Here are some of the U.S. statistics for the Year 1905:
- The average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47 years.
- Only 14% of the homes in the U.S. had a bathtub.
- Only 8% of the homes had a telephone.
- A 3-minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars.
- There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S., and only 144 miles of paved roads.
- The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.
- Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavily populated than California.
- With a mere 1.4 million people, California was only the 21st most populous state in the Union.
- The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower.
- The average wage in the U.S. was 22 cents per hour.
- The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year.
- A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, a dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.
- More than 95% of all births in the U.S. took place at home.
- 90% of all U.S. doctors had no college education.
- Instead, they attended so-called medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press and by the government as "substandard."
- Sugar cost 4 cents a pound.
- Eggs were 14 cents a dozen.
- Coffee was 15 cents a pound.
- Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo.
- Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from entering into their country for any reason.
- Five leading causes of death in the U.S. were:
