The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-15

is7l-5 period is given as 126972,oOo tons
against 1874 Si9, 900 tons per annum in the
1S9l-5 period; Germany 900 tons IN
the ISIS period, and 7,00S, 900 per annum
In the iS9l-j term, while the United states
is given al a., 2S3,000 tons per annum IN
the lS7l-5 term, and lGO, S32, 900 tons per
annum IN the lS9l-5 term. Commenting
upon this Consul Constable says: Dur
ing the earlier period 1t thus appears
that Great Britain and Ireland supplied
a. per cent of the worlds output OF coal,
but at the present time only "a per cent;
Germany II per cent; whilst the United
States have advanced from IL per cent.
to nearly 90 per cent"
o.
The estimated consumption Of raw cot
ton for tho United states and Great Brit
ain is given by periods as far back as
1880, showing that while Great Britains
consumption of cotton Increased from L.
| 100000 tons PEI annum from lSSl-4o to L.
900 per annum in 1914. that Of the
United States increased from an average
of 1000 per annum ir lS3l-40 to 5,522.0OO
per annum In lSol-4. "Since 1870" says
Consul Constable. Great Britains con-
sumption of Gotten has increased by one
fourth, whilst that of the rest of Europe
| and the United states has doubled"
%
Commenting upon the table showing the
growth of railways in the leading coun-
tries of the world, Consul Constable says:
| 1T is estimated that during the period
OF twenty-five years. between 1870 and
| 1895, the length of railway lines in Great
| Britain and Ireland has increased by
| about 5000 kilometers in Russia by about
24,500 kilometers, in Germany by 27G2i
kilometers. and in France by 12,4S6 kilo-
meters; while in the United States the
| increase is more than U7,0OO kiometers,
| l. e., nearly eight times as great as that
| of Germany, and twenty-three times as
great as that of Great Britain and Ire
| land"
The estimated average yearly produc-
| ton of wheat in Germany, United States,
I British Colonies and Dependencies, and
| for all nations shows, according to Con-
| sui Constable's analysis, that 1.-The United
| States produces nearly one-fifth, the Brit
ish Colonies somewhat more than one
| eighth and Germany less than one-twen-
tieth of the total production of wheat
throughout the world"
| .
| The table showing the average yearly
| output of gold and silver for Germany,
| United States and the British Colonies
| and Dependencies is analyzed by Consul
| Constable in a single sentence in which
| he says THE United States and the
| British Colonies together produce some-
| what more than ore-half of the total an
nual output of gold, and nearly one-half
| the annual output of silver throughout
| the world" a further analysis of the
| table indicates that the United States
| alone produces about % per cent. of the
gold of the world, and over 50 per cent.
of the silver of the world.
o
| The total commerce, including imports
and exports. is given in pounds Sterling.
| Great Britain and Ireland's annual aver
age 1SSl-5. 573 SSS,SSS; 1919, $50 1866 $685. Ger
| many 1S1-5 3O6,Gl1 ILL., 1919. 352 III, III;
United States 1SS1-5, 302, ,333, $685. 1S91-5, 347.
| 1888 Commenting upon these figures
| Consul Constable says: THUS during this
period Great Britains trade has increa sed
| by slightly more than two and one-half
per cent: that of Germany and the Unit
ed States, each by 10 per cent; whilst
the trade of France has steadily de-
clined. The volume of trade has, it need
scarcely be said, increased to a much
| greater degree than is indicated by these
| figures. but owing to the almost universal
| fall in the prices of commodities, the in
| crease in value of exports and imports
has been less than might have been eX-
pected'
| The percentage of increase of popula.
| tion in the leading countries is shown ir
I the table which places the increase In
| population in the United States during
| the last ten years at ~ per cent, the
British Colonies and Dependencies IN.
| creased II per cent, Germany, II pei
cent; Russia, II per cent; Great Britain
and Ireland, ST. per cent, and France
rs per cent.