The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-02

Moss & Co. OF New YORK FOR $4,000
branding irons. one branding iron for
every two horses or mules. 1t was
specified that these irons should be made
o. copper. which was both scarce and
high in price. The contractor purchased
1888 pounds of copper, which was
10000 pounds more than was necessary
to make the irons. and paid for the
copper 39ls cents a pound. The War
Department paid the company SPA cents
a pound for all this copper and then
sold 1t back to the company at IL cents
pound. We won the war without
branding the horses and mules because
no branding irons had been delivered at
the time hostillties ceased 1t is shown
by the Department records that the
claim of this company was subsequently
compromised by the payment to them
Of $4,000
Contract for Eowitzers.
The testimony taken by the commit.
zee SHOWS that the War Department en-
cred Into o. contract the constr O.
ton of 964 91a inch howitzers. The
department az. 81 10 psy or lie cos,
o. buildings, material and machiner.
sd the company was to be paid a com
Mission upon the total cost of the car
lagos to the Government. The Gov
eminent paid for the hui dings. whics
is erected on the com any's ground
at cost Of 50. 9Si. 200. and then whe.
ss aImistlce was signed sold them back
90 the company Tor 100000 The testi-
mony shows that at that time the com
aany had OF hand material for which
the Government had paid S5,55S, 900
which subsequently the Administrative.
cd TO the company as junk for tho
m Of 5000, 600 despite the fact thar
the arsenals of the United States were
fIamoring for material of that char
acter
The testimony further shows that
the War Department made contract
.or the manufacture % touol and am
mcnium sulphaIe. II was estimated
hat the company would produce an.
nuaily 1000 tons Of su phate and the
Department agreed TO accept the com.
pnns's entire output for period oi
two years and TO pay at the rate OF
$40 per ton for H. For an estimated
output of $4,000 gallons Of toluol per
y.&T the Department contracted to pay
Sl50 and to cake the entire output for
two year period.
When the armist.ce was signed the
company had not produced a ton OF am
.
The contract was cancelled and the CON-
oany flied claim. The department
agreed with the company that thu dit
ference between the actual value OF
toluol and the contract price should be
the profit upon each of the 100000
gallons of toluol which IL had been
estimated the company could produce in
the period specified
A board wa. appointed to determine
~ actual value OF touol, and their
nding was that toluol was actually
,ogth TIA cents per gallon. leaving a
oroiit 10 the company OF 1874 cents
er gallon upon the 100000 gallons
OF gallon OF which was ever manu-
actured because the armistice inter-
Nened. II was also found that the COM
any was entitled to profit of $40 per
On on the estimated output of 4S,00O
ons OF sulphate, not ton of which wa'
yer manufactured be ause hostil.ties
ad ceased. The company was paid 70
his material. never manufactured or
elivered, S3.330,040.39 out of the Treas
ury of the United states"
In that part of his speech dealing with
he League OF Nations. which he charac-
tcrized as the great issue of the cam
paign." Senator Lodge stuck closely 10
Article ". which he declared imposed
an individual obligation which would
luthorze any member OF The league to
coll upon the United States TO intervene
IN case Of war, even without calling upon
the other members OF the league IN
other words. that the whole burden Of
guaranteeing the territorial integrity OF
member country would rest upon the
United States.
The article amounts to saying" said
the Senator, that we must defend with
our military forces, without any oppor-
tunity for judgment on our part, the
political independence and the boun-
daries. many Of them still unsettled. OF
every member OF the league. The men,
ace to the United States involved In
Article X. cannot be overrated"
Senator Lodge spoke In behalf Of SEN
ator Frank y. Brandegee. who is seek
ing reelection. The meeting was held
under direction Of the woman's advisory
committee Of the Republican State Cen
trail Committee