The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-07-16
UNITED STATES NOW
LEADING IN WEALTH
superiority Over England, Ger
many and France Shown
by Statistician.

The wealth Of the United States
income-producing property Of all kinds,
lud land. factories and railroads
lis now not far from double that of
any other country on earth. according
to Sir George Paish. Of the London
Statist. He figures that the increase
In wealth OF the four chief nations in
the last century has been $50 per cent
IN Britain. 400 per cent in France, 700
per cent IN Germany n $500 per cent
In the United States. The wealth OF
these countries now stands. he says. as
follows:
Trance $1,000 10000
germany ............ 5000. 000. 900
5IA.uli S,000, 100000
United States ............... 150. coo. 100000
The increases In population in these
Tour countries in the last century have
peen as follows: 100 per cent in Brit
am. SO per cent in France. 1870 per cent
IN Germany and 1.125 per cent in the
United States. The annual savings of
these peoples is nov about as follows:
raaIce 81, 600, 000,0 600
I3ritntny l,5V0, OO GOO
gI 1I. 1000, 100000
oli.eu states ................. 4,O00, 900, 600
The expansion Of banking and
circuits. Sir George says. is responsible
Tor these vast. increases in national
wealth and industrial development.
Apout S2,25O.000.000 of British money is
now employed in the discount of in
ternational bills, and at least $50, Oo0,-
Ooo.VoO OF British capital is yearly in
vested in colonial and foreign u
srles. France yearly invests over
sauo;ooo ,ooo abroad. and now has a
total of $40. 200. 000. 900 thus invested.
Germany's foreign investments are
000. 200. 900.
In the whole Of North and South
America there is now invested $780,
oo0,OoO.00o Of foreign capital, including
the investments Of the United States
IN Mexico; Canada and other countries.
About $6.0o0.000.0 900 of foreign capital
Is INVESTED in ,he United States; So
e0o.ooo goo invested in Canada; So
100000 900 In Argentina, and $780,
100000 in Brazil; $4,000, 900. 900 In Aus
traila and New Zealand. and $2,500,-
ooo.o00 In South Africa. About 81
10000 900 Of foreign capital is invested
in Russia.
OF the foreign capital in Argentina,
about SLABS, 600, 900 was supplied nv
Britain, 1895, 0O0, 900 by France and
$4,000 900 by Germany.
The concentration of capital in big
banks has been much less in the Uni
ted States than in foreign countries,
According to Sir George, no New York
bank occupies a place in the first Is
banks in the world. These 16 and their
deposits are:
imperial Bank of Russia......... 1913 900, 600
Lloya sank, London .4.......... sos, 900, 600
LLonuon city ana Midland bank. 457, GG0.0 600
Credit Lyonnais, France ......... 435. OoO. 600
London County and Westminster
bank 400, 900, 600
Deulsche bank, Berlin ..........,. 1884, coo, 600
Soclete generate, Paris ........... 1853. 600, coo
Bank of England ..... SAT, 600 600
National Provincial Bank Of
Englnd 800, 900, 900
Hongkong and Shanghai Bank of
of Corp. 300, 900, 600
Barclay d Co, London ........... 296. 900, 900
1ofaetolr Nat. d'Escompte, Paris 275, 000, 900
Banh OF spain ..:.."........ 274, 0O0, 900
Direction der Disconto-Gesell-
schaft 243, 900, 600
presdner bank OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 233, 0N0, 600
National Bank of Argentina 49,. 230, 600, 900
The National City bank of New York
the largest North American bank, has,
by the statist's figures, somewhat over
S2l5,0OO,O00 in deposits, which is $3,-
100000 greater than the deposits in
PARIS bank of London. The three great
Austrian banks have $4,000, 900 in de-
posits, in toto.
The total bank deposits in 1913 in
Britain were $500, 600, 600; in Germany,
$2,340, 900, 900; in the four great banks
of France, $3.50, 600, 900; in the United
States, over $13, 900, 900, 900. Savings
bank deposits, not included in the above
totals, are as follows: In Germany, S.
O0O,0O0,000; in France, over $1,140, 000,-
900; in the United States, $4,S75, 00O, 900.
-##