The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1907-02-28
THE RICHEST Ma
TION IN ALL
HISTORY.


wealthiest nation in the history of
the world. We have far surpass-
ed Great Britain, France, Russia,
| Germany and all the other great
nations. Our country made won-
derful strides during 1906, and is
NOW conceded to hold first place
without any question.
Our country has more actual
money, more gold, larger exports,
richer farms, more railroads, more
productive mines, greater banking
facilities, more independent farm
ers, more well-to do traoesmen and
more highly paid laborers than any
other nation has enjoyed since
time began. The people of this
country as a whole enjoy more
luxuries than any other nation of
to-day or any other time.
Uncle Sam had more gold in the
United States treasury building at
Washington last year than was ever
before collected in one place. The
grand total was $871 ,093, ,899.
That is more gold than the entire
amount which was in circulation in
all of Great Britain at that time.
When United States Treasurer
Charles H. Treat went into Office
last year he gave receipt to Ellis
H. Roberts, retiring United States
treasurer, for all of the securities
belonging to the United States
Government, amounting to the
prodisious total of 81, ,259, ,598, ,278.
1t took nine weeks TO count all the
money, with big force of men,
and the accounts balanced to less
than 81.
We have more millionaires than
any other country in the world has
to-day or ever had. The British
navy, the largest in the world, cost
billion aud half dollars during
the last ten years and yet three of
our American citizens-John D.
Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie and
Senator Gark-could have paid
the whole bill and have consider
able money left. Our country is
spending about hundred million
dollars year on our navy, and
during the last two years the peo-
pie Of the United States spent
hundred million dollars OH prec-
ious stones alone.
The total wealth of the United
States Is valued to-day at S107,-
600, 100000, which is more than
twice the total amount of wealth
of Great Britain, France or Ger
many. 1t is more than three times
that of Russia.
Our country is so prosperous to-
day that the railroads cannot be-
gin to handle the freight traffic
Such an eminent authority as Jas.
j. Hill, the railroad king of the
northwest, says that the railroads
of this country to-day ought to be-
gin constructing new tracks at the
rate of a billion dollars a year, and
keep it up for FIVE years, in order
to equip the railroads with suf-
ficient extra tracks to care for the
enormous internal commerce of
this country. The railroads have
practically reached the limit of the
number of cars they can run on
their present tracks. Reads which
are now single tracks must be
double tracked, and those which
are now double tracked should
have four tracks in order to handle
the business. Besides this there
must be great increase in termi-
nal facilities of yardroom. This
enormous amount of work must be
accomplished, and will give en-
plcyment to thousands on thous-
ands of laborers.
There is no sign of any let-up
in business for the railroads, and
the crop indications for 1907 are as
good or better than they were in
1906, 80 it is altogether likely that
the prosperity of this country in