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TUJE jSCJJANTON TBIBTJJOJ -FRIDAY MORNING OCTOBER 1, 1807.
EIGHTH WONDER
Some Facts and Figures De
picting the Marvelous
Growth of the City
of Chicago.
From the Chicago Journnl.
Youngest and creutest of till great
'American cities la Chlcngol What an
cients occupied centuries In building,
the American people liavo constructed
In an Incredibly brief period. Chicago
stands as a monument to modern prog
gre88, levanthlan, when the sun of a
golden era rises, aggressive, as a spirit
Jn contemporaneous commerce, nt the
van In the pageant of advance factors
of Amorlcan greatness, eclipsing compe
titors, until Its own brlllance pales all
lesser lights.
Summarized briefly, Chicago's advan
tages are many. It Is 1 the heart of
an agricultural empire. The great,
broad west empties Us grain and other
producu Into Chicago's granaries and
storehouses. Cattje and pork aro sent
hero for distribution throughout tho
United States and Europe. Meat pack
ed within Us limits feeds armies In all
parts of the world Grain from Chicago
wlovatora relieves the fainlna In India,
furnlslics bread for English, Gerrrmn,
French and Itupslan houoewlws. Man
ufactured articles from Cfitcago fac
tories rfijke life endurable In all parts
of th6 old and new woilds. Chlrago
financiers conceive a project, give it life
with their millions, and the arteries of
gold In -the -world's monetary system
movo more quickly. Not one mllcctlon
comes al the name of the World's Fair
city but that It Is a tribute to Chi
cago's greatness.
Its residences aro the finest, its boul
evards thii mofct beautiful, Its Inland
marine the most Important, us nanit
Ing stupendous, and tho matchless his
tory Of Its growth u matter of national
pride.
Open a page of history and see from
what small beglnlngs eaine this peer of
modern cities.
L-ASALLE'S EXPLORATIONS.
I.aSalle In 1GS1-2. exploring the coun
try of the Mlamls, came to a river
called Checaugau, now Desplalnes
river . lie crossed the river, designating
th? spot as the "Portage de Chlcagau."
In 1721 the Mlamls settled at the south
ern extremity of Lake Michigan In a
place called Chicago, from the small
river emptying Into the lake. In 1699
1700, a Jesuit mission was established
here. In 171? tins Wca Indians had a
villapc at Chicago, but being afraid
of tho "canoe people," Pottawatomie
and Chlpppwas, left It. By tho treaty
of 1785 with the Indians of the westsrn
confederacy tho United States secured
"one piece of land six miles square at
the mouth of this Chicago river, where
a fort formerly stood."
In the war of 1812 the Indians vio
lated their treaty and participated: in
the juRssarn-' f th? Fort Dearborn
garrison." In 1821 the government pro
posed to extinguish the Indian title to
land In this vicinity. A council was
held at Chicago. A deal was made by
which the government acquired C.O0O,
000 acres of land by paying the Potta
watomies $5,000 annually for 20 years
and appropriating 11,000 each year to
support a blacksmith and a teacher
ambmr them.
An English writer, who was present,
thus d ' " Chicago and the treaty.
"Five Indians collected
around th.. " village to cede
their lands In - " and Illinois.
Companies of old at on the
ground smoking, pala Otiow-
wowlng. Tho little village -an
uproar from morning to nlgln hen
o housed portion of Chicago tried to
gain repose in the crowded plank edi
fices the Indians howled, sang, wept,
yelled, and whooped."
.The Indians were removed to a wes
tern reservation. Before departing
they Informed tho whites that Che-cau-gou
was thus name because the
Indians holding it had been Chi, from
gitchi, "great," and Ka-go, "strong"
ah.d "big."
FinST CFwLIZED SETi"-.t.
