The evening times., 1899-01-10
BREADSTl F.Fs IN THE
GERMAN EMPIRE
THE AMOUNT OF CONSUMPTION
Population of the Country Increases
Faster Than the Means of
Subsistence.

| For some time there seems to have ex-
| listed in Germany dispute as to whether
| the agriculturists are still able 10 pro
duce the necessary breadstuffs for the
! population. Consul Albert at Brunswick
has written a communication TO The State
Department giving the comparative fig
ures between the production and tn con
sumption of breadstuhs in that country
| He quotes an article which says:
1t has been calculated that j3.oDO.OO0 inipabir-
arts Of Germany consumed in the harvest ,ear Of
is9f-5o, lJ,3i5252 tons of bread; according 10
another calculation an average of ia II pounds
per head IN year, which numbers may represent
the maximum OF consumption. Can We have har-
| vested 81 much Iatclyt Tho harvest statistics
ant proof that grain haryests are coustnantlv
Increasing, and that since 1875 there has never
been harvested much breadstuf in the Ger
man Empire - III the last Ave wears, whose pro-
duce las surpassed that OF former periods by L.,
iHipD tons In spite OF the iUcreas@ OF lHJ, 90
IN the population during tie past twenty wears
i greater per capita quantity ~ pOuHd>y uf
breadstuifs raised from 1873 to 1871 than for
tine period iruIn 1875 TO lSS2 800 poIncsl af in
ioe5 10 1891 t@H pounds. L. Is therefore eou-
ciuded thar German agriculture is in 4 ,-oi,li-
ton I" provide the German people a!th nearly
the whole Cf the brcddstufis necessary JOS their
subsistence II the grain product ai home +, used
ioF TINS purpose. He who observes h9y. tine bet
Ter cultr" ." the soil makes great progress every
where, and hnw the smaller owners by the Us.
"f fertilizers. increase the product in ar un.x-
pected way, will also admit that our German -.,ii
Is able 10 supply in future the German nation
with all the necessary bread,tuhs t.o0I and
cheap routes tor commerce. especially canals are
OF the first consideration in keeping open mar
ket Tor rms grain then the need for foreign grain
VIII diminish greatly, and Germany Cxn cufig uIt
10 gain the market of the world with its indus
trial products.
IL is apparent from these extracts that
the population of Germany is increasing
more rapidly than the means of subs st
ence, says the consul : report. In regard
10 the supply Of meat, there can be 70
question about this. Germany cannot
supply the demand. In the mattsr o.
breddstutis. under improved mg tnOds Of
fertilization and cultivation il is houad
by the sangune that the supply may me
the demand; but IN The figures gwen
above, human consumption Of br alstufs
alone is considered. and no a1Io~auc. is
made for the consumption Of cattI7 and
poultry and the grain used in the manu-
facture CT spirits. In my opinion Cor
many is rapidly reaching the same posi-
tion held by England before the aLo tion
CT the corn laws. Under the influence OF
a protective tariff, Industrial enterprise
has Increased immensely. Germany no
rivals the United States and England IN
manufactures: but unlike the United
States, il has not the provisions and
breadstuTs for its home consumption
With a surplus for other nations. Ger
many presents adfnira BILE field 10.
studying political economy. and il is
surprise that a German NalthUs or John
Stuart Miii dCes not arise