INANCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF UNITED STATES IN 1910

1909. 1910. % Inc.
*All bank clearings $164,195,488,940 $162,000,000,000 -1.3
Value of all farm products 8,760,000,000 8,926,000,000 1.9
Railroads earnings, gross 2,608,176,609 2,835,374,081 8.7
Deposits in all banks 14,035,000,000 15,283,400,000 8.1
Capital stock of banks 1,800,000,000 1,879,000,000 4.4
Circulation, national banks 703,940,000 724,874,308 2.9
Net earnings, national banks 131,185,750 154,167,000 17.6
Dividend disbursements 611,000,000 695,000,000 13.7
Value bonds sold, New York 1,317,291,000 630,000,000 -52.2
Value of imports 1,475,000,000 1,550,000,000 5.1
Value of exports 1,730,000,000 1,843,000,000 9.0
Building expenditures 857,550,669 809,000,000 -5.7
Fire losses 203,649,150 229,942,650 12.9
Business failures 151,752,098 *199,607,292 31.5
Cereal crops, bushels 4,719,441,000 5,169,426,000 9.3
Hay crops, tons 64,938,000 60,978,000 -6.1
Cotton crop, bales 10,363,240 12,000,000 15.8
Wool clip, pounds 307,348,000 295,672,000 -3.8
Coal mined, tons 437,176,241 500,000,000 14.4
*Iron ore shipments, tons 42,586,869 43,629,201 2.4
Pig iron production, tons 25,337,002 26,665,341 5.2
Sault Ste. Marie commerce, tons 57,895,149 62,363,218 7.7
Portland cement production, bbls 62,508,461 70,000,000 12.0
Sugar Production, tons 1,556,000 1,565,000 0.6
Total mileage railroads 234,950 239,070 1.7
New railroads built, miles 3,748 4,120 9.1
Immigration 1,334,166 1,078,000 -19.2

- Decrease.

* Dun's report.

[Illustration: MAP CLASSIFYING STATES WITH RESPECT TO THE PERCENTAGE
OF INCREASE OF POPULATION: 1900 TO 1910.]

[Illustration: THE WORLD

ON MERCATOR'S PROJECTION]

[Illustration: FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS]

[Illustration: FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS