The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-08-16

cussed in table which shows that the
average annual production Of iron ore
in the United States in the period 1891
30 was IA, 2SS,OO0 TONS against 1928,
600 tons in Great Britain and Ireland,
1l,679,OOO in Germany, 5,34S,OO in Spain
and 1861 600 in France
Commenting upon these figures, Con-
sui Constable says that the annual pro-
ductien of iron ore in Great Britain
and Ireland has decreased from l6s-
OS7 600 tons. in 1S71-I5 to- 12249,OOU
tons in 1S91-95, While the production
of the United States (Which for 1910
averaged 4,532O00 tons) averaged a.
2SS, 600 tons per annum in the period
of 1S91-95.
The average annual output of coal by
Great Britain and Ireland during the
1S71-75 period is given as 126,9S2,OOU
tons, against 1S4, S19OO0 tons per an
mum in the 1S91-95 period; Germany,
Al 6SO,O00 tons in the 1S71-75 period
and 97.OOS,0OO per annum in the 1891
95 period, while that of the United
States is given at 45,2S3,O00 tons per
annum in the 1S71-75 period and 100 :
932 900 tons per annum in the 1S91-9o
period.
stable says:
During the earlier period it thus ap-
pears that Great Britain and Ireland
supplied AZ per cent of the world s
coal output. but at the present only "a
per cent; Germany, II per cent, while
the United States has advanced from
IL to nearly 80 per cent"
The estimated consumption of raw
cotton for the United States and Great
Britain is given by periods as Tar pack
as 1880, showing that, While Great
Britain's consumption of cotton In
creased from 100000 tons per annum
from 1910 to 1901, 900 per annum
in 1891 ga. that of the United states IN
Greg sed from an average of $4,000 per
annum in 1S31-4O to 1922 900 per an
mum in 1891 "a. "Since 1870, says
Consul Constable. Great Britain's con-
srnontiou of cotton has increased by
one-fourth, while that of the rest or
Europe and the United States has
doubled
Commenting upon the table showing
the growth of railways in the leading
countries of the world, Consul Con-
stable SAYS: 1T is estimated that dur
ing the period of twenty-five years be-
tween 1870 and 1895, the length of rail-
way lines in Great Britain has In
creased by about 5000 kiiometers; in
Russia by about "a 800 kilometers; in
Germany by 1854 kilometers, and in
France by %, 4SS kilometers, While In
the United States the increase is more
than 2O1 900 kilometers. that is, nearly
eight times as great as that Of Ger
many and twenty-three times as great
as that of Great Britain and Ireland.
The estimated average yearly produc-
ton Of wheat in Germany, the United
States, the British colonies and de-
tendencies for all nations shows, ac-
cording to Consul Constable's analysis,
that 1.-The United States produces near
w one-fifth, the British colonies some
what more than one-eighth, and Ger
many less than one-twentieth OF the
total production Of wheat throughout
the world.
The table showing the average year
Nv output of gold, and silver for Ger
many, the United States and the Brit
ish colonies and dependencies is anal
wed by Consul Constable in single
sentence, in which he says:
THUS the United States and the Brit
ish colonies together produce somewhat
more than one-half of the total annual
output of gold and nearly one-half OF
the annual output of silver throughout
the world"
A further analysis Of the table indi-
Gates that the United States alone pro-
duces about % per cent. of the gold or