The burden on public finance caused by unemployment today hinders any attempt to promote new jobs and production facilities, that is, any growth in private industry. Economic prosperity will be achieved only through a generous program of job creation, which will also restructure the economy.Only the state is in a position to accomplish such a task.
C. Land Reclamation
1. The extent of necessary land reclamation work.
a) Draining land: 8.5 million hectares. The increase in production is 80 marks per hectare, or 680 million marks in total.
b) Marling meadows and fields: 2 million hectares. This will result in an increase in production of 50 marks per hectare, or 100 million marks.
c) Cultivatable moor lands: 1,900,000 hectares, increasing production by 300 marks per hectare, or 570,000,000 marks.
d) Cultivatable barren land: 600,000 hectares, increasing production by 200 marks per hectare, or 120 million marks.
e) Redistributing lands in need of improvement: 5 million hectares, increasing production by 25% to 50%, or at least 500 million marks.
f) Land to be gained by river control, dams, and dikes: not yet determined.