The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-02-08
OURS LAND OF We ALTH
WE ARE THE RICHEST COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT BIG WORLD.
Uncle Sam Reports on Conditions

He Could Buy Out Great Britain and
Portugal Combined, and Then
e.. Have Enough to Feed Our People
for Years. Comparisons With 9th
er Countries.
Mythology may contain some won
derful stories of wealth and more
modern fairy tales may charm the
minds of dreamers with their heroes
who build their castles of gold, but
all of these fanciful stories cannot
go Uncle Sam one Better when he
reports to his people the actual con-
dition of affairs in this glorious
country of ours. Uncle Sam, dressed
in his spick and span suit of broad
cloth with brilliantly striped trOus-
ers and many starred waistcoat sits
right back in his easy chair and
smiles cOntentment and pride
Wealth. That word is an ennuendo
10 the old fellow. He doesn't know
whether it is meant as praise or rid
icule when it is mentioned in his
hearing. He has so much of it that
he could buy out Great Britain and
Germany together, and then he could
go right over to Portugal and Swift
erland with a little roll and invest
in those countries.
The United States has wealth and
wealth and wealth. The very soil
of the country is piling up colossal
heaps of the currency. The banks
are loaded with it. The portals Of
our institutions are vertically ChOked
with it. We are not only the richest
country in the world, but our assets
are so great that they are double
that of the next country on the list.
And still it keeps pouring in.
Where 1t Comes From.
Where does it all come from? The
answer is easy, The great natural
resources of the country produce it.
The soil simply reeks with wealth.
The farmers bring it out by their
crops the miners produce it in ore;
other producers reap the soils rich
ness in different forms Of raw mate
rial which is later made into finished
articles by the industries. This is its
source Time, labor and capital, the
factors Of production complete
the process of transDDsitiOn to
real money Brains, skill labor and
brute force combined is working to-
ward the same end. This has been
going on since 1892. We have it's
result in conclusive figures. Our
cOuntry's capital is estimated at
SIG, 900, 100000. There are 92,OO0,-
600 of people in the country. For
each of these people there is 1859.
In 1871 there were 100000 people
in the United States. At that time
the amount per capita was only
$183. The increase hash cen regu-
lar and steady. There have been
no apparent fluctuations. Only twice
was there a falling off-Once be-
tween the years 1910 and 1920,
when We were involved with Eng
land in a war on the seas, and again
between 1870 and 1880, when there
was agreat financial panic But dur
ing both these checks there was an
= increase over the preceding years,
though not so great.
As Compared With Other Countries.
Utilizing one item of our wealth
to show the magnitude of the whole
is sufficient to give one an idea how
we stand as compared with other
countries. The product of the Amer
lean farms for the year 1910 reach
ed the massive figures of nearly nine
billions of dollars. The farmer with
his grains, hay, cotton live stock,
etc, could buy all of Spain and Port
ugal and most of Switzerland COM
bined. All other branches Of enter
prise have comparable reports to
make. II this rise continues there
will day come when there will be
so much money in the country that
we will have to use our colliseums
to store it away The figures below
show how our wealth compares with
that of other countries United
States (19OS), $116, 100000. 900:
Great Britain and Ireland, $62,S00,-
600 600; France, $42,S5O, 100000;
Germany, $42, 0OO,OOO,O0O; Russia,
S35, 900, 900; Austro-Hungary,
$4,000 100000; Italy. $4,000
100000; Belgium, $685. 900, 900;
Spain, 100000, 900; Netherlands
IS, 000.000.00O Portugal, $500
900 600; Switzerland, $2,425, OOO,-
900.
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