Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1878 — OUR ACTUAL CONDITION. [ARTICLE]

OUR ACTUAL CONDITION.

The Country Gradually Growing Richer In Products and Manufactures. The New York Commercial Bulletin prints the following interesting statistics: CROPS OF UNITED STATES. 1873. 1876. Wheat average 22,171,( 00 27,627,000 Corn average 39,197,000 49,033,000 Oitß average 9,751,003 13,358,000 Hay average 21,594,CC0 25,282,1KK) MANUFACTURES OP UNITED STATES. Cotton consumed 1872-73, bales... 1,282,000 Cotton consumed 1576-77, bales 1,435,000 Increase, bales i 203,000 Imports and crop of wool 1873, lbs 223,000,109 Imports and crop of wool 1877, lbs- 257,010,0(0 Increase, lbß 54,( 00.000 Rolled iron and steel made 1874, t0n8.... 1,936,130 Rolled iron and steel made 1877, tons... 2,121,731 Increise, tons 188,601 EXPORTS op united states. Quantities exported of leading articles of domestic production in 1872-73 and 1876-77: 1872-’73. 1876*-’77. Indian corn, bus 38,541,940 70,830,983 Wheat, bus 59,204,285 40,325,000 Wheat flour, brls 2,562,086 3.843,655 Cotton, lb 3 1,203,647,000 1,445.368,000 Cotton goods, yds 13,773,000 106,370,500 Apples, dried, lbi 4,483,186 14,318,052 Copper, lbs 38 958 13,461 OCO Hops, tt)J 1,795,437 9,581,108 Leather, lbs 17,241,000 24,122,936 Boots and shoes, pairs... 260,759 300,489 Nails and spikes, tb3 5,996,912 9,316,659 Rosin and turpentine,brls 815,162 900,016 Firearms $1,18',810 $5,259 813 Oilcake, lt>3 194 318,000 273 670 940 Illuminating oil, gale.... 158,162,100 262,441,000 Cottou-seed oil, ga's 709,756 1,705,422 Gunpowder, lba 625,772 1,317,061 Bacon aud bams, lbs 395,381,000 469,< 57.146 Beef, lbs 31,605,090 88,366,100 Cheese, lbs 80,366,(00 107,361,000 Fish, dried, cwt 118,( 76 169,648 Lard, lbs 230 534,000 234,741,000 Pork, lt>3 64.147 000 69,671,0(H) Sotp 1b5.... ‘9,639,000 10,275,000 Spirits of turpentine, gals 5,114,0(0 6 769,927 Starch 11)3.......... 6 113,000 8,696,716 Tallow, lb 3 79.170,000 20,640,259 Leaf tobacco, lb 3 213,995,000 Timber, cubic ft 14,154,009 282,3R6,6(H) Quicksilver, lb 3 714,783 3,894,311 These thirty articles constitute fivesixths of the total value of our exports of domestic commodities, and each one shows an important increase of quantity exported. RAILROADS OF UNITED STATES. Miles iu 1873 70.311 Miles in 1877 Increase 8 397