The early settlement of this section
by Jacques Marquette, Jesuit priest,
and Louis Jollet, an adventurer, Is fa
miliar to every school boy. The flr&t
civilized settler of Chicago was Bap
tiste Point De Salble, a negro, well ed
ucated and Intelligent. He was born
at Santo Domingo, and for years lived
among the Peorlas with a man named
Glamorgan, who was reputed to be tho
possessor of largo Spanish, land grants
near St. Louis. He died In 1706, after
living for seventeen years In a cabin
at the mouth of the Chicago river. He
aspired to become an Indian chief, but
failed to do so.
In 1803 Capt. John Whistler, of the
United States army, with a troop of
soldiers, his officers, Lieut. J. S.Swear
Iner and Lieut. Whistler, the latter
his son, and their wives, were convey
ed to the jit.e of Chicago In a schooner.
There were four traders' cabins al
ready on the spot. These were occu
pied by Canadian Frenchmen nanred
Lo Mai, Oulmette, and Pettell, and
their; wives, John KJnzle built the
first hbme of a native- American In
Chicago on the site of La Mai's cabin,
which ho purchased. Fort Dearborn
was built by Capt. Whistler's troops,
and the future American metropolis
had a firm foundation.
Datus Benton, nn Indian trader, re
fused to trade thirteen barrels of whis
key for twenty-five square miles In
what Is now tho heart of Chicago. He
Is now a farmer In moderate circum
stances at Stockton, 111.
In 1837, Chicago became a city. It
If you are a poor cook, buy
a cook bPok follow directions
closely,' see the result. Fail
ure six in ten times. How
long would you, keep a cook
who failed half the time ?
That's just the point. We
tell your doctor or your drug
gist precisely the ingredients
of Scott's Emulsion. To
make it they follow our for
mula. But they can't make
it; they haven't our precise
knack; don't krfiow each step
perfectly. When you can
get the best, the result of 25
1 years' experience, why exper-
Hient,,with substitutes f
OF THE WORLD.
wns Incorporated by act of tho legisla
ture March 4, which extended tho lim
its to Include nn nrea of about ten
quare miles. It was bounded on tho
south by Twenty-second street, on tho
west by Wood street, on tho north by
North avenue, and on the east by the
lake, except the fraction of section ten
occupied ns a military post.
The corporation was divided Into six
wards, each of which was empowered
to elect two aldermen.
anowTii was marvelous.
From this period to tho date of the
great fire the marvelous growth of the
city Is known. Its Increnso In popula
tion, wealth, Internal resources, and
Improvements are matters of history.
Its wholesale trade In 1871 was about
$450,000,000. Its progress nstonlshed
the world, and was scarcely credible to
Its own citizens.
By tho first city census, taken In 1837,
Its population was 4,170; and In 1S71 It
had Brown to 331,270, with a corporate
valuation of $280,704,470. The first rail
road out of the city, the Oalena &
Chicago Union, now a part of the Chi
cago & Northwestern railway, was
opened In 1848, and the Illinois &
Michigan canal was also completed in
1848. Railroad connection with tho east
was not established until 1852, on Fob.
20 of which year "the first through
train from tho east, via the Michigan
Southern rallroai!j entered Chicago,
and was greeted with a salvo of artil
lery"' Several successive extensions
of tho city limits had taken place In
tho Interval, so that In 1871 Chicago
embraced the total area of 35 square
miles. Then, at tho very height of her
good fortune, and in tho midst of her
onward career, came the great conflag
ration, which In a single night effaced
all signs of her prosperity, and awoke
tho commiseration and active sym
pathy of tho entire civilized world.
It wns on the night of Oct. S, 1871,
that Mrs. O'Leary's cow kicked over
tho fatal lamp that started tho fire
which utterly destroyed tho city.
