Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-11-23
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| p.r.r Details Some of the Facts
Rerarding Our Wealth.
| p,ris naper. LIE Soleil, which op'
,osed the United States In its war WIN
spain. admits that we are mighty nA'
ion with vast possibilities ahead OF u.s.
in a recent issue is says:
The Spanish-American war has nos
In the least hindered the development
of business in the United States;
might even be thought the. war mas
given it a new impulsion.
Official statistics have just given the
aoures of the foreign commerce during
the fiscal year 1S97-1S98. extending
from July 1 to June 80, and here are
the indications that these figures 1ur
nish us:
The total expectation of the United
States during this year announced u
81 .275, 200, 600, whereas those OF the
preceding year had hardly exceeded
81 .OSO. .OOO,OO Here is an increase OF
nearly $2OO,OOO,OOO.
In ten wears the American exports
have almost doubled, passing from
s742. ZOO, 900 in 1SSS-s9 to $1,275,2Oo''
700 in 1897 -9s-a prodigious increase.
In the growth of its commerce and OF
its wealth the American people
marches with the steps of giant. fhls
development is both agricultural and
Industrial.
The formidable increase in American
expectations during 1S9T-9S is due prin-
made by European countries whlcn
had had bad crops of wheat; neverthe-
less manufactured products begin to
take an important place in the total
North American explorations, which
are no longer limited as formerly to
the raw material necessary for the In
dustry or amelioration of Europe. Thus
we see figuring among these exporta-
tons for large sums and for sums In
creasing from year to year agricultural
implements, carriages, wagons, paper
and its products, woolen goods, differ
ent articles of iron and steel, etc. The
latter articles in particular represent
more than $4,000, 900 over the preced-
ng year.
To appreciate the production OF the
United States we must compare 1t with
that of the rest of the world. By this
comparison the fact is brought out that
of the entire production Of the earth
the United States furnish three-fOurths
of the cotton and one-fourth Of the
wheat. OF the GOO, ,OOO, 900 tons of coal
extracted from the earth by human in
d,..ry tho VYpfto1 Cfotoo cla In, naa RI
2OO, 600, 900 tons, or approximately one
third
OF the 435, 900 miles Of railway which
unfold on the surface Of the earth their
ribbon of steel, the United States pos
sesses 1S2, 900 miles. The railway earn
ings in the United States amount to a
billion Of dollars, representing two
fifths Of the railway earnings Of the
entire terrestrial system, estimated at
s.. 500, 100000.
For the production Of iron, copper,
petroleum, the United States defy all
comparison.
The shipping Of the United States has
force of IA. 400. 600 horse power, one
third Of the power of the world.
The mechanical power. by which the
United States dispose and multiply the
efficiency of human labor, is somewhat
more than one-quarter Of the mechani
cal power used by the human race.
The wealth of the whole world being
estimated at 1902, SOC, 100000. the srae
Of the United States in this total is S72,-
0O0, 900, 900, and since the wealth Of the
United States increases much more
rapidly than that Of any other nation
it is unnecessary to say that the pro-
portion will only be modified to the ad
vantage Of the American people
The figures that we have just quoted
show that the power Of the United
States is colossal And, behold, the
giant feels himself pinched for room In
his dominion Of 1900, 900 square kilom.
eters; he becomes a conqueror and
seems to wish to extend his hands over
the world!
The Spanish-American war is only
the prologue of a drama which is about
to unfold itself on the great interna-
tional stage. and in which the United
States will play the principal part.
Spain has been the first obstacle to
tHelE pdHSlOu ludt Tie Oulttu Suites
has met; they have beaten down Spain
as easily as cat strikes down a mouse.
with one blow Of its paw.
But Spain is not the only European
power with possessions in America.
and in this Pacific Ocean which the
United States seems to desire to make
an American sea In the Caribbean
Sea, in the Sandwich Islands, the La
drones and the Philippines the United
States will have European neighbors
whose possessions they will perhaps
covet- The fire which has been kim
died at Cuba will not die out; 1t will
seek new elements in more distant
regions.
1t is not enough to have great quail