Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1882 — Some Interesting Figures. [ARTICLE]

Some Interesting Figures.

It is no wonder that Americans take naturally to arithmetic. We love ciphering, because all the tables we compile reveal our great national prog ress. The census shows that while in 1870 we had 5,922,471 agriculturists, the number increased in 1880 to 10,710,000. In 1870 we had 2,707,421 manufacturers, which number increased in 1880 to 5,250,000. The wages in our manufacturing establishments increased from $378,878,960 in 1860 to $1,500,000,000 in 1880. Then look at the vast accumulation of property in this country. In 1800 the wealth of England was estimated at $9,000,000,000, while the United States was but little over $1,000,000,000. In 1880 the figures stood: Great Britain, $44,000,000,000; the United States, $55,500,000,000. These are gigantic sums and represent enor*

mous growth. The United States today is the richest nation on the globe, and its accumulations are the result not of economy, but of a wise manipulation of the forces of nature. Vast as has be n the accumulation of our wealth, it is nothing to what the future censuses will show, for it is not too extravagant to hope that by 1950 the United States will not only be the most populous nation in the world, but that its wealth will be greater than the accumulated riches, of all Europe.— Demorest's Monthly.