GERMAN TRADE

Grey River Argus, 20 April 1925, Page 5

GERMAN TRADE

A RUHR BOOM Fighting Britain (Sun Cable). i keri i \ i*.! A i'i i I 19 a I 5 5 p.ni.' I.OX DOX. April Hi. Thf Daily Mail's Essen utHi’espond ent says: ‘‘ I ndiisti'y in Grrniany i> I'iakia'; “iaiil stridrs towards prosper ity. While the British inanufncl nr eontinue Io fight hopelessly th( twin evils of exeessive laxnUcin and high pri.-es, their Ruhr ‘ rivals arc •peedilv increasing their prudm-iinn ■••nd are reaching <ml with supreme eonfidence to capture world markets. There has been :i remarkable change in the Ruhr. A year ago it was industrially dead, because it was passively resisting the French occupa',tion. Xe\\ the mines and the factories are teeming with activity. Strikes unknown. During the past year, the unemployment there has fall '•it Imm 750.U00 |<> |no hundred thousand. Krupps me employing -1(H»O0 men in making locomotives and rolling stock for India. There is a policy of ret using io luiv Brif’ish goods, whih* supplying British orders. This gives the prospect of n sternly growth in foreign trade. Germany is content Io i.Aiiit fi rich harvest.