Show PAYING investment LOUISIANA TOBY veay VALUABLE productiveness returns each year more than the original cost statistics of general Inte reet the termination of the louisiana purchase and the lions tor the lewis and dark centen nial exposition benj interest to some figures compiled by the department of commerce and labor through its lm reau of statistics with reference to the production and business conditions in the area included within the various great additions to cur territory says the washington star the land urea ot the louisiana pur chase exceeds that of the original thirteen states being 02 square miles against a land area of 80 square miles in th original thirteen tates the states and territories which have been created in whole or in part from its area number 14 and their population in 1900 was 14 against a population of less than in the territory at the t me of its e their total area Is nearly one third that of the entire union and their poi about one fifth that of the entire united states the total value ot the agricultural products of the state formed from the louisiana purchase including in that category simply wheat corn oats bar ley rye hay and potatoes was in 1890 given as and in 1903 it had increased to the wool product of they states amounted in 1894 to pounds and in 1903 to 89 pounds or 30 per cent of the total wool product of the unit ed states with an estimated value of about or more than the cost of the entire area the value of the farm animals in these states in 1890 was and on january 1 1904 the value was tl the product of the mines Is aleo of very great value the coal produced in this area in 1902 abou amou cited to 30 tons against 14 tons in 1890 the iron ore to tona in 1892 against 1 2 tons in 1890 the silver product pf 1902 to in coining value against 44 in 1890 and gold 39 la 1902 against 10 aio 00 in 1890 the banking institutions of the states formed from this territory re ported capital in 1903 amount ing to against in 1890 their circulation to 56 against 15 in 1890 their loans and discounts in 1903 to against in 1890 and their total resources in 1902 to 1 in 1890 while individual deposits in bani s in 1903 amounted to against in 1890 an increase of more than in individual deposits iring the period the pupils enrolled in the public schools in the states in question in numbered 2 and in 1902 3 teachers employed num bared in 1890 89 and in 1902 and the expenditure tor public schools in 1890 was 30 and in 1902 the number of pu pils in attendance at high schools in 1902 was with teachers in atten danca at normal schools 14 with WO teachers and at higher educational institutions 45 students and 4 teachers the total figures of the number of teach era and attendance atten of scholars for schools and educational institutions in the 14 states fored from the louisi ana purchase show teachers in 1890 95 in 1902 attendance in 1890 2 in 3 the number of newspapers and periodicals published in this area in 1890 was 4 and in 1903 the num her was 5 the number of post offices in 1890 was 13 and in 1903 it was the riles of railway in operation in 1890 numbered 51 and in 1902 there were 62 miles being operated or nearly 41 per cent of the total railway mileage of the country |