Photo by Umil P. Albrecht 



ware;piouses in oIvD Amsterdam 



Amsterdam is now one of the leading;^ commercial cities of Europe and, as the ^^at °£ 

 the Bank of Netherlands, wields a tremendous power m the financia world. Between 2,000 

 and 3% steamers annually enter and clear its harbor. Its industries ^-^^Jl' ^^^f^^^^^f^' 

 sugar refining, candle-making, the fabrication of machinery, and the Polishmg of diamonds^ 

 In the latter industry there are now more than seventy mills, employing in the aggregate 

 about 10,000 workmen. 



