Alaska sentinel., 1908-12-10

we're larger than for any other year. Our exports to North American countries also gained S40,000.OOO Our exports to South America gained S7.o00,OO0, 10 Asia S11.. 100000 and to Porto Rico. the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines more than ten millions.
 In 1850 there were only 25l ,354 depos. itors in the savings banks of the United States in 1870 this number had increas, ed 10 1,63O,S46 One person in every thirty of the population was depositinG his or her savings where they would draw interest. To-day S.5SS.Sl1 persons, or al. most exactly 10 per cent of the entire population of the country, have accounts in savings hauks-an average of one In every ten men. women and children in the United States.
 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 a gain of lJ per cent in the amount of iron ore ship ped, a gain of 25 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 government treasury was never In better shape Phe report of the United States treasurer for June 30 1870. show Il .1,,lI I,f ( o00 in the treasury at Washington; the report for December II, 1907. shows an available cash balance of S2J9, 782, ,309, without counting S2i6, 455 deposited in national banks and subject to the call of the department. This makes a total available balance of SJOG,046.764.
 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 ST,412, ,OOO.OO0- an in- crease of 57 per cent in eight years.
 In 1870 the value of the farm animals in the United States was Sl.55+,9 ,960, 1+9; in 1907 they are worth S4,423, ,697 ,S53.
 In 1870 our farmers had 2J,4S4. 100 neat cattle; in 1907 they have 72,533,996.
 In 1870 they had s.24S,So0 horses; In 1907 they have 19,I40,5S3.
 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 it was 735, ,260,91O bushels.
 The corn crop in 1870 was lo94, ,255,' GOO bushels; in 1907 it was 2,927 ,416,- 091 bushels.
 In 1870 the cotton crop was 3,114,952 bales in 1907 it was l3.5l0,9s2 bales.
 The cotton mills of the United States consumed S57 GOO bales of cotton in 1870 and 4,627 600 bales in 1907.
 In 1870 we exported 95S, S,55S.523 pounds of cotton; in 1907 we exported 4,51s,217,22o pounds.
 The production of gold in 1870 was S36,oo0,0Oo; in 1907 it was S96,000,00o.
 In 1870 the production of silver was S16,334, GOO; in 1907 it was S37,642,9Oo.
 In 1870 we produced 22O,951, ,290 tons of coal; in 1907 we produced 5,312, I4j,- 3l2 tons.
 In 1870 we produced 1,655, 179 tons of pig iron in 1907 we produced 25,307,1 ,191 tons.
 In 1870 our furnaces had an output ot only 6S,7jO tons of steel in 1907 the out put was 20,023,947 tons.
 In 1870 we operated 52,922 miles of railroad in 1907 we had 222, ,635 miles in operation, and carried S15,714,1lS pas sengers and 2l66J6 I9j, ,G96 tons of freight. The statistics for freight and passenger traffic do not go back of 1890, when the railroads of the country carried 52O, ,439, ,OS2 passengers and 70, ,9S5,- 125 tons of freight.
 The average freight rate per mile ir 1890 was 93 cents and in 1907 it was 77 cents per ton.
 There were 6S4.7 .7e4 tons of shipping on the great lakes in 1870, which has in creased to 2,439,74l tons In 1907. The amount of freight passing through the Sault Ste. Marie canal in 1870 was 69O, S26 tons; in 1907 the total was 41,09S,. 324 tons.
 In 1870 we had 2s,4 ,492 postoffices 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,G59.
 There is no better thermometer of com. mercia and industrial activity than the Postottce 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 S19,722 222 in 1907 they had increased to Sl67, ,932, ,TS3.
 In 1880 there were 4,S29 money order offices in the United States. In 1907 there were 37,500. In 1880 7,24O, ,j37 domestic money orders were issued in 1aO7 the number was 62, 2,OG9, 7S3. Those issued in 1880 represented a value of SlOO, O,352, SIS; those issued in 1907 repre- sented a value of S47965O,342.
 In 1870 we produced no tin plate a. all That item did not appear in the statistics until 1890, when total of g. 236, ,743 pounds is reported. In 1907 we produced 1, ,105, ,440,0OO pounds.
 In 1870 we had a copper output of 12,, GOO tons; In 1907 1t reached 402,637 tons.
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