The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-30
NO PARALLEL IN HISTORY.
An Enysish Statist!cian Talks Of the Pro-
ductive Power of the United States.

An Ensiish Statist!cian Talks Of the Pro-
ductivc Power OF the United States.
NEW YORK, May 3O.-The English
statistician, Michael G. Mulhall, pub
fishes in the June number of North
American Review, just issued, an ar
tlcle ON ''The Power and Wealth of the
United States" Mr.. MulhalPs con-
clusion is that '.if we take a survey of
mankind ancient or modern times,
as regards the physical, mechanical
and intellectual force of nations, we
md nothing to compare with the
United States in this present year of
1890, apd that the United States pos
sesses BY far the greatest productive
power IN the world"
Productive Capacity.
he asserts that the absolutely effect
I've force of the American people is now
more than three times what it was in
1861, and that the United States pos
sesses almost as much energy as Great
Britain, Germany and France collect.
lively, and that the ratio falling to each
American is more than what two Eng
llshmen or Germans have at their dis
posal.- He points out by careful COM
parison between the conditions in these
different countries that an ordinary
farm hand in the United States raises
as much grain as three in England,
Tour In France, five in Germany, or
SIX IN Austria. One man can produce
Is muck Hour as feeds 25O, whereas in
Europe one man feeds only 80 perssns.
MIR. Mulhall calls special attention to
the fact that the intellectual power of
the CREST republic is in harmony with
the industrial and and mechanical, 81
pss Ipss4 6 fsss 1T & 6staag sa1s as,ss aa
ut may be fearlessly asserted, that
in the history of the human race no
nation ever before possessed 4l,OOO, 900
instructed citizens
The Growth Of Wealth.
The writer sets forth in regard to the
growth of the wealth of the United
States that the average annual incre-
ment from 1891 to 1890 was 1901 ,0OO.-
600, 900, which sum is $1,000, 900, 600
over the total wealth of Great Britain.
Classifying the whole wealth Of the
Union under the two heads of urban
and rural, Mr.. Mulhall finds that rural
or agricultural wealth has only quad
rupled in 10 years, while urban wealth
has multiplied l6 fold. In an important
series of figures it is shown that the
rise in wealth and the increase in wages
came almost hand in hand" In deal
ing with the development of the farm
values, Mr.. Mulhall makes the follow
ing statement:
''If the United States had no urban
population or industries whatever, the
advance of agricultural interests would
be enough to claim the admiration of
mankind, for it has no parallel in
history"
Might Take Advantage Of the Crowd.
WASHINGTON, May 3O.-United States
Consul General De Kay in Berlin, in a
report to the state department suggests
that notwithstanding American exhib-
itors have been ruled out of the Berlin
exhibition for next year, it does not
follow that they cannot take advantage
Of the assemblage of people to show
their wares and extend their markets.
Therefore he proposes permanent ex-
hibition Of American manufacturers
and agricultural products to be located
in the Berlin business center, and to be
made self-supporting by hiring the
floor space to exhibitors.
Wisconsin Arbitration Board.
MADISON, Wis, May 3O.-Governor
Upham has appointed as members of