Show GREAT IS OUR COUNTRY the united states consumes kw bourth of the sugar of the world but produces only 2 per cent we consume almost halt of the coffee and raise none of it our purchase of tea equals one fifth of the worlds supply and we produce not a pound we consume nearly a fifth of the wool output and raise about one tenth but in other things we are not so slow we produce 68 per cent of the wheat of the world and use 25 per cent produce 75 per cent of the corn and consume 68 per cent produce nearly one third of the butter and cheese and one halt of the eggs produce 78 per cent of the cotton and consume 26 per cent produce 43 per cent of the food of the world and consume 37 per cent and we are only 48 per cent of the population we produce 50 per cent of the petroleum tr 40 per cent of the coal 33 per cent st the pig iron per cent ot the steel 60 per cent of the copper produce per cent of the manufactures fac tures and use 36 per cent of the steam horsepower horse power of the world |