Private firms will play a big part in the great future planning of grain storage facilities in Germany. Plans for the building of a large number of grain warehouses and silos have been made with an eye for future requirements, and the Reich is giving private firms every encouragement to invest in such buildings, A subsidy of 25-30 per cent. will be given by the State, which will also provide further credit facilities. Moreover the Government has announced its willingness to enter into five-year contracts for grain storage in respect of the new buildings.
These new buildings are to be completed by next February. In 1935, Germany possessed first rate storage for 5,200,000 tons of grain, and this capacity has been increased since then by a further 400,000 tons. The new buildings will range from warehouses capable of holding 3,000 tons to silos with a storage capacity 5-10,000 tons, but smaller units will also be constructed by private firms.
The Government has not only agreed to give considerable financial help to the project, it has also arranged for the supply of the necessary raw materials and labour to execute it. The central office for industrial expansion in Berlin will deal with all matters concerning the new buildings from the approval of plans io the allocation of labour. The aim of the huge scheme is not merely to supply hasty storage accommodation for this year's bumper harvest, but to erect a chain of modern grain warehouses for the regulation of national supplies in the future—Trans-Ocean.
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