The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1898-06-29
AMERICAS
GREATNESS
Uncle Sam Has Money to
Throw At The Birds.
HE'S A WARM NUMBER.
Operates The Biggest Public and
Private Enterprises In the
World.
SOME FACTS AND FIGURES.

Mr.. Mulhall, an eminent statisticiau
Of England, a few years ago, in an article
in the North American Review, snalyz I'd
the effective force and power of this
country and made the startling state.
ment that in power aud effective force
the United States was nearly equal to
Great Britain, France and Germany
combined. He said II we take a sur
vey of mankind in ancient or modern
times as regards the physical, mechan-
ical and intellectual forces of nations, we
find nothing to compare with the United
States.
Professor Francois, French econo-
mist in recent article in an economic
paper of Paris, stated that the wealth
and power OF the United States was one
fourth Of that of the world that the
wealth in 1890 was $62, 1900, 900, 900,
while that OF the entire world was $29l,-
5S0,O0O,OOO.
There is no nation which can compare
with ours. 1t is only by comparison
with groups of nations or with the bal
ance of the world that the greatness OF
these United States is shown.
The total railroad mileage of the
United States is nearly half as much as
that of the entire world, there being
1875 miles of railroad exclusive Of
side trackage in the United States, as
against 1885, miles for the entire
world, or 253,47 miles for the balance
of the world.
More than one-fourth of the pig iron
of the world is produced by this nation,
in 1896 being S,761 ,l97 tons out of total
production of 1,O09,S31 tons for the en-
tire world
We produced one-third Of the total
steel in the world, in 1896 being 1885,
5l8 ions, out OF the worlds production
OF 1851, l31 tons
The copper product of the United
States is more than half that of the en-
tire world, being 2O3,S93 tons in 1898,
against 373,208 tous for the world, OF
10000 tons more than all the rest oil
world.
The coal fields of the United States
comprises nearly half of those of the
world, being $4,000 square miles, as
against All, 800 tquare miles.
We produce more than half OF all the
petroleum of the world, being in 1894
S,4l2, 666 barrels, while that OF all the
world was 81, 33O, 800 barrels.
The forest products Of this nation are
nearly one half that of the balance of
the world, being annually 1900, 900, 900
cubic feet of lumber, against 80, 400, 0OO,-
900 for the world.
the United States produces more than
one.fourth Of the gold of the world, the
product in 1896 being $53 OSS, 900, as
against $202, 956, 900 for the world.
The silver production of this country
is more than one-third OF that OF the en-
tire world, being in 1896 $40, O69, O0O coin
age value as against $2lS, 463. 700 coinage
value, for the world.
The amount of life insurance in force
in this country is Sl3,742, 495 ,420, as
against S., 923, 1858, $40 for the balance of
the world.
The length of the worlds TELEGRAM
system in 1897 was 4,90S,323 miles, OF
which there was 2,5l6,54S miles in
America.
The number OF newspapers in the
United States in 1897 was 20,569, as
against $4,000 for the entire world.
The number OF topics OF monthly pub
locations in the United States in 1890
was 230,O00,00O, while that of the world
was Sl3,0O0,000.
The number of letters, postal cards,
papers, and book packets sent through
the mail in 1895 was 1864, 1878 in the
United States, while it was Ii, GAG, 443,-
$50 in the entire world. The people of
the United States send half as much
mail matter as the balance of the world.
The number of telephones in the
United States is 100000, against az l,3O2,-
100 in the entire world, or nearly twice
M manu- m Tho roat q A.