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Show THE WORLD'S DOLLAR KING . If the Government should confiscate confis-cate all the wealth and property in this country, and give to each citizen a proportionate share of the whole, each one would receive approximately approximate-ly $3,000. The United States is the richest nation in the world, nearly four times richer than. Great Britain. Inl900 the total wealth of this country coun-try was $SS, 000, 000, 000. In twenty-five twenty-five years it has increased to nearly $320,000,000,000. Our rapid material mater-ial development has been chiefly in the direction of industrial production. Industry has grown and prospered simply because people have saved and put that saved money-capital into machinery, plants and equipment that have provided more employment and increased production. The only logical way to maintain and increase this material advantage is to save persistently and to invest and reinvest rein-vest our accumulations in honest, established enterprises. Conservative Conserva-tive investments promote national and individual prosperity. |