Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-04-28
MYSTICAL ABSTRACT Oh
TIE UNITED STATES. mi

That more than 3 million persons
/ in the United States will record their
votes for president in tho campaign
J Of The present year Is evident from
the official statistics 81 presidential
vote published To- the Statistical Al
siract of tho United States. which
has iust been ssued by the Burca Of
Statistics Department Of Commerce
and Labor Prior 20 lNNS no govern.
mental official record of the votes
rBst for president existed but an a {
passed hy congress ON February .
1887 made 10 the duty Of the evecu-
tive OF each state 90 report 10 tho
secretary of st1tc tho names Of cleo
tors and the number ~ votes given
or cast for each person voted for. and
these reports made 10 m" secretary
Of state iu 1855 and In each suisse
quont presidential election form tho
basis Of the official record of presi-
Dental elections IN the Unite
States suggests that the total mum
her OF votes cast In the PRESIDENTIAL
election Of this year viii for the frs
/ time exceed Il oillioas The total
number In nos was ll.Ns7,0O0. IN
1900. 1895 600. in 1892. i2.04l.-
/ moo, and IN 1855. i1,2Nl0cO. niid
I inc the vote thus Officially recorded
/ into the population named nv Official
counts or estimates for the wears ~
/ uHcs'i0n. mis- Shows ne average
population for each vote cast. as fol.
lows I'm zoos. 5.HN persons for each
vote cast IN !aol, 6 Ia, in 100.
/ : a. In l>3S, 80: IN 1872. $40.
and iu lNSS. so The statements
published in the Abstract. show the
vote cast IN each state for the yari-
Gus candidates IN each presidential
election from 1855 ~ '90S. aud tho
electoral vote by principal political
primaries. state bv state. during the
same period
The above statement. showing the
official record OF presidential elec-
lions duTin, tho last quarter of a cen.
fury. illustrates the variety of inter
tstlpg and official information vc-
scented hy IN, Statistical Abstract is
sued annually b, the department OF
Commerce and Labor through t.s
bureau Of statistics. the thirty-foLith
number which has lust made us a3-
pearauce II shows. for example. that
the average per capita wealth " the
country has grown from s3O7 In 1851
10 over 81. 300 in 1904 the latest ~
! ilCial record on this subject. the
money in circulation, from Sl2 PEI
rarita IN 1850 u S3l per capita in
! 1911 the bank Clearjncs from =.
billion dollars in 1887. the first year
Tor which an official record was avail
able. To ia billions In 1911: the
individual deposits IN banks, from
billion dollars in 1878, the earliest
year for which figures are available.
TO practically &c billions in 1911:
! the number Of dcpositors in savires
banks from ! million IN 1865 70 81
millions In 1911. the exports OF do
nestle products. from a little ove-
roo million d0llars in 1870 TO ossr
l.o)o millions in 1911. and the value
~ manufactures produced in the
country, from billion dollars in
$50 30 9ols millions in 1919. and
many other equally interesting evil
dences Of natura growth.
Among the general subjects ste
tistically presented in the 500 payes
included In the volume are. Area
natural resources and population Of
the United States, agriculture. for
esiry. and fisheries manufacturing
and mining industries and patents.
: 0cc lpltions. labor and wages. inter
nal communication and transporta.
ton; merchant marine and shipping.
foreign commerce. interest com
meroe commerce nOncontiCuous ter.
iitory prices, consumption est
mates money banking and iusur-
ance: commercial failures. wealth
and prolic finance civil service. sta
tistioal record Of The progress II the
United States, and the commercial
financial and monetary statistics Of
the principal countries OF the world
Statistical material for new and
down TO date edition IT the compan.
ION volume. the Statistical Abstrac,
Of foreign countries. is now in course
Of preparation