New-York tribune., 1919-03-13
,,-sI<FSS NEWS BUREAU:
Tribune Building
I5t Nassau Street
France 10 Use
More Machinery
In Production
toc.o,,cs Destroyed by Ger
man~ viii BE Recon-
.,rucicl on Modern Lincs,
says High Commissioner

FRANCE is ISL desperate need of many
,nertcan products, but She is taking
.,,os to protect her own business men
hiring tho rehabilitation of her indus
,-,e. American csporters or those in
.,ber countries VIII not ho permitted
70 sbip products jnto France which can
3. orodueed IN chat country IN the near
so,are. This ln substance was the
message given to American business
MON Yesterday afternoon by Lieutenant
raymon D'Aieuy, Of the French High
Commission. i'm this country, who spoke
.. the Bush Terminal Sales Building.
~The greatest need in France at the
D,esent time, sand Lieutenant D'Aiguy,
.is food and agricultural implements
snd she is looking to America for both
- tbesc. The import duty on agri-
cnltural implements has been tempo
rsrily suspended as an iuduccmont for
s~crican manufacturers to ship their
n-oduct to France During tho war
france lost 100000 agricultural lmple-
ments"
The speaker sketched quickly and
nreclsely the farrcaching effect of
German destruction in Franco. Ac-
cord!ng to figures he quoted, tho de-
.,ruction includes u 900 factories, rep
resentinc an Investment Of $4,000 900;
1000 homes, 5000 miles Of railway
track. 1000 bridges and 400 tunnels.
To aid in the reconstruction Of these
France will have to import quickly
100000 tons Of metals. The require
ments for the next year are estimated
Al 100000 tons Of iron and steel
$1,000 tons of copper, 10000 tons of
lead and 81 Gao tons of raw cotton for
textile plants.
Help Of Engineers Needed
France looks to America to help in
.be reorganization Of her industrial
Nfe.' said Lieutenant D'Aiguy. "W Q
need American engineers to help recon-
struct our plants and American busi-
ness experts to help US reorganize
French business. I believe that France
will become more Of modern machine
using nation than before the war.
America can help in showing French
business men the advantages of ma
chine production.
For the present there will not be
much importation Of Industrial ma
chnery in France. We expect that the
peace terms Will compel Germany to
return the machinery she stole from
U.s. In the majority Of cases the origi-
nal owners Of the machinery know
yhere 1t is located now, az the Ger
mans left receipts for it, and German
business men who finally got ii
:
organization which had been estab-
lished for that purpose.
I'VE also expect to get coal and coke
from Germany when peace finally is
concluded France viii need 5000. 900
years from the outside, for the Ger
hans so destroyed the French coal
sinss that it viii take that long to get
eem back to normal. We also will
ceed 100000 tons Of coke year. We
are doping chat arrangements will be
made whereby the French will work
the German coal mines, and, OF course
there is coal In Alsace- Lorraine whicf
we can get.
France g suffering from shortage
Of machine tools now, but in order t.
assure certain amount Of profit fo
,'"'.SV ~ al. III INl lt4l4oHS tNtJ must
be bough, through special govern
ment body, which exacts a lC per cen
prof, for France az we'll az an extra
per cent for the upkccp qf this spc
cia organization.
Above all things France need ships
and we hope 10 be able to place orders
II American fipyards for abou
i.Co 200 gross tons Of shipping.
France is not bankrupt, but shc hai
'o'' much through the var In making