Evening journal., 1916-07-20
germany s SCHEME
TOFLOOD THE World
With War-Made Goods
Cheaper Than American
Prison Labor
$1,25O,OOO,OOO WORTH
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Sweden and Denmark, are nearly as
frightened as England by the rumors
and threats Of German plans for
flooding the world with cheap war
made goods the instant peace is con-
cluded. The matter also concerns
America. BY "war-made" is meant
much the same thing as prison
made" Germany has modified vast
quantities of female, youth and old
man labor to replace the 100000
adults Of normal working age taken
for the army The much-boomed plan
is to use the special war labor" to
produce export goods at such a low
cost that no protection barrier. not
even Americas or Russia's, which is
higher still, will stop the flood. The
Germans. a Swedish account states,
have 81 25O,00O,00O worth of cheap
goods produced since the war. stored
under state control These stories are
exaggerated, but there is enough truth
In them to convince Scandinavian
manufacturers. who are far better IN
formed than England Is, that 1t IS
time 10 think of protective measures.
The Stockholm Dagblad was the
first newspaper to reveal the German
plan: and it is accepted here. Facts
on the matter, with the exceptions oi
corrections or exaggerations, are not
allowed by the German censor TO pass.
The only persons outside Germany who
know. are neutrals who have gone 10
INQUIRE. The Danes were put on the
alert by the fact that the Austrian Bo-
hemian Manufacturers Association -
which is naturally friendly to Ger
manv-discussed as a peril the inun-
dation of Austria by cheap German
goods after the war The Danish in
dustrial eSpert, NJ Nilssen, who is
here after a long tour in Austria and
Germany. tells me that the Bohemian
and Viennese manufacturers take the
German export plan to be a reality.
NJ Nilssen says that the German
Government long ago considered the
question. What would happen when
several million soldiers are sent back
IN work? "They cannot be left with
mt work. and the labor taken on dur
ing the war from non-producing quar-
ters cannot be suddenly discharged.
II is not possible to send back sud
denlv to their homes several hundred
thousands OF women and girls who
have learned special trades and set
tied down to city life. Both the old
labor and the new must be kept at
work. As the home demand will con-
tinue weak until there is a general
economic recovery Germany must
find bigger markets than before the
war ana the only way to find them
is to export goods az such low prices
1. hon oh =
"The German economical stan -
that is Dr. Helferrich, Prof. wagner
and the council Of industrial adVls-
ers, which is run mainly by the
Krupps and the Thyssen interest-has
made elaborate calculations whicn
prove that the war cost can be PAID
off within a short term of years II
three factors now in industrial his
tory are utilized. First, is the tre-
mendously high proportion Of citizens
who will be producing. Before the
war the number was 17,500,000. The
number after the war. despite heavy
losses but allowing for the half-mil-
lion growing men who must be added
every year, will probably be 23,OOO,-
600 The second factor is the great
er economy and efficiency of the new
machines, new processes, and new
surrogates. The German press is full
of calculations, which shoot very wide
but have a basis of truth. The aver
age estimates is that production car
be increased 35 per cent. without
lengthening hours Of work. The third
factor which completes the influences
favoring a great export campaign
is the legally enforced economy II
consumption. If production is greate'
than ever and home consumption linn
tied, the losses of war would b'
quickly repaired In that case tn
only way to balance things would b.
10 export on a vast scale, TO impor
little and with the difference pay OF
the war debt. That is the plan, o
the trend. because the plan is no
vet developed"