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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



cing, 1,000 ,000,000 cubic feet for miscellaneous pur- 

 poses, and 15,000,000,000 cubic feet of wood are 

 burned for fuel, making the total estimated do- 

 mestic consumption 18,307,000,000 cubic feet. The 

 average annual loss from forest fires is estimated 

 at $20,000,000. Under the act of 1891 the United 

 States Government set apart 17,968,440 acres of 

 the public lands in Colorado, New Mexico, Cali- 

 fornia, Arizona, Wyoming, Oregon, and Washing- 

 ton as perpetual forest reservations previous to 

 1897. In that year 13 additional reserves were 

 proclaimed, with a total area of 25,683,840 acres; 

 and since then tracts in Arizona, New Mexico, 

 South Dakota, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, and 

 California have been added, making the total 

 area of national forest reservations 46,425,527 

 acres. New York and Pennsylvania have State 

 reservations. 



The Indian corn crop of the United States for 

 1898 amounted to 1,924,185,000 bushels; wheat, 

 675,149,000 bushels; oats, 730,905,000 bushels; 

 barley, 55,792,000 bushels; rye, 25,657,000 bushels; 

 buckwheat, 11,722,000 bushels. In 1897 there 

 were 80,095,051 acres under corn, producing 1,902,- 

 967,952 bushels, valued at $501,072,952; 39,465,066 

 acres under wheat, producing 530.149,168 bushels, 

 valued at $428,547,121 : and 25.730.375 acres under 

 oats, producing 698,767,809 bushels, valued at 

 $147,974,719. The hay crop in 1898 was estimated 

 at 66,377,000 tons; potato crop, 192.306,000 

 bushels. The annual production of hops is about 

 2,000,000,000 pounds; of peanuts, 2,600,000 bush- 

 els. The area planted to tobacco in. 189(5 was esti- 

 mated at 595,000 acres, producing 403.004.000 

 pounds, valued at $24,258,000. The cotton crop 

 of 1899 was 11,235,383 bales, averaging 487 

 pounds. The exports to Europe in the year end- 

 ing June 30, 1899, were 7,146,009 bales; consump- 

 tion of the United States and Canada, 4.030,448 

 bales; total, 11,176,457 bales. There were 17.938.- 

 000 spindles in operation in the United States in 

 1899. consuming 3,553,000 bales of 500 pounds. 

 The production of cane sugar in 1898 was esti- 

 mated at 707,951,878 pounds; of molasses, 29,- 

 335,441 gallons. The consumption of sugar was 

 1,997,344 tons, of which 1,640,637 tons were the 

 refined product of imported sugar, 317,447 tons 

 refined from domestic cane sugar, 5,000 tons 

 maple sugar, 33,960 tons domestic beet sugar, and 

 300 tons sorghum and other domestic sugar. The 

 production of distilled spirits in 1898 was 83,668,- 

 411 gallons, of which 13,439,459 gallons were 

 Bourbon whisky, 8,818,240 gallons rye whisky, 

 11,672,795 gallons alcohol, 1,340,547 gallons rum, 

 1,267,580 gallons gin, 20,613,205 gallons pure neu- 

 tral spirits, and 2,906,198 fruit brandy. The con- 

 sumption of domestic brandy in 1898 was 1,411,- 

 448 gallons; of other domestic spirits, 79.207,887 

 gallons; of imported spirits, 916,549 gallons. The 

 production of malt liquors for the year ending 

 June 30, 1899, was 36,581,114 barrels. The pro- 

 duction of wine is over 24,000,000 gallons a year. 

 The consumption of domestic wines in 1898 was 

 20,567,317 gallons; of imported wines, 3,113,633 

 gallons. The consumption of domestic beer, ale, 

 and porter was 1,160,651,991 gallons; of imported, 

 2,457,348 gallons. The imports of bottled malt 

 liquors in 1899 were 869,957 gallons; in barrels, 

 1,927,470 gallons. The imports of spirituous 

 liquors were 1,389,352 gallons; of still wines in 

 casks, 2,240,387 gallons: of still wines in bottles, 

 247,464 dozen; of sparkling wines, 351,112 dozen. 



