The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-09-22
THE WORLDS WEALTH.

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Austria is worth "a, 100000.
Russia is valued at $4,000, 100000.
The bank capital of Great Britain is
9910,00O,000.
The Spanish railroads are valued at f94, !,
100000.
OF the Russian city houses six-sevenths
are of wood.
The United States is the richest country
on the globe.
We build in this country every year
100000 new houses.
In 1885 Great Britain had e527, ,0O6,-
900 loaned abroad.
France is worth, all property considered,
e8,OOO,OOO,OOO.
The property of Germany is assessed at
96, 6,5O0,O00,000.
All the property of Italy is assessed at
e3,000,0 100000.
The public buildings of England are
valued at e240,OOO,OO0.
Over Al per cent. of all the property in
the German Empire is mortgaged.
England has 100000 shops which pay
an annual rental of ELS, 100000.
The world annually manufactures S3,-
200, 900, 900 worth of textile fabrics.
The rented houses of London annually
bring their owners e37 100000.
The annual increase of wealth in the
United States is over $35 per inhabitant.
The rented houses of Great Britain
bring in their owners 9l33, 300, 900 year.
The house property of Philadelphia an
nually increases $50, 900, 900 in value.
The German export and import trade is
annually estimated at f367 100000.
The total annual value of the worlds
minerals is estimated at 81 00,000,000.
The house property of London is an
nually increased by the sum of f10,000,-
900.
Great Britain is first in ships, the United
States being second and France third
In Great Britain the mortgages average
IS per cent. of the value Of the real estate.
In 1889 the official estimate of the rem
tai of all the houses in France was Ga
O00000
Great Britain's savings banks have 81
715,0OO depositors and s536, ,OOO,0 900 de-
posits.
The people of the United States have
over S350,000,000 invested in church
property.
The average value of cultivated land in
Germany is S105 per acre; in France S165.
The assessed valuation of the property
and wealth of Great Britain is f9,000,-
100000.
That portion of the worlds capital in
vested in banking is estimated at S15, 1885,
100000.
The total net earnings of the national
banks in this country in 1892 was $780,
65s,O15.27.
The Austro- Hungarian Empire has A.
100000 houses, of which 1896, 900 are in
Austria.
The United States census of 1880 showed
S,956,0OO houses, with 80 inhabitants to
each.
The total dividends paid by the United
States national banks in 1892 were $780,
4O0,713.93.
The house property of Australia is more
valuable compared with population than in
Europe.
The assessed valuation of Prussia is 93,-
425, 100000; of the whole empire, f5,-
681 100000.
The annual value of hardware manufac-
tured in the world is estimated at 1885,
100000.
The banking capital of the United States
is estimated at $3.50 100000, the greatest
in the world.
Denmark has the greatest amount to the
inhabitant in the savings banks, being about
$50 to each.
The Italians own 4,42O,0OO houses, of
which $4,000 are in the cities and $780,
900 are in the country.
The world has large part of its wealth
invested in 325,0 900 fixed and 107, ,150 To-
comotive engines.
Soetbeer says that the earnings of the |
Prussian people increased 25 per cent. from
1872 to 1885
Since the beginning of the present CEN
tury the land of great Britain has doubled |
in assessed value.
The merchant marine of Great Britain
is equal in value to that Of all the rest of
the worlds ships.
The people Of Great Britain devote 95,-
800, 900 of their wealth every year to the
support of their clergy.
The annual value of the clothing made
in the United States and Europe is esti-
mated at s., ,205, 100000,
The estimated value of the beer and
spirits made in this country and Europe is
stated at S2,055, 900.
The average cost of city houses in this
country is estimated at s4,700; of country
houses at 81 ,050.
All the Australian colonies are assessed
at 81 SOC, ,0O0, 900, most of which is mort
gagged in Great Britain.
The assessed valuation of the United
States, according to Mulhall, is 913, ,000,-
600 or S65 ,000, 100000.
In 1920 the worlds commerce. was esti-
mated at 9SS,000, ,001; in 1889 it was esti-
mated at 93, ,377 ,O00
Great. Britain is first in merchandise,
Germany being second, the United States
third and France fourth.
Over 9300, 900, GOO of the peoples mon
ey in Italy is invested in the royal navy, +
arsenals, docks and harbors.
The Austrian savings banks are patron
ized by $50, 900 depositors, who have on
deposit S6l3,O00,000.
Ireland has 150, 900 houses of one room
each, 257, 900 of two to four rooms, and |
304, 900 Of FIVE or more.
Canada, Belgium, Holland and Sweden
are all assessed at about the same figure
91 900, 100000 each.
The official returns of Berlin property
show 29,700 houses, valued at f158, 400,- !
900 and renting for f8, 100000.
The United States is first in the value
of horses, Great Britain coming second,
France third and Germany fourth.