COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL 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 products8,760,000,0008,926,000,0001.9
Railroads earnings, gross2,608,176,6092,835,374,0818.7
Deposits in all banks14,035,000,00015,283,400,0008.1
Capital stock of banks1,800,000,0001,879,000,0004.4
Circulation, national banks703,940,000724,874,3082.9
Net earnings, national banks131,185,750154,167,00017.6
Dividend disbursements611,000,000695,000,00013.7
Value bonds sold, New York1,317,291,000630,000,000 [*52.2]
Value of imports1,475,000,0001,550,000,0005.1
Value of exports1,730,000,0001,843,000,0009.0
Building expenditures857,550,669809,000,000 [*5.7]
Fire losses203,649,150229,942,65012.9
Business failures151,752,098 [†199,607,292]31.5
Cereal crops, bushels4,719,441,0005,169,426,0009.3
Hay crops, tons64,938,00060,978,000 [*6.1]
Cotton crop, bales10,363,24012,000,00015.8
Wool clip, pounds307,348,000295,672,000 [*3.8]
Coal mined, tons437,176,241500,000,00014.4
[†Iron ore shipments, tons]42,586,86943,629,2012.4
Pig iron production, tons25,337,00226,665,3415.2
Sault Ste. Marie commerce, tons57,895,14962,363,2187.7
Portland cement production, bbls62,508,46170,000,00012.0
Sugar Production, tons1,556,0001,565,0000.6
Total mileage railroads234,950239,0701.7
New railroads built, miles3,7484,1209.1
Immigration1,334,1661,078,000 [*19.2]

[*] Decrease.

[†] Dun’s report.