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 * Production, tons
 * Population excluding agricultural
 * Tons per head
 * 1913
 * 929,956,000
 * 66,278,000
 * 14.03
 * 1914
 * 855,974,000
 * 68,194,000
 * 12.55
 * 1915
 * 876,661,000
 * 69,428,000
 * 12.63
 * 1916
 * 976,084,000
 * 70,722,000
 * 13.80
 * 1917
 * 1,014,342,000
 * 72,059,000
 * 14.08
 * 1918
 * 1,001,760,000
 * 73,182,000
 * 13.69
 * 1919
 * 882,954,000
 * 73,847,000
 * 11.96
 * 1920
 * 1,025,502,000
 * 75,381,000
 * 13.60
 * 1921
 * 824,617,000
 * 76,785,000
 * 10.74
 * 1922
 * 843,556,000
 * 78,184,000
 * 10.79
 * }
 * 1921
 * 824,617,000
 * 76,785,000
 * 10.74
 * 1922
 * 843,556,000
 * 78,184,000
 * 10.79
 * }
 * 10.79
 * }

The above tables do not indicate any increase in productivity, but rather the opposite. Attention should be drawn to misapprehensions that may result from annual comparisons. Thus the output of minerals and metals may be swollen in one year by intense