New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-23
All Departments Finding
Great Supplies of War
Material
Will Be Seized
In Americas Need
Sn.culators' Stocks To Be
Treated Like Those OF
Kaiser's Aids
tst,r Ccrresrndenoel

N'AhNNANHNNN
WASHINGTON. Oct. 22.-The exeiu-
.;r, announcement in The Tribune TINS
earning that Germsn-owred war sup
,ves had been seized here by agents Of
~. government, and that the contsea-
.;.r If immense stocks Of such goods
;,.luding an enormous amount OF Ger
msn.owned cotton, is under eonsidera-
zion by high government officials
brought the development to-day tha'
che following departments are gather
&C and tabulating data showing the
s,tent of these stocks:
War and Navy departments
These are vitality interested because OF
~. large amount Of raw and fnished
Material for munitions and clothing
now held in storage.
Secret Service and the Depart
r,nt Of Justice-In their investiga-
.,,,s into various German activities
he have found and are finding i'm
r,n,e quantities of goods being held
a the market by Germans or by rene
-.as Americans working for them.
4 Shipping Bosrd-ln ITS search LOT
materials for the new ships authorized
xr congress to fight the submarine
'aenaee, II has located large amounts
81 steel in various stages OF manu- se',
ure manufacturers needed in the
bniidins OF these vessels.
Labor Department Reports
Department of IabOr-Reports OF
=, .rsnts have disclosed 10 the au-
.h,,;.i.s where large stores OF raw
% .s.sr;sls and manufactured goods ior
,rhicb there is great demand both LOT
r,;I;,srv purposes and the civilian pop
~ist;on are being he'd off the market
aa-,lv for German account and IN
t~r,bsrsnce Of the German plans OF
,Sree wears ago to cripple the Aiiles
=, rnch as possible by restricting
available supplies, and partly ior 'ne
account Of spectators. -,
To dste the reports available ShV"
that most Of the commodities "nlen
German money paid for are heid ~
~. name of American citizens OF OF
so,rorations organized under amer
ssn Law. the real ownership OF the
n,oDerty being concealed with much
tSo same skill as Bolo Paeha con-
csslsd the origin OF the money ne
forwarded through the Royal nahh
nj Csrada and ]. P. Morgan & 60. 1or
German propsganda in Paris.
These holding devices come into con-
aict with the trading with the enemy
ect ana there is excellent authority
For saving that legal technieahues
will NOT be allowed 20 stand IN the
nav Of such goods being converted
20 the use Of the government.
VIII Be Seized if Needed
of the government needs the ma
.sr;al or II is needed for the people
e. large in these times Of territc press
urs caused by law stocks and hign
nrices" said one official. at will De
tsken and the legal ends Of the matter
thrashed out at the convenience Oh 'he
courts"
According to oficials. materials
needed for war purposes that aI'
being held of the market by specu
lators are in exactly the same positlot
As that which is held by agents o.
Germany. Il is realized here thai
whatever the ownership or the nv
ton Of the owners. the immediate el.
feet is to handicap this nation IN th'
prosecution of the war and aid th'
Kaiser.
The news that cotton is subject "a
seizure By the government has had the
effect already Of stirring up Southern
opposition to anything that might IN
terfere with that section receiving hlgh
prices for the staple. While the
amount Of cotton held by Germany IN
directly and by spectators playing
Germany's game is large, it is in value
only a drop in the bucket compared 70
the value of other materials now IN
storage.
II is said that the value and qusnti-
~ OF the cached supplies are enormous.
Everything that in any way enters
TITO the needs Of army and navy for
war are represented in these ware
houses, everything from the rarest Of
chemicals TO steel, rubber, cotton and
other bulky articles" says one who has
been working on the matter. And at
that the field has only been scratched