Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-11-24
THE UNITED STATES.

sent out from Washington the popu.
lation of the United States is more
than 1OO,OOO,OOO and the money in
circulation totals $3,419,000,0O0
while 100000 of the thrifty in
habitants have $4,371, 100000 in
the savings banks.
Such is the announcement made
by the bureau of foreign and dOmes-
tic commerce in the department OF
commerce. The pamphlet issued by
the bureau is entitled statistical
Record of Progress of the United
States, 1SOO-1914." 1t gives a
half retrospect" and a
"clear perspective" of the nations
quadrupling of population and null
tiplying a hundred-fold of industri-
al values.
Since 1850 the population, then
100000, has more than quad
rupled," says the bulletin. Commerce
has grown from $31S,OO0,OOO to 49,
100000 and the per capita
value of exports from $16.96 to
s23.27.
National wealth has increased
from s7,O00,000,O00 in 1870 to
$4,000, 100000 and the money in
circulation from $279,000,000 to
s3,41O, 100000. For the entire coun-
try bank clearings have grown from
s52,OOO,OO0,OOO in 1887 to STA
900, 100000 in 1913.
Improved social conditions among
the people are shown in that 49,
600, 900 children are enrolled in pub
lie school and 100000 students in
colleges. The total expenditure on
education approximates $5OO,000,-
900 a year.
More than $4,000 newspapers and
periodicals are printed.
In 1850 there were 241,0OO de.
positors in savings banks. There
are now 100000, with deposits
aggregating more than 100 times as
much as at the middle of the last
century.
The value of farms and farm
property increased during the last
half century from $4,000,OO0,O0O tc
$41,OOO,OOO,OOO; value of manu-
|facture from ,OOO,OOO,0OO to ovel
5000, 900, 100000, and the number
of miles of railroad in operation
from 1901 in 1850 to 25S,033 in
1912.
In the last twenty-five years the
number of passengers carried has in
creased from 100000 to 1904
100000 and the volume of freight
handled each year from 632,00O,O0(
to 1,s45, 100000 tons.
Nearly 100000 pieces Of
outgoing mail matter were handled
annually by the postoff1ce depart
ment which disbursed last veal
1852, 100000, or s2.7O per capita.
FUTURE PARTY RELATIONS.
Sioux City Journal: There is
general agreement among commmen,
tators that the recent election result
must be interpreted as an emphatic
expression in favor of the two-party
system of politics. Agreement as tc
how the system will work out in the
1915 presidential campaign is not
so unanimous. Under the two-party
plan the division invariably is on
lines of conservatism and redicalism
The important question now is:
Which will be the radical and which
the conservative party two years
hence? Discussion is bringing out
radical differences of opinion on this
point.
In 1912 radicalism was in the air
and there was keen desire among sc
called progressive republicans tc
beat the democrats to the radical
band wagon. First the La Toilette
and then the Roosevelt candidacy
was designed to radicalize the re-
publican party. Under the Roosevelt
assault Taft, natural liberal rather
than a radical or a conservative,
was forced to become a conservative.
The republican party became con-
servative when Roosevelt was de-