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Kultur" in Brief Statistical Form.

“Kultur” in Brief Statistical Form.—A brief statistical abstract of comparative data which vitally illustrates German “kultur” before the war, has been compiled by D.Trietsch and published by Lehmann of Munich under the title of “Germany: A Statistical Stimulant.”

Basis of Comparison		Germany	England	France
Standard of civilization:
	Illiterates among every 10,000 recruits	2	100	320
	Expenditure for education in million dollars	219	96	65.25
	Books published (1912)	34,800	12,100	9,600
	Nobel prizes for scientific achievements	14	3	3
Economy and public intercourse:
	Grain harvest in million tons	25.8	6.10	16.6
	Production of wheat in hectares	23.6	21.0	13.3
	Potato harvest in million tons	54.0	6.8	16.7
	Foreign trade (not including colonies), in million dollars	2.51	1.71	1.18
	Post offices, in thousands, 1912	51.2	24.5	14.6
	Telephones, in thousands, 1912	1310	733	304
State of prosperity, etc.:
	Public wealth, in billion dollars, 1914	53.75	86.25	61.25
	Annual income in billion dollars	10.75	8.75	6.25
	Saving bank deposits, in billion dollars, 1911	4,475	1,175	1,125
	Aver. savings bank deposits, in dollars	200	82.25	78
	Taxes, dollars, per capita	10	18.25	20
State of peace and amount of armament:
	Number of years of war between 1800 and 1896	12	21	27
	Expenditure for armament in 1913, in dollars, per capita	5.46	8.26	7.46

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