The hoirors of that period are too
vividly impressed upon memory to need
description. It was the great conflag
ration that brought out the Indomi
table pluck of early citizens and made
possible the erection of a new nnd
wonderful city. Stone structures, edi
fices of brick and Iron, and masses of
architecture rose on every hand ns if
by magic, magnificent parks and beau
tiful boulevards were laid out, lines of
trading vessels were constiucted, and
enterprises of world-wide importance
In commeice nnd finance were consum
mated before tho ashes had ceased
smoldering. Old blood was stiength
ened by new, expansion on every hand
took place, and the limit of growth Is
many years off, If It ever conies, Chi
cago Is the lamest Inland market In
America. It Is tho peer of all Ameri
can cities In matters not depending
upon advantages of an ocean harbor.
When business oppression paralyzed In
terests elsewhere the healthy tone of
her system withstood the -ffects.
Banks were not affected as In .-ther
cities. In fact, since the first of the
hard times there has not been a bank
failure in this city attributable to that
cause. Failures due to mismanagement
nd misappropriation of funds are not
to be confounded with business.
COMPLETE WATER WORKS.
The water works system Is one of the
best and most complete in existence.
The stieet lighting system Is unsur
passed by that of any city where any
thing like the same territory is cov
ered. Street car routes are arranged
to furnish transit to and from nil points
and a superb system of suburban and
elevated trains, with steam nnd elec
tricity as motive power, has been built
for residents of tho suburbs.
Chicago contains the longest street
In the world. No other city In ancient,
medieval, or contemporaneous history,
ever delayed 25 miles of populous
street .without a break within Its limits.
With its growth has been a wise dis
tribution of space. Houses are not
crowded, but each has a yard or lawn,
unu amnie room lemalns for an In
crease of twice as many places of habi
tation, without crowding.
There are no choked-up streets and
alleys wher stagnant air menaces life,
and the .exclusion of sunshine makes
existence cheerless, as it does in New
York, but wide, broad streets, and open
places, where health-giving breezes
from tho lakes and prairies sweep
through and place the boon of pure air
and bright sunlight In the poorest dis
tricts. Young men gave Chicago Its wonder
ful life and young men are keeping
alive the energy and enterprise that
assures supremacy in evory way to the
Garden city.
The police and fire departments haj
more men on their payrolls and a better
equipment than any others In America.
Downtown street-crosbing details
alona contain more policemen than tho
entire force of many pretentious cities.
Educational advatages aie the finest.
Free public schools, private, parochial,
and business schools, coljeges, ncade
mi?s and universities, h iooIh for the
study of art. music and ctlng, abound
on every hand.
To enumerate the miles of railroad
and street car tracks within the cor
porate limits would be to mention a
figure surpassing that of the mileage
of many States, and even of entire
countries.
SHIPMENTS OP GRAIN.
In 1896, 13,612,000 bushels of winter
wheat arilved in '..10 local market.
Spring wheat shipments amounted to
22,480,000 bushels, making a total of
,.6,122,000 bushels received at Chicago
in 12 montiix.
Corn to the amount of 109,001,000
bushels; 106,055,000 bushels of oats, 2,
231,067 bushels of rye, and 10,849,807
bushels of barley were shipped to
Chicago elevators.
Receipts of llvo stock for tho 12
months wre: Cattle, 2,603,284; calves,
38,143; hogs, 7,559,726; sheep, 3,590,122;
horses, 107,114; cars of stock, 278,441.
Receipts of hogs alone Increased 225,
557. Deportment of live stock was ns fol
lows: Cattle 819,473; calves, 6,494; hogs,
1,896,698, sheep, 565, 156; horses, 88,017;
and cars of stock, 73,879. Tho difference
between the number received and ship
ped away was either used or consumed
In tho local market. Valuation of llva
stock handled for tho year was $187.
745,655, and slnco yards opened, $4,667,
.'17.l66. During 1896 railroad properties valued
at $1,150,000,000 nnd representing 13,730
miles of lines wero disposed directly or
Indirectly through Chlpago nd New
York exchanges, principally' those of
Chicago,
Elevator storage capacity In Chicago
amounts to 13,000,000 bushels of grain.
More vessels clear from Chicago an
nuplly than from any other seaport
In this country not excepting New
York.
