Bisbee daily review., 1915-03-03
GERMAN THRIFT SEEKS CROPS
 IN FRANCE
Lands Taken in France and Belgium Will be Planted to Produce Food For the Arm ies at the Front

Mar Z-'War is business" and the Germans with characteristic system and thoroushncss are proceeding to apply business principles not only Co the running oG their armies but to the administration of the occupied parts of France and Belgium in order to keep agricultural and manufacturing
 enterprise. alive and to make the oc- cupie3 territory contribute Co the sup- port O. the armies
 Business commissions have been or eauized at various points. The duty ll Hesc is Co provide for tbe coudn- uaUce of work in the field and factory and to gather up such supplies as may be required for the use Of the armies or may be available for shipment to Germany Within a week or two af- ter he Germans had occupied Licee. the great arms factories there were turning out ammunition and arms for the German armies; coal mines m southern Belgium soon resumed op- rJti9ns for the account of the Ger man government and the commissions have now opened a wide field Of acty. ity in tbe rich industrial region of 'uoItaern France
 ] The problems for the commissio in
 pelgium and France were widely sim liar In Belgium they were confront cd with a euperabrndancc ol labor an1 few raw materials in northern 1 France great masses of raw material have been found but the labor to work them mp is lacdns Much oi be Bel
 siau raw material ia peace times. ex- .c7pt iron and coal was imported rom abroad The markets for the finished products were also abroad and cannot be reached owing to the war The ,proulem in Belgium is therefore 10 find work for the superabundant la-
 bor supply
 In France on the other band. tho
 mobilization took practically every .ablebodied man Into the army and
 there Is 9 great scarciy Or native labor in the regions occupied What. lever worl, Is undertaken there must
 bo done by women, children and thc aged and infim. sometimes even by . German soldiers Some of the bust lress commissions there are even dib ! ouss,ue plans for bringing .u farm .i7t1.cIs from Germany
 ! The occupied region is the riches. 'part of France. White it contains 27
 per cent of the total area. it has one
 sixth Of the population and wealth
 Embraced in t are so per cent of tho
 iron and 70 per cent Of the coal in
 dusries of France, and there are al
 so very large Woolcu and cotton iu Iusuias there Large supplies of raw materials for these and other indus .trles were on hand. while there wa.
 uo labor to operate the factories There materials were therefore larg, ly taken over by the Germans an, sent to Germany. From Lille and it. vicinity. it Is said about SI25.0o0. .O0D of raw wool and wooleu yarns wa. thus confiscatod and shipped 10 Ger many an amount equal Co a fuil yea consumption Of an the German wool cn mills. Rubber in large amount ! was found elsewhere Coal mine around Lille are now operated by tb Germans to produce fuel for the rail | ways in the occupied regions
 This thrip of France is a fertile ao { highly cultivated agricultural region One Of the principal tasks of tho bus | mess commissions has been te n., vide for thrashine the wheat crog | Thresbing machines were brought Il { rom Germany and worked tI lat ! Into December without being able l. ! fhrosa .t ali There are stl grea ! fields dotted with huge stacks q ! wheat which will hardly be threshe [ before priue The military author ! ties have taken over grain. mca
 wool and other supplies and paid fo ] them in either cash Of with notes co , lcstabe after tho end of the wa ! This is also their system iu takiu ] over food products for immediate coi | sumption by Che army like mea 1 They did not need to bring any me, ! from Germany itself it Is said, ti ! toward the end of last year, haviu ! lived up to that time upon tho herd ! Of France The bustuess commits ! ions have established dairies at var ! ous places and supply thc militaT | hosniials with milk from French COW ! Colts are taken over and sent to Ge many to be reared for use as arm
 horses. The commission import6 Iabout 325oo00 worth Of agricultur ] machinery from, Germany Steam an other m6tor blows have been broug in 10 prepare ihe fields for sowil l wheat to ward off the famine that q 1 British navy is trying Co bring upC q Germany In the greater part of tl 2 floccupied territory. it is said son