The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-20

end Of the war. What tho Germans
thought of the value Of the mark is
shown ny this transaction.
Combine for Selling Abroad.
The only thing that can maintain 4
fair rricr urtnr tho war for the products
of American firms, miners and manu-
faciurers is permission 10 combine FOR
selling aboard. Their" - before congress
Il It'll called the Webb bill. permitting
those engaged In export TRADE IL combine
and this bill. which is manfrstly for the
bcuri, Of tho American producer OF raw
materials and foods and manufactured
articles. should hc passed.
II was also part Of cur commercial
work to SECURE PERMITS i's' the cHporta-
t,Iirn. from Belgium Of Amcrcan- owned
goods seized by Germany. w" sue
Ccrdrd in a number of eases in getting
thcs" goods released. In other Eases the
.Am"rIcan-owu"d property WAS taken
over by tho government. hut III" Amer
lean owners rnInnrnsntcd for tn" loss.
Germany took over tho hellig"rrnt
property and put It IN the hands "f re-
cciyrrs In all cases where tn" ma
iort;v nf tho stock - n German cor
poration was owned by another corpor-
alton or individuals Of bclligcr"nt ma
tiCnality the German corporation was
nacrd IN the hands Of receiver The
German government however. would not
allow tho inquiry int" the stock owner
ship - 90 further than the first holding
cnrr~raIinir. Th"rn were many cases
where the majority ~ the stock Of n
German corpora ton was owned by an
English corporation and til" majority
stock of IN English corporation in turn
owned by IN American corporation or
by Americans. In this case the German
government refused L. consider the
American ownership of tho English stock
and put III" German company under gov
eminent control.
With the low wages paid 70 very cffi-
cicu; wCrkinEmcn. who worked long
hours. and with no laws against combin-
a,ion, it was always matter Of sur
prise Ia me- that the Germans who were
IN the process Of getting all the money
IN the world should nave allowed their
military autucrlcy to drive them int"
war.
American Trust and German Cartel
am afrnid after this war. II VIC cN-
psct to keep u place for our trad" In
the world. that We may have /" r"Vls"
some Of our ideas as L. ao-ralicf trusts
and the sherman law. Trusts or COM
binatinns are known there ~ "Cart"lS,
md the difference h"twc"E tn" Am"rt-
can trust and The German rHrtrl is That
Tho American trust has. AZ * were. 7
centralized government permanently taxi
inC over md combining ~" competing
clements In any given business. while
in Germany tho competing clements
form a combination by contract for n
limited number OF years. This COM
binat!nn is Cnlled a "cartrl." and dnr-
ing ihrSe years ench member OF the
cartel Is assigned Il given amount nt the
total production ana given 4 definite
share of IN" profits Of 'hn combination.
TIL" German Cnrt"i, therefore. ~ Con-
sui General skinner has in'ly said, may
H.. li.icncd 10 a ConfNd"rati"; existing by
contract for limited period ~ tim" and
suhicct to renewal only a. til" Will "r
lis members
l. may b. thai competition - rcltG
~ barbariSu. and that on" az tho frs;
ctrns CT u higher civilization IL N. effort
80 modify the Etrr$s Of CUmp"till0n Tho
debates Of Congress tend ~ show that.
IN enactiug the Sherman law. Congress
Ai,i not intend 10 forbid th" restraint Of
cn,up"litIuu ain"mS hos" in the same
business. but only intended - prohibit
~, frrnrin@- as :. combination by th"S"
vino. If combined. would may" 4 mnnnu-
DIV ~ a particular business. at iroiuc'.
II j.. Easy to So. why all -" CuuI mines
in III" country should bc prohibited
rr..m combining i:u; X = not easy -
SEE why certain I".rS'':t "u%HH"d IN
tn. tobacco business: should hr prnhIb-
J;.d from tnkln.s their competitors :nln
tlr.ir ,,umhinn, ION. h. cats. tobacco is n
prnhuc, which roUlG h" raised upon
rnIlIinnS Of acres NJ our land aai cannot
he made the Suhjrri at = nt"E"poly.
Tho German courts have expressly