The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-01-18

A'Af 'clS niue mas Decn KNOWN
the actual conditions that prevaile
in Germany. For that reason III
following story gathered at first han
by representative of the Christia
Science Monitor Of Boston, Mass
will be interesting to every studen
OF world affairs. This correspondent
tells in very plain manner of tn
scarcity of clothing, food and amuse
ments and also tells of the cheal
grade OF coal that is being used be
cause Of the penalty Germany il
paying in delivering coal each montl
to the allies. Another interesting
feature of the story is that agent,
from the United States are ther,
making arrangements to furnish raw
materials to have them manufactured
by Germans on the shares. The ar
ticle deals also with the conditions
/ produced by the price of exchange
and the reliability Of the statements
made makes the article one of special
value. The article in full is as fol-
lows:
Much has been written lately about
the reviving prosperity of German in
! dustry, and rosy accounts Of rapid
progress have been given, partly based
on the declaration of profits of mil
lions of marks, reckoned by the in
flated currency, and partly on the
rising exports from certain indus
tries When these figures are reduced
10 pre-war levels, however, and COM
pared with the statistics before 1914,
it is seen that the German industries
as a whole are Car below the stand
ard reached during the amazing 10
years of progress before the war.
The representative Of The Chris
tian Science Monitor who has recently
visited a number of the industrial
centers OF Germany, has obtained
much reliable and interesting first
hand information about the present
state Of affairs. lie has found, broad
ly, that the greatest activity pre-
walls in the coal and machinery pro.
ducins industries, but while some
works are fully employed because
they are manufacturing goods urgent
" required for reconstruction, others
are running only part time. In the
miscellaneous industries serious un-
employment and short time prevails,
and the textile industries are gcner-
ally in a bad way because of the
double difficulties Of coal and raw
material shortage.
\ Typical Example
\ fairly typical example of what
is happening in the engineering indus
try. which is best fitted to meet the
crisis which followed defeat in the
war, may be found in the situation
at one factory visited by the represent
tative OF The Christian Science Mon
itor Five thousand persons, includ-
ing a small number Of women, were
working in this factory, which is
specialized works belonging to one
of the powerful combines in the indus
try. The products are chiefly huge
gas engines of q capacity up to 2000
horsepower, Diesel motors, gas and
electricity plants. travelling cranes OF
the heaviest and most ingcniou. types,
railway carriages and wagons and
motor lorries. This factory Is now
working 80 hours week, but from
various causes, extremist political agi- /
tation (Which has subsidized much in
recent months) and the reduction of
hours to eight per day by legisla- !
tion, the average production per /
worker Is considerably lower than 1t /
was in 1914. and the total production /
" the factory is less than 30 per 4
cent Of the pre-war standard 81
\ small proportion Of the output .
Is being exported, but the bulk oi |
it is being used In Germany for re-
placing plants worn out during the |
war. "As FOR the future" the |
director said to the repre-
sentative OF The Christian Science
Monitor 1--WE are working simply IN
The hope that some change for the
better will take place IN the inttrna.
tional economic situation. and that
The burden to be imposed on Germany
will not be 30 heavy that We cannot
possibly recover sufficiently to meet
Il. The present conditions are purely
and II they continued It
would be impossible to carry on in
lustry.
Effects 0f Exchange
While the exchange faynrs ms. In
the export Of certain goods. II rripplcs
those Industries which must obtain
raw material from abroad, and IL
tho prices OF all ncccsAiics
IN Germany at height which de-
stroys tho purchasing power Of the
great mass " workers. They cannot
BUY enough goods or any clothes, 80
mat the greater part Of tho home
market for general commodities has
'eascd to exist Small ~ the hope
II recovery seems to bc somehow we
must keep our Industries going to
prevent an immediate crash. whether
crash will come ultimately depends
cry much on the events OF the next
car. II something can be done TO
estofe tho purchasing power OF Rus
In and central Europe, the need for
machinery OF all kinds IN these vast
renF is so great that no question
" German, American. or British
competition could arise for years TO