The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1902-01-17
UNITED STATES At THE HEAD
RICHEST OF ALL THE NATIONS.
A Report OF the Standing of Different
Nutions-Incle sana's Commercial
Supremacy II Apparent-W0rld's
Wheat Crop-united States Largest
Producer of Pig Iron.

Washington. Jan. 1.-THE standing
Of the United States with her neigh
boris, and especially With those OF Eu-
made by the London Daily Mail Year
Book for 1902. copy of which has
lust reached the treasury bureau of
statistics. In IT,; various chapters 1t
discusses val ious features OF condi-
tens in the United States. Under the
head of wealth IL places the United
States at the head of the list of great
nations, the figures OF wealth being
nited States e16.350.000 900. United
Kingdom ell sos. 100000. France f6.-
100000 900. Germany fs.052. 600. 900
and Russia f6.425. 100000 While the
United States heads this list OF coun-
tries in its wealth II shows the small
est national Indebtedness, the figures
being: United States E221. 900. 900.
Germany f651 200. 900. United King
dom e706. 100000 Russia ELL 900 900
and France e1.239 100000 The per-
|ccntage of debt TO wealth is given as
United States Ia per cent. United
Kingdom 8 per cent. Germany 81 per
cent. Russia Ill per cent and France
f2.S per cent.
Under the head OF commercial COM
petition ii says that sthe first year OF
che twentieth century opened badly for
two of the four leading Industrial ma
tons" The trade of the United States /
was good and showed no decline from /
the booming period OF 1893 and 1909 /
hut rather. in most industries. con
United States has had so dispropor-
large a share. and France.
" hich had responded less expansively
TO the boom. remained unaffected ty
the decline and progress elsewhere.
In England. however. the decline was
,elt acutely.
Under the head of the worlds wheat
crop. 1t shows the United States far
ahead Of any other country in the pro
.rction of wheat. the estimate of the
worlds crop for 1901 being in quar- I
ers teight bushels to quarterl:
United States. 10000. 900: Russia,
z. 100000: France. $4,000. 900: India.
1000 900; italy. 100000 Hungary. {
%. 600 900. Spain. 1900. 900: Rouma- {
ia and Bulgaria. 10000. 900: Germany. I
I 900 900: United Kingdom, 1000 900. !
australia. 1000. 900. r
Under the head of Fight for the |
ron Trade" 1t calls attention to the ]
act that the United States is now the t
Forld's largest producer OF pig Iron
nd steel. and says; 1T will be noted
hat the United Kingdom has lost
producing 396.74s tons less Z
a 1900 tnan in 1899. the total for {
ireat Britain being nearly 5.0O0.0 0e a
ms less than In America An unsat v
factory feature In the British iron o
nd steel trade is that In 1900 we Inn q
orted more iron and steel than in q
ny previous year and exported less. p
lille the United States exported moro el
ian ever" The tables accompanying al
is statement shows the pig iron pro d.
uction of 1900 to be: pl
United States. 13.7s9.242 tons: Unit in
! Kingdom. s.s0s,570 tons: Germany. al
4a4.s52 tons; France. 2.699, 494 tons; Il
ussia. 2.s21 900 tons. pl
Steel production Is shown to be:
United States. f0.0s7.3 1922 tons; Great
ritain, 1901 .054 tons; Germany, 4.
70. 900 tons: France. 1.624.O46 tonF; III
ussia. $4,000 tons. M