Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-15
LARGER USE OF ARSENAL IS UR GEL
TEN POINTS FOR GOVERNMENT
MANUFACTURE OF MUNITIONS OF WAR
81 C0NGREssMAN I'D Il. rAEENNFR.


and II position to know what they talking about that
Is pn and 9Gpess anprepared and that iii to break
ammunition Surely person.
laos In themselves Indictment the policy giving the
hv Of army and contracts munin hphudng
we are moi prepared as we should be IT Is not because inc
cause TOO much Of The appropriate preparedness has
which stockholders occupying high positions official i
At least hint become o. staggering
appropriated ioE preparedness IS to be found in be c that four firms
] aq @ }ss m@agpos 81 s1e afse army ana 5 oan2
have been paid their
could have been manufactured for in aenas
possible to give definite and specific information as TO the
ecnom of government manufacture Take plate asta
s23s8f ton yet
Iss. we have purchased l7a paying t ring
been manufactured in government plants is entirely conservative o
ayaEer The department 1913 purchased 1000 II inch ap
.. from u. ammunition ring paving s2526 each therefor At the same
article for s7at The earnment has aaae"rea at the Rock island
arsenal aiong for an carriages at a cosf al siasG fer when ar
'ae manufacturers had been paid sit which is SIS per cent
erealer than the arsenal cost Take powder The government has
chased s29teoo worth m powder from the Powder Trust since 1900
hound and The ar in CHARGE state that the more we manufacture the
cited space permitted These given not exceptions hut the
era- rule as may be sonn by the fact that on contract GOVERNS
vide 2re ol war materials yaaed at sl9oa98 The soTen@eot
@ as Compared with at o@5 cost had that rde4 BEEN given e
Government manufacture win that the work@en Who per-
wages and better orsa conditions ao il the contracts for war mater
awarded rrieate r7uufan among
bitter enemies
Sc Practically all Of the peace societies OF
e heir boards Of directors their memberships stockholders
o munitions theory that if
tive that portion of the agitation for increased
military appropriations aauguaed by those Who directly or indirectly
poant step taken in the direction 81 peace Government manu9e
at its last convention held in Philadelphia,
standardization Of the manataetre parngaernaia OFFER
ae var frafcEnc concerns mas unite Uher in
nm g 1ss Nv - I Iiso rsa dar a -reas anna
III can @e9l On common Sa2oal. a" a f.5 as f
By manufacturing munitions submarine acceptance
etc. la M own plants the so,a@eat viii he able To- heP Iol lis own
has -ns I 10 d. ta fea now ags secretary Of the Navy
sHed 10y Inc betaleheH 9teei COMPANY ana pun INTO
is mot an aznment likely to he dEnrdra m favor @
sec that none Of the other nations
existence"
the present the so,eoneat is al the msrey e
el var vino aprtal ,o mare m, b5pe rt there il ma
competition worthy Of the II do NOT see how it possible Tor con
said Secretary the
that viii Invariably mysterious providence
which business the steel companies three times
in ras after government plant had actually been
appropriated. j. ao sl' al work fzfreraS It's us @ @ 5 @
eminent yioIators OF the anti trust law"
rsued by oppose government manufacture a
in Of
showed their patriotism by pac-
should them 500
than the price fixed by congress after an as i
pariti however did not prevent them from selling
a asking their
npnt demonstrated that
vafe In the materials
make the
time enargng the government plants and
Of could
the most powerful ever
plants not
engaged materials would able
ammunition
sh0nld respond
Of could itself take such
jpdus plants England
profitable TO oH small
resurceIai War
is in
wan ndng firms he
of take Bethlehem Steel an lustra
nnsat eou1br this sold
IS
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Of Of
. Of
ranean var o q II Is nor TO their in