Customs house reports show 0,2f3 er,
traprcs, n,424 clearances, a total of
IS.CS7. On Imported merchandise at the
port of Chicago, collections wens $44,
54B.7dfi.G7. In tho district of Chicago 329
vessels arc owned, with a. net tonnago
or 57,011.45.
Over $1,250,000 wns expended last year
In building new vessels having a total
tonnage of 25,032.77.
Permits wer Issued for erection of
$22,730,015 worth of buildings In a year.
Real estate sales numbering 2,242 wore
mado and $10,321,975 changed hands In
consequence,
Thero ore 250 furniture factories em
ploying 25,000 persons now In operation,
F.lghty per cent, of tho bicycle tires
manufactured in the United States nro
made in Chicago. Sixteen hundred flrmB
nro engaged In the wagon end carriago
trade. Last year 370,000,000 brick were
made. Ten million dollars worth of
stoves ana manufactured In Chicago
every year.
Chicago's pig Iron furnaces have a
capacity for 1,000,000 tons a year. Four
billion dollars worth of Btocks and
bonds changed hands on the floor of
the stock exchange One exchange do
votes Itself to deals In mining stocks
alone,
NUMBER OF VOTERS.'
There are more voters In Chicago than
In any one of throe-fourths of tho
States In the Union, and more than In
Now York city by i sufllclent number
to leave no doubt as to the greater pop
ulation of Chicago by many thousands.
The following comparative statistics,
returned at tho last election, show how
far Chicago leads other American cities
and tlwlr relative growth.
No. of voters In not.
Chicago 21X000
New York . . , 283,000
Philadelphia 203,000
Brooklyn (Kings coun
ty) 17C.O00
St. Lou 71,000
IJpton 74.000
Ualtlmoro , M.OuO
ISM. inc.
MG.WM 101,000
300,000 15,1)
lill.OW 11,'JUO
190,000 14.WI0
117,000 4li,000
si.uoa 7.000
1W.0OO 10,000
What does this signify as regards the
population of Chicago In comparison
with other cities? The percentages are:
Chicago, 43; New York, 5;; Philadel
phia, 20; Brooklyn, 0; St. Louis, 65;
Boston, 1, and Baltimore, 18. Tho
growth of Chicago has been nearly as
great as that of New York and tho
other five leading American cities com
bined. By the accepted rule of BVfe persons
to every voter, tho population of Chi
cago is shown to have been In Novem
ber, '90, 1,853,000, while New York had
1,050,000. By the present time nearly
four and a half months having
elapsed Chicago Is doubtless passed
the 2,000,000 mark.
Chicago has an area of 18G square
miles, while tho next largest city In
point of area is St. Louis with CI. 35
square mile's, and New York ranks
third with less than 60.
The growth of Chicago up to 1890 is
Illustrated by the following figures,
which have no parallel In history:
POPULATION.
1S30 701S70 29S,U77
1SI0 4,8r.318S0 JttUM
1SC0 29,31W0 l.HWKM
lbCO 11LM721!97 estlmatocll',000,000
HOGS PACKED.
1S31 r,2,8J9ilSSl 5,7:.2,191
1SC0 1.1.3391SU1 Clltt.fffiS
1S71 919,99711690 5.7C3.1C0
BANK CLEARANCES.
1SS7 .
1 f SS
1889
.$-,909,210,21011890 4,OUJ,145,,J,M
.. 3.1CIt.774,4;2lK)l 4.40G,8iJ,,JM
.. 2,379,923,1881
INCREASE IN TRADE.
Beef packing has grown with llko
rapidity. During the season of 1863-01,
there were packed here 70,086 cattle,
while In 1S90-91, the number had risen
to 2.6S0.333. The grain trade has In
creased from 6,028,459 bushels received
In 1S33, and 37,233,027 bushels In I860,
to 234,423,240 bushels In 1891. Shipments,
which began with 7S bushels of wheat
in 1838, had grown by 1870 to 54,745,903
bushels of grain of all kinds (flour In
cluded, reduced to its equivalent In
grain), and In 1891 reached the sum of
207,987,762. The lumber receipts, which
In 1S53 aggregated 202.101,000 feet, and
93.4S3.000 shingles, had reached, In 1S91,
2,045,418,000 feet, and 303,893,000 shingles.
