Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-10
The internal for the year

The internal 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 Is
per cent in the amount of iron ore ship
ped, a gain of Is 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 We're 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 80, 1870, show
ed an available cash balance of $15O,096,-
o in the treasury at Washington; the
report for December IA, 1907, shows an
available cash balance of $3.50, 762, 1903.
without counting $246,2S4,455 deposited
in national banks and subject to the call
of the department. This makes a total
available balance of $5O6, DAG, 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, 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, 654,9G0, 149;
in 1907 they are worth 81, 428, eS7 1858.
In 1870 our farmers had 2o,4S4,1 100
neat cattle in 1907 they have y, 3 1896.
In 1870 they had SPAS, 800 horses; in
1907 they have 10, TAG, 6sS. %
In 1870 the wool clip was 152, 100000
pounds; in 1901 it was 29S, Ole, 100
pounds. ..
The wheat crop in 1870 was 235,ss4,-
100 bushels; in 1907 it was 735,26O,97O
bushels.
The corn crop in 1870 was 1%,o94,255,-
o bushels; in 1907 it was 2,927,416,-
091 bushels.
In 1870 the cotton crop was 3,114,952
bales; in 1907 it was 1%3,51o,9s2 bales.
The cotton mills of the United States
consumed S57 900 bales of cotton in 1870
and 4,627,0oO bales in 1907.
In 1870 we exported 95S,55S,523
pounds of cotton in 1907 we exported
4,51S,217,22o pounds.
The production OF gold in 1870 was
$38,eoo,ooo; in 1907 it was SOC, o0e, 900.
In 1870 the production of silver was
$~16,334,000; in 1907 it was $37, GAP 800.
In 1870 we produced 220,951, 29e tons
of ceal in 1907 we produced 5,312, 49,
312 tons. :
In 1870 we produced 1,655,179 tons of
pig iron in 1907 we produced $780,, 191
tons. 4-..z ...-a
In 1870 our furnace had an output of
only 6S,75o tons of steel in 1907 the out
put was 2o,o23,947 tons,
In 1870 we produced no tin plate at
all. That item did not appear in the
statistics until 1890, when a total Of q
236,743 pounds is reported. In 1907 we
produced 1,1O5, 100000 pounds. tsa az:
In 1870 we had a copper output of 49,
GOO tons; in 1907 it reached 4o2,637 tons.
In 1870 we operated 52,922 miles Of
railroad in 1907 we had 222,635 miles in
operation, and carried 49, TAILS pas
sengers and 216,656, 1886 tons of
freight. The statistics for freight and
passenger traffic do not go back Of 1890,
when the railroads of the country carried
520,439,OS2 passengers and 79,192,9S5,-
125 tons of freight.
The average freight rate per mile in
1890 was 90 cents and in 1907 it was II
cents per ton.
| ny leEc WtIe OOt. lOJS VI ShlpDlIS ou
the great lakes in 1870. which has in
creased to, 2,439, T41 tons in 1907. The
amount Of freight passing through the
Sault Ste. Marie canal in 1870 was 690,-
500 tons in 1907 the total was Al, 09S,-
324 tons.
In 1870 we had 2S,492 postofices in
the country in 1900 we had 76,6SS. 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 $~19,722,222; in 1907 they
had increased to $167 1882, 1888.
In 1880 there were 4,S29 money order
oficesAin the United States. In 1907
there we're 1880. In 1880 7,240,537
domestic money orders were issued: in
1907 the number was 62,069, 1873. Those
issued in 1880 represented a value of
500, ISIS; those issued in 1907 repre-
scented a value of S479,650,342
In 1870 the pay roll of teachers in pub
lie schools was S~37.S32,566. The pay roll
in 1907 was SIT ,562,9S1.
The number of students in the univer-
stiles and colleges Of the United States
IN 1870 was 1892. In 1892 the total
ind increased to 70,S35-55,3O5 men and
155aO women. In 1907 the attendance
Jo,hIed ha;nr % 1c1 =.