Vorwärts, 1916, No. 103 (33rd year), April 13, 1916. Leading article: “The Future Rulers of the World.”
National wealth (1912)
| United States | 187,400 | million | dollars |
| Germany | 75,000 | ” | ” |
| Great Britain | 90,000 | ” | ” |
United States exports for 10 months of 1915 (1914): to Asia 115.8 (77.6) million dollars; to South America 116.7 (70.4); to Oceania 77.6 (64.8); to Africa 29.1 (22.1).
Imports of munitions, etc., are paid for by the sale of American “securities”: Great Britain “divested” herself of 950 million dollars’ worth; France of 150, Holland of 100; Germany of 300; Switzerland of 50.
Output (million tons)
| Coal (1913) | Iron ore (1913) | Pig iron (1913) | Steel (1912) | ||||||||||||
| U.S.A. | 517.14 | 59.44 | 31.46 | 31.75 | |||||||||||
| Germany | 278.98 | } | 35.94 | } | 19.30 | } | 17.30 | } | |||||||
| 570.99 | 52.19 | 29.94 | 24.31 | ||||||||||||
| Great Britain | 292.01 | 16.25 | 10.64 | 7.01 | |||||||||||
| Consumption (thousand tons) (1913) | Consumption | ||||||||||||||||||
| Copper | Lead | Zinc | Tin | Cotton (mill. bales) | |||||||||||||||
| U.S.A. | 348.1 | 401.3 | 313.3 | 45.0 | 5.55 | ||||||||||||||
| Germany | 259.3 | } | 223.5 | } | 221.3 | } | 19.3 | } | 1.26 | } | |||||||||
| 404.0 | 414.9 | 415.9 | 43.7 | 4.54 | |||||||||||||||
| Great Britain | 144.7 | 191.4 | 194.6 | 24.4 | 3.28 | ||||||||||||||
| (This for 1912-13) | |||||||||||||||||||
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