EUROPE: GERMANY. 



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This is undoubtedly due, in a very great degree, to the Empire's 

 highly developed paper-producing industries, as well as to the ex- 

 cellent system of compulsory education. 



The latest reliable statistics on the subject of paper production 

 refer to a period rather remote, when one remembers the progress 

 made in the production of paper. Rudel's figures, the most reliable, 

 are for the year 1878. They give 



Centners. 



Germany 4, 886,000 



France 2, 694, ooo 



Great Britain 3, 364,000 



United States 4, 270,000 



Austria-Hungary I, 845,000 



At that time, this Empire led the world. Its present production 

 is put down at 6,000,000 to 7,000,000 centners. 



EXPORTS. 



The progress of the German paper-making industries is shown by 

 the exports. In the years 1888-1897, the yearly amount of paper ex- 

 ported went up from 49,063 tons to 97,190 tons, an increase of 98.1 

 per cent. The values rose from $14,779,800 to $17,374,000, a 17.6 per 

 cent increase. The fact that the 97,190 tons are not proportionately 

 equal in value to the 49,063 tons of 1888 is due to the progress in 

 methods of production, transportation, and to the increasing com- 

 petition of other exporting countries. The following table gives an 

 idea of the kinds, amounts, etc., of paper exported: 



S C R P 



