676 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION THE POST-OFFICE.) 



from Porto Rico, and 5,100 tons from the Philip- 

 pines; 17,977 tons manufactured from imported 

 molasses; 292,150 tons from domestic cane-sugar; 

 124.859 tons from domestic beet-sugar; and about 

 5,000 tons of maple-sugar; total consumption, 

 2,372,316 tons. 



The area of irrigated lands in Colorado, Cali- 

 fornia, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada, 

 Oregon, New Mexico, Washington, and Arizona 

 in 1900 was 7,093,629 acres irrigated from streams 

 and 169,644 acres from wells. The irrigation sys- 

 tems cost $64,289,601 to construct. The value of 

 irrigated crops was $84,433,438, including hay val- 

 ued at $34,834,966, cereals valued at $14,338,326, 

 vegetables valued at $9,627,491, and orchard fruits 

 valued at $8,920,409. The number of farmers 

 raising tobacco in 1899 was 308,317. The crop 

 covered 1,101,483 acres, an increase in ten years 

 of 58.4 per cent., and the total production was 

 868,163,275 pounds, an increase of 77.8 per cent. 

 The value of the crop was $56,993,003. The aver- 

 age crop was 788 pounds per acre, the average 

 price 7 cents per pound. The imports of tobacco 

 in 1902 were 29,829,512 pounds, valued at $17,- 

 708,189. The exports were 315,575,309 pounds, 

 valued at $32,772,849. The production of fer- 

 mented liquors in 1901 was 46,614,258 barrels. 

 The production of distilled spirits was 128,568,201 

 gallons, including 26,209,804 gallons of bourbon 

 whisky, 18,263,709 gallons of rye whisky, 10,775,- 

 117 gallons of alcohol, 1,724,589 gallons of rum, 

 1,636,200 gallons of gin, 30,228,804 gallons of 

 pure neutral spirits, 4,047,602 gallons of fruit 

 brandy, and also including high wines and mis- 

 cellaneous spirits. The importation of malt liq- 

 uors in the fiscal year 1902 was 1,190,406 gallons 

 in bottles and 2,553,105 gallons in casks; total 

 value, $1,880,348. The importation of still wines 

 in casks was 3,300,026 gallons; of still wines in 

 bottles, 397,818 dozen; of sparkling wines, 335,- 

 256 dozen; total value, $8,921,138. The produc- 

 tion of wine in the United States in 1900 was 24,- 

 306,905 gallons, of which 14,62.0,000 gallons were 

 produced in California, 2,528,250 gallons in New 

 York, 1,934,838 gallons in Ohio. The importation 

 of brandy in 1902 was 316,311 gallons, and of other 

 spirituous liquors 1,909,812 gallons; total value, 

 $4,445,154. The consumption of malt liquors in 

 1901 was 1,390,127,379 gallons, of which 1,254,653,- 

 009 gallons were domestic and 3,596,382 import- 

 ed. The consumption of domestic wines was 24,- 

 002,439 gallons, and of imported wines 4,788,710 

 gallons. The consumption of domestic fruit bran- 

 dy was 1,078,389 gallons; of other domestic spir- 

 its, 100,066,821 gallons; of imported spirits, 1,941,- 

 629 gallons. 



The mineral products of the United States in 

 the calendar year 1901 reached a total value of 

 $1,092,224,380, against $1,064,408,321 in 1900. 

 The value of pig-iron was $242,174,000; of bitu- 

 minous coal, $236,201,899; of anthracite coal, 

 $112,504,020; of copper, $86,629,266; of gold, $80,- 

 218,800; of silver, $77,126,382; of petroleum, $66,- 

 417,335; of stone, $55,615,926; 'of natural gas, 

 $27,067,500; of lead, $23,280.200; of cement, $15,- 

 786,789; of brick clay, $13,800,000; of zinc, $11,- 

 265,760; of mineral waters, $7,586,962; of salt, 

 $6,617,449; of limestone for iron flux, $4,659,836; 

 of clay, other than brick, $2,591,332; of aluminum, 

 $2,238,000; of quicksilver, $1,382,305; of anti- 

 mony, $542,020; of nickel, $3,551. The coal pro- 

 duction was 225,759,980 tons of bituminous and 

 67,538,536 tons of anthracite: total, 293,298,516 

 tons, 'ihe production of pig-iron was 16,132,408 

 metric tons; of raw steel, 13.089.173 metric tons. 