Salt receipts had Increased In the same
period from 81,789 to 1,345,573 barrels;
coal, from 38,548 to 5,201,633 tons; hides,
from 1,374,311 to 110.891,691 pounds;
wool,, from 1,030,600 to 33,049,G64 pounds.
In seven years Chicago has gained
about 900,000 in population. Nothing
can be more marvelous than these
figures, and It may be truthfully said
that:
"Chicago Is the eighth wonder of the
world!"
THE UPPER SOUTH.
Personally - Conducted Tour
via
Pennsylvania, Itnilrond.
The last of the early Autumn tours
to tho historic Upper South via the
Pennsylvania railroad will leave New
York and Philadelphia Tuesday, Oc
tober 12.
This tour covers a period of eleven
days during the height of the season,
when the Autumn foliage Is most beau
tiful, nnd Includes the battlefield of
Gettysburg, picturesque Blue Moun
tain, I-uray Caverns, the Natural
Bridge, Virginia Hot Springs, the cities
of Richmond and Washington, and Mt.
Vernon.
The round-trip rate. Including all
necessary expenses, Is $65 from New
York, $63 from Philadelphia, and pro
portionate rates from other points,
The tour will be In charge of opo of
the company's Tourist Agents. He will
be assisted by an experienced lady ns
Chaperon, whose especial charge will
be ladles unaccompanied by male es
cort. Special train of parlor cars will be
provided for the exclusive use of the
party, In which the entire round trip
from New York Is made.
For detailed Itinerary apply to Ticket
.Agents or to Tourist Agent, 1196 Broad
way, New York, or Geo. W. Boyd, As
sistant General Passenger A gent, Broad
Street Station, Philadelphia.
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BICYCLE ORDINANCE
MEETS ItS DEATH
Killed by an Unanimous Vole In Common
Council.
OLIVER'S AMENDMENTS DID IT
.Mo ml) cm Thought It Wns Out of Joint
nml Contained Soino Ridiculous
l'cntiircs"l 1'. Cnlpiti Ooti tlio
Contract lor Building Cumberland
Iloso lIoue--"IIooks" ill ay Tnko
Tliolr Truck to the WllkcxIInrro
l'nrndc.
Mr. Chittenden's bicycle ordinance,
or rather the Incongruous thing that
emerged from the last meeting when,
Mr. Oliver finished amending It, met
death by unanimous consent last night.
Mr. Oliver was absent from the meet
ing and was spared being "In ut tho
death" of hln adopted child.
The meeting was a very business-like
affair lasting less than an hour and
being devoid of speeches, although" tho
eloquent Mr. Keller, had not Chairman
Grler prevcntf-tl, would have told why
he spconded the motion to ktll the bi
cycle ordinance.
Bids were received as follows for
the erection of tho Cumberland Hose
house: P. F. Calpin. $967. Joints II.
Nolan. $1,000; Spniks Bros. $980. Tho
contract was awarded forthwith to Cal
pin. Resolutions wore adopted directing
Janitor Marshall to decorate city hall
for the firemen's parade; directing tho
assessors to place a nominal valuo of
?100 a year for ten years on the land
and plant of the new bilk mill; grant
ing permission to Mrs. Anna Morris
to connect her property with the Hitch
cock court sewer; directing the city
engineer to give grade In front of tho
William Connell hoso house, which
place Is to bo paved permitting the
property holders on Linden streete, be
tween Webster nnd Clay avenues to
construct a private sewer in Alton
court; permitting the Hook ,nd Lad
der company to take Its apparatus to
Wilkes-Barre on tho occasion of tho
state firemen's parade next Thursday.
