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Show ljy L Wo have to-day 80,000,000 of people. J occupying 3,000,000 square miles of terri- jj-fc ' Crfii tory am tiicf own $120000oo,ooo of WMl Urettl wealth. On farms valued at $25,000,000,- JflB? Wealth 000 wc produce annually agricultural prod- tTw ucts valued at $8,000,000,000. Ilwflf OT. vlir It ia nothing that wo produce annually CoiIlltrV 2,500,000,000 bushels of corn and 11,000,- . y 000 bales of cotton, if there is no demand for tho corn and cotton and if the demand i , . i m is not at a fair return. But we have the Bj Juki Schoolcraft Sherman market, says Vice-President' Sherman in Leslie's Weekly. Our 5,500,000 of people who produce $15,000,000,000 of manufactured manufac-tured products annually, and receive in wages $230,000,000, make the market. These figures apply only to finished product. We get tho products to the consumer by 250,000 miles of railroad, i which ia three times the railroad mileage of Great Britain, France and Germany combined. When side tracks are taken into account, wc have more railroad mileage than all the rest of the world. On theso railroads we have 100,000 engines, carrying millions of cars and hauling 2,000,000 tons of freight. This practically cquala all tho tonnage carried by all tho railroads and all tho ships of all the rest of the world. This monstrous task is performed by 5,500,000 of employes who are yearly paid $2,300,000,000, and this vast business is conducted by $150,-000,000,000 $150,-000,000,000 of bank clearances. Do wo prosper? Only two decades ago wo wcro second to Great Britain Brit-ain in the output of iron and steel. To-day our output equals all tho rest of tho world. Wo live well and have happy homes, filled with comforts and luxuries. Yet wo aro a saving people. Wo havo in savings-banks $3,500,000,000, in national banks $1,500,-. $1,500,-. 000,000, and in state banks $5,000,000,000 in all, $13,000,000,000. The per capita of money in the country is larger than in any other save one, France, and amounts to $35 for each of our 80,000,000 people. The business of the country amounts to over $3,000,000,000 annually. How do wo do such a monstrous business which is also profitablo? It is because wo have confidence in ourselves and the other nations of tho globe havo confidence in us. |