The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1908-01-09

States for the calendar year of 1907 has
been larger than in any previous year in
the history of the country, both in i'm
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 $1,330. 100000, while the exports
were worth $1,T16,0O0,OOO
The increase in exports occurs chiefly
in manufactured articles The figures of
agricultural exports remain about the
saTne as in 1906, when they were the
largest on record.
The year 1907 has been a record break
er in every respect, and there is no reason
or excuse for a financial depression.
The government treasury was never in
better shape. The report of the United
States treasurer for June 30, 1870 show
ed an available cash balance of S15O,Oa6,-
600 in the treasury at Washington; the
report for December II, 1907, shows an
available cash balance Of $259, ,762, ,309
without counting S246, ,2S4, AS deposited
in national banks and subject to the call
OF the department. This makes a total
available balance Of $500 GO46, 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
crease Of 81 per cent In eight years.
In 1870 the. value Of the farm animals
'in the United States was 1854 900, 149;
in 1907 they are worth 81, 4,423,697, 1853.
In 1870 our farmers had 25,4S4, 100
neat cattle; In 1907 they have 1888 996.
In 1870 they had S,24S,SO0 horses in
1907 they have 19,746,5S3.
| In 1870 the wool clip was 152 100000
pounds; in 1907 it was 29S,915, 130
pounds.
The wheat crop in 1870 was 235, ,SS4,-
700 bushels; in 1907 1t was 735, ,260,970
bushels.
The corn crop In 1870 was 1,O94, ,255,-
900 bushels; in 1907 it was 1927 ,416,-
O91 bushels.
In 1870 the cotton crop was 3,114,952
bales; in 1907 it was 13,51O9S2 bales.
The cotton mills Of the United States
consumed S57 900 bales OF cotton in 1870
and 4,627,OOO bales in 1907.
In 1870 we exported 95S,55S, 523
pounds of cotton in 1907 we exported
4,51S,217,2 ,220 pounds.
The production of gold IN 1870 was
$36. 100000; in 1907 il. was $96,0O0,0O0.
In 1870 the production of silver was
S16,334 600; in 1907 it was $37, ,642,900.
In 1870 we produced 220,951 200 tons
Of coal; in 1907 we produced 5,312, T45,-
312 tons.
In 1870 we produced 1,655,1 ,179 tons of
pig iron; in 1907 we produced 25,3O7, ,191
| tons.
In 1870 our furnaces had an output of
only 6S,7J0 tons Of steel in 1907 the out
put was 20,023,947 tons.
In 1870 We had a copper output of H.
COO tons In 1907 it reached 4O2, ,637 tons.
. In 1870 we operated 52,922 miles of
railroad; in 1907 we had Do, ,635 miles in
operation, and carried S15.T74,11S pas
sengers and 216,656, 795,698 tons of
freight. The statistics for freight and
passenger traffic do not 60 back Of 1890,
| when the railroads of the country carried
| $40, ,439,OS2 passengers and 1912, 1885,
| 125 tons of freight.
The average freight rate per mile in
| 1890 was 93 cents and in 1907 il was x
cents per ton.
There were 6S4,704 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,
S2G tons; in 1907 the total was Al ,09S,-
324 tons.
In 1870 we had 2S,492 postofices in
the country in 1900 we had 76,68S. Since
that time, by the introduction of rural
Ii; A. hon L,, hao
ed to 62659.
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 SO, 30, 300; in 1907 they
had increased to $167,932 1888.
In 1880 there were 1929 money order
Offices in the United States. In 1907
there were 81 800. In 1880 7,240537
domestic money orders were issued: in
| 1907 the number was 62,069,7S3. Those
issued in 1880 represented a value of
500, ,352, SIS; those issued in 1907 repre-
scnted value of $479,650,342.
There were 9,157, GAG kilograms sent in
1870, and in 1907 there were 96,987, ,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 $37, 49,, ,56G. The pay roll
in 1907 was S177, ,562 ,9S1.
The number of students In the univer-
stiles and colleges of the United States
| in 1870 was 1892. In 1892 the total
had increased to S35-55, ,305 mea and
| 1880 women. In 1907 the attendance
was more than doubled, being 90, ,161 men
end 34,243 women, a total of 126,404.
| The average daily attendance in the
; public schools of the United States in
1870 was 4OT7,347; the average daily