The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-07-27
GERMANS SEARCH
FOR SOLUTION Of
GREAT PROBLEM

mic rehabilitation after the war,
the unscrambling of the omelette
made by pouring all nations re-
sources into the frying pan of war,
is beginning to occupy the attention
of Germany's statesmen and finan-
ciers. First statements on what the
public may expect, made only re-
Gently and transmitted here in Off
cial dispatches, show that the gov
eminent of the Hohenzollern plan
to retain great part of the indust-
rial control seized under the guise
of national necessity and that this
control may be expected to be used
as a weapon against foreign COM
petition.
when the government declares
that state organization will not be
necessary in all directions, but that
on the contrary it is hoped that a
great part of the economic life will
be left free, then it is undoubtedly
we'll not to take too optimistic a
view of the size of this free do
main" says the Berlin Tageblatt, in
reporting the governments plans.
Government organization is plan
ned definitely only for the textile
industry, especially, and for grocer
les, rubber, fats and oils, hides and
leather, and shipping space. The
organizations in question will be
built on the basis of the present
war organizations, not however, in
the way that these will simply be
taken over, but more in the way OF
simplified amalgamation"
"The 'Wirschaftsstellen', as the
peace organizations will be called.
will not be compulsory syndicates
with financial participation, but more
in way that all Industries involved
in a certain district through their
cooperative associations appoint
delegates, who become members
of the Wirtschaftsstellen' In con-
nection with the textile industry.
for instance, the spinners, weavers,
garment manufacturers, wholesale
and retail dealers, as well as the en-
ployees, would come into considera-
ton. The 'Wirtschaftsstellen' must
in the first place take care of money
matters, that is, must divide the
money which is at disposal for the
enterprise in question 1t should not
do independent business, except in
cases where the circumstances alb
solutely demand it. Real business
might be transacted, as for instance
with foreign countries, such as now
the Ukraine, where it is necessary
to take a common stand
"The shipping trade is probably
that which will have the freest
possible position inside of this or
ganization. The fact that the posi-
ton of the German tonnage and
means of transportation in the tran
sition period is entirely in the dark
has caused the steamship owners to
also be drawn into the compulsory
organization. This should be hand
led by an office, which would see
that German tonnage first and fore
most is used for German import pur-
poses.
"While the least possible compul-
sion will be exercised with regard
to steamship owners, it is the inten-
ton to make it very strict toward
the textile industry. The reason
lies mainly in the great shortage of
raw materials, such as cotton, wool,
jute, hemp, flax, silk, etc., and these
offices, apart from their main work
of dividing the manufacture, should
distribute the raw materials.
ga simpler thing is with regard
to groceries, as there is no lack of
them on the world market, but
rather an overflow The regula-
ton should be in the hands of a
board of interested parties, under
state control, and in each case per-
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