The log cabin Democrat., 1920-09-06
B0CHE INDUSTRY AIDED
 BY ALLIED COAL EDICT
Germany Turns to Utilizing Water Power When Spa Decision Cuts
 Coal Supply.
By Carl D. Groat.

nlted ITeSS StaI1 cores pOnuenl
 Berlin. Aug. 6. lBy MailJ-Whil,
 many industrial chieftians predic
 calamitous results from the Spa coa
 agreement. especially in the coming
 winter, the agreement is bringing Ger
 many certain blessings in disguise.
 First, is has stimulated the natior
 to water development
 Second. it has shown Industrial lead
 CTS the need of unifi d effort. anc
 has forced development of plan fol
 driving the national into economic
 districts for economic use of water gas and electricity.
 Third, it has stimulated national unity more than any event since the war, and is helping give the separa- ,tist movement in south Germany a ser ious black eye.
 Development of waterpower, par ticularly in south Germany is no new thought. Keen engineers have been studying this problem for long time, and have previously taken steps to- ward utilizing water as a supplement to other power.
 But, with signing of the coal agree ment in Spa, the nation came face to face with the problem-more power, with less coal. It realized that 1t was going to have shorter coal rations this winter than before. Hence, the idea of water power development.
 The ReichsWirtschaftrat-a body of the brasniest business and industrial leaders of Germany sitting soon af- ter Spa, had before it a resolution which said:
 For relief of the emergency situa- ton, created by coal deliveries to the Ausland, the government will i'm mediately take steps for building up water power as fast as possible and in the best possible manner, especial ly in South Germany"
 A companion resolution called for creation of a committee of experts whose duty it would be to draw the lines for division of the nation into econimic units. In these subdivisions, 9 unified system of power, water, gas, electricity supply would be worked out.
 As for the third point-stimulati of national unity of spirit-it can be said that the north and the south are realizing that they must pull to- gether if they are to avoid foreign occupation of the Ruhr and infinite resultant damage to German business 
 And the miners themselves are hanging the threat of the freezing and starvation over the heads of separa- tist agitators. Herr Hue, miner lead CT, has served notice in no uncertain terms that any portion of the country indulging in separatist movement will be shut off immediately from any further supply of coal.
 The nation as a whole is taking the Spa agreement in good spirit, despite many voices which say that it spells industrial stagnation this winter, with the consequent throwing of several hundred thousand workers out of en- ployment. Germany doesn't like the . EN~ NSNNA Sss -NN-4ANAAN' ~ lleAo OCC4I LOIN that it is more than Germany can bear, but insofar as one now can see, the whole country is determined to do its best to fulfill the treaty. Then it hopes that later the Entente will be ready for more modification of the Versailles pact.
 An interesting phase of the whole subject is that many observers are in clined to believe that the measures now being taken toward fulfilment of the coal pact, eurtailment of coal usage, and utilization of other means of DOW CT are forerunnners of an earlier so- of coal and water power than otherwise might have been the case. The coal mines have long since lost their original strictly private character, and stand under consider able government control. But, as things now trend, there are signs that actual sociahzation will be accomplish ed-and that the day has been moved forward by the Spa conference.