New-York tribune., 1922-01-22
THE GOLD EGG
SHORT \GE
Continued from pogs o7se)

the gold marks Of the Reichsbank should ba
used to pay the debt Of the Reich.
"The Allies, as has been argued already in
these columns must refuse to recognize This
distinction between poor German gcvern-
ment and rich Germany or, at any rsfo q
latge number Of very rich Germans TIE c.,-
government is our debtor, and Il is far
the German government to extract the aont
from their subjects. The debt to the Al =
The first charge upon the whole wealth If fer
many. he government do not seen 10 .4f.ier
stand or to choose tn understand til ,vfsa
they taxi ia the Reparaton Commission s5,.,,t
Tho requirements Of their own budget The
Allies know that the money to pay .ne ,ie-
mands they have again and again abateG s in
Germany or under the control Of German c.ti-
zens
story IS going around the American
press about Henry Ford's experiences trying
to pick up some bargain investments in Ger
many. He had heard that Germany couldn,.
pay her reparation debt and supposed .ha.
the German auctioneers were busy krockjny
down idle factories He sent three men over
to bid in few first class Establishments IN al
next to nothing" basis. But the men havs
started home Mr. Ford received cable from
them, saying: "Not an idle factory In the
whole of Germany. None worth while FOR
SALE If you want factory you must
build it."
This stirred up Mr. Arthur Brisbane TO
write in "The American"
"Many American workers would Be- glad
il you could say Of the United States what
Fords men cabed about Germany-Not a
E., 1ot
which they make out Of good wood pulp, has
something to DO with IT, Anyhow, they ara
all working. Here, where we have most Of
the worlds gold, millions are idle Germany
reminds you of the lady who explained her
furs, jewels and limousine by asking: Amt
you heard? I've been ruined"
The United States Commerce Departments
agents in Germany reported only the other
day that there were only $4,000 unemployed
in Germany out Of population Of more than
7O,OOOOOO. Great Britain has 100000 un-
employed and the United States had perhaps
5000 900 to 100000 unemployed last summer.
In "Le Journal" of Paris Of December II, |
1921, NJ. Lucien Chassaigne presented re-
markable array Of facts bearing on the ex-
pansion of German banking. commerce and in.
dustry He quotes from "Die Deutches Berg
werkszeitung" the statement that since the be-
ginning of 1921 the Darmstaedter Bank had
increased its capital 246 per cent, the Deutsche
Bank 243 per cent, the Komman anditgesellschaft
240 per cent, the Mitteldeutsche Bank 237 per
cent, the Nationalbank 228 per cent, the Konl-
mersbank 206 per cent and the Dresdener
Bank 206 per cent.
According to tho "Frankfurter lettings"
~ hoo
vember, 1921, the surplus of the Rheinische
Westfaelische Kalkwerke Donap increased its
surplus from 5,951 ,426 marks to 1866, ,3es
marks and its capital stock to 9o,0oo,oool
marks. A dividend Of Is per cent was paid
on the stock.
The Westdeutsche Kalkwerke A. c. vons
Koln paid a dividend Of 80 per cent and I'M
creased its capital stock from 100000 marks
to 100000 marks. The Badsche Maschinen-SS
fabrik und Eissengiesserei Of Durlach declared
a dividend of 20 per cent, with bonus Of.
100 marks a share. The Zuckerrafinere Of
Halle paid dividend of % per cent and q
bonus of $50 marks share
The Leipsig Pianofortefabrik Gebrlde
Zimmerman produced a surplus Of 2,o00,0Ok
marks and declared a 80 per cent dividend on
its older stock and of Is per cent on its newer
stock
The Ammendorfer Paperfabrik declared
regular dividend Of 40 per cent and q special
dividend of 20 per cent share.
The Bayer Chemical Products Company o!
Dusseldorf distributed 20 per cent in dividend
in 1921 against IA per cent in 1920. ThN
Schoendorff A. G. paid 10 per cent in 1927
against nothing in 1920.
The "Crefelder Zeitung" reported theH
"melon cuttings" The Eisen StahlwerN
Hoesch of Dortmund has declared divider#
of "a per cent the Hoffauungshutte Of Oba#
hansen a dividend of 25 per cent; the KabeN
werk Rheydt, Of Rheydt, regular dividend g
20 per cent and special dividend OF 10 pt
cent. Orenstein & Koppel has decided to "
crease its capital from 50,0oo,ooo marks
100,000,00O marks. J. 0. H. S. Crimes, e
Oedt, has increased it's capital from 20,o0o~I
to 40,00O,00O marks.
The famous Allgemeine Elektricitats GeseT
schaft made profit of S2,0000O0 marks any
added 0,OOO 900 marks to its reserves
The "Rote Fahne," the revolutionary radlSf a
newspaper of Berlin, said on November
last: while the depreciation OF the curiel'e
makes the existence of the workers more any
more precarious, the industriaists are reap'
onorr,o,,s x,,oe+s The Rheinische StahiWefhY