The total value of the mineral products of the 

 United States for 1898 was $697,847,802, of which 

 sum $344,079,986 represent metallic products, 

 $352,767,802 nonmetallic products, and $1,000,000 

 the estimated value of products unspecified. The 



pig iron product was 11,773,934 long tons, valued 

 at $116,557,000; iron ore, 19,278,369 long tons, 

 value at the mines $22,788,069. The product of 

 silver was 54.438,000 troy ounces, of the coining 

 value of $70,384,485 and the commercial value of 

 $32,118,420. The gold product was 3,118,398 troy 

 ounces, value $64,463,000. Of copper 526,375,591 

 pounds, including some made from imported py- 

 rites, were produced, having an export value at 

 New York of $61,849,132. The yield of lead was 

 231,269 tons, having an export value of $17.345,- 

 175; of zinc, 115.399 tons, value $10,385,910. Tin- 

 product of quicksilver was 31,092 flasks, its value 

 in San Francisco $1,186,627. The aluminum pro* 

 duced amounted to 5,200,000 pounds, worth in 

 the Pittsburg market $1,716,000. The product of 

 antimony was 1,120 tons, value $184,050; of 

 nickel, 13.411 pounds, value $4,694; of platinum, 

 225 troy ounces, value $1,913. Of the total value 

 of nonmetallic products coal stands for $208,000,- 

 850. The output of Pennsylvania anthracite was 

 47,663.075 long tons, valued at $75.414,537; of 

 bituminous coal. 166,592,023 short tons, valued at 

 $132,586.313. These figures do not include brown 

 coal and lignite nor the anthracite coal mined 

 outside of Pennsylvania. 



The product of petroleum was 55,354,233 bar- 

 rels of 42 gallons, valued at $44,183,359; the vain,' 

 of natural gas, $14,750,000. The value of the 

 stone quarried was $36.607 ,264; value of brick 

 clay, $9.(MX).000: of other clay, $1,000,000. The 

 value of clay products was $71,470,689. The pro- 

 duction of cement was 11,968,708 barrels; value. 

 $9.781.501. The limestone used for iron flux was 

 5.275,810 long tons, valued at $2,638,000. The 

 phosphate rock taken out amounted to 1,3<>- 

 long tons; value, $3,453,460. The salt product 

 was 17.612.634 barrels of 280 pounds; value. >r..- 

 212,554. The quantity of mineral waters sold 

 was 28,853.464 gallons; value, $8,051,833. The 

 product of zinc white was 33,000 tons, value $2,- 

 310.000; of borax, 16,000.000 pounds, value $1,- 

 120,000; of gypsum, 291,638 tons, value $755,280; 

 of mineral paints, 58,850 tons, value $694,856; 

 of fibrous talc, 54,356 tons, value $410,430; of 

 asphaltum, 76,337 tons, value $675,649; of soap- 

 stone, 22.231 tons, value $287,112; of pyrite, 190,- 

 150 long tons, value $577,731; of barytes, 31.306 

 long tons, value $108.339; of feldspar, 12,000 long 

 tons, value $32,395; of fluorspar. 7,675 short tc>n>. 

 value $63.050; of flint, 19,130 long tons, value 

 $42.670; of bauxite, 25,149 long tons, value $75,- 

 437; of fuller's earth, 14,860 short tons, value 

 $106,500: of marls, 60.000 tons, value $30.000; of 

 infusorial earth and tripoli, 2,733 tons, value $16,- 

 691; of pumice stone, 600 tons, value $13,200; of 

 magnesite, 1,263 tons, value $19.075; of asbestus, 

 605 tons, value $10,300; of sulphur, 1.200 tons, 

 value $32.960. 



The value of grindstones produced was $489,- 

 769; of oilstones, $180.738; ot millstones, $25.'.' I . 

 the quantity of corundum and emery, 4,064 tons, 

 valued at '$275,064; the quantity of abra~i\.> 

 garnet, 2,967 tons, valued at $86.850. .The prod 

 uct of mica was 129,520 pounds of sheet and 

 3.999 tons of scrap, valued at $103.534 and $27,- 

 564 respectively. Of bromine 486.979 pounds were 

 obtained, value $126,614; of monazite. 23n.77t; 

 pounds, value $12.462: of cobalt oxide, 7,84* 

 pounds, value $11,772; of rutile, 140 pounds, value 

 $700. The product of crystalline graphite \\.i- 

 2,360.000 pounds, or amorphous 890 tons; total 

 value, $75,200. The quantity of manganese ore 

 mined was 15,957 long tons, value $129.185. The 

 total value of precious stones was $160.920. 



The growth of the iron and steel industry has 

 placed the United States in the van of the ex- 



