The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-06-01
Hugo SHINES
By MILTON BRoNNER.

The SHINES 3000-ton ships are be-
ing built for a specific purpose. Stin-
mes, like every wide-awake German
business man, has his eyes on Russia.
Some day and not very long off he ex-
poets that immense country to be OPP
ened once more to the commerce of
the world. With the almost total
breakdown and ruin of the Russian
railways, the main means of transport
of goods to and from Russia for some
years will be by sea. SHINES has an
entire department OF his executive
branch here in Berlin devoted to the
study of Russia. They are experts on
Russia.
Only recently the director of this
department returned from a personal
visit and reported to his chief that
eight years of war, blockade and neg
lect have put Russian harbors into
a terrible state. The big freight ships
that America and England have will
probably not be able to negotiate those
harbors. But where they fail, the
SHINES S000-tonners will glide in like
ducks on mill pond. So will the
SHINES tankers built at Kiel.
Already Shines ships are busy at
work feeding other branches of the
times business. They bring iron ore
from Sweden and timber from Finland.
Thus they fetch raw material for
SHINES blast furnaces and Shines
paper, pulp and cellulose mills. And
they carry bac kto Sweden and Fin
land, from Shines mills, some of the
manufactured materials those coun-
tries so badly need. As they ply back
and forth, these vessels also pass an
other interesting set of SHINES ships.
These are mere smacks, but they carry
the SHINES house flag and they are
engaged in the very important job of
helping to feed Germany They are
the SHINES herring fleets.
In London clubs they love to tell
the story of the man who boosted he
reads lots of newspapers SO he could
have all kinds and shades of opinion
before making up his mind on public
questions. Asked what papers he
read, he replied:
"On weekdays I read the solid
Times and the sprightly Daily Mail
and the hustling Evening News in the
afternoon. On Sundays read the
breezy Despatch"
He was amazed when his friends
greeted his statement with shouts of
laughter. One of them enlightened
him by explaining that all those pa
pers belonged to Lord NorthcIiffe and
expressed his policies.
There are many who say that Hugo
SHINES, Germany's business king. is
the German Northcliffe, only more so.
They will tell you the time is rapidly
approaching when it will be difficult
to know whether one is reading-an in
dependent opinion or Shines opin-
ion.
Controls Newspapers.
People ordinarily we'll informed
variously estimate SHINES owns IL
papers, 40 papers. even 12O papers in
Germany and still others in Austria.
They bewail the growing loss of free
comment in Germany.
Labor leaders tell me Germany,
since 1870, has always in this regard
been worse ( off than almost any big
nation in the world.
Bismarck had his press which told
the public what he wanted it to be-
lieve and fought the causes and states
men Bismarck hated or feared. With
the tremendous expansion of Germany
as business nation, labor leaders
make the fiat assertion that coal, iron
and steel interests openly or secretly
secured control of many Of the big
influential newspapers of Germany.
Their object was to support political
parties and leaders who would give
them the kind of laws and tariffs best
suited to their interests.
People who know SHINES well tell
me the ability to mold public opinion
through ownership of newspapers was
only secondary thought
with him For SHINES, business is al
ways business. He is practical man.
He came into the publishing game first