The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-16
INHgST OF THE NATIONS.
,.,~.sed ProportienaseIy Fsst-
rSsn Any other 6ountry, and
.<. IN. World In Many Of the
ceeut staples OF -Coaneree.

x,rw YORK. Aug "a special TO the
- from Washington says;
-. ,zpts gain q the United States fin
..s.saslor Of tne commerce Of the world
q Ar,sfs,rsntly discussed by the British
- a. Stockholm swsten, by the aid
= - important seriass Of statistical tables
=. ,..a.1 by me Swedish government;
-..s,w the commerce. and production OF
- varld IL . sss@eS - nve-year periods.
go. IA sles. which have attracted much
....,sssr by reason Of rAeir extensive re-
,~s,~ees are q seussed by Consul Con-
.s.s;< In a special report 10 the British
,-.<ynment. q copy OF which has Just
s~.xsea the treasury hoard OF statistics.
!, ,a,s report ne compares the production
- rofumerce Of the leading nations, and
,srcuSn his analysis Of the gain or loss
~ssrh they have made. presents an inter-
.w,tar y.c,ure % tina growth OF the chief
s-s4ssang ard commercial interests of the
rsn,ssa States. in comparison with that Of
..se- srsat nations. This analysis. coming
sroz tsese uapre JUDGED sources, IS esps-
~sssy Interesting III view Of the favorable
ssos.ng relative 20 the production and
sonsa.rcs OK the United States.
n. principal pig iron producing coun-
srsss are given as France. Germany. Great
britain and the United States In the
usysassnnial period. is7i-75, the averages
sprasI production OF France was /! 2s5. 800
sens aud in the period lsSi-a5 200, 600 !:
Germany increased from an average Of
lsts.aa tons In is7l-75 to s.soS. 900 tons in the
ss,-g period Grea, Britain Increased
from an annual average OF s.56s. 90 tons In
me fs7i-7s period 70 1911. Goo per annurn In
,ks lssf-s5 term, while the United States
Increased from average annual production
o. s.sss,s1 N the ls1l-75 period 10 an aver
are Of s.zss.ooo tons per annum Ia the 1918
period.
Commenting upon this table. Cop~.i
Constable says:
During this period IL appears that Grea t
Britain ard iEeland's proportional share
10 the production of pig iron had sunk
from NJ per cent to 27.5 per cent. while
on the other hand the United States has
.acraased Is production OF output from
1911 per cent. 10 3o.9 per cent
TIE production Of iron ore /. also dis
eassed In a table, which shows that the
average annual production OF iron ore in
the United States in the period 1915 was
ltS.ee tons. against l.. 241.0s tons in
Grea: Britain ard Ireland. II. Gss. ls0 in Ger
uany. t,S%s. 900 in Spain and 3,65i, GO in
France.
Commenting on these figures. Consul
Constable says that the annual production
of iron ore In Great Britain and lrela nd
has decreased from Ices. go ions In 1871 IS
70 Ig..sl.thp tons In lA3i-95. while the pro-
aactson Of the United States. which. for
Gi-is averaged ;.s32.oo1 tons. averaged IA
Neo tons per annum in the period OF
iSi-s5
The average annual output of coal by
sfeat Britain and Ireland during the is7l-75
Period Is given as i2s. ss2. 600 tons, against
l4sls,ess tons per annum In tbs issl-s5 pc
risd. Germany. 4i.6s0 0Oo tons In the is3l-,s
period and sI.e0s.oo per annunl In the
Nsl-G period. while that OF the United
States r. given as 4. s3 Go tons per aa-
am in the lsii-75 period and 100. sa2. on tons
per annum tn The ls9l-a5 period
Commenting upon this Consul Constable
says
UArinE The earlier uerini II thus "a n