The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-29

talk of financial depession. This an
nual report brings out some startling
facts as regards the present re-
sources and development of Uncle
Samuel which may be summed up
Estimated coal supply. S,135,7Os,-
100000 tons.
Largest annual output (19OO.
429,00O,O00 tons
Estimated iron ore supply, 4,785,-
| output G90O 100000 long tons.
! (This is the equivalent of 25,7S1,OO0
long tons of pig iron out of worlds
, output of 60.50O.000 tons.)
Petroleum area. $3.50 square
miles ~
Natural gas area. 1o.O55 square
miles.
Amount of land unappropriated
and unreserved. 754.S95.OOO acres.
Developed water power, 5,357.ooo
horsepower, turning 52.S27 wheels
Wealth of United States $500,
107,000.000,000
Per capita wealth. $3.50
Wealth produced by farms in one
year (1907), 412,O00,0O0
Annual pay roll of school teachers,
$197, 100000
Pupils in public schools, 16,S1S,O0O.
Average daily attendance, H.
$4,000.
! Students in colleges and univer-
stiles. 10000.
Value of postage stamps sold in
1908, $191,5O0,O00
Number of letters and post cards
| mailed, 6,466,00O,0OO
Telegraphic messages sent $4,000, 900.
Foreign Population.
Figures of population and immigra-
ton, supplied respectively by the CEN
| sus bureau, the immigration bureau
and the treasury department records
| of immigration prior to the establish
| ment of the bureau of immigration,
| show that the total number of immi-
! grants coming into the United States
| since 1920, the year of earliest record,
exceeds 26,0O0,000; during the fiscal
years 1905. 1906 and 1907 the num-
Der averaged more than 100000 per
annum. The total number of persons
| of foreign birth living in the United
| States at the last census, 1909. was
| 1O,46O,000.
The business activities of the busy
| people of the United States are illus
trated by the figures of the postoffice
| department, which show a growth in
receipts, chiefly. of course. from the
| sale of postage stamps, from prac-
tically $1,000,000 in 1920 to $191, 500,-
| 600 in 1908. The number of letters
! and post cards sent through the pos
tai system of the United States is
given as 6,466,000,000 In 1907, as
against S.26S.ooo.o 900 handled by the
postal service of the German empire.
1859, 100000 by the postal service of
| the United Kingdom, Lis, 100000 in
| France, and 1,067, 100000 in Austria
| Hungary. The telegraph messages
sent in the United States numbered
9S,000,O0O in 1907.
The figures with reference to the
| school system of the country show
some remarkable and interesting
facts. The salaries paid to superin-
tendents and teachers in the public
schools, for instance. amounted to
$197, 100000 in 1907. The number of
| pupils enrolled in the public schools
In 1907 was 16,S2O.O00. and the aver
age daily attendance 11.S1S,000;
| while the students in colleges, uni
| versities and schools of technology,
in 1890 and $4,000 in 1900. aggrega-
| ted 10000 in 1907.
The wealth of the United States in 1880
according to the figures Of the census
9mee Wa5 5so 81 ooo a. e TX 1so m
0o0G00 in 1880. $43 500 OO00: in 1890. s65 000.
600 coo; in 1900. $SS, 200, and in 1901
$107. eco 600, 600; the average wealth per cap
ty in 1880 s3OS: in 1850 s514; in 1870, $3.50: in
1880. $3.50: in 1890. s1,039; in 1900, $1,165. and
in 1904 $3.50.
| The wealth production on farms. accord
ing to the estimate of the department ol
agriculture, was in 1897, 81, 250000,000, and
in 1907. 81. 900. coo.
Turning to commerce. the special sub
iect of the bureau of statistics, by which
the statistical abstract is prepared and is
sued from year to year, the volume shows
a rapid growth in imports and exports
century; that manufacturers materials
form an increasing proportion of the grow
ing exports.
1 On the export side manufa cturers form
a steadily increasing share of the total
finished manufactures, which amounted