New-York tribune., 1919-10-17
DIR. Taylor, Back From Visit
to Former Enemy, Warns
of Permitting Teuton Re-
public to Become Strong
Fears World Dominion
Addresses 10th Annual Con.
ventiOn of American Man.
ufacturers' Association

Six hundred manufacturers and
traders from all parts of the United
States met at the Waldorf Astoria yes
terday to ascertain what place Ger
many is likely to hold in world trade
IN the future. DR.. Alonzo f. Taylor
who recently visited Germany on be-
half of the Supreme Economic Coun-
ell of the Allies, sketched for the dele
gates to the tenth annual convention
of the American Manufacturers Asso-
citation a Germany paralyzed for the
workingmen and by timidity on the
part of the enterprising classes.
DR.. Taylor, who was a member of
the War Trade Board and chief of the
research division of the United States
Food Administration. asserted that all
Europe had decided to trade with Ger
many and would extend her helping
hand mot based on friendship, bat
on the economic fact that he cannot
pay who does not work"
Attitude Has Changed
"The attitude of the Allies toward
Germany" he said, "has changed greatly
in the last six months. They realize
that Germany must be going concern
to pay reparation, and realize that it
is idle to talk of paralyzing her indus
Wy, WHtu tHSy WAHL TtpdTatlOn.
DR.. Taylor explained, however, that
the Allied world faced the dilemma
that if they encouraged Germany to
become strong enough to pay her war
debt to her former enemies, Germany
would become so strong again that
she might be tempted to attempt anew
a policy of world domination.
In getting a maximum indemnify"
he said, "lies the danger Of strengthen
ing German industry until she reaches
her pre-war position. There is no
will not making her pay to the full
make her the strongest industrial ma
tion of the world?
"The only thing the Allies can do is
to trade with Germany. SO if you see
big headlines in the newspapers about
trade with Germany do not feel
offended. Every nation will buy in
markets where currency is more de-
preciated than its own, and the low
exchange value of the mark will make
Germany a favorable place for all the
Allies to buy in. All that any one in
Europe is trying to do is to make both
eEds meet"
Germans are inclined to await de
velopments rather than go ahead now,
DR.. Taylor added, asserting they are
waiting particularly to know how large
their war bill will be. Although the
Reparations Commission will not have
its figure ready until January l, the
Germans themselves have estimated,
according to the speaker, that the dam
age charged to them will amount to
100000. 100000, sum which it would
take fourteen years to pay if the Ger
man citizens were taxed on their pre-
war incomes.
While Teuton captains of industry
are waiting for q clearer notion of
their liability for war costs, German
labor, DR.. Taylor said, is forgetful that
there is such a thing as German in
dustry. He said that he thought the
demands of labor could be adjusted to
the exigencies of the situation if the
unemployment fees paid by the gov
ernment were stopped, but added that
no government that took that step
could now survive.
He told of the trend of German pop