Bisbee daily review., 1911-07-01
UNCLE SAM HAS
 PRINTED ABSTRACT
tcontinusd from Page l1

ous dates; marriage and divorce sta tistics, school population. enrolment and attendance of pupils, universities, colleges and technical schools, with students and instructors; and the. tenn perature and rainfall for various sec tions of the country.
 Farm Department
 The 50 pages devoted to agriculture, forestry and fisheries show the num- Der and acreage of farms by decen- nial periods extending back to 1880; value of farm property by states and territories. amounting to more than S20, ,0O0, 000, 900 in 1900, the latest year for which complete statistics are available: the production of principal cereal crops, and of other farm pro duets. including fruit, butter. wool and chickens: the wealth produced on farms for a term of years, showing a growth from 5000, 600 .000 in 1900 to practically S9,OOO, ,O00, 900 in 19I0: and numerous other facts relating 10 the wonderful development of the az riculture of the country for a long term of years.
 In considering manufacturing and mining industries the abstract devotes 90 pages to a summary of manufac- lures by principal industries in census years from 1860 to 1906, the gross value of manufactures having grown from ] 51-3 billions in 1860 to E bil- lions in 1905; the production of iron ore. pig iron. steel. lin plates. coal, gold and silver; building operations in principal cities, and numerous other facts regarding the manufacturing in- dustry of the United States.
 Laborine Men included Any laboTing man would be inter ested in the abstract. Twenty-fve of the 75O nases deal exclusively with questions or peculiar interest to him. Insofar as the bureau of statistics is able # tells him about lahoring con ditions throuehout the United States. wages. and shows the share or per centage of the population engaged in
 eaintUl occurahons. as they are classified. Separate tables are given showing the number Of each sex em. | ployed, the hours worked, and much interesting matter about strikes and ! lockouts.
 In 40 pages devoted to internal com munication and transportation is in. ! cluded data on the postal service, telegraph statistics, miles of rail ways operated, length of track, nun. i Der of persons and tons of freight ! carried. showing a growth of rail ! ways operated in the United States ! from 30.500 miles in 1860 to 53,00O in | 1870. 93,000 in 1880, 167 ,00O in 1Syl 199,00e in 1900 and 250,0O0 in 1910 : There is also in this department oi : the abstract much information con- ! corning express companies, transpor. tation. the lakes and rivers of the country. freight rates from principal points 10 the coast, as well as 10 Eu ropean ports.
 Foreign Commerce e.
 In ITO pages of foreign commerce is given the value of imports and ex- ports, and trade with various coun- tries for a long term of years, the imports having grown Tn value from s66S. .000, 900 in 1880 to s7S9, ,OO0, ,0O0 m 1890 SS50 900. GOO in 1900, and s1,557.- c00,O00 in 1910 It is shown that American exports swelled in volume and value from SS35, 5,O00, 900 in 1880 10 sS5S. 100000 in 1890. S1, ,394, 100000 in 1900, and s1.745. 100000 in 1910. The share which crude materials for use in manufacturing formed in the total imports in 1890 was 2I.6 per cent; in 1900. 32.5 per cent, and in 1910, 36.4 per cent. Manufacturers exported in condition ready for con sumption formed in 1890 15.7 per cent Of the total domestic exports; in 1890 PAP per cent, and in 1910 29,2 per cent, while manufactures for fur ther use in manufacturing formed in 1890 5.5 per cent, in 1900 I12 per cent, and in 1910 15.7 per cent; food stuffs in the meantime showing a ma 1 terial decline