Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-14
WHERE THE MONEY Is.

| Dillon dollars, Ut just bht-louTln
Great Britain Is the wealthest coun-
try In Europe. In American money Cat
| s4SO-pound sterllng), Great Brltalns
wealth in 1895 was s56,G6s, 800 OOO A re-
cent estimate makes It $4,000, 0OO, 600 or
81, il2 per capita Qn 1901. The annual
income OF England's population Is said
TO be S. GOO, 900. 900 while the yearly saw
ing are sl,9iS. 100000 II should be re-
membered that large amount OF Brit
ish capital is also invested In the colo
nies of the empire and In foreign lands.
France comes next TO Great Britain,
A recent estimate Of frances wealth
makes It $4,000, 100000, or sl,257 per
capita Q9Ol) According TO Mulhall,
Germanys wealth IN 1896 was e$S,O52,-
600 600 or 1876 per capita. Prussia's share
was more than half CASIO, 100000; Ba-
varla's eoi9OOo,OOO; saxonys eij6.OOo,-
600, Wurtembergs eS700O00OO; while
the smaller German states had e1,337,-
100000. According TO a more recent es-
innate, Germanys wealth Is $4,000,
0OO, coo, or S7O9 per capita (l9OI). German
money loaned or invested abroad
amounts to $1,000 100000 or more. Rus
sia's wealth in 1895 as Mullhall estl-
mated It, amounted to e6,425, OOO 600, or
eel per capita.
A recent estimate places Russla's
wealth at sS2, 1000, 600. 900, or about 1896
per capita estimating the population In
1901 at 1OS 600 OOO). The other ten coun-
tries of Europe are named in the order
OF their financial Importance: Austria
Hungary. whose wealth was estimated
by Mullhall in 1895, at s2l $40 100000;
Italy. SIS, l6S, 00O 900; Spain $lt,42i OOO,-
OOO Scandinavia, 500, SOO, 900; the Dan
ublan states, A,92i, 100000; Belgium, "a
742, 400, 00O Holland, si,22l 900 900.
Switzerland, s2,S61, 6OOO 900; Portugal, 81
97S, 100000, Greece si,O65,6OOOOO
The English appear the best of peo-
pie financially, If the per capita wealth
Is considered The Scotch come next.
Other countries follow In this order
Australia, France, the United States,
and Denmark. The figures in 1895 were
England, s1.5Si Scotland sl257, Aus
tralia, SIPS France, 1870; United
states, Sl,l2S; Denmark. sl,lOi per capl-
ia.
The figures are, of course only APP
proxlmately correct, but they give some
idea of the distribution Of the wealth
of this world.
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Why don't the chlmneys give a smok-
er?
The mornings have an eager and
nippIng air
What privilege it is to pay school
taxes and tuition
Out Of funds is not out OF mind with
the Board Of Education
Is Buffalo ambitious to be known a
headquarters for crime?
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Alum Bill seems to be the most cor
ruptng Influence in Missouri,
Song Of the pupil, adapted from the
owl; ITO wit. tuition; to whom?
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The funeral of President Young will
commence at ONE o'clock tomorrow.
Don't be an oyster The season is
near at hand when oysters are no good.
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As yet II Is uncertain whether or not
Chief Sheets star is in the ascendant.
Good luck to Idaho's first sugar fac.
tory May 1t be the forerunner OF many
more
In the great school Of experience
tuition costs much more than two dol
lars a month.
Teach the young idea how to shoot
and It will want the latest improved
rife every time.
The south polar regions present an
entirely new field for women. 1t Is the
greatest ice field known.
Many OF the criminals OF the country
are singing Put me off at Buffalo
II seems TO be quite safe retreat.
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Whether Mr.. Roosevelt does or does