The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-25

sion Of their distribution will work ef
fectively, according to the German
view, whether Mittel-Europa remains
as much of a fact as it is today, or
whether by bargaining her conquesis
and her own raw materials Germany
obtains equal privileges with her com
| petitors in the markets for raw mate
rails. Unless she can both hold her
conqueSts and Obtain the desired priv.
leges-an unlikely situation now
Germany would prefer equality Of
privilege. trusting to her business
ability and ''the world-hun-er for
goods" to overcome prejudices and
hatreds stimulated IN the outside
world by the war. and TO her superb
organization and tile needs Of her
neighbors 10 work her w,iy MO actual
domination of adiarrni territory.
IL is interesting 10 compare AIitteI-
Europa and the outSid. world as pro-
ducers of raw materials for Germany.
The imports Of raw materialS in 1918
aggregated Sl.1S9O01,nGn In value.
More than one-half of this value was
represented by cotton. hides and skins.
wool. copper. wood. iron ore and coal
Other raw materials imported were
fur skins. Chilean saltpete-, silk. IndiS
rubber, tobacco, linseed, copra, mineral
oils. palm nuts. jute. brown coal, tin.
fax and phosphate of lime. Among
the countries which furnished mate
rails valued at S20.000,0OO or more
We're: United States, $4,000, 900;
British India. SOC, 5000 900: Argentina,
S75.OO0.0O0: United Kingdom. sos, OOO.-
900; Australia, $56o00.000 Chile, $46..
000.0O0; Italy. S44,000,0oO: France,
S44 100000; British Africa. 2.OO0,-
600: Dutch East Indies, s41,O0O,OO0;
Sweden. $4,000 900; Egypt. S27, 000,.
900; Spain, S26,O00,O00; China. s24,.
900 600 and brazil, S2S 100000. These
are now enemy or neutral sources of
raw materials which are outside Nit
tel-Europa as at present constituted.
OF the countries dominated by Ger.
many NOW only Russia and Austria
Hungary furnished raw materials val-
ued al so, 100000 or more in 1918.
The value Of Russian raw materials
imported was SI25.O00.0O0 and that Of
raw materials from Austria-HungaTy
SIG, 100000 Importations from other
countries of the present Teutonic
group were nevertheless considerable.
The figures in round Numbers are:
Belgium, SIT. 100000; Bulgaria, $780,
600: Finland. SS.O00UOO; Rumania,
81 900 OuD: Serbia. S69O,000; Turkey,
SS.OOO,0OO These figures do not In
ciude foodstuffs, large quantities Of
which are imported by Germany In
peace times. The imports of raw ma
terials into Germany in 1913 were val
ued as follows. according to conti-
nents: Europe, $3.50 900 600: America.
S354OOO,O00: Asia. S1S2.0o0,OO0; Afri-
ca. S101 100000, and Oceania, S63,0OO,-
600
These figures make il appear that
there is not much comparison between
the amounts OF raw materials which
Germany can obtain through her con-
quests or affiliations and those which
would he obtainabe from her pres
emf enemies or neutral countries IL
the blockade were lifted and equality
of privilege restored. But 1t must be
remembered that what her immediate
neighhors supplied 70 Germany In 1913 .
is hardly criterion by which to meas
ure what they can he made To supply
If organized and developed solely for
the purpose of serving Germany.