The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-01-10

AAC yC0A AVOs u uCru q IeCOIu pTedA-
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 80, 1870, show
ed an available cash balance OF $15O,O96,-
600 In the treasury at Washington the
report for December II, 1907. shows an
available cash balance OF 1863, 762, 800,
without counting $246. 2S4,455 deposited
in national banks and subject to the call
OF the department. This makes a 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
q farm value Of $7,412.OOO,OOO- 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 ,96O. 149;
in 1907 they are worth $4.423, 697 1853.
In 1870 our farmers had 2o,4S4. 100
neat cattle in 1907 they have 1885, 1896.
In 1870 they had S.24S, 800 horses in
1907 they have 10, TAG, $50.
In 1870 the wool clip was 152, 10000
pounds; in 1907 it was 29S,915,13
pounds.
The wheat crop in 1870 was 2S35 1884,
700 bushels; in 1907 it was 735, 26O, 970
bushels.
The corn crop in 1870 was 1,O04,255.-
coo bushels; in 1907 it was 2,927,416,-
O91 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 $1,000 bales Of cotton in 1870
and 4,627, 600 bales in 1907.
In 1870 we exported 95S, ,523
pounds of cotton in 1907 we exported
4,51S,217,22O pounds.
The production of gold In 1870 was
$S6.OOO.OOO; in 1907 it was 0 ,OOO,OOO.
In 1870 the production of silver was
$~16.334,00O; in 1907 it was $37. 642.9OO
In 1870 we produced 22O,951,29O tons
Of coal In 1907 we produced 5,312, 49,
312 toni.
In 1870 we produced 1865 ITO tons Of
pig iron in 1907 we produced 25,3O7, 1871
tons.
In 1870 our furnaces had an output o.
only $3.50 tons Of steel in 1907 the out
put was 20,O23,947 tons.
In 1870 we had a copper output Of 12,-
COO tons in 1907 it reached 4O22, 637 tons.
In 1870 we operated 52,922 miles of
railroad in 1907 we had 222 .635 miles in
operation, and carried S1J, TAILS pas
sengers and 216,656, 795. 696 o OF
freight. The statistics for freight and
passenger traffic do not 60 back of 1890.
when the railroads of the country carried
so, ,O62 passengers and 20, 8 1885,
1o5 tons of freight.
The average freight rate per mile in
1890 was 90 cents and in 1907 it was Il
cents per ton.
There were 6S4. 7O4 tons Of shipping on
the great lakes in 1870, which has in
creased to 2.A39, TAI tons in 1907. The
amoun Of freight passing through the
Sault Ste. Marie canal in 1870 was &C.,
S26 tons in 1907 the total was Al .O9S,-
324 tons.
In 1870 we had %. postofices in
the country in 1900 we had 7G.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 tha
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 SIS, in 1907 they
had increased to $167 ,032, 1873.
The number Of students in the uniyer-
stiles and colleges of the United States
in 1870 was 1882. In 1892 the total
had increased to 70,S3J-I5,3N5 men and
1850 women. In 1907 the attendance
was more than doubled. being 81, l61 men
and 34.243 women. a total of lo8,4O4.
The average daily attendance In the
public schools of the United States in
1870 was 4.O777 .341 the average daily
in 1905. which Ii the latest
year for which we have statistics was
IL .4Sl, 531.
The increase in wages per capita In
the United States since 1870 has heen
about - per cent: the Increase during
Me last fifteen years has been q per
cent.
The increase n the cost of food since
1870 has ben shsut = per cent The
inefeaoe II the cot q food during H.
- eesa ysass ~ - 10 ~ -.