----------------------+-----------+---------------------------------- | | GERMANY. | +---------------------------------- | | PORTS. | +---------------------------------- | |Bremen. | | |Hamburg. | | | |Bremerhafen. | | | | |Stettin. | | | | | |Antwerp. | | | | | | |Amsterdam. | | | | | | | |Rotterdam. | Places | | | | | | | |Gust- | of | | | | | | | |avs- |Production.| | | | | | | |burg. ----------------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--- | | Miles. | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--- Hardware, Iron, Steel,|Dortmund |147|217|186|381|164|143|153|191 Goods, Cutlery, &c. |Essen |158|227|196|403|147|124|133|180 |Solingen |190|259|229|424|144|156|165|154 |Oberhausen |159|229|197|412|141|116|125|176 |Dillingen |359|428|397|566|262|307|304|137 | | Agricultural Machinery|Dusseldorf |179|248|217|425|124|136|145|157 and other Machinery |Strasbourg |449|490|487|563|304|384|381|156 |Vienna |632|619|670|496|745|759|759|300 |Darmstadt |311|351|349|440|278|305|302| 19 | | Cotton, Woollen Goods,|Elberfield |176|245|214|409|142|152|161|160 &c. |Barmen |173|242|211|406|144|154|163|162 |Berlin |187|178|234| 84|485|394|414|289 |Crefeld |184|253|222|435|117|132|130|163 ----------------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--- Such natural disadvantages foreign countries have, by special rates, sought to diminish, but they cannot be wholly effaced.