, 1870-08-22
FRENCH AND PRUSsIAN STRENGTH.

The difference between the personnel us
the p,ussian and French armies is that he.
tHecn youthful manhood antl .lissu1uts aee.
iier:na1sy il rising and, in the inlustri i
sense, youthful nation, Of simple habits
lts people have begun to taste lie power
of wealth, without being cccryated hy it's
taxnries. In 1850 TO 1919, Germany WIS
'l'seor'lant, disunited, the battle-ground Of
Europe. Its numerous petty States i1npov-
erished each other and their own CON-
tlerce by levyiug customs duties at nll their
boundaries, though tho territory of sou1e Of
shc1n was wholly inclosed in that Of others
Manufacture and trade were eanally pros
tTate. The pcasantry, harlly above the
level Of boors, wero mere scrfs, whom their
petty Dukes AND Princes worked, fought,
taxed. md sold into foreign military aer.
vice. Little industry beside agriculture
was possible, and that was of the rulest
and least profitable kind.
Prussia led the why, in 1918, in propos-
ing Zollvorein OF Customs Union, which
would give the States of Germany free
trade with each other By collecting all the
revenues OF all the States belonging to the
Bund On the outer frontiers of ths I'm,
yerein. and diyilinc them an,or, ,,,a cor
e.a1 States accortline to their nonnla,;o,
Thus tho Onion Of Germany, like that Of
the United States of America, began Ill q
commercial uuioD formed with thn r;av ~
sustaining the government of nj, ,ho
States bv a common revanne ana ramov:
iur the obstacles set mn o,a;,.,
th,. commerce Of aach s,,tc br ,ha
c1aetions of the others The Ger.
,1uu Customs Union. as n rerenne ,ne,s-
nre. differs from, our Federal Un;on in the
fact Tint the German il designed tn nav
tue expenses of the local governments. il,
comparison with which those of the Gen.
eru1 l;und arc slight, while ours leaves III,
rxpcnses of the local governments T., In
co,lrcted by State direct taxasion. and on-
,,lies only to purposes of nati,u,, r.,v.,,,o
The progress of p1ussia in nerfer,;n1
tie Zollyereiu yas for al,out 5f,cau ro,rs
o,,,,,st.} hv H.ssa Janor,r ,,a S,-o,,.
i'm, in tl,e yeara f,,r, 1s.u >, 1.,- 49,,
States co,,a ;,,t,, tbe r7,;,, E,,., 49,.
1855 tho influence of The z,,l,aro;r ~
frer;no the internal co,,n,o-co or f:,,,,,n~
I,,.a,, l., L., f,,tv manifested i, th.,
If production. the growth nf n,,,f,c
,a.cs. nud the extension of m;p;,o f,r ~,
If which the economica, b,bi,s If H., na,-
vle aud tho rapid,y nccumn]at;n. s,rr1,,:
.a,,itaI of ,bo ccu,,t r. ,,vo vrac;a1 n,,-s,+
aesrs al,out tho .o,na +;,,e -, 49,. st,
nctwprk of railroads was na,fa.t.,d oo,
noctinc a,l parts of Gorn,an7 With Rsr1;,
Dresden. and Frankfort md c;,;,a os
.,reat an i,aretus TO the in,1ustries nf prns
sin an like carsea bova o;van =, tno-a e,e
t,,;a country nIoonu1,;,o 49, tr.1 ~ ~.
p1,ss;,na Is scvore,,. s;n,,,o. ,,,a ....,:.so
on;1 ,,,oo,;-at;,. - ~
Tho jn,nrc.e ~ so~or;.~ uass.'a
=, ,,,a,,, he F-o;,a-;,,-.ho 60.
.ha orn,r ~ t,,o ,,oar,o 49, 41>,1Ao'
ans,vat;ro ha1,;,s ~ tho ~ -. I. p.., 80"
Ga,r,onv T. 1,;s,,-;,a,,- ~, 49,, 49, i'
If Gar,,an ;nd,,s,rr an, oo,1,.,a..o 49, w $50, o".u
sal, +, ,1,,a fr,,n H. f.,~,ra.;". - ., , ~ r7
r..r,,;, - 1s.n, -, W. Co., ~ - 'ue q ~
.or,,, Th, p.S,.s;a,, -, :" +ss
want ;e .1,o ,,.,,. ,,,;l;,,.-..:1 ~. a..
.,st n Tur,no T,,a 49, w =, 49, 40 s1s'i'-
meut seems IN ,oxo bscn d;roota.1 e ~ ~,
worl NJ ,n,s,n,. ~ .,.a... '.>.' 'e.u 's,, ~ 'us
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