The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1902-01-18
UNITED STATES At THE HEAD.
RICHEST OF ALL THE NATIONS.
A Report Of the Standing Of ,HiRere.4t
NatiOns-Uncle snnl's Commercial
Supremacy IL Apparent-World's
Wheat Cr0p-United States Largest
Producer Of Pig Iron.

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE standing
Of the United States with her neigh
bors. and especially with those of Ea-,
rope, is illustrated by some statements
made by the London Daily Mail Year
Book for 1902. copy of which has
Just reached the treasury bureau OF
statistics. In it,, various chapters 1t
discusses various features Of condi-
tens in the United States. Under the
head of wealth 1t places the United
States at the head of the list of great
nations, the figures OF wealth being,
United States 916,35O, 100000, United
Kingdom G11,S06, 100000, France &C.,
$50 100000, Germany G8,O52, ,OOO, 900
and Russia E6,425, 100000. While the
United States heads this list of coun-
tries in its wealth 1t shows the small
est national Indebtedness, the figures
being; United States R221, ,OOO, 900,
Germany a651, 100000, United King
dom 97O6, 100000 Russia E711, ,OOO, 900
and France G1.239. 100000. The per-
centage Of debt to wealth is given as:
United States Ia per cent. United
Kingdom s per cent, Germany 81 per
cent, Russia Ill per cent and France
1873 per cent.
Under the head Of commercial COM
petition 1t says that "the first year OF
the twentieth century opened badly for
two Of the four leading industrial ma
ticns." The trade Of the United States
was good and showed no decline from
the booming period of 1899 and 1900,
hut rather. in most industries, a con.
tinuance cf the boom Of which the
United States has had so dispropor-
tionately large share, and France,
which had responded less expanslve,y
to the boom, remained unaffected hy
the decline and progress elsewhere.
In England, however, the decline was
ielt acutely.
Under the head of the worlds wheat
ciop it shows the United States far
ahead Of any other country in the pro-
duction of wheat, the estimate of the
worlds crop for 1901 being in quar-
ters (eight bushels to a quarter):
United States, 9O,0OO,0O0; Russia,
l2,O00,000; France, 38.00O.0OO; India,
1000, 900; Italy. 1900, 900; Hungary,
100000; Spain, 100000; Rouma-
MIA and Bulgaria, 10000, 900; Germany,
l 100000; United Kingdom, 7,OOO, 900;
Australia, 100000.
Under the head of Flight for the
Iron Trade" it calls attention to the
fact that the United States is now the
worlds largest producer OF pig iron
end steel, and says: 1T will be noted
that the United Kingdom has lost
ground, producing 396.749 tons less
in 1900 than in 1899. the total for
Great Britain being nearly 100000
tons less than in America. An unsat.
lsfactory feature in the British iron
and steel trade is that in 1900 we i'm
ported more iron and steel than in
any previous year and exported less,
hile the United States exported moro
than ever" The tables accompanying
this statement shows the pig iron pro-
cuction of 1900 to be:
United States, 13,789.242 tons; Unit
ed Kingdom, 8,y08,570 tons; Germany.
s,4a4,852 tons; France, 2,699, ,494 tons;
Russia, 2,821. 900 tons.
Steel production is shown to be:
United States, 1O.0S7.322 tons; Great
Britain. 1901, ,054 tons; Germany, L..
100000 tons; France, 1,624,046 tons;
Russia. 1,494,000 tons.