460 In 1921 the total exand hides and skins. ports amounted to $363,880,049; total imThe ports for 1922 were $151,904,184. trade of Mexico is chiefly with the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany and the Spain. In 1924 the imports from United States were $124,083,740; exports to, $153,576,788. CENTRAL AMERICAN STATES. President, Don Julio Acosta: capital, San Jose. Area, 23,000 square miles. Population (1922), 54,129. (1922), 485,049; San Jose Total exports (1922), $14,632,600; imports. $8,584,200. Exports to the United States in 1924, $4,656,761; imports, $5.456.809. Chief exports, coffee and bananas; imports, cotton, and iron steel manufactures, machinery. woolens and worsteds. President, Carlos Solorzano; capital, Mana51,660 Popumiles. Area, square lation (1920), 638.119; Managua, 27.839; Leon, 38,318. Total exports (1922), $8.131.Exports to the 000: imports. $5,271,000. United States in 1924. $5.905.628; imports. $5,834,651. Chief exports, cattle and coffee: imports, flour, wine, beer, barbed wire, cotton goods, sewing machines, kerosene, calico and tallow. PANAMA. Independence President, Dr. Rodolfo Chiari. of Panama declared Nov. 3. 1903; constitution adopted Feb. 13, 1904. Legislative power is vested in a national assembly composed The ratio of deputies elected by the people. of representation is one deputy for each 10.000 inhabitants. The term of office is four years. The area of the republic is 32.380 square miles and the population in 1920 442.522; city 66.851; Colon, of (1920). P nama 31,230. Total exports, outside of Canal Zone, in 1922, $2.591.125; imports, $10.651,400. The exports to the United States in the fiscal amounted to year ended June 30. 1924, $4.344.499 and the imports to $22.818.942. The chief articles of export are bananas, rubber, coffee and pearls. Under the constitution the legislative power is exercised by two elective bodies-the house of representatives and the senate, conjointly called congress. The senate is composed of four senators from each of the six provinces, elected for eight years by the provincial councilmen, and by a double number of electors, constituting together an electoral board. The house of representatives is composed of one representative for each 25.000 inhabitants or fraction thereof over 12,500. elected for four years by direct vote. Onehalf of the members of the house are elected every two years. The salary of members of congress is $3,600 a year. Organization of the Republic-The organization of the republic of Cuba, begun in 1900, was practically completed on the 20th of May. 1902, when the military occupation of the island by the United States came to an end and Gen. Tomas Estrada Palma was inaugurated as first president. Area and Population-The total area of Cuba is 44.164 square miles. The population in 1922 was 3,123,040. Population of provinces in 1922: Havana .783.011 | Matanzas 326,588 Santa Clara...692,134 Pinar del Rio.272.209 Oriente.......813,197 Camaguey ..235.898 Population of principal cities in 1919: Havana Camaguey Cienfuegos 62,638 .363,506 | Matanzas 98.193 Sancti Spiritus 58,843 95,865 Manzanillo ... 56,570 Santiago ... 70,232 Pinar del Rio.. 47,858 32,753 Guantanamo.. 68,883 Cardenas Santa Clara... 63,151 ..... About 70 per cent of the population is white. Imports and Exports-The total imports in 1922 amounted to $180,259,062 and the exports to $323,911,735. The imports from the United States in 1924 were valued at $192,304.954 and the exports at $359.505.487. The principal articles of export are sugar, tobacco and cigars, iron and manganese ore, fruit, coffee, cocoa, molasses and sponges: of import. animals, breadstuffs, coal and coke, iron and steel, wood, liquor, cotton, chemicals and vegetables. President, Louis Borno: U. S. high commissioner, Brig. Gen. J. H. Russell. The area of Haiti is 10.204 square miles and the population about 2.500.000. Coffee, cocoa and logwood are the leading articles sold. Total exports (1922), $10,712.210; imports, $12.350,271. Exports to the United States in 1924. $1,443,450; imports, $11,822,318. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. President-Horacio Vasquez. The republic has an area of 19,325 square miles and a population (1921) of 897.405; Santo Domingo, the capital, has 30.957 inhabitants. In 1922 the exports amounted to $15.231.355: and the chief articles shipped were coffee. cocoa and mahogany; imports, $14.317.497. Exports to the United States in 1924, $8,Zayas.755.320; imports, $14.454,804. NONCONTIGUOUS POSSESSIONS OF THE UNITED STATES. Porto Rico. The house of representatives au con the By act of congress approved Aug. 29. 1916, the legislative authority is vested in of two Philippine legislature, composed houses, one the senate and the other the The senate house of representatives. sists of twenty-four senators and the house The of representatives of ninety members. legislature created under this law opened its on its first session on Oct. 16, 1916, and commission being organized the Philippine ceased to exist and the members thereof vacated their offices. He The governor-general is Maj.