Show I 1 I 1 the united states I 1 I 1 I 1 boston statesman the thirty one states nine territories district of columbia comprising equip rigin I 1 the unit ed states of america 41 are e ina 1 ted wil hin the parallels of 10 east I 1 a ade im and 48 we west ot of the meridian lian of washington ington ago q extending on the Atlig tie coast from av 25 on the pacific coast from 32 to 49 north latitude and contains a geographic area of 5 square mile miles being but ona ou i tenth less 1088 thau than ahe ha entire continent of ett eu I 1 rope rope they contain a population at the present time of of whom axe are whites the extent of its sea coat exclusive of I 1 islands and rivers to head of tide water is miles I 1 I 1 the length of ten of its prin principal c imp al rivers is miles th the surface e of its five lakes lake s is square squar miles emiles the number of miles of railway in 0 operation within its limits is constructed at a co cost at of 1 11 the length of its canals is miles it contains within its limits the longest railia railway y upon the sarf surface it ce of the globe gy lobe the illinois central which is ri miles iles in 1 I length eneth i the annual value of its agricultural productions duct ions is its most valuable product is indian orrt oem which yields annually ay and in in survey surveying nig the agricultural productions of our country i we are not only struck with their abundance but with their great grat variety our terri territory toy ll 11 extends from aiom the frigid reg region ion of the north to t the he genial climate of the tropics 7 ai affording d in z al almost every vari variety ety of temperature pera ture and very every kind of grain and vegetable hr her productions range from the cold ice ice and hard granite of the north the golden corn of the west toabe to the cotton and sugar of the south and nearly all in sufficient I 1 quantities to supply our domestic consumption I 1 and furnish large supplies for exportation I 1 W n thus thas farhi furnishing shing nearly all the val value tie as well as the bulk of our foreign commerce sui suggesting gesting ther ebythe iT rr conclusion that agriculture is the great transcendent interest of our country and upon which all other interests depend I 1 the amount of its registered and enrolled tonnage is tons the amount of capital invested in manufactures fac tures is the amount amount ONO of its foreign imports in 1853 I 1 was and of i I 1 the annual amount of its internal trade is I 1 the annual value of the products of labor label other than agricultural is J Th the dalae evalue of the incomes of its inhabitants is i the value of its farms and live stock is I 1 its mines of gold copper lead and iron are amon among the richest in the fhe world the value of tte the gold produced in california is per annum the surface of its coal fields iff square miles i its receipts from customs lands asic c in 1853 was aal its expenditures 43 its nanal domain consists of square miles of a land I 1 its national debt is but 1 1 1 1 1 i i ther the number of bank sat the present time is about 1 1100 af pf within her borders ar schools academies colleges and churches 1 I I 1 only one in twenty two of its white inhabitants is unable to read and write and nineteen nine nineteen teea of its twenty one millions of white inhabitants are native born its mountains are among the highest and its prairies are re among the most beautiful and extensive u upon T the globe lobe I 1 L r |