Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-04-20

| United States .$65, 000, 600, coo
| United Kingdom 1900, 1000, 900
| France ................4 1880 100000
| Germany ....... 32,0OO, 0OO, 900
| Russia 25,OO0 ,OO0, 900
Austria 10000, OO0, 900
Italy 14,50O, OO0,O 900
Spain 1880, 0O0,O 900
Australia ........ 9,5OO, OO0,OO0
Belgium ......... 5,00O,OOO,OO0
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canada ................ 4,oVO,OoV'VoV
On an estimated basis Of $11O,OOO,-
100000 as the total wealth and Of TO-
100000 as the population in 1900, the
average wealth per capita In the United
| States will show an increase of from
81 $50 in 1890 to 81 ,466 in 1900, or con-
siderably greater than that of any other
nation. Heretofore the United States
has ranked fifth among the nations In
wealth per capita, the figures being
81 200 for the United Kingdom, 81, $50
for Denmark, 81 100 for France, $1,000
for Holland, and $1,050 for the United
States.
The increase Of $45, 900, 600, 900 in the
total wealth Of the United States in the
/
leled In the history Of nations. 1t rep
resents larger sum than the aggregate
wealth of any other country ten years
ago, with the single exception Of the
| United Kingdom, while the total OF
$4,000 100000 will be nearly double
that of the next wealthiest country.
| The Federal census takes account of
statistics by decades only. IL the
| twelfth census could show the correct
figures for intervening years-for ex-
ample, the aggregate national wealth
| for 1895, under the fearful depression
Of values following the enactment of
the Wilson-Gorman free trade tariff Of
1S94-tbe contrast would be startling
one. Equally startling would be the
| contrast between the national wealth
per capita in 1892, when protection and
prosperity went hand in hand, and that
| OF 1895, when free trade had begun it's
deadly work.
| Unfortunately, these contrasts can
not be shown, and the countless bill
lions of shrinkage in material wealth
| growing out Of a ruinous economic pol
icy can scarcely be Appropriated,
much less accurately estimated. 1t Is
enough that the American people know
in general way the tremendous differ
ence between then and now; that they
| perfectly understand what made the
country poor and what has assisted
to bring about the $4,000, 100000 Of
increase in national wealth in ten years
to the present stupendous total of $11O,-
OOO,OOO,OO0.
A Rejection of Improved Conditions.
The advance in wages in cotton mills
is merely a reaction Of the improved
condition of the country. The pros
perity which has been promised for so
many years seems to have materialized
at last. The advancement of wages In
the cotton industry comes at time
when nearly all the industries of the
country are responding to the larger
employment of labor. The wooden in
dustry seems practically alone, for the
depression that has been dissipated In
other industries still clings to this in
dustry. 1t would be unreasonable to
assume that the wooden industry can
long remain an exception to other in
dustries; there are already indications
which point to a revival Of trade In
wooden goods. Still it may be some
time before the industry finds steady
and increased employment which will
permit of any increase in wages. The
country, however, Is headed toward a
long period of prosperity, from which
labor will benefit as much as, IL not
more than, capital.-New York Textile
Manufacturers Journal.
The Mckinley Prosperity.
"An increase of 10 per cent. in wages
went into effect to-day to the $500 en-
ployes Of the Riverside Iron Works.
The increase came unexpectedly"
This is dispatch from Bellaire, Ohio,
and dispatches to the same effecthave
been in the papers since the year
opened from many different points COW
ering a wide range of territory. The
Mckinley prosperity is getting In Its
work, and the free silver organs that
did all they could to delay It's arrival
by wailing calamity are singing low
these days and doing their best to for
get the past. 1t Is to be regretted the
spring campaign this year will not be
one of stump speaking, for 1t would
be interesting to know what the silver
orators would have to say Of tho condi-
ton, and not the theory, which exists
Grand Rapids (Mich.) Herald.
Genuinely Sound Prosperity.
1t 10 a cheerful review that the st.
Louis Globe Democrat has made of the
commercial and industrial conditions In
FIVE States Of the Southwest. 1t pre-
sents facts that prove conclusively the
genuine soundness Of the prosperity
that has come as n result of the new
tariff and of confidence In the financial
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