The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-12

tho army or navy in order tn obtain Il
stntc pusit,unl. ;rh. positions are tllrc
With tn" militn"rstuwacrt" in order /"
yc1 tin. necessary number Of n"n-c"ln-
mjSsIu!lrtt officers. Whu. 1T the age ~ -.
leave the army or the navy ana are
placed on tho stat" payroll. although
they lack. OF course. the necessary
, Qualifications. BY discharElnE uhQuaI-
flied employees and reducing the nunher
law 2nnnn0 the expenses could be cut
/ down by more than SiAiy-f"ur million
MA ris .Nnuthcr 2@."h".hnh marks COULD
; be- saved Ivy doing away with the an
srrcntinl Iarife.' favoriug certain indus
trial maEnatcs and the Junkers. The
| German government consistently raw
rrcd the trusts knows rs kart"lle Il,
! their efforts to cRpturr foreign markets
, hv giving them especially low trHn$p"r-
,ntiun rates over Gcr;uhn-"wn"d rail-
roads to foreign points tn enable them
; to forward their products there ut less
expense than their competitors. Tho
same favor waS granted I" tho IruSslan
! :crarian .IunkcrS. WIN thereby ~rr"
; able To export their grain and import
Il poorer quality Of Russian grain. Tor
VIII .Ch the German consumers had 1" ph!
/! tho Sumo prices they would have had Ia
nay for the higher grade or domestic;
goods.
The. ne; revenue Of ;hc German rail
WAYS amuuntcd. nevertheless. Ia l."h6.
47n. non marks in 1919. y better result
is EASILY obtained.
Methods Of Revenue Production
The passenger density of the German
r.,;'" ads was. in 1913. as times that
, Of IT,. EASTERN American railways. Fut
the average revenue per passenger ih>l''
was only n."1C in Germany. ny against
TSoc i'm til. country. If the Germn,i
passenger rates. which i'll tho mcahlln'"
have been taxed arr raised /" the level
of the American prr-wnr rates. the net
revenue will be increased Ivy about T25.-
! uuu. Dnn marks The passenger traffic
Welded. in 1919, ass 1000 marks. The
receipts would not increase in tho same
proportirr, ny the rates (nrarly 9h per
rcnt), hut il may safely De assumed
that they would grow nearly I" per
! cent. For such a mcaRure would re-
durc chiefly the number OF c%cursioniSiS :
who usually travel on excursion trans
with. snrcini rates The special rates
arc SO low AZ TO make the running o.
. thcst. excursion trains u money losing
, proposition. Those who have. 70 travel
on business or other important matters
| will use the railroads just tho same
Inc TcCeinlS from .IEtlSpi, III l't"'
were 25.Sn3. onN.nno marks. Place II tax
nf 2n percent on freight payments and
you will get new revenue Of "5S.000.-
nhn marks.
The street car limos and tho Klein.
! bahncn will. If properly taxed. easily
net another @nn n0n. non marks. One and
| e, half billion marks in toll on shipping
! III rivers and canals, can be raised. For
tho canal md river traffic was. in 1914.
/ more than $4,000. mn. nn1 kilomrtrr tons.
i And toll Of pCc,1iiE t4.95 pfennie
equal one ccntl per ktlnnctrc ana metric
ton (2.o0n puunds) would net the above
l.mentioncd amount.
The receipts of all thu German post.
telegraph and telephone Offices exceeded
tho expenditures in 1919 by ll5.14S.?4n
marks. a sum which would go IT, the
Allies. BY increasing the rates by 81
per cent another 473 100000 marks can
be raised. What was snid about tho
/. employees of tho railways is equally true
| Of those of the post office. Fire thH in
efficient Militaeranwacrter and emplu;'
competent persons. and YOU can reduce
| the number Of employees from 24S.oo0 "a
a little over 100000. excluding letter
carriers. II at the same time The bu-
rcaucratic system is reformed. If one
! mails registered letter tho entry into
the account book of the post office Is
not carbon copy OF the original re-
cci7t The same words are written
lwi,.. by the official al tho ofiic" win
dow: and IT is Tho sam" throughout IN"
pos, office. Through the suggested re-
! forms an annual saving Of @"4.0"G.0o
marks can be brought about.
| The forests in Germany, especially
| the crown and state forests. are not
! operated for revenues sake. but to offer
| fine hunting places for IN" upper
| classes. That is. If Ia Il lesser degree,
also true OF the municipal and private
| forests: for also there no tree may be
cut without the permission OF the stat.
forest administration. The forest
area nf Germany. excluding those OF AL
sace-Lorrai-le and Prussian Poland. are
| put ut 3lt0n090 acrcs. Of which the
| crown forests occupy 175.54n acres. the
| state forests 100000 acres. the conf
/ munal forests 100000 acres. while tn"
rest consists Of private forests. On
account Of the scarcity OF timber
throughout the world. il is but fair to
cut. more trees in Germany. All the
woods ought 10 be laid down and re-
! forcStcd within the next thirty-ninc
| years. and an annual revenue Of 50.006,-
| 900 marks would be produced. Such Il
| procedure would not be new 10 the Ger
mans When Frederick the Great was
! pressed for funds. during the Seven
| Years War, he cut all the timber in
| large forests on the coast OF Prussia.
| The Germans intended to reduce the
production from their iron mines in or
! der to have u sufficient supply ut the
| next war. as Gothein openly profcSsed,
! EirSch and Benschlag figured that the
untouched iron orc deposits in the
! Rauhc Alb. WurttcnbcrS. would easily
yield $4,000. 900 tons of pig iron per year.
| nearly as much as the total German,
! production in 1919 Plans have been
! made to build railroads To make IN"
mining Of iron orc IN the Rauhc Alb
| profitable. Now the mining rights Is
! the states. the private owners of the:
: land having no title 10 the mineral
/ wealth below the surface. Let the
! Allies seize tho iron orc deposits and
! dig them. Let them alH" take charge
! Of the state mines. producing nearly e.
I nO0. 900 tons of pix iron per year. ana
: let them consider II they arc not juSti-
! fed in operating the privately owned
! mines. with an annual output of more
i than 1000. 200 tons. exclusive nf tho l.0r-
raire production. The private mining
! mr. gnntcs. like the large iron and steel
manufacturers. have 20 hcar part. ana
! no, r. small one. Of the responsibility for
! The war: and the Germans intended H.
! condemn the property Of the private
mining corporations in France and lcav"
| tho unpleasant task Of r"imhursing the
/ private owners TO inc frehch govern
! mcnt.
That plan certainly was approved by
the Krupps. Thyssens. Donn"rsmarks.
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