My Italian Chapter 494

Remember [New] for a second,! 1904 was a quiet year for Italy. In this year, the Italian economy has grown rapidly, and the annual growth rate of the Italian economy has reached as much as 7.4%.

The main reason for the growth of the Italian economy is the rapid development of the Italian automobile manufacturing industry, petrochemical industry, and related industries.

Especially taking the automobile manufacturing industry as an example, the manufacture of automobiles drives the development of related industries such as steel, leather, wood, and rubber. development of.

One more thing to say here, because of the development of the automobile manufacturing industry, the rubber planting industry, which is a component of automobiles, has also developed, especially in the price of rubber, which has been fully reflected. The current price of rubber in London has risen from 1 shilling 2p per pound at this time last year to 1 shilling 9p per pound now.

In addition to the need for a large amount of rubber in the automobile manufacturing industry, the rise in rubber prices is also the reason why the growth of global rubber is not as good as the demand. It is important to know that rubber trees only begin to produce rubber after 6-7 years of growth, which means that the production of rubber has a heavy delay. At present, the largest producer of rubber in the world is Italian Borneo. The region's rubber production accounts for 47% of the world's production. It can be said that the rubber production in Borneo determines the price of rubber in the world.

The increase in rubber prices, in a sense, can also be regarded as an increase in the income of the Italian Borneo colonies. Presumably this year, the Italian Borneo government's fiscal revenue will have a higher growth.

In addition, the development of the internal combustion engine industry, which is dominated by the automobile manufacturing industry, has also driven the growth of the Italian petrochemical industry. Last year, Italy drilled 2.4 million tons of oil in Libya, making it Europe's largest oil seller. The extracted oil was sent by oil tankers to the local area for refining, and then the refined oil and part of the crude oil were sold to European countries.

In addition to selling oil in Europe, the Balikpapan oil field in the colony of Borneo provides crude oil and refined oil to the Far East. As the largest oil field in the South China Sea and even in the Far East, the oil and standard oil from Balikpapan Oilfield are used to supply the Far East.

According to the statistics of the Italian oil company, in the whole year of 1904, the company sold a total of 127 million lire worth of petrochemical products and made a profit of 71 million lire.

The development of petrochemical industry in Italy has also promoted the development of another industry, that is, diesel engine-related industries. As a major branch of the internal combustion engine, although the diesel engine has not been as eye-catching as the gasoline engine in recent years, its development has not been slow. At present, diesel engines have been used in all aspects of society such as mines, electricity, ship power, and agricultural irrigation.

At present, more than 90% of the world's diesel engines come from the Naples Machinery Factory. So don't look at the factory's reputation outside, but it is definitely a big name in the industry. And recently, the Naples Machine Works did not know whether it was influenced by Fiat Motor Company and was also preparing to enter the field of vehicle manufacturing.

However, perhaps knowing the shortcomings of its main product diesel engine, Naples plans to use the characteristics of diesel engines to start with agricultural tractors and engineering special vehicles.

After all, these two industries don't care about noise and jitter, but pay more attention to high horsepower, large distortion, and full stamina.

In addition to Fiat's factor, the Naples machine factory can have such an idea, thanks to the continuous efforts of the Milan Power Laboratory on the miniaturization of diesel engines. After years of research, the Milan lab has finally come up with a reliable small diesel engine.

It is these miniaturized diesel engines that allow the Neapolitan Machine Works to place them on special vehicles, as well as tractors for agricultural farming.

And it is with the drive of these industries that Italy's industrial strength will make great progress. As far as the Italian steel industry is concerned, Italian industrialization has demanded more steel in recent years, so the current Italian steel mills are living a good life. Every year the steel produced is sold out. In this year, Italy's total steel production was 4.83 million tons, of which steel production was 214 tons and iron production was 2.69 million tons.

It seems that the progress is not small, but it is still not enough for the consumption of the country.

At present, the main problem restricting the Italian steel industry is that the coal and iron are not in one place, the two are too far apart, and the only large iron-rich iron ore in Italy, the Sabha iron ore, is located in the interior of Libya, and the external transportation depends on a railway crossing the Gobi desert. Cesu Railway.

The current increase in Italian steel production can only be expanded by addressing the restrictions on rail transport in Cesu. In fact, there is another way, that is to purchase coal and iron mines from other countries. However, this suggestion is not a good choice for Rome, but it can be used in an emergency. After all, the Ruhr coal and iron mines are separated from Italy by Switzerland.

In addition to iron ore, the output of Italian coal mines also reached a new high this year. In the whole year of 1904, Italian coal production reached a record high of 26.8 million tons. Although this output is a bit embarrassing among the powers, for Italy, it has been considered the best effort. Whoever made the Apennine Peninsula have no coal mines, if it were not for the discovery of many coal mine resources in Kosovo and Albania, there would be no such mines.

No way, who let Italy be the mine.

Italy lacks minerals, but it does not lack population at all. At present, the total population of Italy is 38.17 million, an increase of 1.7 million compared with five years ago. Italians pay attention to the concept of family, which keeps their population growth at a high level for a long time. Perhaps only the use of universal contraceptives and high housing prices can make Italians reduce fertility.

And such a large population is a huge pressure for Italy. You must know that this year, Italy's total grain output is 8.15 million tons, with an average of 213 kilograms of grain per person~www.mtlnovel.com~ This is definitely not enough to eat , so every year Italy needs to spend a lot of money to purchase a large amount of food.

It can be said that the food issue is very crucial for Italy.

Of course, food is a very serious problem, but at present, Italy has no good solution. It can only take a step by step.

Of course, we can ignore the issue of food for the time being.

According to statistics, the Italian industry currently accounts for 4.2% of the world's share. Although this may seem inconspicuous, it is already very good. You must know that AustriHungary only accounts for 4.4% of the share, while France only has a 6.1% share. As for the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom, the weather is good today, and we can talk about something else.

The growth of Italy's industry, of course, also brought benefits to it. In the statistics of fiscal revenue in 1904, Italy's total fiscal revenue for the year reached 2.419 billion lire. It is thanks to the development and growth of the electrical revolution in Italy that such a high financial income can be obtained. in order to achieve higher growth in its fiscal revenue.

And more fiscal revenue, naturally, the Italian government has more funds at its disposal, and can provide more benefits to the Italian people.

However, the stable days in Italy will not be long.

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