| Show N no U ST A T L S IS I 1 wealthiest NATION SUM TOTAL OF ASSETS 15 16 COUNT ED IN BILLIONS I 1 i 1 i 11 no country in all history equaled america in commercial worth I 1 I 1 I 1 chicago jan 14 A despatch to the tribune from washington says the united states state is the wealthiest nation in the world said a close friend of president Roosevel ts yesterday who has just gone over a remarkable report which is soon to be made public he added in a brief span of young life this infant nation has broken all records relating to the accumulation of riches si we are beginning to think in billions billion istead of millions take it any any way way you like our affluence outstrips au anything ever known before our country has more actual money more gold a larger volume of exports greater banking facilities richer farms more productive mines more railroads more internal commerce more millionaires more well to do tradesmen more independent farri farmers lers more highly paid laborers and a gre greater i aa distribution of luxuries than any other has enjoyed since time began to say that the total valuation of the wealth of the united states slates is Is not understandable as a iii hundred indred billion dollars is ig such a pile of money that the mind simply cannot grasp grasl ita its meaning on the iii instant probably the best way of illustrating the actual extent of X uncle acle sams riches Is to state it he could convert all the assets into money he lie would have nearly tour four times as much as is required to pay oft off the entire national debt of all the world including his own |
