Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-01

The government Treasury was never in
| better shape. The report of the United
states treasury for June 30. 1870. showed
an available cash balance of $50 O96, OOC
| in the Treasury at Washington. The re-
port for December IA. 1907. shows an
available cash balance of $685. 762. 800
without counting $24S, 2s4, 455 deposited in
the department. This makes a total avail
able balance of sos, O46, 164.
Crops Worth Seven Billions.
Secretary Wilson, in his recent annual
| report, showed us that the crops of the
| farmers ,of the United States for the
year 1907 were beyond all comparison.
and had farm value of $7.412. OOO. 600
an increase of 81 per cent in eight years.
In 1870 the value of the farm animals
IN the United States was 1854 $50. 149; in
1907 they are worth 81. 423 81, S53.
In 1870 our farmers had 100 ne at
cattle: in 1907 they have 20 533, 900.
In 1870 they had s.24s, 800 horses; in
1907 they have 9.746.5S3.
In 1870 the wool clip was 152. OOO. 900
pounds; in 1907 it was 29s Oh. 100 pounds.
The wheat croR. In 1870 was 235,ss4. TOO
bushels: in 1907 twas 735 26O, a7O bushels
The corn crop in 1870 was 1.o94. $4,000
bushels: in 1907 /. was 1921 16,091.
In 1870 the cotton crop was 3,114.9
bales: in 1870 it was 13510,9s2 bales.
The cotton mills of the United States
consumed $4,000 bales of cotton in 1870
and 4f27,O0O bales in 1907.
In 1870 we exported 5s,55s. 523 pounds Of
cotton, in 1907 we exported 4,51S."17 20
pounds.
The production Of gold in 1870 was $780,
100000: in 1907, it was sos 100000
In 1870 the production of silver was
$16 334. 600; in 1907 it was $37. $4,000
In 1870 we produced 22O.951. go tons of
coal: in 1907 We, produced 5.312, 1882
tons.
In 1870 we produced 1,655.179 tons of
pig iron; in 1907 we produced 25,3O7. 191
tons.
In 1870 our furnaces had an output of
only 6S $50 tons of steel; in 1907 the out
put was 3O.O23947 tons.
In 1870 we produced no tin plate at all.
That item did not appear in the statistics
pounds is reported. In 1907 we produced
], 1O5. 10000 pounds.
In 1870 we had a copper output of r.
600 tons; in 1907 it reached 402.631 tons.
Means Of Transportation.
In 1870 we operated 1892 miles Of rail-
road: In 1907 we had 222 635 miles in op-
Grafton and carried s15.774,11s passen-
gers and 216656, 795 696 tons Of freight.
The statistics for foreign and passenger
traffic do not go back of 1880. when the
Os2 passengers and 1912, 9S5, 125 tons Of
freight.
The average freight rate per mile in
1890 was a3 cents and in 1907 it was II
cents per ton.
There were 6s4, 7O4 tons Of shipping on
the great lakes In 1870. which have in
creased to 2,439,741 in 1907. The amount
of freight passing through the Sault Ste
Marie canal in 1870 was 69O,S26 tons; In
1907 the total was Al ,O9s 1874 tons.
Indications Of Progress.
In 1870 we had 2S, 1872 post offices in the
country; in 1900 we had 766SS. Since that
time. by the introduction Of rural free
delivery, the number has been reduced
to $3.50.
There is no better thermometer Of COM
mercial and industrial activity. than the
Post Office Department. for people do
not write letters when they have no bust
department in 1870 for postage stamps
amounted to s19. 10 .222: in 1907 they had
increased to 1857 ,932.7s3.
In 1880 there were 4,s29 money order
offices in the United States. In 1897
there were 37.5OO In 1880 1910. 537 do
nestle money orders were issued: in 1907
the number was 81 ,Ot1. 1888. Those issued
in 1880 represented a value of O,3j2,S1s;
those issued in 1907 represented a value
of $479.65O,342
1870 and in 1907 there were $685., LAG
sent.
In 1870 5,s71 newspapers were published
in the United States. and in 1907 there
were 81, 1876
In 1870 the pay roll of teachers in pub
lie schools was 81 1885, The pay roll
in 1907 was SIT. 562, 1851.
The number Of students In the univer-
stiles and colleges of the United States
in 1870 was .. 392. In 1892 the total had
Increased to 7O.S35--oi,3O5 men and 1850
women. In 1907 the attendance was more
than doubled. being 90, 1871 men and 81, Dab
women, q total Of 1913, 4O4.
The average daily attendance in the
public schools Of the United States in
1870 was 4,O77 BAT; the average daily at
tendance in 1908, which is the latest year
for which we have statistics. was IL 49,
531.
The total expenditures for public schools
in the United States In 1870 was $6' 1885,
666: the total for 1905 was 1921 ST. $50.
The increase in wages per capita in
the United States since 1870 has been
about 81 per cent: the increase during
the last fifteen years has been ~ per
cent.
The increase in the cost of food since
1870 has been about % per cent. The
increase in the cost of food during tho
last fifteen years has been IA per cent.