Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-08-25
NEW RICH Glass
IS BORN IN France
Fabulous Profits Are Made
by the Munitions Manu-
facturerS
STEAMSHIPS EARN
THEIR ORIGINAL COST

PARIS. Aug. 25.-The Figaro pub
fishes a cartoon by Forain, entitled
Among the Newly Rich" showing a
young hostess displaying with pride
a long pearl necklace TO a visitor a
box OF Jewels lying on the sofa WINE
other precious gems are scattered
around.
"They are big. aren't they?' says
the hostess, and the visitor agrees
with her. "Nes, they are evidently
S2Os." The newly enriched woman
who owns these pearls, which rank
as does the 800 millimoter gun
ne 10 inch) among the rest OF the
artillery, is among the few that can
question Sheimans saying. that war
Is hell. There are many that nave
found war is wealth, just as there al
WAYS have been in the past in every
age and every country.
Some examples OF profiting by the
war which have been quoted In the
Chamber Of Deputies without elicit
ing any dcnials may be given as
proofs that the so per cent. tax which
Parliament has laid upon them since
should return a large sum, although
nobody expects that II will be found
possible TO collect a full return.
% Cents For GrenadeS.
Last October a tremendous explo-
sion shook certain quarter OF Paris
which proved to come from hand
grenade factory. Nearly a hundred
workers were killed or injured and
considered damage was done to the
houses near by. A vote Of 100000
was asked for in the Chamber in aid
Of the victims. and during its discus
sion the following figures were given
The contractor had TO supply
3.SS0.O00 hand grenades at a price OF
"a cents apiece, although the net cost
OF a grenade for material and work
but not including general expenses
was shown to be 81 10 cents. For
this number OF grenades the contrac-
tor received S2.263, 600. whereas il %
per cent. we're added to the net price
the amount paid would hav been 81
452670. Hence for eight months
work the contractor made q profit ol
more than $4,000. a clause in the
contract made the contractor liable
for all accidents and allowed cents
a grenade to be paid TO an insurance
company. which he had moi done. As
matter OF fact. insurance could have
been obtained at the rate OF three
ffths Of cent a grenade instead o
Z. No wonder. therefore. that there
Is an outcry TO make the contracto
compensate the injured and pay tn
-. a. ~ aaIaa
proposing to vote for the damage
buildings
s2.e59,O00 Profit In Year.
A metallurgical company who's
profits In 1894 were S1.140 O0C
made s2.s59.O 900 in 1914-15. Another
although its chief works are in occu
pied territory working solely for tn
War Department. shows an increas
OF over 100000. The celebrate,
Gnome- Rhone motors (for aero.
planesl has paid back all its capita
in dividends and made clear prof
OF $t.72S.O00 in 1914 and OF 81,
100000 i'm 1s14-15.
Nine large brass founders supplie'
the State before the war. and from
the beginning Of the war TO the eni
OF 1915 these nine companies ha,
supplied more than $4,000 kilogram
OF brass for the making of guns AM
munitions. with a profit OF over $17,
9S3. 600.
Fifteen smaller firms OF the sam
kind have supplied 100000 kilo
grams. with a profit OF $3.50, O0C
which brings the profits OF the Who'll
"A brass founders OF France up Z
nearly S20.O00.0O0
The editor OF La Liberte has writ
ten that he had in his possession tn
report Of a company which In yeai
with a capital OF S16O0.OO0. had man
ufactured 36.00000O and made SO
600 600 profit
Zinc. which enters so largely int
the manufacture Of munitions an
war material. is produced by pract
cally one firm only I'm France. II
price in peace time per 100 klogram
t2l0 pounds) was $3.50. In Jar
uary. 1915. Il was S26.65: in Jul,
SOIL and in March. 1916. S6440.
Freight at Marseilles for Englan
has risen from S1T0 a ton (before tn
war; to SO by the end OF 1915. an
more than S26 az the present time.
Payments 10 England.
Il has been calculated that Franc
paid before the war about $4,000 90