Show 0 RECOVERY tho the amazing progress that belgium has made since the great war towards economic recovery Is stated ina pamphlet issued oy by the alie guaranty trust company of now new york it will bo remembered the germans destroyed a third of the bel glan gian factories over 1300 miles or railway and 1400 bridges and carried away an enormous amount or machinery at the present time belgian factories lac tories are producing on an average about three fourths as much as before the war tier her railroads are operating 80 por per cent or the normal number of freight taina and 60 per cent ot of the normal number of passenger trains although the theatre of the war for many months belgium suffered comparatively little since only I 1 per cent of the total area was seriously devastated so 30 that last year by intensified fied fled production with govern melic encouragement agricultural production in general surpassed the average prewar years coal mines were not destroyed by ther the germans alt although houCh the machinery depreciated this comparatively small handicap has been overcome over como that in the first three months of 0 this year tho the output or of coal exceeded tha the prewar product production lon per cent blast furnaces that were destroyed by the ceri germans nans nave been rebuilt more than halt half of the machinery that was removed has abeen been recovered and the steel mills are producing about 40 tier per cent ot of their prewar output by january 1 1920 all except fifteen miles of the had been restored and either permanent or temporary had replaced the destroyed bridges belgium ports antwerp in particular are beginning to resume their important place lilace in world trade now as be vore tore the war belgium rants ranks fifth among the nations as a market for united states slates exports As with men so with nations you cant keep a iso good one down |