Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-05

over the yield in 10
over that of 1903,
over that of 1900. l.
assume that the value
ducts for 1907 "
$7,OO0,0O0,00O mark TIL
the wealth of the entire I
in 1850
The gold output, which
900 in 1904, sss,o00,00o in
$96,000,000 in 1906, will
100000 at least for 1907.
in rendered tolerably cert
large increase which is b,
in Nevada and Alaska. I
States stands second on
the gold producing countri
world. England's colony of
wall, in South Africa headir
These are figures that W
dreamed of by California's
In the days when that sta
were pouring out the yello
astonished the world CO
is far down in the list of
States mineral wealth. tt.
ducts of this country for
reach $550O00,00O, its pig
amount to $450,OOO00O and
will pass the $2o0,000,O00
each Of these articles we ha'
lead over any other countr.
world and this lead is consta.
rapidly increasing. We produ
more copper than all the res
world combined When, a few
hence, the books are balanced
year it will be found that thu
mineral product Of the Unitef
at q 11}o n m at q 11iN
ed to much more than $1,000
for the year 1907. This is fl
of the whole mineral produc
globe.
We Lead The World
The extent and the variety
natural recources as, in one
lar field. is revealed by its \
riches, is one of the reasons w
United States heads the list G
worlds nations in prosperity
progress.
Those who take a gloomy vie
the outlook for business in the
ed States should try to grass
facts just presented. Here are 3
more facts for them to ponder
| While the United States has onl.
per cent Of the worlds population
| produces 20 per cent Of the world
wheat, 25 per cent of it's gold, SO pc
cent Of its coal. 35 per cent of ii
manufactures, SO per cent of its 81
yer, 40 per cent of its iron. AZ pc
cent of it's steel, So per cont of its
petroleum. IS per cent of it's copper
70 per cent of it's cotton, and 80 pc
cent Of its corn.
William Stanley Jevons, the Brit
economist. said in 1867 that VIII
England lost her supremacy in COS
and iron productions, her fall would
be as sure as Rome's was after Con
stantine removed the capital to Con
stantinople, and after his sons divided
the empire into three parts, and that
| the fall would be swifter than Rome's
was. Forty years ago that seemed
to be safe forecast. for iron produc
tion in the United States in 1857 was
less than twenty-fifth part Of what
1t is in 1907, coal production was less
than a fortieth Of what 1t is now
and steel production here had not vel
begun England's continued indus
trial ascendency seemed to be assur
ed for centuries to come.
But the years which have passed
since 1867 have told tale which no
body in that day dreamed of. In ths
extent Of its manufactures the United
States passed England in 1880, and i
passed England in iron and steel pro
duction in 1895 and in coal output II
1900. And in every one of these
! fields the United States. lead is rapid
l ly lengthening. The wealth of tn,
United States to-day is S120O0O,000,
| 900 or more than that of its two near
est competitors, Great Britain ans
France, combined. Every successiv,
sunrise sees $10,O00,0O0 added to tn,
market value of the tangible propert.
Of the United States.
Welcoming The World.
American prosperity's call to tn
out side world is registering itself II
the immense immigration of thes
/ days-1,0OO,00 in 1905, 100000 Il
1906, and 100000 in 1907 with pre-
liability that 1t will reach 100000 il
1908 The invasion of Rome by tn
Germanic tribes in the century pre-
ceding the empires fall was SINAI
compared with the deluge which ha
been pouring into the United State
in the past twenty or thirty years. No
only have our invaders come in larg
numbers than Rome's but they hav
come many times farther and hav
carried more diverse tongues, trad
lions, customs and ideals with Their
than Rome ever saw.
This thrush, however, carries N
portent for u.s. We are rapid
Americanizing our invaders-all 9
them that we can keep out of tn
hands Of the demagogues and profes
, sional disturbers. Speaking righ
here for my own particular calm
and locality. 1 will say that. we mani
, facturers of the Trans Mississippi re
gion could give profitable employmen
to many more workers, native G
, alien, than we are getting.
No domestic issues which threate
serious disturbance are in sight.
) is true that presidential year is jus
2 ahead Of us. and popular assumptio
]. says that presidential canvasses il
5 jure trade. This Is largely superst
, ton, however. The bank clearings {
I the country fell off in Bryan's tw
canyasses in 1896 and 1900, but the