The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-02
CONTROL FOR WORLD WIDE
 COMMERCE: WAR

WASHINGTON. July 2.-Economic
 demobilization after the war, the un,
 scrambling of the omlette made by
 pouring all nations resources into
 the frying pan of war, is beginning
 to occupy the attention of Germany's
 statesmen and financiers. First state
 ments on what the public may ex- pcct, made only recently and trans mtted here in official dispatches show
 that the government of the Hohen- zollerns plans to retain great part of the industrial control seized under the guise of a national necessity and that this control may be expected to be used as a weapon against the for Cign competition.
 'When the government declares that state organization will not be neces- sary in all directions, but that on the contrary it is hoped that great part of the economic life will be left free, then it is undoubtedly well not to take too optimistic a view of the size of this free domain" says the Berlin Tageblatt, in reporting the gov .ernment's plans. Government organ ization is planned definitely only for the textile industry. especially, and for groceries, fats and oils. hides and leather, and shipping space The organ izations m question will be built on the basis oi the present war organi | cations, not. however. in the way that these will simply be taken over, but more in the way of simplified anal carnations.
 The Wirtschaftsstellcn," as the peace ors onizat.Ons will be called, will not be ct npulsory syhdicatcs with fi- nancial participation, but more i'll way that all industries involved in certain district through their cooper ative as cations appoint delegates, who bt ne members of the 'Wirtsch- aftsstelle In connection with the textile inc stry, for instance, the spin 1lers, weavers, garment manulactur- CTS, wholesale and retail dealers, as W all as the employees. would come into consideration. The 'Wirtschafellen' must in the first place take care of money matters, that is, must divide i the money which Is at disposal for the enterprise in question. It should not do independent business, except | in cases whCro the circumstances abso- lutely demand it. Real business might be transacted, as for instance with foreign countries, such as now the Ukraine, where 1t is necessary 10 take common stand.
 The shipping trade is probably that which will have the freest possible position inside of this organization. The fact that the position of the Ger man tonnage and means of transpor- tation in the transition period is en- tierly in the dark has caused the steamship owners to also be drawn into the compulsory organization. This should be handled by an office which would see that German tonnage first and foremost Is used for German i'm pOrt purposes.
 "Whoile the least possible compul- sion will be exercised with regard to steamship companies, it is the inten- tion to make 1t very strict toward the textile industry. The reason lies mainly in the great shortage of raw materials. The plan is to establish offices for control of the various ma terials, such as cotton. wool, jute, hemp, flax, silk, etc, and these offices, apart from their main work of divid- ing the manufacture. should distrib- ute the raw materials.
 "A simpler thing is with regard to groceries, as there is no lack of them