Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-05-27 | Page 20 | World Turns to U. S for Steel Supply

World Turns Turn i T To 0 U. U S fo for r rI I Steel Supply By JOHN JOI L L. BECKLEY S NEW YORK May 27 2 UP tIP U UThe The The United States still sti overshadows the world as it I did in 1914 in the ability to produce steel the essentIal essential essential essen essen- sinew of modern warfare re war Our steel industry has the Capacity capacity ca ca- to turn tur out approxImately tons a year compare compared 4 with Wih our peak World war production tion ton of tons In 1917 The Th TheS S American Amerian steel in industry can produce produce produce pro pro- duce almost as much metal as th the rest of the world combined S Authentic c capacity figures fo for foreign producers are aI not available availS avail avail- S able and since the start of th the war production statistics have hav been closely cosely guarded as strategic Information but production figures figure for lor the 1938 year ere were made pub pub- lie Hc They compare as follows in n gross tons Greater Germany IncludIng including ing Austria Poland and Czechoslovakia S Russia Rusia England France Japan estimate Belgium and Luxembourg