E. Machinery in Germany

The rapid progress in the fabrication of machinery in Germany is best seen from the growth of the German exports as shown by the following table:

    
1890.   1895.   1907. 
Machines and parts thereof   £2,450,000   £3,215,000   £17,482,500 
Sewing-machines parts thereof   315,000   430,000   1,202,500 
Locomotives and locomobiles   280,000   420,000   1,820,000 

Three years later the first of these items had already reached £25,000,000, and the export of bicycles, motorcars, and motor-buses, and parts thereof, was valued at £2,904,000.

Everyone knows that German sewing-machines, motor-bus frames, and a considerable amount of tools find their way even into this country, and that German tools are plainly recommended in English books.