Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-28
BITTERLY DENOuNCEs
CONDUCT OF ENGLAND
Canadian Manufacturer Resents
Attitude Of Government Toward
American Dominion.
MORGAN INTERESTS FAVORED
Claims That New York Firm Is Fa-
voring This Country, While Cana
dian Mills Are Standing Idle.
Gets Big Contract From Russia.
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! NEW YORK. June 27.-Wilson W
Butler. vice-president of the Canadian
steel Foundres and other Canadian
companies. who arrived on the Ameri-
can liner Philadelphia to-day from
= Liverpool was bitter I'm his dcnuncia-
| ton of the British government in it's
attitude toward Canada on the cues
ton OF war munitions. He brings with
him contract with the Russian gov
eminent for 100000 high-cXplosive
shells, from which he Will receive $50
10000
Il appeared before the Booth COM
mittee in the British War Office" he
said, and told them that | regarded
Canadian interests had been sighted
by the government in favor OF the J.
+. Morgan interests. Morgan's position
IN this matter Is An outrage Our po-
Sition Is that the MorGans are handing
out practically all contracts to Amert-
can firms. despite the fact that we are
fully capable of taking an enormous
quantity of orders above those now be-
ing handed out by Canadian shell COM
mittces.
DOES NOT WANT CANADA
RoBBED OF SKILLED LABOR
The British government has asked
for skilled laborers from all the colo
MICS including Canada. to manufacture
munitions in England. objected
strenuously to, this, and told them
Canada had already furnished a sener-
Gus supply of men for the front She
had even given her full quota Of troops.
and ! objected to the importation Of
Canadian mechanics. looking upon 1t as
an outrage and robbing Canada of it's
best skilled la borert
Il told them :" let our mechanics
stay In Canada. where they will make
and ship TO the other side all the am
munition they need.
Now that u. y. Thomas has been
appointed organizer OF munitions con-
tracts. l believe there will be IL better
disposition manifested toward Canada,
though, personally. I have eight fac
tories capable of turning out ammuni-
ton which are idle. and there are a
number of others throughout the coun-
try.
MY order from Russia. upon which
We VIII start work imm ediatcly is the
largest order ever secured by a Ca
madam manufacturers
The European governments do not
want shrapnel shells now They re-
in the concrete trenches constructed by
the Germans during the winter, against
which shrapnel has proved ineffective.
England cannot manufacture the
ammunition she needs"
MIR. Butler expressed satisfaction over
the report that Sir Thomas Shaugh-
messy. president of the Canadian Pa
cifc Railroad, had been appointed pur-
chasing agent for munitions In Canada,
and added that IL this had bern done
before, Canada would have had no
ground TO protest
AGREEMENT Is MADE
WITH DOCK UNIONS
y satisfactory agreement between the
british government and the dock unions
has been arrived at. according TO stew
ards of the American liner PHILADELPHIA.
Under the terms OF this agreement.
every worker in the unions has adopted
The slogan. Every man for England.
come what may"
The men will gee, fair share OF the
enormous profits :hat are now accruinr
to employers.