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Show INDUSTRIAL FIGURES. One -third of all the steel used in the United States is made in Allegheny county, Pa. Out of every 8100 worth of sugar made in Cuba 895.60 worth are shipped to the United States. Last year the brewers of this country coun-try turned out 33,822,000 barrels of beer. Each barrel contained 246 pintB, or 496 glasses. That is a glass a day for "every working man, woman and child in the United States. In August, 1894, there were 5,735 steamers flying the British flag, 810 the German, 510 the Norwegian, 503 the French, 403 the Swedish, 430 the Amer-can, Amer-can, 359 the Spanish, 213 the Italian and 1,382 the flags of other nations. ! |