Show WONDERFUL CONCERN it Is only by that seeni seem mg or little mount too ton which appears kio co linni immense onse in III new hampshire would cut no figure it if placed the rocky mountains mount alua oue one hundred years ago the ille won itil of the first joan astor mode trudo him one of 11 he 0 o most note noted mell inen of 0 1110 world it if bevere he were living today lie would peem poor indeed by the side of much st a annn As Johnl stocke foller comparisons etire not lot always odious they a 8 ervo erve tu to rive give us a better idea of 0 the true tru proportion orth of things logs tho publication of tho the second re report portor of tile the united states steel co afforde Afford san an opportunity for comparing tile the the oze and operations of that great c company 0 with other fai familiar nillar things so that we may he a ablo able to arrive at a truer appreciation of its lt and busl business ness for instance the assels of if the united states altel corporation latil amount allut to 4 now corn pare anro that with tile the total amount of cash lu in tile united treasury aury which Is the capital stock of 0 the united bianca steel corporation la Is 0 and nd its ita bondoc together tog elliar with that of 0 the collipI leli is SM making a total of 1430 1436 Coin compare pare this with tub the earning debt of tile united states which amounts to the united states stat l in in detent er eaton on its ita own debt mill mid that of tile the companio is anti and in dividends last year ear making a total of compare oda with tile the interest on oil the government debt in the last ucal fiscal year which was the gross groan earnings of the tha united states steel in ili ull all its ita der art ments the united in tile the last ascal year opre tile and operating expenses odthe of the united states stales steel were 1 and the tha expenditures a 0 tile the united states government less later inter cat were Th atio years eyears surplus of un ailed states slides steel amounted to the mated surplus of the united states government fur for tile the curre current tit fiscal flacil year in the united estaleo gleel prad produced tons of lion iron ore or 45 per cent of the entire production of 0 tho the united states it thade macci 71 tons of pig iron or 41 per cent of tile the entire production of the states it manufactured tons of coke or 7 per cent of ilia entire product of the ilie united states baates tile number or of stockholders of ilia ho chilled states steel corporation 1 Is 79 the number of 0 in ili nil the national banks of the united states Is 13 the number dumber of employed emp loyes of the united states steel in 1003 was the number of the iron und and steel manufactures in asoo 1000 the file last census year was 2 t the wages paid by the united Util teil states steel in 1903 were the united states steel operates per atea railroads rall roada having it a mileage of this la Is greuter ihan lie nil mileage leage of so well known a railroad as the chuigo A eastern illinois which has are 1134 vessels engaged in tile the foreign trade of the united states jho merchant atit marine of 0 tile tho united states steel corporation ani amounts to 70 steamers and 42 barges bargett a total of vessels tea vesi ids els in ili this way we obtain nu an idea of tile the magnitude ol of the united states beatea steel curp corporation oration and perceive how true ruo it is ie that anything that pron promotes lotes its prosperity or itu trade affects for weal or woo po 0 o great a proportion of tile the people or of the united |