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ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1918. 



half the output of Germany. France is plainly deficient in all five 

 essential minerals. Therefore, Germany and Great Britain divide 

 the control of production among the three European nations. 



In the actual industrial control of raw materials, however, the 

 matter is quite different. The. United States still leads, as would be 

 expected from her large production; Germany has plainly taken 

 the foremost place in all except the lead industry. She controls by 

 means of her imports as much fuel as Great Britain and about 



too? 



TABLE SHOWING RELATIVE CONTROL OF WORLDS 

 OUTPUT OP ZINC 



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27/fa 



united stated great britain france germany 



Fig. 4. 

 00 ^ table. showing relative control of worlds out put op co a i_ 



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CtRMANY 



Fig. 5. 



Figs. 4, 5.— Dominant control of tho world's output of zinc and coal. Aggregate control shown by 



vertical line on right. 



twice as much iron ore, copper, and zinc; France is far behind. The 

 actual amount of fuel consumed for domestic and industrial pur- 

 poses in Great Britain and Germany is nearly the same, but Ger- 

 many's consumption control of crude copper, zinc, and iron is al- 

 most double that of Great Britain, while the industrial consumption 

 of France again lags far behind. 



An inspection of the scale on the right of the diagrams brings 

 out the fact that these four countries control in their production 



