The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-11-12
FRANCE HAS HUGE
ORDERS FOR U. S,
s5oG0oo, 1000 to-, Be Spent in
This Country.
NEW MACHINERY is WANTED
Commercial Body Arrives in New
York and Plans to Purchase Equip
ment for Factories Destroyed
!. During War.
NEW MACHINERY is WANTED

New York, Nov 10.-Billions of dol
lars will be spent In this country on
industrial, commercial and agricul-
tural materials if1the plans of the
French commercial commission,
which arrived on the liner Lafayette,
are successful.
All the money France has spent in
the past I'M Germany for machinery
and equipment will be spent here, the
commissioners said, and as a guaran-
tee Of the worth Of their prediction
something hket $500,000,000 in orders
will be- given to American manufac-
turers within the next few months.
Maurice Damour. secretary of the
committee of appropriations Of the
French: chamber of deputies, is chair
man Of the French commercial and in
dustrial commission
Factories Destroyed by War.
"Our objectsis to re-equip and mod
ernize the French industrial factories
and shops destroyed by the war;" Mr..
Damour said. Besides this we wish
to effect a general modernization of all
French commercial, industrial and
agricultural lines. The industrial era
of the United States in France Is at
hand. The United States must fur
nish the material for the rebuilding
Of Frances industries.
with our population reduced by
the war, we will be compelled to equip
our factories with modern machinery
that will take the place of hand labor.
We expect to buy such machinery in
the United States.
Germany Loses Huge Orders.
Heretofore we have spent $1eG,00O,-
900 in Germany each year for ma
chinery alone. That money will now
come to the United States These fig
ures are very small in comparison with
what will be spent in the future owing
to the fact that practically all the
machinery in northern France has
been destroyed. Our orders will cover
every kind of machinery made, includ-
ing agricultural implements, tools,
hardware and spinning machinery.
Every industry in France needs new
machinery and the most modern OBJ
tainable. =
Orders to Total Billions.
French and American bankers will
cooperate in this gigantic undertaking
the remodeling Of nation. We need
the cooperation of the financial and
industrial representatives of America
to. further the industrial future of
France.
"Our orders will run up into billions
Of dollars, for we must not only re-
place the destroyed workshops of
France, but reconstruct the shops of
the rest of the republic as well. But
in turn we want the United States to
buy the manufactured output that the
United States formerly purchased
from Germany. We will not go into
competition with your factories and
shops, but ask you to purchase the
goods you have not extensively manu-
featured in the past, but got from
Germany.
Germany Faces Commercial War.
1.-THE French people have ever been
thrifty race. From the most lowly
Of workmen to the greatest bankers
The French have ever had money to in.
rest. In the past this money has been
invested in Russia, Italy and other ma
ions. Now instead of investing abroad
The French people will buy machinery
from the United States and in turn
expect the United States to purchase
he goods they formerly purchased in
Germany. Our war on Germany viii
aot end with the cessation of hostili-
lies for we are going to wage a ter
rife commercial war against our
enemy"