The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-06
THE UNITED STATES.

Commerce and member of the Imperla
German Consultative Board for Com
mercial Measures, to be republished b!
the Treasury Bureau of Statistics in it
Forthcoming issue of the Monthly sum
mary of Commerce and Finance
These statements are the result of al
eight months official tour Of the Unltet
States by Mr.. Goldberger, in which M
made personal observations and inves-
LEGATIONS into industrial, commercial
and economic conditions. His detallec
reports upon these subjects We're made
direct to the Emperor and the Minister
of Commerce and have not yet been OF
fcially published. Meantime, however
he has published in a leading weekly
journal Of Berlin, Die Woche, a Sc
5ries of signed articles under the above
title, 1.-The Land of Unbounded Posi-
bilities: Observations on the Economic
j Life of the United States, from which
the following are extracts
1.-THE United States, like an enchant-
ed garden, has brought forth from a
marvellously productive soil. splendid
results of human Ingenuity. Yet the
thing that causes most wonder is that
the concentrated intelligence which, in
tending to replace human factors by
machinery, has, in working towards its
AIM been giving to constantly grow
ing numbers of workmen an opportu-
nifty to support themselves and become
productive factors. The joy at the size
of their own land encourages each in
dividual It makes him communica-
tive and friendly to foreigners who are
seeking information. 1t seems as though
everyone were filed with the idea: The
stranger shall see how great and strong
America is, My eight months trip of
observation took me through the States,
and everywhere 1 found open doors in
viting me to enter, and nowhere did
find the slightest attempt at secretive-
ness. Everywhere 1 observed an I'M.
common but steady hustle of men who
enjoy their work and are consciously
working for great results. Tt is a great
country This is the verbatim designa-
tion of reverential admiration which the
citizen Of the United States has found
for his country.
1.-THE inhabitants of the United States
including Porto Rico, Hawaii and the
Philippine Islands, number about So
millions that is, barely 5 per cent of
the worlds total inhabitants, accord
ing to it's highest estimate. This per
cent has at present taken possession of
rs per cent of all the cultivated area
of the earth, viz: 4O74 million acres out
Of 1928 million acres. A land of mar
yelous fertility offered itself for tillage,
and the husbandmen had but to gather
in the produce. The virgin soil made
his work easier and it's extensiveness
rendered the application of artificial
fertilizers practically unnecessary, al
though the agricultural offices of the
States and the Union have constantly
by excellent advice and practical ex-
pert assistance been furnishing the
ways and means towards more intense
cultivation.
Let us examine the corn crops for
the six years 1S95-19OO. The worlds
total product fuctuated between &c
and billion bushels per annum, a total
Of 1876 billions for the period with an
annual average of 2.77 billions. Of this
amount the United States alone pro-
duced 12.4 billions, an average of 2.O7
billion bushels per annum, or 70 per
cent of the worlds crop"
Toward the worlds wheat crop the
United States contributed in the five
years 1S96-19oO, 2O.7 per cent, while for
the year 1901 its contribution to the
worlds production of wheat amounted
to 25 per cent. During the years 1896
1900 there were grown 14.7 billion BUSH
els of oats in the world, and of this 8. "a
billion bushels. or 255 per cent, were
produced by the United States.
In the production Of iron ore the
United States proved itself to be a
veritable land of unbounded POSSIBLE
ties. 1t produced very nearly sc per
cent of the total iron produced, and
that of the very best quality. In the
past year the United States produced
1913 per cent of the worlds product of
pig iron. In 1900 it produced. roughly,
1o.1 million tons of steel, or AZ per cent
of the worlds product, and in the year
1901 the United States output was in
creased to 1875 million tons
1.-THE United States produces nearly
So per cent of all the worlds copper.
The development of the American cop
per industry was perhaps more rapid
than typical for even American chang
es. From modest beginnings this in
Gustry grew by leaps and bounds in a
remarkably short time to the most inn
portant factor in the worlds produc-
ton. In 1870 the copper production of
the United States amounted to 2.0oC