Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14

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 gain of 10
per cent in the amount of iron ore ship
ped a gain of % per cent IN coal and
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 year 1907 has been record break
er 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 30, 1870, show
ed an available cash balance of $150,0a6,
600 in the treasury at Washington the
report for December II, 1907, shows an
available cash balance of 1853, $4,000,
without counting $246, 2S4,4 deposited
in national banks and subject 10 the call
of the department. This makes total
available balance of $J06,0 46,764.
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
farm value of $7,412,000,000- an in
crease of 81 per cent in eight years.
In 1870 the value of the farm animals
in the United States was $1,554, 960, 1I9;
in 1907 they are worth $4,42S,697 1913.
In 1870 our farmers had 25,4S4, 100
neat cattle: in 1907 they have 72,533.9 800.
In 1870 they had S,24S,S00 horses in
1907 they have 19,746,5S3.
In 1870 the wool clip was 152, 100000
pounds; in 1907 it was 29S,91o,130
pounds.
The wheat crop in 1870 was 235.SSf,-
700 bushels in 1907 it was 735,260.970
bushels
The corn crop in 1870 was 1904 ,255,-
600 bushels: in 1907 it was 1921 49,
091 bushels.
In 1870 the cotton crop was 3,114.952
bales in 1907 it was 13,510,9S2 bales.
The cotton mills of the United States
consumed SS7 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
4,51S.217 800 posnds.
The production of gold in 1870 was
$36,O00O00 in 1907 it was $96,0O0,000.
In 1870 the production of silver was
$1G,334 ,000 in 1907 it was $37, 642, 900.
In 1870 we produced 220,951 900 tons
of coal in 1907 we produced 5,312,745,-
312 tons
In 1870 we produced 1,655.17 tons of
pig iron; in 1907 we produced 25,307, 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 produced no tin plate at
all That item did net appear in the
statistics until 1890, when total of 3
$780, 43 pounds is reported. In 1907 we
produced 1,10J, 10000 pounds.
In 1870 we had copper output of ~
GOO tons in 1907 Ii reached 1887 tons.
In 1870 we operated 52,922 miles Of
railroad in 1907 we had DID,, 635 miles in
oseratie1, and carried S15,774,1lS pas
sengers and 216,656, 795,696 tons Of
freight The statistics for freight and
passenger traffic do not go back Of 1890.
when the railroads of the cJuntry carried
520,t39,0S2 passengers and 70,l02,9SJ,-
12j tons of freight.
TIE average freight rate per mile in
1890 was 80 cents and In 1907 il was n
cents per ton.
There were 6S4.70 tons Of shipping ON
II. IL. =. ..al
creased 20 2,433,741 tons in 1907. The
amount of freight passing through the
Sault Ste. Marie canal in 1870 was &c.,
SIS tons; in 1907 the total was 4l.O0S,-
324 tons.
In 1870 we had 2S.492 postoffiees 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 62659.
There is no better thermometer of COM
mercia and industrial activity ttan 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 $19722. 222: in 1907 they
had increased to $1s;7. 1892. 1913.
In 1880 tbFe were 4,s29 money order
Offices in the United States. In 1907
there we're 1900. In 1880 7,24O,537
domestic money orders were issued in
1901 the number was 62.O69,7s3 Those
issued in 1880 represented a value OF
500, 2.j2. S1S: those issued in 1907 repre-
scnred a value OF S479.6JO.342.
In 1870 the pay roll Of teachers in pub
lie schools was S37 So. 566. The pay roll
in 1907 was $1T7 ,J629Sl.
The number OF students In the uniyer-
sites and colleges OF the United States
in 1870 was 2, 1892. In 1892 the total
had increased to 7O.S.3S5-55.3 05 men and
1890 women. In 1907 the attendance
was more than doubled. being 81, t61 men
and "a .243 women, total of 126.404.
In 1870 5.sT1 newspapers were pub
Iished in the United States, and in 1867
there were 21.735.
The average daily attendance in the
public schools Of the United States in
1870 was 4077,347; the average daily
ATTENDANCE In 1905, which Ia the latest
year for which we have statistics, was
II ,4s1 ,531.
the total expenditures for public
.cbooIs 10 the United States in 1870 was
sss COG. 66G: the total fo- 1905 was So
$4,000.
The Increase in the cost OF food since
1870 has been about - per cent The
Increase in she cost Of food during the
last fifteen years has been IA per cent