9S2 bales.
The cotton mills of the United States
consumed 1000 bales of cotton in 1870
| and 1927, 600 bales in 1907.
In 1870 we exported 95S, SIS, 523
pounds of cotton; in 1907 we exported
| 4,51S,217. 22O pounds.
The production of gold in 1870 was
s36,000,00O; in 1907 it was $96.OOO,OO
In 1870 the production of silver was
$16,334 900; in 1907 it was $37, 642 800
In 1870 we produced 220,951, 29O tons
Of coal; in 1907 we produced 1912, 1855
312 tons.
|
pig iron; in 1907 we produced 25,307 ,19I
| tons.
In 1870 our furnaces had an output Of
only 6S,750 tons of steel; in 1907 the out.
put was 20,023,947 tons.
| In 1870 we operated 52,922 miles Of
railroad in 1907 we had 222, 635 miles in
operation, and carried S15,774,11S pas
sengers and 216.656.7 95,696 tons Of
freight. The statistics for freight and
passenger traffic do not go back Of 1890,
when the railroads of the country carried
20,439,OS2 passengers and 70,192,985,-
125 tons of freight.
The average freight rate per mile IN
1890 was SO cents and in 1907 1t was IT
cents per ton.
There were 6S4,7 tons of shipping on
the great lakes in 1870. which has in
creased to 2,439,741 tons in 1907. The
amount of freight passing through the
Sault Ste. Marie canal in 1870 was 69O,-
S26 tons in 1907 the total was 41,O98,.
324 tons.
In 1870 we had 2S492 postoffices In
the country in 1900 we had 76,6SS. Since
that time, by the introduction Of rural
free delivery. the number has been reduc-
ed to 62,659.
There is no better thermometer of com>
mercial and industrial activity than the
Postoffice Department, for people do not
write letters when they have no business
to write about. The receipts of the de-
partment in 1870 for postage stamps
amounted to 49, 722. 222; in 1907 they
had increased to $167, 932.7S3
In 1880 there were 1929 money orde,
Offices in the United States. In 1907
there were 1880. In 1880 7,24O,537
domestic money orders were issued in
1907 the number was 62O69, 1888. Those
issued in 1880 represented a value Of
$1OO,352, 81S; those issued in 1907 repre-
sonted a value of $479,65O,342.
In 1870 we produced no tin plate ~
all. That item did not appear in the
statistics until $780, when a total of e.
236,743 pounds is reported. In 1907 We
produced l, 1O5, 100000 pounds.
In 1870 we had copper output Of 12>
COO tons in 1907 1t reached 402, 1897 tonsl
There were 9,157, 646 kilograms sent in
1870, and in 1907 there were 96,987, 14d
sent.
In 1870 the pay roll of teachers in pub,
lie schools was $3T ,S32, 566. The pay roll