The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-16

some kind OF permanent organization that |
will bring the business and trade elements
in France and America anyhow III very
close relationship ! hope that the estab-
lishment of a sort of world chamber of |
commerce will be Effected
The foreign delegations which include |
representatives of France, England, Bel |
gium. and Italy, after the conference will
make tour of the United States with a
view of studying conditions. In his talk
M. Schneider, who is the head of French
company organized on lines similar to the
United States Steel corporation, said that
he hoped great things would come as a
result of the visit of the foreign business
men here.
''At the conference | hope we will get
some expert opinions on the COAL food,
metal and textile trade where it will af-
feet our country he said. 'Those mater
ials, with shipping and petrol, represent
Frances greatest need today Also some
thing must be done to stabilize interna-
tional financial arrangements during the
period of reconstruction, although what
will be accomplished in this matter can
not yet say.
81 do not believe France needs steel
that is not much steel. Some plates for
shipbuilding and similar material perhaps
will be necessary, but we are not going
to ask for any huge shipments.
The Creusot Works are operating at
| the greatest speed possible under the con
| ditions over there. You must remember
that large percentage of our factories
were in German hands as well as our
mines. 1t will take us two years anyhow
| to get the devastated regions functioning
again in business way. At our plant
we are making railroad equipment and 9TH
err material needed for the development
of the country. We will turn out prob
ably 300 locomotives this year We are
manufacturing some munitions of war, as
we do not believe the time has come when
France may safely disarm.''
NJ. Schneider was not prepared to com
ment on labor disturbances in this coun-
try in the steel industry, saying that he
had not given much thought to the sub.
ject.
I'm France, as in every country, just
now" he said, there is a feeling of un
rest in labor circles due to the war.
believe we will pass through the period
without serious trouble. You see il
my country the war has done one
thing, it has helped the peasants
While the young men were al
the front, the women and the Older
men stayed at home and worked tn,
farms and saved money A majority o
the peasants are now landed proprietors
and they can be counted to oppose an!
spread of Bolshevism. The disciples o
Bolshevism have tried to cover the world
but do not think they will have mucl
influence in France
He said that there had been a it'll,
minor disturbance III the steel industr!
in France. but that it did not amount t
much. Whether it would amount to mucl
in the future, he said, would all depend
on how the movement spread in othe
countries.
'1n the Creusot plant, we do not car
whether the men belong to union o
not" NJ Schneider continued, 'but whel
it comes to dealing with them in busi
ness matters we deal with our men, maj
to man. Contrary TO general report w
do not have scheme OF profit sharing
but there is a system in vogue of reward
ing the men by premiums, the size o
which is based on the amount of worl
DONE
NJ Schneider declared that trade witt
Germany would be resumed very shortl
: now and that the first thing France woul,
want from her former enemy would b
iron and coal He asserted that the great
est needs from America would be coal
copper, grain, and petrol