Show VAST WEALTH OURS UNITED STATES RICHEST COUN TRY ON pp ng adyth ng that ever has been known in 11 1 1 story Is the measure of uncle sams sam a affluence the united states Is the weal wealthiest thle st country in the world in the brief span of its young life this infant na tion of oura ours has broken all records re lating to the accumulation of riches and we are beginning to think of bit lions instead of millions take it any way ou like and the measure of our affluence outstrips anything that has ever been known before says the new york sun our country has more actual money moie moi egold gold a larger volum volume of exports greater banking facilities richer farms more productive mines more millionaires more well to do trades men more ind eilent farmers more highly paid laborers and a greater dis of the luxuries which riches bring than any other nation has ever enjoyed since time began one day last october uncle sam had gathered into his money storehouse in washington the greatest amount of gold ever collected at one place in the history of the world gold representing 89 this was indeed a high water mark we had there in one bittle ittle room more gold than was in circulation in great gri bri tain fain the largest receipt ever given the greatest money trust ever undertaken under undertaken in bistor was vas when tre tle present treas aurer of the united states charles 11 II treat went into office he ile receipts to ell s II 11 roberts the retiring treas aurer for all the money and securities in ill the vaults of the treasury a total of 1259 1 28 58 it required from july I 1 to september 5 to count the mone morle and at the completion of the task the accounts balanced to a frac tion tre te costliest governmental in the world is the british navy upon which a billion and a aalf ha hai been expended within the last ten years yet abree individual ameri amer can call rockefeller carnegie and dark clark could lave 1 ave paid the whole bill and s ill have some pocket money left the united states Is now spen spending din about a hundred millions a year on its navy and we a e Q new at this kind of exi expenditure end iture that we are not invest ing more than we me c can an afford is shown by the fact that air display loving women spent for dia monds p ir chased in foreign lands dur ing the last two years yeara in tact fact we are so rich that the sales of produce and ure urel I 1 articles that we are sending abroad each year Is equal to a sum to support all the navies navie in the world when it comes in it ird vidual wealth we have a dozen cit citizens fzens who are worth more ban than all the kings and rulers of the 04 world aasen colle timely or seve ally tle car char of russia Is reputed to hava have a greater income than any ny other livili man mn bit his private airtene fortune is so mixed up with the gov ern mental reen es that it is ble to separate tp them if a distinction distinct io could be made john D rockefeller Rocce feller could undoubtedly make a comparison with the weak nicholas and slow sl ow the tle biggest pie pi e the russian monarch monarchs s health is the a of an empire centuries old in the tle mak ing while the ohio oil ell tr magnate agnate can remember when he had bad nothing to say t at the total valuation of the wealth of I 1 e united states is COO is not understandable A hundred billion dollars is such a pile of money that the simple mind cannot grasp its meaning on the in stant it is more than twice the total amount of th wealth of the united kingdom of france or of germany and over three times that of P r is issia isla la or of austria hunga y probably the best way of illustrating the actual ex tent of uncle sam sams s riches Is to state that if he co lid ild conn concert ert all his assets into money he be would have nearly fo four u r times as much as would be required to pay off the entire national debt of all the govern mei ts in the world in eluding his own |