The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-16
OUR INVASION
OF COMMERCE.
The Advance Of the United States
Attracts Attention.
A LARGE INCREASE IN BUSINESS,
Sweden Publishes an Important Series
of Statistical Tables Showing the
Growth OF this Country IN
Many Products.

WASHINGTON. Aug -special-The
rapid gain Of the United States 80 her
invasion Of the commerce OF the world
IS intellgently discussed boy the British
Consul at Stockholm. Sweden by the
aid of an important series OF statistical
tables just issued by the Swedish Gov
eminent clovering the commerce and pro-
duction of The world ia a series OF five
year periods
These important tables. which have
attracted much attention by reason Of
their extensive research, are discussed
by Consul Constable iu special report
10 the British Government a copy Of
which has just reached the Treasury
Bureau of Statistics. i'm this report DE
compares the production and commerce
OF the leading nations. and through bus
analysis of the gains or loss Wncn tA-y
have made. presents an interesting pic
ture OF the growth of the chief produc-
ing and commercial interests of the Uni.
ted States DO comparison with that OF
other great nations.
This analysis coming from these mn
ting iu view of its favorable showing
relative fro the production and commerce
OF the United States
IRON.
Tho principal pie-iron producing coun-
tries aro given as France. Germany,
Great Britain and the United States. Iu
the qulnQuennial period hl-i5. the aver
age annual production of France was
12G-Ong tons and bon the period 1871. --
0lf 900. Germany increased from Am aver
age of i9FWl tons in tho ISIS period %
aoS2o00 per aunm in the iN1l-s period.
Great Britain increased from am annual
average of C5G200O tons in the lsll-5 per-
iod 90 121.el0 por annum boo the letl-F3
term. while the United states increased
from am average annual production of o.
.s4.Oo0 iu fhe hl-1 period t9 600
average of $4,000 tons I'm the
1s4l-s period. Commenting upon
This table Consul Constable Says
During this period it appears that Great
Britain and lrelanls proportional share
in the worlds production of pig iron has
sunk form l63 por cent. 90 2l5 per cent.
while ON the other hand the Unitd States
has increased its proportion OF output
from 1871 per cent. TO 300 per cent
The production OF iron ore ls also dis
cussed in table which shows that The
f.F 90 HH F.nH ID u.
,,,, f--,.,.5 $3.50 ir t,e 1e-Iod lSql-5 was
142,eO00 tons AGAINST l2.19oo tons in
Great Britain and Ireland H.D''..., I'
Germany 'ai''"' ln SPAN "''
n France. comm .lh5 up.u
uree 'onsul ''Ir'' 'I. ''t' 900"
nnh producllon 'I Hol "'. iI
hilIaln anu II'la."
decreased from Ip.'' 'u 10,
-l'.'" TONS DID I,''-'' WIN. ,.-,
"I lle '. l.'. '.., ....,',, ~ s.s.oa ton.
H.. .,.. Mia tsar..
p'I "i"IHl i' '-''
'DAL'
The average annual output or coal ny
Great Britain ANA ireland duilhs 10.
lsu-' period is given Ass l-'.''-'''l ''i-
AGAINST l,t>i'Hp tons per di.l'.n 'n '''1
lNl-o perlod' Germany .'......,
inc l'I-o p''l'A ana -...-.
Do me l''I-' l.Iiii, -''.' '''o - d.,
tit "' ,..i rt. 80 I'm, lone NOR
'He 1910 l,iIH ,,'- ,...,.,..,-.,... 90.
annum 'n INC I',l-' .,H ..i,'',.-'-,
upon '"ia ,'.''-' ~. ...... ..,-,.,-.. tf,l
lne ,"liI.I per "' D, ,-I' .....l,'.t A. -.-~
"l ''' i'' ,'''' ''-.. '....... 81, ,,.r Zane
W. ,.' .t,,, o,,i,. "a nor cont.
~ tne ,.Ins, ti,o r-ntf.d
,'' many 10 F'i..'.,.'.. tro,, n ,.er ronf
o'-. ,o .... ..o,t D,
80 .....,,.-.,-
-'-''
The estimated consumption oI m" ''l-
ton for the United States ana Great hi-,-
Jan ls given by periods as FAR oacN 's
l,0. showing that while Great huliih
consumption of cotton Increased from
$4,000 tons per annum from i''l-45 i'
. NIf UIl usr auuum lu leJl-l, tuHI or iue