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Show Statistical Do you know that the world's annual an-nual Income is $107,500,000,000? This astonishing fact is revealed by the report of a German bank, which has been studying world statistics for six years. Otlrer interesting points from this report are: The world is drinking drink-ing more milk and more tea, more coffee but less cocoa. We eat less bread, and fruit and vegetables are taking its place. We are smoking less tobacco, in spite of the large Increase in women smokers. In England Eng-land there are 35 people to every motor car. In America one person in five is the proud possessor of a car. One hundred and seventy-three thousand tons of artificial silk are used annually for the manufacture of ladies' stockings. If the wealth of Great Britain were distributed equally among the population, every person would receive $2,500. Montreal Mont-real Herald. |