Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-06-27 | Page 5 | Inroads on French Iron Ore Supply

INROADS ON FRENCH IRON ORE i Department of an al Moselle Occupied by Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans Main Source I Ger-I MACHINES 1 Owners Receive Requisition for Small Part of Value P Pay Payable Pay Pay-j J able When War Ends i j jj j PARIS PAns June 26 More More than 1500 of oC the 16 million tons of oC ir 11 ore produced annually In Franc I worth about francs com corn from Crom the department of oC the and Moselle occupied b by the Germar German Three and a half haIr million of oC the l million tons of or pig pig- Iron produced 1 j France annually also comes from tho thore re regions lons and 2 21 million of or the 3 31 ml ml lion ton tons annual production of oC ate Seventy four per cent of or the Fren Frene Iron Industries therefore are Imm j A great deal of or the Information co COI the fate tate of oC French behind the German lines is 18 Privately however the report th ever every machine that can be utilized Germany Germans has been taken as well as i r tho the mone money and ond products of ot the oc pied pled regions has been verified b by f r r liable manufacturers who have me mea of communication that the they are car cat car ful tUI not to reveal re The usual Germ Germ- system was wa to tn th HI u of or the machines V A stock company 1 j German manufacturers managed tl Ui part of oC the economic war This cor coi cor pany sent engineers to Belgium n ni ni northern France to select such m rn chines as might be worth These were shipped to Cologne and complete catalogue was printed a al sent to German manufacturers oUo ott In lug Ing them at prices ranging from j i per cent of their theil value alue up In this w WI German factories making shells for fort tJ ti arm army were able to Increase e their lat equipment on good terms The sto stoe company took 15 per cent on tho the sale sole and the real owner reedy a requisition payable sometimes b by t ti more often b by the Bat Bai of oC France rance six months after atter the co elusion of oC the war Tho The price is generally generall based on the cc price less depreciation of or 10 per c ca ce cea cea a year with a minimum value of ot per cent j. j