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great as those of France, Germany, and 

 the United Kingdom combined. 



No. 17.— GROWTH OF MANUFACTURES 

 IN FRANCE, GERMANY, THE UNITED 

 KINGDOM, AND THE UNITED STATES, 

 1840 to 1S94 



Before leaving this subject it may be 

 interesting to note the actual rate of 



but not rapid, the increase being from 

 $1,606, 000, 000 in 1 840 to $2, 900, 000, 000 

 in 1894, an increase of -So per cent. In 

 the case of Germany the growth was 

 more rapid — from $1,484,000,000 to 

 $3>359,°°o,ooo, an increase of 126 per 

 cent. In the United Kingdom the 

 growth was at about the same rate as 

 that of Germany — from $1,883,000,000 



VALUE OF MANUFACTURES IN FRANCE, GERMANY, UNITED KINGDOM 

 AND UNITED STATES. 1840, 1860,1888. 1894. u* 9,^8 



IN MILLION!. OF DOLLARS 



U.S. 7.022 



U.K. 

 2.808 



GERMANY 

 1.4-8'+ 



.4-67 I 

 I 



GERMANY F f^ E 

 U.K. 1995 2,092 



FRANCE 1.883 U.S.1.907 



.606 



U.K. 3,990 



GERMANY 

 2.837 



FRANCE 

 2.360 



U.K. H-,263 



GERMANS 

 3.357 



FRANCE 

 2.90O 



I8M-0 



I860 1888 



DIAGRAM NO. l6 



1894 



growth in manufactures in each of the 

 four countries which have just been 

 discussed, and I present in this diagram 

 lines and figures which will show to the 

 eye the actual growth in each country 

 at the dates already named. The first 

 group of lines relates to France, the 

 second to Germany, the third to the 

 United Kingdom, and the fourth to the 

 United States. In France it will be 

 seen that the growth has been steady, 



to $4,263,000,000, also a gain of 126 

 per cent. In the United States the 

 growth, it will be seen, was far more 

 rapid than that of other countries — 

 from $467,000,000 in 1840 to $9,498,- 

 000,000 in 1894, a growth of nearly 

 2,000 per cent. In other words, the 

 manufactures of France in 1894 were 

 scarcely double those of 1 840 ; those of 

 Germany, nearly two and a half times 

 as great as in 1840 ; those of the United 