ELECTRIC LIGHT ORDINANCE.
An ordinance providing for nn elec
tric light in tho Ninth ward at the
comer of Qulncy nvenue and Myrtle
avenut, was Introduced by Mr, Moir,
An ordinance was Introduced by Mr.
Keller protdlng for the laying of flag
stone sidewalks and curbstone on Web
ster avenut between Linden and Mul
berry strerts.
An ordinance providing for repairing
the Relief Ho?e company's wagon
parsed first and second readings.
On third reading council passed or
dinance providing for a sewer onj
Muncy avenue and Green place; ap
propriating $322.19 for clerk biro In the
assessors' office; providing for tho
construction of a sewer on portions of
Scranton street, Seventh street, Ninth
nvenue, Chestnut avenue, Tenth and
Jackson streets; providing for a sew
er on Von Storch avenue and Hones
dale street; providing for repairs on
the old Columbia Hose wagon.
CAUSED DISCUSSION.
Some discussion was engendered by
Mr. Flanaghan's resolution permitting
the Hook & Ladder company to take
its truck to Wilkes-Barre, Mr. Noone
and some of the other members think
ing It unfair to grant this permission
to the "Hooks" when the Columbias
are seek!ng tho same privilege In vain.
The dlscuslon, however, was brought
to a termination by Mr. Zcldler volun
teering the Information that he had
written to the Baltimore firm, which
is constructing tho Columbia wagon,
and learned that It will not be com
pleted before the Jatter part of Octo
ber. It Is a special make of wagon
nnd had to bo built from the ground
up, there being no part of It that Is
kept In stock.
ACKNOWLEDGED IN OPEN COURT.
Deeds Tor Properties Recently Sold
by the Stic rill".
In open court yesterday Sheriff dem
ons acknowledged the following deeds:
To Maggie A. Horan and May Myrtel
us, land in Old Forgo sold as the prop
erty of Cathnrlno 13. and Frances J.
Glynn: consideration, XJ0.79.
To Sophia Muller, land In Dunmore,
sold as tho property of Salome Hrssing;
consideration, $l,G0u.
To Anthracite Building nnd Loan as
sociation, land In I'eckville, sold as the
property of John Stnnkovgkl; considera
tion. $40.60.
To John Shaffer, land In Dunmore sold
ns property of John W. Pinnell; consid
eration, $1S.85,
To J. II,' Shlffer, land In Lackawanna
township, sold as property of L. D. War
ner; consideration, $19.13.
To German llulhllmr and Loan asso
ciation, land In Wlnton sold as property
of Anna llopko; consideration, $11.30.
To German Building nnd Loan associa
tion, land in Olyphant, sold as property
of James W. Cooper; consideration, $100.
To John S. Kdwards, (and In Dalton,
sold ns property of William Hurd; con
sideration, $4.1.82.
To S. S. Spruks, land In Throop, sold
as property at George Kolata; considera
tion, $11.25.
To C. S. Woodruff, land in Scranton,
sold as property of Patrick Q, Connolly;
consideration, $11.83.
To Margaret 13. Davis, land In Scran
ton, sold as property of Marnaret E.
Davis, administratrix; consideration,
$15.05.
Tp Isabella Van Nort. Bella B, Zim
merman and Eleanor II. McAskle, land
In Scranton sold as property of Eureka
Laundry company: consideration, $703.
To Michael J. McAndrew. land In Scran
ton, sold as property of Hannah It. Pe
ters, ndmlnlstrntrlx, consideration, $11.
To Ernest A. Gllmore, land In Scranton,
sold as property of Richard J. Richards;
consideration. $52.61.
To David W. Brown and J. W. Car
penter, land In Scranton, sold as prop,
erty of D. W. Vaughan, executor; con
sideration, $1,803.
To Industrial Building and Loan asso
ciation, land In Scranton, sold ns prop
erty of Louis Schrauer, administratrix;
consideration, $11.45,
CHICAGO'S 1I1G TOWKll,
Structure to Ho 1150 l'cct High nnd
Hold 10,000 Persons.
