. Railway mechanical engineer . ons of coal. Under the Peace Treaty it has lost about 35per cent of its coal producing area and in addition it mustdeliver from 31,000,000 to 39,000,000 tons of coal to theAllies. The coal miners in Germany have the 7-hour dayand the output per man has materially decreased and with itthe qualitv of the coal. Likewise Germany has lost 12 per cent of her ore fieldsand a large proportion of her pig iron and steel manufac-turing facilities. The production of pig iron decreased from19,309,000 metric tons in 1913 to 6,292,537 metric tons in1919. Likewise the steel ing
. Railway mechanical engineer . ons of coal. Under the Peace Treaty it has lost about 35per cent of its coal producing area and in addition it mustdeliver from 31,000,000 to 39,000,000 tons of coal to theAllies. The coal miners in Germany have the 7-hour dayand the output per man has materially decreased and with itthe qualitv of the coal. Likewise Germany has lost 12 per cent of her ore fieldsand a large proportion of her pig iron and steel manufac-turing facilities. The production of pig iron decreased from19,309,000 metric tons in 1913 to 6,292,537 metric tons in1919. Likewise the steel ingot production decreased in theratio of 18,935,000 to 7,768,569. While the theoretical ca-pacitv of steel production under the present German boun-daries is from 12,000,000 to 14,000,000 tons per year, Ger-many has only been ol)taining a production of from 7,000,000to 8,000,000 tons on account of the shortage of coal, iron ore /$?& /m S&Spain. SoufhAmerica^ _:Si4 /mSoHtissia , 4i5 /m SJandard Gage J . SOO^I^ymNarrowGa^ .. facilities for doing a vast amount of work still remains inGemianv and as conditions Ixcome settled there will be agreat demand for the use of these facilities. Gennany islooking particularly to the Russian market. It is well knownthat the condition of railway equipment there is very badantl when a dei)endal)le government has been formed inRussia there will be great opportunities for big It has been tiie policy of German industries in foreigntrade to consolidate and there is at tlie i)resent time an asso-ciation known as the ^erband Deutscher Wagonfabrikenwhich is similar to the Railway Car Manufacturers Asso-ciation in the United States, but with far greater powers Cross Section of Erecting Pit In Krupps Shop Showing Arrangementfor Varying Track Gauge and the general labor conditions. As a general rule it maybe stated that the cost of labor in Gennany has increasedfrom 500 to 700 per cent. The cost of materials has risen very greatly. Basic pigiron
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