The Colorado statesman., 1918-04-20

forms Ine department VI iapoi Va
the needs which the war department
| has for men.
The committee on public information
has made public editorial comment in
| the German press on the revelations
in the Relchstag main committee In
connection with investigations OF the
Daimler Motor Works. 1t was shown
that the Daimler company was earning
| 173 per cent, profit per annum, the
company's sworn statement placing
the profits at II per cent, and while
the company was earning 40o,0ooVoo
marks monthly In excess of its peace
| time profits 1t had threatened to re-
duce output unless higher prices were
paid. The Berliner Tageblatt Glib
eraD, said
energetic action of the authorities
and the Reichstag is demanded. Such
enterprises as the Daimler firm are
not compelled to submit books for in
spection, while every little trader sell
| ing vegetables must show his prohts
We demand government confiscation
of illegal profits and, If necessary.
| state control"
Vorwaerts Government Soclalist,
said:
"The Rainier revelations will hardly
occasion the same surprise in financial
circles as among the masses. The
Daimler company's purpose was not to
deceive the financial world, but the
authorities, so that its real profits
might be kept from the public's knowl-
edge The company reckoned upon
the commercial ignorance of the gov
ernment and this experience shows
that such reliance is usually justified"
Attention of fertilizer manufactur-
ers and dealers has again been called
to the necessity Of taking out federal
licenses.
All fertilizer manufacturers, includ-
Ing mixers, even though their out
put may be small, are required to take
out licenses. Agents and dealers do
ing exclusively retail business,
whose gross sales do not amount to
more than 100000 year, are not re-
quired to take out licenses or to make
applications for blanks. However, any
retail dealer or agent whose gross
sales amount to more than 100000
and who does not apply for license,
Is liable under the provisions of the
act of congress providing for the gov
ernmental control of the industry.
Application for license should be
made to the law department, license
division, United States food admins
tration. Washington, D. G.
American soldiers and sailors in Ger
man prison camps prior to April II,
191S will not be deprived of their
rights to war-risk insurance because
of inability to make personal applica-
ton, provided such application is made
in their behalf.
According to a statement by the sec
retary of the treasury, applications for
insurance may be made in behalf of
such prisoners by persons within the
permitted class of benefciaries un-
der the military and naval insurance
law. This class includes wife. child.
parent, brother, or sister. Application
should be made to the bureau Of war
risk insurance, at Washington, d. G.
The health of troops in the United
States continues very good, according
to recent report to the surgeon gen.
eral of the army by the division of
field sanitation. Admission, nonef-
fective and death rates are somewhat
higher than last report, due chiefly to
prevalence Of influenza and bronchitis
with complicating pneumonia, in many
of our northern camps.
National Guard camps, as a group. |
continue with remarkably low rates.
Very few new cases of measles and |
meningitis have occurred.
National army camps continue to
have high sick rates as compared with |
camps of other groups, though the |
rates are lower than last report. Scat |
tering cases of measles are reported |
from all camps.
Field and garden seed are uncondi. |
tionally exempted from all embargoes, |
according to the department Of agr1-
culture. Instructions are issued to all |
railroads to do everything possible to |
expedite the movement Of seed.
Over 100000 applications for insur-
ance by officers and enlisted men of |
the naval service had been filed by !
March 81. The average amount of In
surance on each policy was about ST. |
300, making total of more than ST.
500 100000. Payments on war-risk
allotments are now about 100000
month.