She put the world under tribute to her cheap and scientific chemistry.

She dug from great depths the only potash mines in the world and from half this potash she fertilized her soil until it laughed with abundant harvests.
The other half she sold outside so that her own potash stood her free and a profit besides.

No nation ever recorded the progress that Germany made after the inauguration of her bank act and her scientific tariffs.

The government permitted no waste of labor, no disorganization of industry.

Capital and labor could each combine, but there must be no prolonged strikes, no waste, no loss; they must work harmoniously together and for the upbuilding of the empire.
Germany did not want war except as means to an end.