Kraks vejviser 1927 Handelsregister

9 thereby not infrequently acquires. By way of illustration, Butter, Denmark’s chief export commodity, which is produced by the co-operative dairies, is the output of about 1400 quifce small industrial undertakings; but also in a number of other branches for instance in jthe manufacture of single parts in series or where personal taste gives the article its value, the small factory is fully coinpetitive also on the world market. The concentration which has taken place both here and elsewhere in other branches of industry when a technical advantage is hereby obtained manifests itself particularly by the increase in the number of firms having over 100 hånds each. The number of such firms rose from 165 in 1897 to 262 in 1914 and during the same period the number of the hånds em- ployed increased from 32,000 to 63,000, or by 95°/0. Amongst these concentrated branches there are several where the whole or at all events by far the greater part of the production of the country is dominated by one single company, this being the case for instance with regard to spirits, paper, matches, glass, sugar etc. The increasing industrial character both in small and large activities exhibits itself in the greater application of mechanical power. The number of concerns utilizing such power (wind and water power excluded) was in 1913 four times as large as in 1897 the aggregate machinery power at the same time having increased five times. In view of the close connexion of the industrial development with that of agriculture it follows that a very large part of the industrial undertakings are occupied in the finishing of agricultural products, In 1914 over one sixtli of the total number of industrial employees were engaged in the manufacture of foodstuffs, and over one third of the whole machinery power was used in this brancli. Under this heading fali the making of butter, cheese, con- densed milk and creani, casein, bacon and other slaughter-house products, conserves, flour and meal, biscuits, sugar, coffee substitutes, beer, spirits etc., which include the most iinpor- tant agricultural export goods. (See Danish Agriculture). The high development of the foodstuff industries has given rise to a number of other Industries for the manufacture of auxiliary appliances etc. in connexion with the transpor- tation and sale of the goods, for instance staves for casks, tin cans, bags, packing cases, bottles, corks, Crown corks, binder twine etc. and moreover of speciality machinery, imple- ments and auxiliary materials in the service of agriculture, for instance ploughs, harrows, sowing machines, addle spreaders, horse hoes, threshing machines, chopping machines, milis, wind motors, beet lifters, milking machines, electrical articles and plant for agricultural purposes, fertilizers and fodder cakes. Or for use in the agricultural industry: Centrifugals and milis, refrigerating machinery and plant, butter colour, cheese rennet, sausage and slaughter- house product machines, milistones, bakery ovens and fittings, beerbottling machines, apparatuses for spirit distilleries, breweries and tanneries, tanners tools and tanning extracts 'etc. etc. The great consumption in all these spheres on the home market has developed a Wholesale production in these industries which forms a basis for a large export trade. There has also developed on basis of other national raw materials than those of agriculture a considerable cement and cement goods industry, lime and tile works, chinaware and faience factories, the treatment of siliceous earth, flint pebbles etc. Also with respect to these a considerable export trade takes place. In connexion with the other trades of the country such as shipping, fishery, means of transportation by land, building and connected industries, and with the growing towns which invariably follow the tracks of industrial development, a further large number of indu­ stries have arisen, amongst which should be mentioned ship-building, the manufacture of motors and dynamoes of all kinds, nautical and other instruments, boats and fishingnets, cranes and lifts, railway material, motor cars, electric cables and electrical articles of diffe- rent kinds, machinery for road construction, insulation materials, stoves and other cast goods for building purposes. In all parts of the world Danish engineering firms construct harbours, bridges, railways and factories for the manufacture of cement and refrigerating plant etc. Furthennore spinning and weaving factories, underwear factories, factories for the treatment of feathers, tanneries, foot-wear factories, hat manufactories, and many others. Denmark’s artistic industries deserve special mention. Danish Chinaware and stone- ware, Danish silversmith work and Danish artistic bookbinding have all obtained a world reputation. As already mentioned Danish industry was earlier almost exclusively based upon supplying the requirements of the home market, whilst agriculture yielded the contingent necessary for the foreign trade of the country. A great alteration has however taken place in recent years, and Danish industry has been able to produce an increasing