The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-19
THE COMMERCE OF GERMANY.
Prof BI"pdePs summary of What
the Teutons Arc Doing.

Prof BIoPders summary of What
the Teutons Arc Doing.
An authoritative survey of Germauy-s
commercial progress during the past few
years has been prepared By Prof. Georges
! BIondeI. Of Paris
No country" he says. has recently
developed as rapidly as Germany. She is
now exporting 2,O00005 more tons Of ma
chinery than ten years ago. and she is
exporting three times as much to Russia,
not less than 40 locomotives having been
sent to the German factories in that
country within the past four or five years.
According to a report of the Stuttgart
Chamber of Commerce, those German in
dustries in which electricity is employed
viii very soon occupy the first rank in the
worlds markets. Capitalists were at first
shy about investing their money in such
enterprises. but now they are quite will
ing. and as a result no foreign capital is
needed The German machines in the
Electrical Palace at the Paris Exposition
were by far the strongest and the best
and they all fetched high prices.
-One reason why German firms succeed
in this direction is because they make it
d point to establish branch houses in for
eign countries. In this way one NUrn-
berg firm has laid new railroad lines in
Italy, Russia, and France, while another
firm with a capital Of 900 roubles, has
already built one immense factory in St
Petersburg and is about to build another
Other foreign places, in which there are
now German establishments OF this kind
are Riga, Libau, Warsaw, and Sombko-
vice in Russian Poland.
Furthermore Germany is straining ev-
| cry nerve to perfect her chemical indus
J tries. so that in this respect also she will
/ soon hold the foremost place The annU-
I al value OF her manufactured chemical
/ products is more than $4,000 600, of which
/ one third is exported One Of her new
/ products is artificial indigo. to which she
/ is giving great attention and which IS
( rapidly dispiacing the natural indigo. She
! is also proving a formidable competitor
/ to France in the perfume industry, since
/ she provides the consumer with artificial
4 products which are almost. II not quite,
/ as good as the natural ones
! of the four or five million tons OF pa
4 per which are manufactured in the world
! each year Germany makes $4,000 and
/ France only $4,000 In the case Of toys
I and of optical and musical Instruments
/ the same progress IS visible Thuringia
/ alone employs 50,000 persons in making
! toys, - per cent of which are exported
The rapid development OF her fleet is
another proof Of Germany's deter nina
/ ton to obtain commercial supremacy The
/ tonnage Of the large German steamers Is
! 81 per cent larger than that OF the
/ French, ard the tonnage OF the Iarge
! sailing vessels is "A per cent. While
| France has only So steamers, with a on
mage of 1.G5o 900. England has 5.G49, with
/ d tonnage of II. SIS, 81; Germany has 1,o3l,
/ with 2.I69, go tons; Norway has 10, with
| az. 242. and the United States mas GA, with
| I-IS3- s51. The French sailing fleet occupies
/ only the seventh place, being preceded by
/ those of England. America, Norway, Ger
many Italy, and Russia Furthermore,
! 20 Pc cent of the French sailing vessels
| and 81 per cent Of the French steamers
| are between ten and forty years old, and
naturally they are not notable for speed
| Between 1893 and 1898 only 253 81 tons
/ were registered in France, Of which 9G,
| 600 were new. whereas during the same
/ time SIS 900 tons were registered in Ger
many. of which 1900 were new.
/ The development Of German haTbors
/ has kept pace with that of the feet
/ Since 1880 the number Of vessels entering
/ Hamburg has increased from $500. with
! 2.767, 600 tons, to 1905 with S9n,05o tons
| Moreover, the number entering the harbor
| without cargo has increased from q to .
| per cent. while the number Of vessels
/ leaving without a cargo has fallen from
/ . to q per cent, clear proof that
! desirable cargo IS easily found in Ham
| burg.
/ Equally prosperous are the great trans
/ Atlantic steamship companies. The Ham
/ burg-American line, which has q capital
! of 90,0520g9 marks, has about les ocean
| steamers. and fifteen new ones are now
/ being built Equally prosperous is the
/ North German Lloyd Compared with
/ these the great English companies, such
! as the British India Steam Navigation
/ Company and the Peninsular and Oriental
| Steam Navigation Company only hold a
( third or fourth rank
! "Germany's progress has been made
/ largely at the expense OF England and
/ well the latter knows 1t. During the past
| five years the value of Germany's exports.
! reckoned in pounds sterling, increased
! from e. 223. 90 10 $50, $50 900 in the case of
I wrought iron. from 81 49, 900 to EI2.-
( 425, 900 in the case OF machinery, and from
| G46g, go to 60 1885, 600 in the case of cop
| per goods. The census Of 1852 showed
/ that 10000 men were employed in the
! German machine shops and that 1895
| showed that $4,000 were employed In
| London and New York half Of the great
commercial houses are controlled by the
| Germans.
The great reason why the Germans
| are succeeding 50 well Is because they are
| thoroughly versed in the best methods
/ and are ready TO make any sacrifices in
/ order TO attain commercial success Their
| young business men have been carefully
/ instructed in the various branches OF the
/ industries which they are trying to de
/ veIop. and year after year the technical
/ and industrial schools are turning out
! lads who are well equipped to do first
class work in the work of commerce That
! IS why Germany is succeeding
MEDICAL STUDENTS BARRED.