the frontiers and settlement of international standing, the tactics of evolution and, while the general election, suffrage prospects seemed particularly bright; militancy had been destroyed. The view that the heavy losses in matériel were enormous. But there was a notable development. The World Pig-iron Year Steel Year 40,361,146 1923 45,430,000 1925 1,107,000 1918 1,695,000 1918 10,481,917 1913 9,553,715 1917 19,309,172! 1913 18,935.089 1913 8,323,000 1925 7,289,700