Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-17

metal markets Of the world"
Germans" Mr. Palmer asserts. "con- T
trolled some Of the most important
industries in the, United States. and !,
thus we're enabled to sell their prod
ucts at lower price IN Germany tha nan :
to pay in the very country where tho ,
articles were made"
on the west coast of Florida, not far
from Pensacola, there Is a small har- :
finest harbor in the Gulf Of Mexico" 4
Mr.. Palmer said, land is the nearest
,harbor on. American soil to- the Pan :
anna canal" I.
This harbor, as brought out by the
wholly controlled by Germans. A menu 4
Der of the Hohenzollern family. It
was learned, had invested millions OF
dollars In the vicinity. He organised
Of aorss Of fnd mer snss
easy of access to the waters OF the \
The owner Of the property never saw
1t and the profits he made were em-
tended to be an important military:
wharf Vas constructed. SEvery right
Of way to the Shore" Mr. Palmer said.
was purchased. and not even the ths
have obtained a terminal on st. An
drews bay unless it did business with
the owner in BerltAI -
Men from the German foreign OF
flee came to this country and man ,
aged the property, succeeding one an
other at the end Of every two years.
The last manager was the same man
who built the concrete gun base Tor
the steamship company at st. Thomas.
language Of Mr.. Palmer. Commanded
the, entrance to the Caribbean sea-;
while st. Andrews bay practically
commanded the western entrance to
the Panama canal.
Tho property of St. Andrews bay
was taken over by Mr. Palmer, land
ten ships" he says. ARE now being
built there, with German money out
of German lumber. When the ships
are ready, we are going to load them
at former German mills in the United
States and. send the ammunition to
France to be used by our troops
against the armies of Emperor Will
liam, If the armies are then in the
Those in Washington who know tho
facts say that there Is no doubt what
ever of Germany's organized effort.
long continued, to plant an indus
trial and commercial army on the,
this effort, as has been shown, were
some of the wealthiest and most pow
erful men in the empire. =,
In the meantime these men were
getting large profits: from their
American enterprises. Emperor Will
liam understands his people. Always
he pictures the material rewards that
flow to those who are faithful to the
house of the Hohenzollerns. They will:
get money. and money is the main
desire of the Teutons: =,
A chemical works at Garfield, N. j..
the second largest establishment Of
it's kind in the United States, made
$4,000 in 1915 and $1,027, 900 in 1916.
These sums were RENTED to tho
owners in Germany. ,-
The dividends of Beer, Sondheimer
& Company were $4,000 in 1914,
$1,014,000 in 1915. and $2.000.O00 in
1916. For eight months in 1916 the
s S5Sf't a OF l. v0se'stsin were $4,000
Hundreds of other German owned
enterprises in this country earned inn
mense royalties and dividends, and the
money. going to Germany, was taxed
by the government and spent on the
army that was first to conquer France
then the United States. But the ma-3
chinery has been reversed.
1--WE are making every dollar of Ger-l
man money in America fight the Ger
MANS" Mr.. Palmer said. Great iron
and steel mills which formerly sent
their profits out of America and to-,
Germany are now sending their profitss
to the Treasury of the United Statess
and their products are being turnedi
into war munitions for the destructiogit
Of their owners. Great wooden mills
in New Jersey, which were wont to-
send large dividends to Berlin, are
now sending those dividends to Wash-s
ington and are working every loom
and spindle on cloth with which 10
make uniforms for Pershing's SOL
diers"
The labors of Mr.. Caravan are not
ended. From his offices in New York.
he is sending trained Investigators to-
all parts of the nation. He hopes to
AMERICA SO that Mr.. Palmer can seize
1t and turn it into powder and bullets
for some American soldier who is bat
Ting in France.
German subjects living in America
are not molested SO long as they be.
have properly. Their property is not,
confiscated. If they have money in'
bank it remains deposited in their
name Their stores and shops are not
closed. In all ways they are treated
justly.
Americans caught in Germany at the
declaration of war, however, had their
property seized and sold. Women even
suffered the loss Of their household
furniture. What has been done with
the property Of los agencies of Amer
lean manufacturing companies and
corporations cannot be learned, be-
cause the German government refuses