50 THE AGRICULTURAL BLOC 



equals three billions of dollars per year in 

 round numbers or six times as much as the 

 above bounties would cost. Yet in ten years 

 at an outlay of four billion five hundred mil- 

 lion dollars the United States would have 

 added national wealth of 200 billions of dol- 

 lars instead of losing billions in the exhaus- 

 tion of her lands. Her city trade, which is 

 about 10 billions of dollars per year, would 

 be increased to 15 billions of dollars per 

 year, and her rural trade, which is about 

 three billions of dollars per year, would be 

 increased to nine billions of dollars per 

 year. Her 15 millions of tons of merchant 

 marine, which at present is nearly value- 

 less, would be worth three billions of dol- 

 lars. Her agricultural lands, now worth 50 

 bilHons, would be worth 150 billions. Her 

 cities would be worth at least 150 billions 

 more than now. 



Minister of the Interior Delbruck of Ger- 

 many said a small import duty on raw ma- 

 terial for 10 years added two billion five 

 hundred million to Germany's national 

 wealth, gave permanent employment to her 

 people and entirely suspended emigration 

 of her subjects, which had been forced to 

 leave the country by 300,000 a year pre- 

 viously. I feel certain if our statesmen will 

 look into the utterances of this little book 

 they will find out what is printed comes 

 very nearly to the exact truth. 



THOMAS WITHYCOMBE. 



432 Twelfth Street, 

 Portland, Oregon. 