-Gen. Leonard Wood and the vice-governor Eugene A. Gilmore. The governor's term is indefinite. receives $20,000 a year, while the vice-governor receives $10,000. Area and Population-The total land and water and and 700,000 bales of hemp are exported Imports and Exports-The total imports of as ISLAND OF PORTO RICO. Porto Rico was ceded to the United States by Spain Dec. 10. 1898, and was under miliwent into tary rule until the Foraker law In accordance with the effect May 1, 1900. third section of that act, the legislative sembly of Porto Rico having put into operation a system of local taxation to meet the necessities of government. President McKinley on the 25th of July, 1901-the anniversary on the of the landing of American troops free trade beisland in 1898-proclaimed tween the United States and Porto Rico. Government-Under the organic act of March 2. 1917. the legislative power in Porto Rico is vested in a legislature consisting of two houses, one the senate and the other the The senate conhouse of representatives. sists of nineteen members elected for terms of four years by the qualified electors of Area and Population-The area of Porto Rico Commerce-For the year ended June 30, 1924, TERRITORY OF ALASKA. Purchased from Russia in March, 1867. Made a civil and judicial district June 6, 1900. Area and population-Area, 586,400 square Legislature-Senate has eight members, or two to TERRITORY OF HAWAII. Commerce with the United States-The total value of the shipments of domestic merchandise from the United States to Hawaii was $71,011,469. AMERICAN SAMOA. Acquired by the United States January, 1900. Pagopago harbor acquired by United States in Commandant-Capt. E. S. Kellogg, U. S. N. GUAM. Area, 210 square miles. First American Governor-Capt. R. P. Leary, PANAMA CANAL ZONE. Acquired by the United States Feb. 26, 1904. Population (1924)-27.143. Governor Col. Meriwether L. Walker. VIRGIN ISLANDS. Acquired by the United States March 3, 1917. Ceded to the United States by Spain Dec. 10, Population (1917), 26.051. Governor-Capt. P. Williams, U. S. N. PAST POLITICAL COMPLEXION OF THE STATES (1828-1920). R.. republican: W.. whig: D., democratic: U.. union: A.. American; A. M., anti-Masonic: N. R.. national republican; P.. populist: Pr.. progressive. ALMANAC AND YEAR-BOOK FOR 1925. HISTORICAL DATA AS TO STATES AND TERRITORIES. 97.914 Ft. Laramie.. 1834 Americans.... Historians do not all agree as to some of The dates given the dates in the above table. are from the Statistical Abstract of the United States published by the government and are well supported in all disputed cases. Born.Died. THE HOUSE. Name. | Cong. Years. 30...1847-49 R. C. Winthrop (Mass.) 1809 1894 31...1849-51 Howell Cobb (Ga.)..1815 1868 32-33.1851-55 Linn Boyd (Ky.)...1800 1859 34...1856-57 N. P. Banks (Mass.).1816 1894 36...1860-61 W. Pennington (N.J.).1796 1862 35...1857-59 James L. Orr (S. C.).1822 1873 37...1861-63 G. A. Grow (Pa.)..1823 1907 38-40.1863-69 S. Colfax (Ind.)....1823 1885 41-43.1869-75 J. G. Blaine (Me.)..1830 1893 44...1875-76 M. C. Kerr (Ind.)..1827 1876 47...1881-83 J. W. Keifer (0.)...1836 44-46.1876-81 S. J. Randall (Pa.).1828 1890 48-50.1883-89 J. G. Carlisle (Ky.).1835 1910 51...1889-91 Thos. B. Reed (Me.).1839 1902 52-53.1891-95 C. F. Crisp (Ga.)..1845 1896 54-55.1895-99 Thos. B. Reed (Me.).1839 1902 56-57.1899-03 D. B. Henderson (Ia.) .1840 1906 58-61.1903-11 J. G. Cannon (Ill.)..1836 62-65.1911-19 Champ Clark (Mo.).1850 1921 66-67.1919-24 F. H. Gillett (Mass.).1851 REQUIREMENTS FOR VOTERS IN THE VARIOUS STATES AND IN ALASKA. QUALIFICATIONS FOR SUFFRAGE. Residence re- State Co. Tn. Prot. tration. Regis Excluded from ALABAMA-Citizens of good char-2 y. 1 y.3 m3 m Yes. If convicted of treason, embezzlement of public acter and understanding; aliens who have declared intention: must show poll-tax receipt. ALASKA-Citizens of the United 1 y. States. 30 d ARIZONA-Citizens of the United 1 y.30 d 30 d 30 d Yes. States. ARKANSAS-Like Alabama, ex-1y6 m30 d 30 d No. CALIFORNIA-Citizens. natural-1y. 90 d....30 d Yes. funds, malfeasance in office or other penitentiary offenses. idiots or insane. Persons under guardianship, non compos mentis, convicts. COLORADO-Citizens of the U.S.; 1 y.90 d 30 d 10 d Yes. Persons under guardianship, insane, idiots, prisaliens who declared intention 4 months before election. CONNECTICUT - Citizens wholly. can read English. 6 m.... Yes. DELAWARE-Citizens paying $11y.3 m....30d No. registration fee. 30 d Yes. FLORIDA-Citizens of the U. S. 1 y.6 m States. States. States. MISSOURI Citizens, aliens who 1 y. 60d60d60d (e) Paupers, persons convicted of felony or other have declared intention not less than 1 nor more than 5 years before offering to vote. MONTANA-Citizens of United 1y.30 d 30 d 30 d Yes. States. NEBRASKA-Citizens: allens who 6 m40 d 10 d 10d (b) infamous crime or misdemeanor or violating right of suffrage, unless pardoned; second conviction disfranchises. Indians. felons, idiots, insane. Lunatics, persons convicted of treason or felony, unless pardoned, United States soldiers and sailors. NEVADA - Citizens of United 6 m30 d 30 d 30 d Yes. Insane, idiots, convicted of treason or felony, un- NEW HAMPSHIRE-Citizens of 6 n6 m6 m6 m Yes. NEW JERSEY-Citizens of Unit-1 y.5 m........ Yes. |