Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-03-20


vailing today may be better shown BY
selecting representative German nv
err and quoting the actual average
cost Of transport therefrom. allowing
for the fact that during . part Of the
year . large portion Of the tonnage II
partly or wholly unemployed. These
figures show that the actual cost Of
transport per ton per mile on the Oder
river II about one-third Of . cent; on
the Weichsel. one-half . cent: on the
Elbe. one-fourth. and on the Rhine one
sixth Of . cent The rivers Oder and
Weichsel dow through Agricultural
regions. corresponding to . degree
with the country through which the
Missouri river and it, tributaries dow.
while the Rhine drains q country cor
responding to that adjacent to the Up
per Ohio. where manufacturing 10
more largely engaged In. This cheap
ness Of transportation explains In
great measure the fact that the most
prosperous industrial centers Of Ger
many are situated close to the water
ways Of which they make extensive
and increasing use.
The Governments View.
In IN oficial publication Of the Ger
man government We read:
ANY means whereby the distances
which separate the economic centers
Of the country from one another can
be diminished must b welcomed and
be considered a. progress, for 1t in
creases our strength in our industrial
competition with foreign countries.
Every one who desires to send or to
receive goods wishes for cheap
freights. Hence the aim Of healthy
transport policy should be to diminish
a. far ~ possible the economically
unproductive costs Of transport. A
country such a. Germany. which II
happy enough to produce on her own
soil By far the larger part Of the raw
material and food which II requires,
occupies the most Independent and the
most favorable position II. owing to
cheap. inland transportation. it, econ
omic centers are placed - near -
possible to one another. When this
has been achieved Germany win b
able to dispense with many foreign
products. and 1t win occupy . post
ton Of superiority in comparison with
all those states which do not possess
similarly perfect means Of transport.
MANY circumstances which In for
mer times gave superiority to certain
countries. such - the greater skin Of
their workmen. superior machinery,
cheaper wages. greater natural fertil-
ity Of the soil: all these adxantages
are gradually being levelled down By
time and progress. But what win re-
main II the advantage Of . we'll
planned system Of transportation
which makes the best possible use Of
local resources and local advantages"
The last sentence, in italic In the
German original. may well be read In
America in connection with Bis
deliberate statement:
I'm discounting future events We
must take note Of the United States.
who win become In matters economic
and perhaps in matters political -
well. much greater danger than most
people imagine. The war Of the future
will be the economic war. the struggle
for existence on the largest scale
May my successor always bear this In
mind and always take care that Ger.
many will be prepared when this bat
tie has to be fought"
And Bismarck was dismissed By the
present emperor. not because Of dis
agreement but because william H.. q
twentieth century Frederick the Great,
would be his own chancellor and. car.
rying on Bismarck's policy - his own,
make Germany foremost In all mill
tary and material things.
The New Germany Commercial.
The new Germany n not . land Of |
philosophers. poets. and composers,
sleepy oficials and dull peasants. day
sentimentalixing over music
and philosophy and beer. The new
Germany IL . land of shrewd. calcu.
lating, hard-headed. matter-of-fact bus
mess men. with no sentimentality and.
In business circles at least, no senti-
ment.
There are monumental statues Of |
Goethe and Schiller and Hegel and
and Leasing in many German
streets. but the new German finds his
shrine at the Deutsche Bank.
HIS treasured profits and savings, In |
the new industrial age. now thither.
Their volume increases because Of q |
new. comprehensive and efficient sys-
tenn Of cheap transportation, by canal |
and river-made in Germany.
(copyright, 1914 By Joseph B. Bowlss)
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