El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-07

without goods we cannot export
without SHIPS we cannot re1Sl the
markets. Without rolling sD1ck we
cannot even reach the porss Of en-
ture and sell goods We cannot I'M
port There you have Germany 8
economic preiicament in a nutshell
1T must be To the interest OF the
entente 70 give us q peace that wiz
enable Us 70 work under t0lera1-e
conditions and keep the working peo-
pie employed and satisfied
Here herr Halter raised his finger
and declared soIemnly-
The BOlsheTik Threat
Unless economic conditions in
( Germany are improved. Eols1evisnl
viii sweep over the country like a
torrent And g win overflow all geo
graphical borders and lnundate
France and ENGLAND and perhaps
even America
ssHow long VII II take Germany 10
return to normal conditions. provided
she is supplied with ali she requires
IN the way OF food and raw nate
rial82' he was asked
-Ole year he answered without
hesirancy. Indicating that he had
previously worked this very problem
out
-And what VIII you be able to ez-
Coal and potash. machinery. cleo
rrlral supplies lamps. TOYS type
writers. hardware and Office suu-
plies"
Herr Halter protested rehemen.ly
against the suggestion that Ger
manys ~grossindustri had en-
cou-agsd, If not actually preciDita-ed
the war
That is an erroneous impression
that prevails abroad and to some ez-
tent in Germany too" he said -bu-
I am telling you the honest truth
when say thar do not know a siu-
gle manuflcturer in Germany rlat
welcomed the war We had no-ll-z.
20 gain but everything TO lose By IT,
We were al working for industrial
progress. and It certainly vas not
progress TO change our plants from q
well established one upon var basis
Furthermore. we never had any ro-
litlcal influence"
.Russia started IT.
In common with a considerable
number OF Germans. herr Hal-e-
blamed Russia for tbs war sud adj
former carbon in support Of his con-
tention-
I'm Nay. 1914, I was in western
Russia At that time large bodies OF
troops were being transferred from
Siberia 10 the west and everybody ID
Petrograd and MOSCOW was speaking
OF the coming war with Germany
Rererting 10 the labor situation
herr Halter stated that the Siemels-
-Halske plants are employ
ing twice the number Of workers ne
cessary for present production. all
working half time At double wages
we have working force Of 51.-
GEO. he said we have so little 20
do that in order TO keep them en-
ployed We have cut the workius
hours to "a s week Eat we are pay
ing for IS hour week There IS AZ
present no way out OF this ridiculous
arrangement The labor unions com
pei Us 10 keep the full force az fan
wages And after al. we prefer this
to complete anarchy. which would re-
suit il all industrial plants threw
their men out OF employment. Only
food and raw materials can overcome
this absurd situation Our factories
have enough raw materials TO keep
running for four or five months
when the arnisrice was signed
and the manufacture OF munitions
automatically ceased the m1nufactur-
ers had TO resort to the most awl--
ward measure ever recorded In the
annals of industry. herr Heller con-
tinued. For more than Two months
our employees killed time by alter
nately assembling and describing
shells One day would be devoted to
putting the shells together. the us1-
70 picking them 20 pieces We had
$1,000 men and women employed u
this useless task. The idea emanated.
OF course. from the labor unions