Evening star., 1925-08-31

Germany the farmers were unavail-
able as miners TO take the vacancies
left by the departed Poles. They
were sent to farms, but that employ
ment could last only through harvest.
and after that there was no work
for them, for industries were already
oversupplied with labor. The indus
tries throughout Germany, he says.
are in a slump, working only half
time
In Poland the government seized
possession of the houses vacated nv
the deported Germans, and saved
them for occupancy by the incoming
Polish emigres. In Germany. says DR..
Baer, there is a greater shortage OF
homes than Americans have ever suf-
fered. and the fact that miners of
the Ruhr had vacated their novels
gave no relief to German imnigra nts
who desired to work at anything but
mining, they not being experienced
| miners. Not only had the Polish
| miners long trended into the Ruhr
mines, but when the invasion of
| the French and Belgians took posses
| sion of the Ruhr the Poles crowded
| into that region so that now the de-
! portation is almost entirelv out Of
! that section, leaving few homes
| vacant in the rest of Germany. Con-
| sequently, thousands Of immigrants
! are housed only in tents at the ap-
| proach of Winter.
X 4
! The outcome of the forced deporta-
| ton, openly retaliatory on the part
of Germany, according TO DIR. Baer.
is an increase of bitterness between
the two countries. He states that
| Poland is circulating propaganda.
| against Germany equal in bitterness
/ 70 hat -F
| the World War. For example, Po-
land charges German financiers with
! having manipulated the exchange so
! that Polish money is deprecated,
| whereas, he says, the depreciation is
| due to Poland'S increase of expendi-
lures, her incre9 ed army, especially.
| Six months ago, he declares, the Pol
ish gold reserve was so per cent of
| her paper circulation: now it is only
40 per cent. Hence, her currency is
bound to depreciate.
| 4 x x Y
| Germany has made all its pay
ments under the Dawes plan up 10
the present. says the diplomat. "Our
taxes have been reduced, but are still
| too high. Tax on estates and on in
| comes run up even to 80 per cent in
| some cases. 1t amounts TO confsca-
| tion of incomes. When we were on
paper mark basis it did not so much
| matter, for an income reported as
| 100000 marks one day might be dou-
BILE that the next. because the mark
was falling and the tax was always
assessed on the basis of the earlier in
come. But now that the American
dollar is the basis, and one day it ia
UP high and the next day low, the
extreme fluctuations make the tax
| oppressive.
1 H.
Dawes plan will work; all we know
| it that IT was a compromise. France
believed that our capacity to pa.r in
| demnity was equal to four billion gold
marks a year; English experts found
| that II was probably 1900 900 900 gold
marks. Americans decided to com
/ promise by adopting the amount of
$500 100000 gold marks. That is not
/ based on facts, irrespective of poll
tics; it is a compromise only. We
! have promised to do the best we can,
and, so far, have made the payments.
| But we need the cooperation of our
creditors. II they do what-what the
banks call 'squeeZe'-we may not be
able to meet the bills. If they shut
| out our products by high tariffs, how
can we pay our debt?
! your Nj. Bradford of the Standard
| Oil Co. says that German should 60
| into Central Africa and develop new
wealth instead of trading on the
products or in competition with the
/ products of her creditors. But how
/ can we go into Africa when we lack
colonies or capital for pioneer deveI-
| opment? Would not Americans be
more prosperous if they would admit
| what we have to sell without pro.
tective tariff so living cost would be
cheaper
And the American working man
| thus thrown out of his job. in his
| leisure could enjoy the goods made in
| Germany" was suggested.
tceryr;Ehs. 1875. hy Paul V. CeiinsJa