Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-11-10 | Page 1 | M'adoo to Survey Munitions Plants

M'ADOO TO SURVEY MUNITIONS PLANTS Secretary of Treasury Calls for Detailed De-tailed Report on Operations of All Such Factions. WASHINGTON", Nov. 0. Detailed reports on the operations and output of plants manufacturing munitions of war have been ordered by Secretary McAdoo from internal revenue, collectors throughout the country. Kacli collector is instructed to send in complete data concerning such establishments in his district. Treasury officials said tonight the secretary thought this information should lie available to his office and to congress, though at present he had no plans for making specific use of it. The manufacture and export of munitions muni-tions is expected to bo the subject of much discussion when congress convenes, con-venes, and the treasury probably will he called upon for its statistics very soon after the session begins. There has been talk in official circles, too, of putting put-ting a special tax on munitions factories- , v