The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-13
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sity man, have been surrounded by
men trained In Germany. men who
had resorted to Germany because no.
where else could they get such thor
ouxh and searching training. particu-
larry in, this principles OF SCIENCE and
the priL that underffe modern
material achievements. Her men OF
science had made her industries, per-
haps. tho most competent industries
in the world. and the label Made In
Germany" was guarantee of good
workmanship and sound material. She
had access to all the markets of the
world and every other man who trad
ed in those markets feared Germany
because of her effective and almost
Irresistible competition. She had a
place In the sun. Was she not salts
Acd? What more did she want +?
There was nothing In the world OF
peace she did not already have and
have in abundance.
Gcrmany's Industrial Growth.
We boas. OF the extraordinary pace
OF American Advancement. We show
with pride the statistics Of the In
crease of our industries and of the
| population Of our cities. Well. those
statistics did not match the recent sta
I tt0tAI8 VI SSGEIaf&iIf f1cE oi0 CtbACf
took on youth, grew faster than any
American cities ever grew; he old inr
dustries opened their eyes and saw q
new world and went out for It's con.
quest: and yet the authorities OF Ger
many were not satished.
| You have one part of the answer
to the question why she was not sat
/ isfied in her methods Of competition
There Is no important industry in Ger
many upon which the government has
not laid its hands to direct 1t and
| when necessity arose. control it, Yor
have only to ask any man whom yot
meet, who is familiar with the condi'
tions that prevailed before the war In
the matter of International competi-
j ton. to hnd out the methods of com
petition which the German mapufac
turers and exporters used under the
patronage and support of the govern
ment of Germany,
Crooked Competition.
You will find that they we're tn,
same sorts of competition that we have
decided to prevent by law within oul
own borders. II they could not sci
their goods cheaper than we could sci
ours. at a prcfft to ourselves. the.
could get a subsidy from the govern
ment which made It possible to sci
them cheaper. anyhow: and the con
ditions Of competition We're thus con
trolled in large measure by the Ger
man government itself. But that di'
not satisfy the German government
All the while there war lying behin'
its thought, In Its dreams of the flu
ture. political control which woul'
!, enable it in the long run to dominat
the labor and the industry OF tn
world.
i They were not content with success
by superior achievement, they wantc'
success by authority.
l suppose very few OF you hav
thought much about the Berlin I
Bagdad railway. The Berlin to Bag
dad railway was constructed In or,ie
| to run the threat OF force down tn
flank Of the Industrial undertakings c
, half a, dozen other countries, so tina
when German competition came in
would not be resisted too far-becaus
there was always the possibility 9
getting German armies into the hear
OF that country quicker than an
other armies could be got there Loo
: bat the map of Europe now. German,
, In thrusting upon US again and a&ai
) the discussion Of peace. talks abot
! what? Talks about Belgium. tall
; about northern France. talks abou