Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-08-26
Washin9tun Standard
\ YOUNG GIANT.
UNITED STATES INVASION OF
COMMERCE OF THE WORLD.

Output of Gold and Silver -
values Given.
\ special to the TriJui4e from WASH
u Gtnn says:
Tn" rapid gam 81 tiie United States
~ her invasion of the commerce nf
II" world * intclligcntly discussed hy
tie British consul at Stockholm.
sweden, 10y the aid OF an important
series Of statistical tables just issued
by the swedish government covering
the commerce and production Of the
world in a series OF FIVE year periods.
These tables, which have attracted
much attention by reason of the ex-
tcnsIve resources, are discussed by
Consul Constable in special report
to the British government copy of
which has just reached the treasury
board OF statistics. In this report he
compares the production and COM
mercc OF the leading nations, and
through his analysis of the gain
or loss which they have made, presents
an interesting picture OF the growth
OF the chief producing and commercial
interests OF the United States in COM
parison with that of other great ma
tons. This analysis, coming from
these unprecedented sources, is especially
interesting in view of the favorable
showing relative to the production and
commerce of the United States.
The principal pig iron producing
countries are given as France, Ger
many, Great Britain and the United
States. In the quinquennial period,
1S71-75, the average annual produc-
ton of France was 1,265,OOO tons and
in the period of 1S91-95, 100000;
Germany increased from an average
of l,946,0OO ton in 1S71-75, to $685.
600 tons in the 1875 period. Great
Britain increased from an annual
average of 6,562,0OO tons in 1S71-75
period to 1871 600 per annum in the
1S91-95 term, while the United States
increased from an average annual pro-
duction Of 2,2S4,OOO in the 1S71-75
period to an average of S,263, 900 tons
per annum in the 1895 period.
Commenting upon this table, Consul
Constable says:
During this period it appears that
Great Britain and Ireland's proportion
al share in the worlds production of pig
iron had sunk from 1913 per cent. to
27.5 per cent. while on the other hand
the United States has increased its
proportion of output from 16.1 per
cent. to 800 per cent.
The production of iron ore is also
discussed in table which shows that
the average annual production of iron
ore in the United States in the period
of 1875 was IA, 2SS,OOO tons against
12,249,O 900 tons in Great Britain and
Ireland; 11,679,O00 in Germany; s.
438,OO0 in Spain and 1851, 600 in
France.
Commenting upon these figures,
Consul Constable says that the an
nual production of iron ore in Great
Britain and Ireland has decreased from
16,OS7 900 tons in 1S71.75 to 1924 900
tons in 1895, while the production
of the United States, which for 1871
IS averaged 1855, 600 tons, averaged
14,28S,OOO per annum in the period of
1891-95.
The average output of coal by Great
Britain and Ireland during the 1871
rs period is given as 126, $4,000 tons,
against S4,819,O 900 tons per annum in
the 1915 period; Germany, A,6SO,-
600 tons per annum in the 1871-75
period and 97,OOS,OOO per annum in
the l891.95 period, while that of the
United States is given as 45,293,OOO
tons per annum in the 1915 period
and l60,932,OO0 tons per annum in
the 189l-95 period.
Commenting upon this Consul Con-
stable says:
During the earlier period it thus
appears that Great Britain and Ireland
supplied AZ per cent. of the worlds
coal output, but at the present only
"a per cent. Germany II per cent,
while the United States has advanced
from II to nearly 80 per cent"
The estimated consumption of raw
cotton for the United States and Great
Britain is given by periods as far back as
1880 showing that while Great Britain's
consumption of cotton increased from
100000 tonSper annum from 1881
40 to 1901 900 per annum in 1894;
that of the United States increased
from an average of $4,000 per annum
in 1910 to 5,552, 800 per annum in
1924.
"Since 1870" says Consul Constable,
"Great Britain's consumption of
cotton has increased by one-fourth,
while that of the remainder OF Europe
and the United States has doubled"
Commenting upon the table show
ing the growth of railroads in the
leading countries of the world, Con-
sui Constable says:
at is estimated that during the
period of % years between 1870 and
1895 the length of railroad lines in
Great Britain has increased by about
5000 kilometers, in Russia by about
$4,000 kilometers, in Germany by o.