Frrm the Providence Journal,
From tho altitude of 1,150 feet tho
United States flag will flaunt above
Chicago when tho city tower Is com
pleted. Ground has. been broken at the
site of tho tower at Harrison, Throop,
Congress and Loomls streets. The en
tire block will be almost covered by the
monster basea of the pedestal. Work
has been commenced on a pavilion, a
toboggan slide, and skating rink. T)ie
toboggan slide will bo 2,000 feet long
and the skating rink under a roof 200x
500 feet In dimension.
Contracts for boring and other pre
paratory work on the tqwer founda
tion havo beet) let. The company has
under consideration plans nnd cstN
mates for tho structural work. The
tower will rest on four four-cornered
supports each 50 feet square and meet-
Ing In an arch 200 feet wldo and high.
On top of theso arches will he a land
Ing 250 feet square and capable of ac
commodating 20,000 people. There will
bo six other landlrilfs with a capacity
of 20,000 more. The second landing will
be 150 feet square and 460 feet from tho
starting point. The third landing Is to
be 675 feet above tho ground, tho fourth
50 feet square, 1,000 feet nbovo the
foundation nnd two others on eleva
tions of 1,040 and 1,080 feet respective
ly. Tho last will bo provided with a
powerful search light and telescope.
Sixteen elevators will carry passengers
to the first landing, eight to tho sec
ond, six to the third, and four cars to
the 1,000-foot landing. Tho theater,
restaurant, booths and exhibits of
every description will occupy the landings.
WORLD'S MONEY SUPPLY.
Sonio Interesting StatlMlcs from tho
Hint Report Tho Per Capita Cir
culation in Ench Country of the
World.
Mint Director Preston has Included
In his annual report for the fiscal year
1866, which has not yet been distribut
ed to the general public, some figures
which throw a strong light pn tho con
tention that the supply of standard
money of tho world has been contract
ed as tho result of tho suspension of
freo sliver coinage In leading coun
tries since 1873. His tabKs show that
tho per capita circulation of the Unit
ed States has Increased within these
twenty-four years from $21.36 to $24.03;
tho circulation of the united kingdom
from $9,90 to $20.80; the circulation of
Germany from $13.59 to $19.23; the cir
culation of Belgium from $14.44 to
$28.49; tho circulation of Italy frpm
$4.88 to $9.96, and the circulation of the
Netherlands from $16.56 to $24.06. The
following table gives the usual figures
of per capita circulation In each of the
countries of the world for the latest
dates for which the figures are accessible:
Hil- Pa- Tp-
Countrlcs. Gold. er. per. tal,
United States $9.33 $S.7S $5.90 $'.'4.03
United Kingdom ,,, USA 3.10 2M 20.80
Franco 20.10 12.8J 2.53 35.47
Germany 12.91 a.lhi 2.11 1U.2S
Belgium ,. 7.93 9.03 11.51 23.19
Italy 3.23 1.20 5.43 9.98
Switzerland 5.33 .70 4.77 1V.80
Greece XI .G8 6.45 7.3G
Spain 214 2.74 5.72 1O.U0
Portugal , .W 1.45 11.71 14.16
Roumanla 7.13 l.W 2.19 11.30
Servla 63 .74 1.30 2.C9
Austria-Hungary .. 3.76 1.4U 4.59 9,81
Netherlands ..,...,. 5.58 11.71 6.77 24.06
Norway 3.75 1.00 1.90 6,lx
Sweden 1.77 1.02 .... 2.79
Denmark 7.17 2.3.' 2.00 11. K
Russia 3.SS .r 3.70 7.93
Turkey 2.27 1.82 .,.. 4.09
Australasia 26.53 1.43 .... 27.93
Egypt 1S.47 .74 .... 19.21
Mexico 39 7.70 ,32 S,U
Central Am. StHtes. .09 2.11 1.43 3,CG
South Am. States.. 1.11 .97 15.28 17.36
Japan 1.81 1.99 .... 3.8Q
India 3.21 .12 .33
China 3.08 .... 2.03
Strait.") Settlements 63.68 .... 63.68
Canada 2.76 1.03 Cut 9.82
Cuba 8.33 .S3 .... 9.16
Uaytl 4.00 4.D0 4.10 12.00
Bulgaria 24 2.0H .... 2.:i0
Slam 12 38.66 .... 38.78
Hawaii 40.00 10.00 .... W.OO
Tho table of per caijlta circulation Jn
1871' Is given only for the United States
and the leading 'European countries, as
the data Is unreliable In many other
cases, and the volume of circulation has
been subject to violent fluctuations In
some of the less advanced countries,
with little regard to commercial or eco
nomic conditions. This table of the cir
culation In thse leading countries In
1S73 Is as follows:
Kit- I'a- To-
Countrles. Gold. ver. per. tal.
