Show I rF i F r- r 1 America the Mighty I I POSSIBLY Y only a small percentage of the people of Amer America ca 5 1 realize as yet the extent to which this country has increased i in material wealth during the past four years and the fact that the j i United States has become the richest and most productive of all allf r f the nations of the world 1 It is true that Americas America's public debt after reaching practically a vanishing point a few years ago has been increased by more than 2 O but of this amount nearly half is represented in inI f I l loans leaks a s to allied countries principally England and on which the 1 I United States is drawing approximately annually in i interest terest Even counting the as the actual national t debt debt this would be but a bagatelle as a per capita obligation in comparison to the debts of every nation involved directly in the late war ar and as a matter of fact that of the average country I which was far removed from the the- war activities In addition to this Americas America's productive capacity is is from a t third ird to Jo a half of that of the remainder of the world The capacity I Rt this country for making steel and labor saving machinery and andI I I industrial equipment is equal to that of all the other countries while the raw material resources of America are greater i fT than an that of any other nation j I I the and the of 1 Taking as an example output of copper yield Ii j cotton America exceeds that of all the remainder of the world I The file value of the copper produced by Utah alone last year is nearly as great as that produced by all of Europe i r f When the war started America was a debtor nation We Ve Wei I i 1 emerged merged from the struggle a creditor nation and and the leading financial financial financial finan finan- cial country of the world For many years years before the war America was so far behind in inThe inthe the matter of a merchant marine that this country was not taken j I lito serious consideration in that respect We Ve now are in second J t pr place e in this respect respect and and with a f fair ir prospect of f taking the lead i. i Comparisons might be continued indefinitely but they have j Jf been cn given to a extent to form a good and sufficient t t r reason reason ason why every American should be proud of of the fact that he hershe or she she is an American I |