The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-12


cent OF the product Of the world While
the world q production of coal has doubled
IN twenty years. that OF the United States
has trebled in The same period We pro-
daced in 1899 more coal than Great BIZ
TAIN more than twice as much Is Ger
many, and nearly double that OF all eoun-
tries except Great Britain and Germany.
Ia the closing year Of this century We
shall doubtless mine zT5. COZ, 0e9 tons Of
coal, more than one-third Of the worlds
output, worth $3.50 GOO, 600 Not only do we
produce more coal but We also consume
more and then have more left than any
other country on the map We consume
more even than Great Britain and all her
possessions and more than twice as much
as Germany. the third great consumer.
Great mining Resources.
I'm 1876 we mined 100 tons Of copper
We now produce nearly 100000 tons,
worth more than st60. eo0,o G0 IN ten years
the worlds product of copper mas IN
creased twice IS per cent in the same pc
Rod
I'VE produce. in round numbers, o. o0e.-
600 ounces Of silver per annum. oEe-thtrd
the output of the world, worth 1900, 600,
and 3,9G0 GEO ounces OF gold, one-Quarter
Of the worlds output. also worth 3d.
600. oe0.
eve produce, in round numbers, 1S,-
| ooo, coo barrels OF salt per annum. prae-
tieally one-ffird OF the worlds output.
This is twice the amount produced ten
years ago and three times the produet OF
twenty years ago. Ten years ago Great
britain and Russia each produced more
salt than We, and Germany quite as
much Now we produce as much as Great
Britain and more than Germany and
Russia combined
1.-The petroleum industry Is foYty-fve
years old In 1888 we produced 2 coo bar
reIse Since then our wells have yielded
! 500 Geo 900 barrels. The yield in 1883 was
{ 81 ,ee0, 600 barrels. worth. crude, S6z.o00,-
goo
Equally favorable showing can be made
| with respect to nearly all mineral prod
uets Our mines and quarTies and wells
| and banks and pits yielded last year S9E5.-
| 00e. COG worth Of metallic and acn metal
| lie minerals, an increase of IS per cent
In ten years and Of LEO per cent il twenty
years.
ssThe latest available statistics giving
actual values Of the tangible property Of
/ the United States are found in the re-
| ports Of the Eleventh Census Careful
/ estimates Indicate that the Twelfth Cen
sus viii reveal nearly or quite si99, co.,
| 009. 600 accumulated wealth.
ct regret that the latest available sta
/ tistics OF manufactures are ten years old
| and therefore yalueless- But SO good an
authority as the senior Senator from
/ Rhode Island. after careful eonsiderat on,
recently predicted that the Twelfth Cen
| sus viii disclose ma slfactured products
worth more that S1z. 0e9 o6e coo, exceed
| ing in Waite the combined output Of all
| the factories and shops Of Great Britain
and Germany combined BY more than 81
600 o6o. 900.
| Gutput of Fisheries.
when tae act was passed making the
city OF Washington the Capital Of the wa
tiers no one had ever sesn a steamboat, q
railroad, IN iron pillow. or a friction match,
or thought o. an electric telegraph or teie-
| phone CT Dreamed OF an automobile. Is
| tahIishe6 highways we're few and poorly
/ constructed Generally. al least. The
road was built on Adams plan. and not
MeA6ams'-'
/ The first railroad Bas constructed in
| 1886 Since then we have built. II round
| numbers, 26G eco miles These lines OF
commerce. have become the track OF en-
/ pTre. the pioneer of civilization. Tie IN
| surveyed frontier OF 100 years age IS now
| an Eastern metropolis. while the unknown
| wilderness has become 8 verftabls garden
| Of flowers and . pSvadiss Of fruits Happy
| millions. housed "a what our fathers would
/ have called paIatiaI residences now dwell
where then no white msR was OF had been
| from the making OF ne world
1.-THE close 81 the most remarkable cen
| fury in the fight Of time finds Americans
| the best-housed. the best-fed, the best
! clothed, the best-edueated, the bes.-
/ churrhed. the most proftably employed,
/ and appiest because the most hopeful OF
/ any 7 eople al any time or under any sky.
Marvellous are the pages Of their history:
| unprecedented and unparalleled the record
! Of their achievements; great and honora-
! = al III
/ They have perfected and applied all
/ sciences known TO our fathers and dis
covered nex oIes. They have harnessed
every know physical force except the
tide, and sought new elements and eombi-
nations Of ; lements to enslave- They
have annexed ali contiguous territory ly
| ing between parallels of latitude congenisI
| to cur civilization, and have not been slow
to assume responsibility, when duty or ma
tionaI honor has demanded, beyond these
limits. They have made surveys prelimi-
nary to tie construction OF channel for
the bisectiag of the continent and the
nuptiais OF oceans. through which IN COM
| ing years shall pass the commerce Of the
world. q m0iety Of which, let US hope
shall be In American bottoms Events.
unpianned and BY some unEeieoned have
made the T5aited States the mistres4 OF the
Pacific. Destiny or mans wisdom, call K
the islands Of the sea under American TIL
ton. and has made the flag of freedom the
harbinger of better things 10 eight thou
sand millions % people. the natural dis
tTibuting point for whose more than
twenty-five hundred millions OF commerce
| IS under the sovereignty OF the United
States
Surely the future is big with possibiI-
ties. To be 3 parent and responsible for
the development and education OF the ba-
| by Ia the cradle is great charge; to be
OF the faculty OF q university with thou
sand students is quite enough TO make one
thoughtful and serious. but 20 be citi-
zen Of the United States. commissioned to
instruct strange and ancient people IL
things new ard In ways righteous and in
acts honorable and to BE- aRswe-ab1e to
the world and TO God for results should
inspire not pride. but humility, and should
demand Of the least and OF sli the exer-
else OF greatest wisdom"
| a GIRL SLEEPER AWAKENED.
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