EXPERIMENTS ON SEWAGE DISPOSAL IN GERMANY 
and puts before us a picture of how in the future the great economic questions 
regarding water supply and sewage disposal, as yet unanswered, may be solved. 
The direct participation, by the experts of the State departments concerned, in the 
foregoing problems, has to a large extent put an end to existing uncertainty and given 
stimulus and support to purposeful honest exertion and work, and, with comparatively 
small sacrifice on the part of the State, the latter has been able to make use of the 
large means at the disposal of the municipalities and trades concerned for the 
common weal.' 
