The sun., 1895-05-29
UNITED STATES WEALTH.
IN THIRTY YEARS FORTY-NINE MIL
lizards INCREASE.
-r,,. r. On, M,,iiard or Dollars More Than
EreI,nd,. Total Wealth - An EnElish
Statist,cian'- Figures Also Provo us
,h. pro.t Intelligent People on Earth,

,rr, r. m. M,ui,rd or Dollars Moro Than
Ensinnd's Total Wealth - An EnEnsh
St.tist,cian'. Figures Also Proye Os
the Most Intelligent People on b"r'n'
The English statistician. Michael @. Mulhaii'
publishes in the Juno number OF the No'th
american Iicpiep. an article on The rover
and Wealth OF the United States. Mr. Mui-
halls conclusion Is that:
"If We take a survey Of mankind In ancient or
modern times as regards the physical. mechan-
ical, and intellectual force OF nations, We ma
nothing to compare with the United states IN
this present year of 1895. and that the lnited
States possess by far the greatest productive
power in the world"
Mr.. Nulhall shows that the absolute ehective
force OF the American people Is now more thah
three times what IL was In 1850. ana that the
United States possess almost as much enerRs as
Great Britain, Germany. and France collectively,
and that tho ratio falling to each American is
more than what two Englshmen or Germans
have Mt their disposal. Hcpoints out, by n care
ful com parison between the conditions in these
different countries, that an ordinary farm mana
in the United States raises as much gram Ms
three in England. four In France. hve In Ter
many or six in Austria. One man in America
can produce as much flour as will reed .oo'
whereas in Europe one man feeds only thirty
persons.
Mr., Mulhall calls Speclal RttenI'oh " eho ieeS
that the intellectual power of the great repuohc
ia in harmony with the industrial and mechan-
ical eiphty.seyen per cent. OF the total popula-
tion over ten years of age being able to read and
write.
ut may be fearlessly asserted" says he' that
in the history of the human race no nation ever
before possessed II 900. 900 instructed citizens
The Post Office returns are appealed 10 oy WI
Mulhall in support of this part or MS statenen,
| these showing that in the number or letters pei
| inhabitant yearly. the lnited states are niu'i II
ahead of all other nations. ,,,,u A..
| According to the figures OF Mr. Mulhaii the
average annual increment or the nlteu S,aLes
| from 1921 to 1870 was nine huhureu anu @ ol,e
| millions of dollars and he adds that the new
| wealth added during a single generation-t nay
| is, in the period OF thirty years between ls9C
| and lSOO-was no less than forty-nine millards
| Of dollars. which is one milliard more thah INT
| total wealth OF Great Britain w.t.,
| Classifying the whole wealth OF the MOI MOI
| under the two heads. urban and rural. MT; Mul
hall finds that rural or agricultural Wehi'n i & hu
| only Quadruplrd in forty years, wnie y, urpai t
| wealth has multiplied sixteen fold. Belorf
| 1860 the accumulation of wealth for each rura
! worker was greater than that corresponding e
| persons of the urban classes: but the iarmmt
interests suffered severely by reason OF the cNi
| war and since then the accumulation OF wealll
among urban workers has been ereaty ;nf M4,t
than that among rural workers. a fact whlcf
Mr.. Mulhall thinks explains the lnnux OF popu
| lation into towns and cities. -
| In a series of figures Mr.. Mulhall shows thh
the rise in veal tn and increase IN wages calh'
| velopment OF farm values he makes the iollow
If the United States had no urban popula
| tion or industries whatever, the advance OF agri
| admiration Of mankind, for it has no parallel II
| histOryn