The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-22
Cancellation of Contracts With Big Manufacturers Sought by Great Britain Russia Still in the Market for Big Orders.
Bridgeport Plants Have a. Great Volume of Work Ahead, Aside from Pres ent Orders of Allies 9th CT Contracts Are Coming from U. $. and Other Na- tions.
(Special to The Farmer)

New York, Nov. 22-England and France will no longer pur- chase munitions of war from the United States. Efforts are now being made to secure can- cellation of previous contracts for arms and ammunition plac- ed by Great Britain and France in this country. Hereafter England will be able to manu- facture in the British Isles and Canada all supplies needed in the war with Germany, except in cases of extreme emergency.
 These facts became known in New York, through sources in close per sonal touch with commissioners of the British government supervising con- in this country.
 Attempts made by representatives of Great Britain and France in this couIl- try looking towards total cancellation of all munition orders have progressed to such an extent that French orders are now held in abeyance in several of the American factories.
 An order for. two million rifles for merly placed with. the Mfdvale Steel & Ordnance company and later dis tributed to various plants of the Rem ington Arms Union Metallic Cartridge company and the Winchester Repeat ing Arms company has already been cancelled.
 The tentative release of the British government by the Midvaae Steel & Ordnance company, which was orig inally part of the Remington Arms Union Metallic Cartridge company, involves contracts aggregating sixty million dollars, covering two million rifles This does not include other large rife, bayonet and cartridge or ders placed with the Remington Arms & Ammunition company and other plants throughout the country.
 It is understood that the British commission will reimburse the Mid vale company for cash up to perhans ten million dollars which has gone into the Remington Arms & Ammunition company's operations. It is not known what provision is made for the 20,000, 900 capital investment made by the NGidvale in acquisition of the Rem ington Arms company. M1dvale is to get specific per riho profit on all r1- fies above 1,O00, 600 which may be man. ufactured at the Remington plant at Eddystone, Penn, which will be con- trolled by the British commission.
 From representatives of rifle making factories, resident in New York, 1t is substantiated today that shipments of French rifles have practically ceased, these orders being held in abeyance against efforts of that government to secure cancellations during the past three months.
 Several months ago the situation be- tween the various manufacturers of rifles for England and the factories engaged in manufacturing them un- der divided contract agreements be- came so tense that the companies, in- cluding the Winchester Repeating Arms Company of New Haven, the Remington Arms & Ammunition Co.'s plant at Eddystone, Penna., and the same company's plant at Ilion, N. Y., refused to present more rifles to in- spectors until the reasons for refus- als to accept them were made plain.
 Negotiations began for the cancel lation of Allied contracts in this coun- try, Commissioners for England and France admitting that their countries are now prepared to manufacture TO- Ouisite war materials and desire to have the money kept at home rather than shipped to America, even though large bonuses have to be paid for plants erected and material but par tially completed here.
 It is taken for granted among muni- ton dealers that the release of the M1dvale contract is but a prelimin- ary to similar contract releases by many concerns in the United States. now engaged in manufacturing rifles. ammunition, projectiles and heavier ordnance.
 Upon the assumption that contracts with France and England, now being
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