Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-06
POLAND'S MARKETS
ARE WIDE OPEN NOW
Country Needs American Goods
and Has Much tor
Export.

or the new States that emerged to in
dependence as result OF the Woriu
War. Poland will probably play one OF
the most important roles IN the poiiticai
and economic life oi Eastern Europe, ac-
cordinp to experts Situated as 1T IS
ON the cross roads OF trade connecting
Central and Eastern Europe, at the very
gateway of Russia, as well as of the
Baltic States and the Black Sea, 1T al
fcrs a tremendous field for American
creative genius and cooperative ehut
in the formation and development OF IN
dus,ries which would not only ind a
rc,dv market for their output in Poland
hut would create an advantageous posi-
tion for profitable business in vast and
unexnloited territory to the east and
in the adjacent countries, they declare
A writer who is a native, and who has
lately arrived from this enterprising
country. describes conditions as they are
in ar article in Worlds Markets, a pub
lication of II. G.. Dun x Go. lie says
thnt not only may 1T become an I'M
portant market for American goods, but
II NAV soon he in position to export
large quantities of raw materials needed
by the United States. II has been con
servativelv estimated that by 1921 the
country will be in position to export
about 500 900 tons OF gram IhrouHh
the port of Danzig it can enter the mar
kct for foreign trade, being connected by
shipping lines with all important markets.
-mnnd and Austrian Peace Treaties, VIII
r,ye tho republic an area greater than
that Of Italv and population OF about
$4,000 600. Warsaw, the capital. has n
nonulation of about 100000 and has
rightly been termed the Hub of Cen
tral Furope." Before the first division
of territory between Russia, Prussia and
Austria took place in l7T2 the country
occtipicd an area Of about 300 900 square
miles The second division of territory
tool plece IN 1913. and the last one IN
I7p5 In these three divisions Russia
snnexed about 220. 500 square miles,
Austria Hungary. $500 and Prussia
about 10000 square miles.
MAJORITY ENGAGED IN AGRICULTURE.
At that time the population was
about 1900 600 while, according 10 the
stetistirs II January |. 1915, the number
az POLES IN tho world was 26,092, 900, of
wb,rh D. .6Gq. 600 were IN Europe. II has
been estimated that 65 per cent OF the
nop,llation - engaged IN agriculture. IL
n.5 cont IN industry and mining, per
cent in commerce and trade, and the re-
meipinp ~ pcr cent identified with other
occupations
AZ All estimate. - per cent Of the
eorntry's : entire territory can he SAID TO
he under cultivation, more or less lnten-
awe. while - per cent IS valuable forest
land Two types ut farm properties
predominate in Poland; large estates
~ above 100 acres and small properties
f,nm Z 90 100 acres. The number OF
l......,~f,s,,u ctpnfftlx q c
large tracts are being yearly purchased
bv small holders, thus increasing unin-
terruptedly the part occupied 10y small
prvporties.
The most important agricultural crops
arr wheat. rye, barley, oats, corn, buck
wheat, millet, peas, potatoes, sugar beets
and nex. The cereals and potatoes oc-
cupy 4hc bulk of the acreage, the staple
food Of tho greater portion of the coun-
trv being rye bread and potatoes. In
1919 there were about 100000 horses,
1000 600 cattle, 5, 600, 600 goats and sheep
nTIa about 6.o00,O00 pigs. During the
war at least 20 per cent of the Polish
hive stock was destroyed, requisltloned
or simply stolen by the armies oi occu-
patton.
No. MANY countries in Europe can
boast of such rich mineral resources rs
Polapd. 10 the majority Oh persons bbis
wealth was formerly known as being on
German, Austrian or Russian territory
Chief among the products of mining are,
Coal. iron, zinc and lead ores, potash
and table salts, phosphorites, copper,
sulphur, ozokerite mineral wax and
oil and its by-products. The coal tields
occupy an area of more than. 2,Oou
square miles and are situated in the
Dombrowa- a-Cracow-Silesian basin.
IMMENSE OIL RESOURCES.
II is a matter of common knowledge
that Galician oil wells played Vita
part in the progress of the war. Its
oil fields are well able TO supply the
needs of population of more than 100,
600 millions, the writer says. Poland
has another great source of wealth N
its rock salt, of which Wieliczka, ne al
Cracow. has the greatest mine in the
world, containing approxlmately u .O0O..