The Forrest City times., 1910-07-01

be worth Is the estimation of what is known as the per capita wealth
 According to the bureau of statis- tics reckoning, you and l are worth q good deal more than We were in the days when the country was young In iSe0. or at the time when they have the slrst record Of per capita wealth. the citizens of the United States were only worth g. apiece The gain in per capita wealth has not always been steady during the decades. Certain census years showed Us poorer than during the previous ten years. but most ol the time Ne have been getting along nicely. thank you. h 1S1o We were worth SI59 head. 1S26 Lad fall en to &694; in 1S30 We were even a little poorer al $6.79, but in 1640 had jumped 10 $le q.
 In the middle Of the century We had advanced 10 $l202 apiece. and from that time on there were no mcre bar. gain drops CT reductions whatever But while We are talking of what We are worth per capita it might not be amiss to mention the fact that every one of us here in the United States has also a debt per capita In INJ0 he per capita debt was S15 63. or more than three times as much as the wealth per capita. NoH thank good- ness and the statisticians. We seem to be well out of the financial woods. for eacn and all Of Us has per capita debt of only $lQ.76, or considerably less than one-third Of what We own. With 8 showing like that We may be pardoned i We take the day off and go celebrate.
 The biggest fgares that the govern ment has compiled this year are prob ably found in the freight records They are so colossal that they really mean nothing 10 any one oatside of the railroad business, and perhaps not SO very much to the railway expert except by way of comparison. Last year the railroads hauled 36.60l 390,- le3 tons of freight one mile Ne can Dot easily compare that showing with the amount of freight hauled during colonial days. for during colonial days railroad freight was not known Pos sibly there were figures compiled moving how many pounds of freight were carried by the coastwise vessels or the ships that piled between Amer iean and English. Dutch, French. and Portuguese ports. If these figures Wera prepared. however. they have been lost in the dust of time and the world has been too busy 10 hunt for them.
 In the year 1S00 the United States coined all of $317,6o0 worth Of gold That was going quite bit one must acknov ledge Last year We converted $t31 ,632, the silver coinage record was $224,2s4; last year t was $l2,3s1. IT.
 More than $96.ooo 0o0 worth of gold was taken from our territory last year. In lSlo when the gold mining business was in its cradle. the produc- tion was s 463, and even that amount is not vouched for as absolutely ac- curate.
 In 1920 the pig iron production of the entire country was estimated at 2o,00o tons; last year il was about 16,- GOO 000.
 In the year 1Sf0 there were said to be 359 newspapers in the country. as compared with 21.320 a the present time. The records do not attempt 10 tell what kind Of newspapers the edi- tors printed loo years ago, nor do they give any sworn statements Of eireBla- tiou
 The war department spent s. 5fo.o in 1So0 as against more than Sl75,o0Q.- GOO last year.
 The navy expended s344So0o in 1900. as compared with s1lS.e0o00o las year. while the pension roll Of the two years was $64,131 and s153 S92 .467.
 Cotton consumed in fS00 amounted to 1S.S29 bales; now We use 4.50Q.000 bales
 We are consuming more than 6.e00.- 000. .000 pounds of sugar year just now: in 1860. the erst recorded year. the consumption for the l2 months was 6S1. 100000 pounds Almost equal ly enormous and unfathomable figures are produced to show the annual value Of the stock products of the country