NOTEBOOK “θ” (“THETA”)

The electrical industry trust :

“The Path of the Electric Trust” by Kurt Heinig (Berlin). ( Die Neue Zeit , 1912) (June 28, 1912), 30th year, Vol. 2, p. 474.)

An excellent illustration of imperialism [1] :

In 1907 , an agreement was concluded between the A.E.G. (Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft) and the G.E.C. (General Electric Company)

on division of the world .

G.E.C.—U.S.A. and Canada.

A.E.G.—Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia, Holland, Denmark, Switzerland, Turkey, the Balkans.

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| | | Turnover (mill. marks) | No. of employees | Net profit (mill. marks) |
| G.E.C.( U.S.A. ) | 1907 | 252 | 28,000 | 35.4 |
| | 1910 | 298 | 32,000 | 45.6 |
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| A.E.G. ( Germany ) | 1907 | 216 | 30,700 | 14.5 |
| | 1911 | 362 | 60,800 | 21.7 |
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| 298+262=660 million marks |
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| Special (secret) agreements on “ subsidiary companies ”. “In addition, mutual exchange of inventions and experiments!” (p. 475). | | | N.B. |

The number of companies (mostly joint-stock companies) in which the A.E.G. “has a controlling interest” is 175-200 (p. 484). Of these, the six chief companies have a capital of about 750 million marks, while the total capital of all of these companies is probably about 1,1500 million marks. [2]

The number of “manufacturing companies” is 16

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| | production of rubber—cables—quartz lamps—insula- tors—railway signals—motor cars—typewriters—air- craft, etc. |
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| Production of raw material, etc., by the same enterprise is characteristic of modern industry. | | | N.B. |

1 ) The number of direct A.E.G. agencies abroad = 34 (of which 12 are joint-stock companies) [3]

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| 1 ) | 1. | St. Petersburg | 7. | Rumania | Altogether in ten countries |
| | and Warsaw | 8. | Vienna |
| 2. | Lisbon | 9. | Milan |
| 3. | Christiania | 10. | Copenhagen |
| 4. | Stockholm | | South-West |
| 5. | Brussels | | Africa |
| 6. | Paris | | (((colony?))) |
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The two firms work jointly [4]
Amer- ica Ger-many General Electric Co. (G.E.C.) Westinghouse Co. Thomson-Houston Co. → ← Edison Co. (merges with the Edison Co. in Europe it estab- lishes the firm: French Edison Co. In Europe it establishes the firm: Union Electric Co . (Union-Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft) merges with the A.E.G. the French firm trans-fers its patents to the German firm: Allgemeine Elektrizitäts Gesellschaft (A.E.G.) (=A.E.G.) Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft Siemens and Halske-Schuckert The two firms work jointly [[BOX-ENDS:denotes a merger = merger establishment of a new firm (to which arrow points) by the old one.]]

| ...“there are no other electrical companies in the world completely independent, at least, of these two (A.E.G. and G.E.C.)” (p. 474).... [5] | | | | N.B. |

1900- 7 ;(1912) 1912- 2 .A.E.G. Felten and Lahmeyer (1900) A.E.G. Felten Lahmeyer and Guillaume Union A.E.G. Siemens and Halske-Schuckert Siemens and Halske-Schuckert Berg-mann Siemens and Halske Schuckert and Co. Berg-mann
Kummer (quickly lost impor-tance) failed in 1900 (Riesser) [6]

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Notes:
[1] See present edition, Vol. 22, pp. 247-48.— Ed .

[2] Ibid., p. 230.— Ed .

[3] Ibid., p. 247.— Ed .

[4] See present edition, Vol. 22, p. 247.— Ed .

[5] Ibid.— Ed .

[6] Ibid.— Ed .