New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-07

1.6OO,OOO tons; In 1896 IL was 3 200 600 TONS in
lSso II was 100000 tons In the production
OF steel the operation OF the protective system
has been stimulated by the introduction OF the
basic process, which has enabled mine-owners
TO make use Of ow-grade phosphoric ores Dur
ing the last year Of Free Trade the production
Of steel was less than 100000 tons In 1894 II
exceeded 100000 tons. From 1886 to 1894 the
production Of finished and half finished iron and
steel up from 100000 to 1895 600 tons
The progress OF all the iron and steel trades
such as cutlery. hardware tools. machinery and
shipbuilding. has been equally remarkable Ger
many has become In the course Of a single gen
Grafton one Of the great iron masters Of the
world. and the main cause Of it's triumphs in this
field of industry may be distinctly traced In the
tables Of statistics TO the change OF the tariff
Herr Muller in "Stahl und Eisen' states the
case In single sentence: 1T the imposi-
ton of protective duties in 1879 that led to ar
important Improvement Of the position. both
output and consumption increasing largely In
Germany. while the imports from other countries
were diminished"
GERMANY'S PROSPERITY
An observer who makes a tour Of Wesphalia
South Germany and Saxony as / have done is
content TO accept the evidence Of his eyes re-
specting the extraordinary industrial progress
Of Germany. and to be Indifferent to the sta
tistical proofs contained in Government publ
cations The aggregates of foreign trade and
the differences to be drawn from comparisons
with British footings may be what they may:
but it is impossible to resist the conclusion that
Germany is to-day instinct with life and energy
and more prosperous than she has ever been be-
fore in her long. eventfu history. Wherever the
ira ho an Cd
one seems to have work to do. Every factory Is
running full time. The streets are astir
with hustle and activity. New boundaries, fac
tories and mills are in process Of erection in
every industrial centre and building operations
in progress on a large scale in every i'm
portant town. The Fatherland to-day is fairly
pulsating with renewed energy It's fortunes
have revived. and ii has become tremendous
power in the modern working world.
This imperial city Of Berlin. with its palaces
and gilded domes. has become in a single gem
Grafton the greatest manufacturing centre of
Continental Europe. No other city has equalled
it in growth of population. nor rivalled 1t in
the multiplication OF industries 1t has an I'm
mense and constantly increasing volume Of
business and is surrounded with manufact-
uring suburbs. II one takes the Ringbahn.
the best of all modern systems Of rapid transit
for large city, to go out TO the Industrial Ex-
position at Treptow, he will be convinced be-
fore he reaches his destination that he is in
the centre Of an industrial empire; for he will
see tall factory chimneys every side and
pass hundreds Of machine-shops. engine building
works. chemical factories. breweries and wool
len. worsted. jute. cotton and silk mills Yet
when he examines the commercial statistics in
the official bureaus he will find the aggregate of
Berlns foreign trade small in comparison with
the volume Of production in its manifold in
dustries Berlin manufactures goods mainly
for domestic consumption within the Empire
the great home market which has been secured
for German producers by the benelcent oper-
alton OF the protective tariff. The purchasing
power Of that home market has been immeasur-
ably increased in the new era OF industrial ac-
tivity which opened in 1879 when Prince Bis
marck profted by the unexampled prosperity OF
the United States under the protective system
and by its marvellous achievements in debt
paying and the development of material re-
sources.
MUCH FOR AMERICANS TO LEARN.
Indeed there is no other country from which
Americans now have so much to learn in in
dustrial progress from Germany. The sys-
TEN of technical ndvcommercial education. by
which she has equipped herself for career OF
industrial triumphs Is worthy Of the most serious
study and close imitation The commercial
enterprise which has opened new markets
abroad for German manufacturers and built up
a powerful merchant marine IS something which
has been lacking during recent years of Ameri-
can experience These lessons are of the high
est Importance to Americans; but what is OF
even deeper significance Is the infexible de-
termination with which the German people,
having once discovered what were the general
policies which were best calculated TO pro-
mote the welfare of the Empire and the de-
velopment of its productive resources. have ad-
hered 10 them In 1871 and 1873 the currency
question was settled by comprehensive meas
ures Of financial reform and there has been no
subsequent disturbance of industrial conditions
from that source In 1879 the protective system
was adopted and there has been no reversal
of policy Reciprocity treaties have been ne
gotiated wherever it practicable to do so,
and the Government has not abrogated them at
the dictation of monopolsts and trusts, as was
recently done in the United States These three
great policies which have ministered to the in
dustral development and economic prosperity
of Germany have been allowed to operate with
the least possible degree of political and social
disturbance The moral for America where the
currency question has remained unsettled and
where the Protection and Reciprocity policies
have been suddenly and wantonly reversed with
disastrous results. is one too plain to be either
pointed or emphasized n r.
THE INDIANAPOLIS TICKET.