Show P PT T THE WEALTH OF THE COUNTRY Mr J D. G y- y Powers of the of-the the bureau bureau of of the the census c S gives the estimated d value of the property of of f the tho Unit United d States and says s ys that similar s nilar estimates estimates' have lJ been en prepared for census year since 1850 Between Be i tween tweel 1850 and 1860 the tle wealth increased from 7 I in ill 1 1850 50 to in 1860 Bet Between Be Be- tw tween t 1 and 1870 that am amount was increased d by about notwithstanding that the war had cost in hi money aI and d' d had devastated third one or of the thc republic The present estimate h hi mo makes es out at t 07 which h is an amount al almost al- al most inconceivable Of course ou r eit it includes the value of lands land's the value of bui buildings dings the value value- of of railroads and great manufactories telegraph systems t telephone tale tele le- le ph phone ne systems farm farni implements and machinery liv live sto stock agricultural l products mining prod products g daud silver and coin and bullion bullion in in short all tl the property of the the count country The showing n of course is an approximation Dation it itma ma may be a little more or a little less than the amount H stated but it shows what a d dominating power the United States State is and how bow possible it is for it to do any legitimate thing Empires in the the theold old world orId which have been from to 1600 I ars' ars in piling up wealth do n not ot approximate ima in value what hat this country country country coun coun- try under under linger the hammer of the auctioneer r w would ld bring and this has all been created in O years Franklin worked tw two t years in France before h he be could borrow enough no gh money to tide over jover the revolution am and N which amount of money was not equal to what is often otten paid in these days for a single mine and is not twice as much as is often expended expend d here on simple reduction w works Only in one thing is the showing inferior and I that is in the shipping nn and the canals and aud most of that tha amount is included included-in in either ither the canals which the country has dug or 01 in her warships That ought I to be changed before another census If Mr Taft Tuft when he assumes the tho presidency C next March will recommend that tl nt the interest on the money paid out in freights every year ear should be applied to the building building building build build- ing of a merchant marine for five years until our ships connect with the chief ports of the tho world it wo would ld be the most popular measure that he could I possibly suggest and to t take ke away the charge that it jt was to enrich some already rich men it would b bo a good thin thing for him to recommend that the government build the the ships put them in charge of her bei own navy officers run them for wh what it they thy can make and for fi five e J years ears to make up the deficit of what they might lose in ip carrying ing on an unprofitable trade rade One can no more comprehend than hau he can comprehend the distance from here to Ithe the he fixed stars which is so so great that light traveling travel travel- ing ng at ut the rate of miles a second would be beears beears years ears in reaching some of them The great secret of success for a nation is to permit per mit no more money than is possible to go abroad to o gather to it all the money possible from the outside outside out- out side ide and for the money spent that so nearly as pos pos- ible sible should all be paid out in our own country When things are arc adjusted on that b basis sis our country I will not only be he the richest in the world so far as as II lands ands and improvements and live stock are con con- but it will be the richest in money and aud I money is the gauge by which the civilization of a country is measured When that falls off then disintegration and decay begin as it advances then a higher enlightenment is seen and infinitely more material material ma- ma advantages |