Comparative Population Of All American Cities Of Over 100,000 Inhabitants
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This section is from the book "The Home Cyclopedia Of History", by Charles Morris. Also available from Amazon: Home Cyclopedia of Necessary Knowledge.
Comparative Population Of All American Cities Of Over 100,000 Inhabitants
Also statement of the area in acres covered by each, and average density of population.
COMPARATIVE PROGRESS OF COTTON MANUFACTURING, NORTH AND SOUTH, 1890-1900
World's Annual Production of Four Great Staples
Coal
Area of the World's Coal Fields in Square Miles: China and Japan. 200,000; United States, 194,000; India, 35,000; Russia, 27,000; Great Britain, 9,000; Germany, 3,600; France, 1,800; all other European countries, 1;400; total, 471,800. It is estimated that the supply is sufficient at the rate of present demand to last the world 1000 years.
Wool
In 1860 the world's supply of wool was 955,000,000 pounds.
In 1900 the world's supply of wool was 2,685,105,013 pounds, nearly three hundred per cent. increase.
Cotton
The United States produces nearly three-fourths of all cotton grown in the world.
Tobacco
More than one-third of the tobacco crop of the world is grown by the United States.
THE MONEY OF THE WORLD Showing the Gold, Silver and Paper Currency of the Nations of the World, also the Amount per Capita. In Million Dollars.
Comparative Areas of Land and Water on the Globe and also comparative Areas and Population of the Nations of the World divided into Monarchies and Republics.
STATISTICS OF THE SMALLER COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD
Population | Square Miles | ||
Belgium ................ | 6,030,043 | 11,373 | |
Servia ................. | 2,096,043 | 18,757 | |
Greece ................... | 2,433,806 | 24,977 | |
Roumania ............. | 5,376,000 | 46,314 | |
Denmark ............... | 2,288,193 | 101,403 | |
Korea ........... | 10,519,000 | 85,000 | |
Sam .................... | 5,700,000 | 280,550 | |
San Salvador..................................................................................................................... | 800,500 | 7,228 | |
Switzerland .............. | 2,933,334 | 15,981 | |
Costa Rica ............. | 309,683 | 19,985 | |
San Domino ............. | 600,000 | 20,596 | |
Hayti............................................................................................................................... | 1,211,625 | 29,830 | |
Cuba..................................................... ............. | 1,600,000 | 41,655 | |
Honduras ................ | 420,000 | 42,658 | |
Guatemela .............. | 1,535.632 | 46,774 | |
Nicargua ............... | 420,000 | 51,660 | |
Uruguay .......................... | 840,725 | 712,112 |
equal to the ordinary college of a few years ago.
In manufacturing and commerce the United States in the year 1900 took the lead among the nations of the earth. She has nearly, 90,000 miles of railroad within her borders, or about one-third of all the rail-roads of the earth.
The Government is a model Republic administered by the President, as executive, and two branches of Congress - the Senate, composed of two members from each State in the Union, and the House of Representatives, composed of representatives apportioned among the different States in proportion to population. The President is elected by a College of Electors, the members of which are chosen in the different States by a majority vote. The Senators are elected by the State Legislatures. Representatives are elected by a direct vote of the people.
The State Governments are independent in administering their local affairs, but cannot make laws out of harmony with the United States laws. Each State has its Governor and two legislative branches, the Senate and House of Representatives, which meet at the State capital. The Governor and State legislative representatives are elected by direct vote of the people.
Theodore Roosevelt, the present President, succeeded the martyred McKinley, and was re-elected for a second term in 1904, Inaugurated March 4, 1905.
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