| Show cur nations wealth in gold dollars the wealthiest nation of the world orllis is the united states the census of 1890 shows the true valuation or fair selling n price of the real and personal property of of f the country to be it is an iacre increase ase of over forty nine fline per cent on oil the valuation of the previous decade and is about six times the value of the money of the entire world the mind cannot grasp the meaning of such euch figures without graphic illustration aaion chis amount in gold dollars would load carts each carrying a ion if 2000 gold dollars were piled one on the other they would form a tk stack three feet MO high make similar piles elope close together till a wall of gold one mile long and till ii is ia formed increase this ibis wall to twenty ei eight ht and a quarter miles and the amount would represent our national wealth placed kide by side the coins would form a carpet of rold gold covering five five square miles Will william iain george jordan in july I 1 ladies adies home journal |
