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Show WAR PROFITS ABROAD. The munitions makers of the United States are notthe only people who arc making money out uf the European war bv manufnctui iiig instruments of death for the belligerents. The Krupp company, com-pany, for instance, has jtl declared a dividend of 1 per cent, and it is fair to aMimc that t ho manufacturers of a!l t he i oun tries engaged in the war who are t'Miiiag out big guns and ammunition am-munition of ail kinds ;i re doi ng fairly well, if not making huge fortunes. In Mime quarters t lie re have been sneers because American firms have pi oh ted j by ti!!i"g .cunt racts for munitions of wa v, sneers probably inspired by jeal- j onsy of oat good fortune in being able! t (i keep out of the war nr.d sell to J all v.-;o are able to buy. But there are I iiu -neers fur the manufacturers of tho belligerent nations who are gaining) wealth while I heir fellow countrymen are dyiag in the trenches. If there is 'i 'p:'b:!i. v anywhere in connection with tl';s war it does not tie with the Ameri-c Ameri-c mi m:M! u fad i: rers. but with those of th" w : i :- r i : -g nn:i: t :i es. |