United States $ 3.21 $0.15 $17.97 $21.36
Groat Britain C.03 2.99 .88 9.90
Franco , 12.47 13.8."i 30.67 3U.99
Germany 3.91 7.47 2.21 33.59
Russia 1.S1 .23 7.52 9.50
Italy 73 .S 3.CT 4.SS
llelfflum 4.81 2.8S 6.75 11.41
Netherlands 3.08 9.56 3.9.! 3C.50
Austria.Hun&ary . .98 l.U 7.40 9.19
Australasia 19.23 1.15 .... 20.38
Denmark ., 2.28 4.16 3.81 10.05
Sweden 41 .98 3.30 2.75
Norway 4.22 .89 3.2S 6.89
There has been so much controversy
regarding the volumo of circulation In
the United States that Director Preston
hns throught proper to present a com
plete statement of tho metallic circula
tion at tho close of eaoh fiscal year, on
Juno 30, from 1873 to tho present time.
This table shows that in splto of the
charge that silver was demonetized In
1873 the per capita volumo of sliver in
circulation increased from fifteen cents
In that year to $9.20 In 1893, and stood
in 1890 nt $8.81. The gold circulation,
which was $3.2S in 1873, rose to $11.76 In
18SS, and stood In 1890 at $S.40. This
tablo Is as follows;
Fiscal
year Per
ended Total in circulation. Capita
Juno 30. Gold. Silver. Gold. Sllvr.
1873 $135,000,000 $ 6,149,305 $ 3.23 $ 0.15
1S74 147,379,493 10,355,478 3.44 ,21
3875 121,131,9uC 19,307,995 2.75 .44
1876 130,056,907 36,415,992 2.8S .81
1877 1C7.501.47J 50,461,427 3.61 1.21
1878 , 213,199,977 88,047,907 4.47 1.13
1879 213,711.837 117,526,311 5.02 2.HI
1880 351,811,206 348.522,678 7.01 2.90
1SS1 478,4S4,d3S 173.3S4.144 9.32 3.41
3S82 500,757,715 203,217,124 9.65 3.87
1883 612,732,063 233,007,985 30.10 4.31
1884 546,000,797 255,568,142 9.93 4.65
IfSG 088,697,030 2S3.478.788 10.48 5.05
1S86 590,774,461 312,252,841 10.H9 6.41
1557 654,520,335 352,993,506 11.15 6.00
1558 705.815,855 3S6,C11,10S 11.76 6.44
18S9 (30.003,505 420,648,929 31.09 6.86
1590 Ca$,X3.0S3 463,211,919 11.10 739
1591 646,582,852 522,277,740 10.10 8.16
1893 664,275,333 570,313,544 30.15 8.70
1893 697,697.683 613,801.481 S.93 9.20
3891 627,293,201 624,347,757 9.18 9.13
3895 636,229,S25 625,851,919 9.10 8.97
1896 599,597,901 628,728,071 8,40 -8.M
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