The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-11-27
TIE OLD WORLD.
Commerce OF the Different European
Nations.


In relation to the old conflict as to the supe.
riority of one great ethnic group above another.
the following calculations, worked out by
German writer from the mass of figures bearing
on the trade and commerce of all nations,
brought together by Soherzar in the "Geogra-
graphical Y ear Book" for 1863 will be Interest,"
Ing as showing the commercial development Of
the different nations. The mercantile fleet of
the three great groups depends however, to
tion of the different countries Thus the
Sclavons, essentially continental and
~ unlavorsbie position; but the % extent Of Of coast
land OF the Romanic countries is at least as
favorable towards the formation of q CONNER
cisl fleet as that of the Germsnic. In the fol-
lowing calculations Belgium has been placed
half with the Germanle and half with the
Romenic group; Austria, half to the SclavOnic
and half TO the Germanic. The Turks, the
Greeks themselves, and the Russians. have
ing are the results In TONS
Great Britain 1852 473 Sweden. .......355 0if
Germany. .......I98l 65l Denmark ....... I6O, ,27S
British Americal 07O 900 Australia..... ...ll6 B81
Norway. 7765O0i Belgium (halD.,... 1880
Total for the Germanic countries..tons l4GS5, ,O39
With the Latin, on the other hand, we ind
France ..........l OOS O84 Spanish Colons l6I ia
Italy 7O7,7S8 Portugal. S2,504
Latin America" 5S5 SOB Belgium (halD". l7,755
Total for the Latin countries. ....tons 295S BlS
Thus deeply already have the Latin race
sunken in their commerce on the sea-a people
pare the republics OF Mexico Peru, and others
of South America, included in "Romanic Ame-
rica," with the United States or even British
America.
The sclavonic peoples come, of course lower
| In the scale:-
Russia 800 $50 Austria (half)l55 2OI
reece..""..".,3CO,O 900 Turkey y............lS2OO0
Total for the Scavonic countries, tons OBJ, ,I3I
Like results enSue on calculating the extent
| OF the railroads of the different groups. Swift
| zeTlaEd, whose people are 60 per cent. German,
| are placed TO this group The length is given in
| kilOmeters:-
United States~......59 377 Scandinavian SITS. 1925
Great Britan...."-A 62l swift zerland..."..... 1895
,455 Be gium (hal) ... 1888
Germanic Colo Netherlands""......l 1919
mes IN Asla.... OoO Australia. 800
British America. 4 OI Cape Colony ym....... lU9
| Austria (half). 3 1872
Total for the GeTmRnic countr kills, ,ll8 42l
In the Romantic couu tries-
France. e.",....,......l9 sos Belgium (half f. 2S3
spain .......".... . ITO Portugal .......... 700
Italy 4, ,SlO Alge A
| ROmanic America 2,7i3 -
To al for Romantic countries ........kils "a 628
In the SclaVonic Countries
RuSsl ......,,...... 440f Turkey. 2S6
Austria (hal) ),....... Sl53I
Total for the SclavOnic countries k kills 7933
That is, not an eighth as much as the United
States
EilometeIs. The Germanic:-
United States... Is, ,495 Austria (halD .... 1886
| Great Britain and Holland, with
colonies..........7l l36 colonies ......... 6799
Germany 28 966 Swi tzerland ...... 653
scandinaVia....""ll,S4 ,S47 Belgium (half."." 1850
Total for the Germanie countries. .ssl