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been larger than In any previous year in
the history of the country, both in inn
ports and exports, and our trade with
every grand division OF the world is in ex-
cess of any previous year. The imports
during the eleven months ending Nov 80
exceeded 81, 1880, 100000, while the exports
were worth $1,716,0O0,00O.
| 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 year 1907 has been record break
| or In every respect, and there is no reason
or excuse for financial depression.
The government treasury was never in
better shape. The report of the United
States treasurer for June go, 1870, show
ed an available cash balance Of $50, 016,-
| 600 In the treasury at Washington; the
report for December IA, 1907, shows an
available cash balance of $3.50, TO-, 300.
without counting S24G,2S4,455 deposited
In national banks and subject to the call
of the department. This makes total
available balance of S5O8, T64.
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
farm value Of S7,412, 10000 an In
crease Of 81 per cent in eight years.
In 1870 the value of the farm animals
in the United States was 81, 554 800, $40
in 1907 they are worth $4,423,697 1853.
In 1870 our farmers had q, 4S4, 100
neat cattle in 1907 they have 1858, 800.
In 1870 they had S,24S, 800 horses in
1907 they have 1916, $3.50.
In 1870 the wool clip was 152 100000
pounds; in 1907 1t was 29S,915, 100
| pounds. ..s
The wheat crop In 1870 was 235. 1884,
| 700 bushels; in 1907 it was tx, 900, 970
bushels
The corn crop In 1870 was 1904, 1885,
600 bushels; in 1907 it was 1927, 49,
091 bushels
In 1870 the cotton crop was 3,114,952
bales; in 1907 it was 13,51O,9S2 bales.
The cotton mills of the United States
consumed S5T 900 bales Of cotton in 1870
and 1927 900 bales in 1907
In 1870 we exported 95S,55S, 523
pounds of cotton; in 1907 we exported
4,518,217 ,220 pounds.
The production of gold IN 1870 was
$38,oO0,OO0; in 1907 1t was SOC, 100000.
| In 1870 the production of silver was
S16,334 900; in 1907 1t was $37, 642, 800.
In 1870 we produced 220,951 200 tons
of coal; in 1907 we produced 5,312, 745,-
312 tons.
In 1870 we produced 1855, ITO tons of
pig iron; in 1907 we produced $780,, 191
tons.
In 1870 our furnaces had an output Of
only 6S,75O tons Of steel in 1907 the out
put was 2O,O23 DAT tons.
| In 1870 we had a copper output of r.,
COO tons in 1907 it reached 402, 637 tons.
| In 1870 we operated 52,922 miles of
railroad in 1907 we had 222, 1896 miles in
operation, and carried S16774, 11S pas
sengers and 216,656, 795, 800 tons of
freight. The statistics for freight and
passenger traffic do not 90 back of 1890,
when the railroads Of the country carried
$50, 43o,OS2 passengers and 1892, 1885,
125 tons of freight
The average freight rate per mile in
1890 was 90 cents and In 1907 it was II
cents per ton.
There were 6S4,7 04 tons of shipping on
the great lakes in 1870, which has in
creased to 2,439, TAI tons in 1907. The
amount of freight passing through the
Sault Ste. Marie canal in 1870 was $780,
S26 tons in 1907 the total was 4109S,-
324 tons
In 1870 we had 2S,492 postofices 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
Postofice 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 $40, 722 ,222; in 1907 they
| had increased to 1857 ,932, 1888.
In 1880 there were 1920 money order
Offices in the United States In 1907
there were 1880. In 1880 7,240,537
domestic money orders were issued: in
| 1907 the number was 62,O69,TS3. Those
issued in 1880 represented a value Of
500, 852,S1S those issued in 1907 repre-
scnted value of $479,650, 342.
There were 0, 157 GAG kilograms sent in
1870, and in 1907 there were 96,9S7, 148
| sent.
| In 1870 5,S71 newspapers were pub
lished in the United States, and in 1907
there were 21,735.
In 1870 the pay roll of teachers in pub
lie schools was S3T. 49,, 500. The pay roll
In 1907 was SIT, 500, 981.
The number Of ,,tudents in The univer-
stiles and colleges .f the United States
in 1870 was 1892. In 1892 the total
had increased to T0,S35-55, 305 men and
1880 women. In 1907 the attendance
was more than doubled, being ,161 men
and 34.243 women, total of 1913, 404.
| The average daily attendance in the