 The production of petroleum was 63,363,929 bar- 

 rels, equal to 138,445,430 gallons. The exporta- 



tion of crude oil in 1902 was 133,536,800 gallons; 

 of naphtha, benzene, and gasoline, 23,498,479 gal- 

 lons; of illuminating oil, 842,829,070 gallons; of 

 lubricating oil and heavy paraffin, 76,035,611; 

 total, including residuum, 1,106,208,470 gallons. 

 The production of copper in 1900 was 254,460,713 

 pounds in Montana, 144,227,340 pounds in Mich- 

 igan, 115,403,846 pounds in Arizona, 29,639,987 

 pounds in California, 18,504,726 pounds in Utah, 

 7,826,949 pounds in Colorado, 6,918,122 pounds in 

 the Eastern and Southern States, and 12,536,850 

 pounds in other States and Territories. 



The production of zinc was 111,794 long tons. 

 The production of rock phosphate was 1,480,358 

 long tons, valued at $5,354,022 ; of iron ore, 28,887,- 

 479 long tons, valued at $49,256,245; of zinc white, 

 46,500 short tons, valued at $3,720,000; of sulfuric 

 acid, 98,000 short tons, valued at $2,293,200; of 

 manganese ore, 638,795 long tons, valued at $1,644,- 

 117. The production of aluminum was 7,150,000 

 pounds ; of antimony, 5,298,000 pounds ; of copper, 

 597,443,212 pounds; of ferromanganese, 291,461 

 long tons, value $16,589,960; of lead, 270,700 short 

 tons ; of nickel, 6,700,000 pounds. The production 

 of metals from foreign ores and bullion in 1901 

 was 102,645,963 pounds of copper, valued at $16,- 

 536,285; 1,730,856 ounces of gold, valued at $35,- 

 776,794; 22,260 tons of lead, valued at $1,927,716; 

 8,664,614 pounds of nickel, valued at $4,037,710; 

 and 45,410,085 ounces of silver, valued at $27,850,- 

 005; total value, $86,128,490. The total value of 

 domestic ores and minerals was $723,348,715; of 

 metals, $490,279,923; of secondary products, $73.- 

 068,974; total, $1,372,826,102. The number of es- 

 tablishments manufacturing iron and steel prod- 

 ucts in 1900 was 669, having a capital of $590,- 

 530,484, employing 222,607 persons who earned 

 $120,836,338 in wages, turning out 29,507,860 tons 

 of products worth $804,034,918 from material cost- 

 ing $522,431,701. The gold production in 1902 

 was 3,805,500 ounces, valued at $78,666,700, ex- 

 ceeding that of any other country. 



Shipping and Navigation. The number of 

 registered vessels in 1902 was 24,273, of which 

 7,727 were steamers and 16,546 sailing vessels. 

 There were 332 steamers, of 455,017 tons, and 858 

 sailing vessels, of 418,218 tons, 1,190 vessels in all, 

 of 873,235 tons, engaged in foreign trade and 7,386 

 steamers of 2,718,049 tons, and 14,130 sailing ves- 

 sels, of 2,140,665 tons, 21,516 vessels in all, of 

 4,858,714 tons, engaged in the coasting-trade. The 

 aggregate registered tonnage was 5,797,902 tons 

 on June 30, 1902, having increased from 4,068,034 

 tons in 1880 after a previous decline from 5,299,- 

 175 tons in 1860. The iron and steel tonnage 

 built in 1902 was 280,362 tons, of which 270,9?2 

 tons were steamers and 9,430 tons sailing vessels 

 and barges. The number of new vessels of all 

 kinds built was 1,491, of 468,833 tons, of which 

 581, of 97,698 tons, were sailing vessels; 579, of 

 308,180 tons, were steamers; 44, of 4,539 tons, were 

 canal-boats; and 287, of 58,416 tons, were barges. 



The Post-Office. The number of post-offices 

 in 1902 was 76,215; total length of mail-routes, 

 507,540 miles. <)i' the |>o-t -nlliccs -I.Tl.'i were presi- 

 dential and 71,472 fourth-class. A 1 tout 8.000,- 

 000,000 pieces of mail-matter are handled annual- 

 ly. The number of domestic money-orders issii'Hl 

 in 1902 was 40,474,327, of the total amount of 

 $313,551.279; international money-orders, 1,311,- 

 1 11 . of the amount of $22,974,473. 



Telegraphs and Telephones. The V 

 Union Telegraph Company in 1902 had !!><;. ll."> 

 miles of poles aii<l cables, with 1.020.0SU mile- <>f 

 \\ire. The number of olliees \\ns -2.'!..")(i7. The 

 number of messages sent dmim: the \e;ir 

 69,374,883 ; receipts were $28,073,095, and expenses 



