The United States: Her Industries 



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actually equal to the combined produc- 

 tion of the United Kingdom and Ger- 

 many, and in 1902 was equal to both 

 those countries, with Belgium thrown 

 in for good measure. 



No. 21.— STEEL PRODUCTION OF THE 

 UNITED STATES, UNITED KINGDOM, 

 AND GERMANY, 1877 TO 1901 



In steel production the progress of 

 the United States has been even more 

 striking, compared with that of her chief 

 competitors, than in iron or coal. The 

 United States, United Kingdom, and 

 Germany, it will be seen from this dia- 

 gram, started nearly abreast in 1877, 

 but the United States so far surpassed 

 them that her production of steel is now 

 not only greater than that of both com- 

 bined, but is actually 44 per cent of that 

 of the entire world. 



No. 22.— COPPER PRODUCTION OF THE 

 UNITED STATES COMPARED WITH 

 THAT OF OTHER COUNTRIES 



Copper, which was always an im- 

 portant metal, has become especially so 

 in the recent years in which the use of 

 electricity has so marvelously increased ; 

 and, as the demand for copper increased, 

 the supply of the United States has so 

 increased that she has not only out- 

 stripped all her rivals, but now produces 

 one-half the copper of the world. The 

 four principal copper-producing coun- 

 tries are : United States, Spain, Chile, 

 and Japan. It will be seen from this 

 diagram that while all these countries 

 were nearly abreast in production in 

 1S83, at the beginning of the world's 

 great demand for copper, the United 

 States immediately began her upward 

 movement in production, while the other 

 countries have made little change in 

 their output. As a result we now pro- 

 duce as much copper as all the other 

 countries of the world combined. 



No. 23.— COTTON PRODUCTION OF THE 

 WORLD, AND SHARE OF THE UNITED 

 STATES IN THAT PRODUCTION 



Another extremely important factor 

 in manufacturing is cotton. Of this the 



PIG IRON PRODUCTION OF GERMANY. UNITED KINEDONMNITLI) STATES 



1877" 1901. 

 1877 raoi 



DIAGRAM NO. 20 



5TEEL 



PRODUCTION OF GERMANY. UNITED KINGDOM AND THE 

 UNITED STATES 1877-1901. 



1877 



1901 



6.394-,222 



5,080.000 



DIAGRAM NO. 21 



