The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-12-30
GERMANY AND ENGLAND.
Advance OF The Ono aud Decline OF the
Other IN the Induatrisl Line.

Portland OreEonian: England has
been going out OF the farming business
for a long time. Free admission Of
food products, n practical necessity. has
encouraged the natural bent Of It's poo.
ri" 90 manufacturing pursuits and dis
Outraged agriculture. But OF late Its
manufacturers have been complaining
Of continental. especially French and
German, competition. These complaints
ir" growing louder and more frequent.
Official and expert Investigations have
been made, and, while some different
explanations of causes are offered. all
agree rs 10 the fact itself. Germany Is
OutsClllnG English manufacturers on
lhCir own ground.
The matter has two separate aspects
-lirrmduy' advance and EuglHnd's de-
elm. GGrmHnyS advance is not mere
~ due to English rctrOgradinE. for us
industries are extending TO all lnndS.
The Japanese project, just discovered,
TO the obvious alarm Of other ConSuls
In Japan. is only nm Illustration of the
German industrial activity. GermanyS
exports grew from $i26.O0000O In 1891 10
SSNlJ,U10.UO0 In 1895. and In the same
timC She had to import nearly $4,000, 900
lc9S. In the year she increased by Sll,-
100000 her exports to Great Britain. by
Slut, 900. 3VJ Those OF Russia, By :23OOO,-
ono those TO the United States, by $1,000
600 those to Denmark, by d.O40,WD those
10 l6raZil, hy $S.OO0,000 those TO Switzer-
land. III 1892 she sent 10 the TransvaM
$3.50. 900 worth Of goods. now fhc sends
E$2,2JOO00. Similar Increases are shown
In her trad" with ASlatIc and South
American countries.
IT is upon England that this showing
makes the most impression. We are
rccOncilcd To buying heavily Of Ger
many, though We should furnish more
or our own sugar. because II makes lit
tie difference whether we ill the compile
mcnt Of our needs from Germany or
England, and because. our own exports
nr,- Increasing all tho time. But since
England has abandoned agriculture for
ma uutHCturinS, and since even our own
manufacturing industries are languish-
ing, il Is calling TO find that In 1895 Ger
man cotton goods worth $500. oo0, wool
en- goods worth 100000 paper worth
g. $500 on, toys worth S"",22J. 000 musical
instruments worth So. 100000. and china
and CarlhCnWurr worth over $1,000. 900
were imported into England. These are
English FpccialticS. Germany exported
IN ISM l,8Ol 900 tons oil IRON, ana III lh9i
ZOOS .D0O tons, while EnSlnnd's Iron out-
put decreased: German exports OF cot
ton goods increased from 1859 TO 1891
III per cent. while EnE!and's increase IN
this period increased only "a per cent.
The English exports, under this COM
petition. fell from $50 II per capita in
lS92 In 81 rs In 1891.
\ multitude Of reflections will natu-
rally SuEEc5; themselves upon this
statement OF facts. Tariffs and textile
training must be- considered But there
is no more Interesting thought concern
ing this remarkable showing than that
German ih0r0uEhncSs Of thinking Is
hHvini: itE reward Nothing Is too laho-
rious or complicated In Its understand
ing Tor the patient. stndiOus German
professor To master. So the German
builds more scientific. and therefore
better. hccauS" more economical. fur
nuc"s than the English: studies needs Of
shipping and ports. learns with care
what will exactly please the notions Of
his varying customers in different parts
OF the earth. Heidelberg and Wcimnr
have not burned the midnight oil In
vain. II Ivy their studies OF science they
have put German manufactures at tho
head of the list