The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-24
OUR LAND AS A GERMAN Saw IT
GOLDBERGER'S OBSERVATIONS on
OUR ECONOMIC LIFE.

lie Says It's "The Land Of Unbounded
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. - Per Cent
Of worlds Corp. n Per Cent. OF wheat.
81 Per Cent. 0f Iron. IS Per Cent. Of
Copper. and 81 Per Cent. Of Gold
WASHINGTON. Nov. 2s-"The Land Of
Unbounded Possibilities" In the title Of
a series Of articles on conditions in the
United States. prepared by the Hon. Lud-
wig Max Goldberger Of Berlin, Royal Privy
Councillor OF Commerce and member Of
the Imperial German Consultative Board
for Commercial Measures, to be repub-
. lshed by the Treasury Bureau Of Statistics
in it's forthcoming issue Of the Monthly
Summary Of Commerce and Finance.
These statements are the result Of an
eight months official tour Of the United
States by Mr., Goldberger, 10 which he made
personal observations and Investigations
into Industrial, commercial and economic
conditions. His detailed reports upon
those subjects were made direct to the
Emperor and the Minister Of Commerce
and have not yet been officially published.
Meantime, however. he has published in a
leading weekly journal Of Berlin, Die Woche,
a series Of signed articles under the title,
"The Land OF Unbounded Possibilities;
Observations on the Economic Life OF the
United States" from which the following
are extracts:
The United States like an enchanted gar
den, has brought forth from marvellously
productive roll splendid Results Of human In
genuity Yet the thing that causes most
wonder Is that the concentrated intelligence.
which. intending to replace human factors
by machinery. has. In working toward its
aim. been giving to constantly growing
numbers Of workmen an opportunity to sup
port themselves and become PRODUCTIVE
| communicative and friendly to foreigners
/ who are seeking information II seems as
| though every one we're filed with IN" idea;
| America is" Nv eight months trip of OBJ
s"ryation and study took me through the
inS S am" me TO enter. and nowhere did ind
| the slightest attempt AZ secr"tiveness Every
wh,T" ob..rysd an Hnc3mT,on hut o stead" "r
j. a great country" This Is the verbatim
| IN" citilrn Of the United states has found
Thr inhabitants Of the, United stats In
| Guiding Porto Rico Hawaii and the Philippine
| Islands number about - ONO, 0oo-that Is.
| barely per cent OF III" world total inhahi-
tant>. according TO it. highest cstimat'.
session OF rs per cont Of all the cultivated
area Of the earth. VIZ tG7 4ono~ acre. out
! fertility offered it--lf for tillare, and the
| hu-baldman. hid but to gath"r in the prod
| uce IN" virgin soil mad" his work easier.
| and H. aNten~i !, cne~~ rendered he application
of artificial fertilizers practically unnecessary
althopsh IN, agricultural onc"s Of the sat,
| al ice and practical expert assistance,
been flrni-hinc ~" WAYS and means toward
more intense cultivation
| Let III :, fh, corn rrOps for the Y
| wears. lsg5- 1900 The worlds total product
huctuated between :? and 2 billion bushels
| period With an annual average of FL bill
| lions OF this amount the nttrd states alone
| produced J. 1 billions, an avrrag" or 20.
| billion bushels per annum. or Is per cent. of
the worlds crop. 80.
Toward the worlds wheat crop the lni ,n
| States contributed ia the five years, lNt6-ls'J
| 20 per cent while for H." wear 1901 its con-
trhution TO the worlds production Of wheat
lsoe- 1900 there were grown u billion bushels
| OF oats in the world, and of this 3 - billion
bushels, or 2i.5 per cent. were produced by
In the PRODUCTION Of iron ore the United
States proved itself TO be veritahl" land OF
nearly 80 per cent. of the total iron produccd.
| and that Of the very best quality Ia the
cs Sar of RI the w9rds I! rodIc Of pic
In 1909 il produced. roughly ioi ,million tons
OF stee or :? ner cent Of the world pr%dGG,
| was increased to l3 5 mill ion tons
The United States produces nearly So per
| cent of all the worlds copper. The deNel-
| opment Of the American copper industry
/ was perhaps more rapid than typical for
| even American changes. From modest be-,
| ginnings this industry grew by leaps and
bounds in remarkably short tlm" to the
| most important factor in the worlds produC-
| ton. In 1870 the copper production of the
| United states amounted to l2,wr tons; IN
| 1850 its production had increased To - Goa
| tons out OF u total world production Of $4,000
| tons: in 1890 the United States produced
| 1885 tons Of the worlds product OF 20a, i15
tons. During 1895 II controlled NOR" than one.
| half of the worlds production. and at the end
of the century the United States produced
270Op0 tons, or more than the world entire
| product had amounted to ten years before,
| The output of lead IN the United states
| since 1895 has increased to such an extent
| that II has wrested from spain the position
| OF primacy in the worlds production. In
| 1900 the United States produced 20 @ per cent.
| while SPANS share has recrded to ls7 per
| cent. In 1901 the United states Increased
| its production OF lead 10 $4,000 tons.
The rivalry of the United St.tes in the
| strenuous. In 1900, for the first time, Spain :
| product Ia slightly exceeded by that of the
| United States In 1901 SPANS share in the
| worlds product amounts to but y per cent
| while the United States furnishes IS per cent
, of the worlds total product
| The total worlds production OF gold Tor
| the year 1900 was estimated 10 be- 2j5 D million
| dollars; that OF silver represented coinage
| value of 2235 million dollars. For the year
| 285 million dollars In each of the two years
| the United States showed the greatest aha 7,
| of both metals. 81 per cent for gold ana 81
. Der cent. for silver