Show I Billions for Uncle s Sam l h u u h u u inn More Mora than In a year might be considered a n fair Income This sum of at money mother earth gwo from tram her hor nor bosom during lost last year to tho he citizens of oC the tho United States The Tho forthcoming annual report of the I director of bt the tho United States geological survey will VIII say that the thO total value of ot tho the mineral products of ot the tho United States for tor tho the year 1000 1900 was SiO Of this grand grund total over wore were metals of at which Iron alone Ilono was wan worth A greater quantity of ot copper cop er was sias won on from beneath tho the sod so than lion ever before boColo In the history or our land lond although time the price was WIS not riot BO so much ns as the year before for fora forn a n smaller production The Th cold gold and silver yield Increased some somo and strange to say nay tho the value or gold Bold produced remains ns mis It did In about In advance ot of the tho sit sil silver ver vert Lead L ad Increased much In value dur during durIn during ing In HOO and somewhat In production but zinc lost both In value and output So to perfect is l the control of at tho the aluminum num market that the amount outdo made and Its value since 1898 have not varied nu III ounce Or Ar r a n dollar A steady teady decrease In the Ule production of nickel with a n slight Alight Increase In the yield of ot platinum closes the tho list of ot metals Over Went up In smoke last year for tor this wile was the value alue of at all alt the coal gas rind and oil produced low How stupendous stu are aro our demands on omi fossil sunlIght may be gathered from coin the fact flot that wo we used up nearly 1000 worth of or fossil fO slI the thu lust ton years The number of years yearn the he suns nuns energy heat was bw hi lug Ins stored sorel by the time of ot If millions million or years ago allO to make Ho tile yost st fields leMs of or o coal that we wo arl arS now dissipating at such a n rapid rate Is the tho fire hums burns hurO and nd wo are warm the tho en speeds along anti we got there In a n hurry hurr wo we burn the midnight oil 01 and 1101 let the tite morning light go unused but by the tho 1 trees What do we wo care car for tor or posterity Let tho time morrow take tako care carp of ot Itself Itsel Last LaRt year worth of or clay was lug dug dUl This Thil oum um added to the thu price realized for tor or tho the other othel mineral building materials and content cement makes n rt 1 grand of oC over oer for tor raW building bul material Our vanity squandered almost on pigments for tor paints This does doeR not Include tho oil 01 used u In mixing paint mint neither does It I take Into consid consideration erton varnish and other products ot cm the tho vegetable world we wo who live 0 in a I city sup SUI supplied plied with aqua anua can call realize r why wh vh over was Wal expend expended ed el during 1900 for American mineral waters wa lees leesA A lot of at money was waR obtained tram toni the tIme mines minus which yield such tImings things thinGS ns no asbestos flint and graphite but bu t this Is U not the place pilco to give the tho details of at tho the miscellaneous Suffice It to say that we e produced worth of pro North clous clods American stones In 1900 Philadelphia |