New Britain herald., 1916-01-19
URGES GOVERNMENT
 TO MAKE MUNITIONS
Eliminate Private Profit as h. 1uence Of War, Says Cunlmins

dSll1lS toI, Jan. l5.-Ellnl nllnilion l of private profit as an influence for l war by government manufacture of all | war munitions was urged in the sen- ate today by Senator Cummins of Iowa, republican. He pleaded for
 prompt adoption of his resolution,
 which would authorize a, special com mittee to inquire into the most feas- ible plan for acquiring and construct ing plants to supply the army and navy with all arms, ammunition. and equipment, including ships, and to re- port on the legislation necessary to
 prevent private manufacture of such products.
 T agree that war may come to this country" Senator Cummins declared, "but if it comes it must be the result of the calm, dispassonate, loyal pur- pose to meet the awful scourge be- cause there is no other way of de- lending our civilization, our institu- tions and our honor It ought to be made impossible so far as the power of the government is concerned, for any man or corporation to make money out of war. . Rc-Baptism in Americanism. we need just now, above all other things, a re-baptism in Americanism. To me, Americanism means fidelity ito American interests, loyalty to Ameri- can institutions, pride'in our past and confidence in our future It means spirit. that commands men to live for their country, and, if necessary, to die for it; but I, for one, am not will ing that Americanism shall be defined and standarized by millionaire munl- ton makers or by the brokers, Dank- CTS or packers who share their blood stained profits. '' "In this critical moment, what is the attitude of the makers of arms ana munitions? Without exception, so Tar as know, they are insisting upon the most comprehensive program which II is possible to conceive, and they are 1 employing through all the channels and all the instrumentalities which mould public thought, all the forces l at their command, for completeness 1 of preparation that would turn this country into a, military camp and prac- l tically destroy all ambition, save the ambition to overcome by force of arms l the entire world.' >.t Honorable Abiding Place.. l Without discussing preparedness in detail, the senator said he believed 1 that somewhere between the armed camp of William of Germany and the open dove cate of William of Nebraska ! there must be an honorable abiding
 place for a great nation which is pre- l pared to lead the world toward peace l but will not submit to injustice or in 1 dignity
 | Emphasizing the effect of the Eu- ] rOpean war private munltlon
 makers in the United States, he told 1 the senate that since the war began 1 here had been 174 new corporations l organized in this country for the man. 1 ufacture of munitions and the value l of arms and munitions exported in 1 fifteen months had aggregated $161,- | 964,27S. He submitted a table show
 ing the following estimates of the l amounts of war contracts of some of
 the larger corporations:
 American Car and Foundry $35,-
 OO0,0O0.
 | American Locomotive $66000, 1000. l American Steel Foundr1es $15,0OO,- l 900. .'
 Baldwin Locomotive Works $1O0,-
 OOO,OOO.
 Bethlehem Steel company s11,0O0
 shells per day to gether with field 1 guns and other like arms.
 Colorado Fuel and Iron company l $35,000 tons of steel rounds. 1 Crucible Steel of America $11,6OO-
 900.
 General Electric $6S,O00.00O New York Air Brake $20,242,000.
 Westinghouse Mfg. Co., s10O,0OO, 900.
 Also Other Contracts.
 This does not incIude,'' the sena-
 tor continued, the contracts of the l Allies Chalmers Mfg. Co.,, of shrapnel l shells, or the Du Pont Powder com ] pany of explosives or the Electric l Storage Battery company, or the Gen.
 eral Chemical company, or the Gen.
 eral Motors company, or of the Lack l awanna Steel company, or of the Ten l nessee Copper, company, all of which | are immense concerns and have been l largely engaged in the same general | business
 1 The senator read from another table
 to show unparalleled increases during
 the war in the market value of stocks, l listing a score of concerns in which stock values had increased in the ag- ] gregate s432,056,500. t@ 1 -----.-.-...-.--...- --...-.-.....--..-------