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Show Our National Greatness. There is something enchanting in this great land of ours that appears to stimulate and sot In motion all, the abilities possessed by her people. Their greatest delight Is to Impress tho foreigner that our country is tho best and greatest of all. This is not confined confin-ed to the native born citizen, for those who become naturalized citizens soon become Imbued with this same feeling. No people under any govcrment aro our equal In loyallty and lovo of country. coun-try. While Internally wc may differ In political and religious views, when an emergency arises where tho patriotism patri-otism of all Is required to meet the Issue, local differences aro swept aside; and as a solid phalanx wc go forward each ono tilled with a spirit of rivalry and determination not to bo outdone In bravery and devotion for country. With this feeling and spirit amongst the people, combined with a reverential reveren-tial admiration throught Our domains, it is no wonder that our country those United States Is the greatest land on earth, lion. Ludlvig Max Goldberger, of llerlln, Royal Privy Councilor of Commcicc has furnished some statistics which should bo of Interest to our people, coining from such a noted oillcial of Germany. Tho following arc the excepts therefrom: Tho United States with Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Phlllipiuc Islands, has a population of about 83,000,000 which Is about 5 per ccntof the worlds Inhaltants. While having but r per cent of tho worlds Inhabltuntst, wo own 25 per cent of its cultivated area. Fiom 1S0.1 to 1!)00 the worlds product pro-duct Ion of corn was Kl.d billion bushels. The United States pro. ducted out of this VIA billion -bushels or 75 per cent of tho corn crop of the woild. From lb!)il to 1000 tho United States produced 20.7 per cent of tho worlds wheat. During tho some period out of 11.7 billion bushels of oats tho United States yield was 3.74 billion bushels which Is about 2.".5 per cent of alio worlds crop'. If Uoii the United States produced HO per cent of this product and steel 42 per cent. During lb05 tho United States con-' tiollcd more than one half of tho w oi Ids production. Since that tltno it has gradually increased. It Is estimated the Uhlted States produced 20 per cent of the lead of tho world. Tho world's output for'00 and 'U was 2iVi million dollars of gold and silver of which the United States pioduced 111 per cent of gold and X per cent of silver. |