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Show THOSE TRADE W1H0S " "Tn YW BySegesman , 'j 1 y umijiih'. V - - ,v) ;f:!,fiv. jci Mi factor j& wt.'?ac0- t Z-- SHIPMENTS amsixil W wagon your youngster has dis- encan scrap iron became in gi eat carded, has a very good chance demand. of being made into some weapon compare these figures on ex- fTherexnort of scrap iron was Prted scraP iron: JAPAN f"-M!!gHgga 7, 057,359 rAiywaaa sT 285J2& GREAT BRITAIN EEEI I IcR'fy 36?,78 OTHER COUNTRIES QoX 228,765 TOTAL US-EXPORTS-, 91,031 BY STUART WHITEHOUSE The immense loads of scrap iron which go from our Pacific ports to Japan will be limited in the future, if a bill introduced into in-to congress by Senator Lewis Schwellenbach passes. Under this measure, scrap iron would come generally under the restrictions now imposed on munitions, mu-nitions, and while the export would not be cut off completely, it would be reduced to a great extent. Because it is designed as a peace measure, the anti-war bloc in congress is expected to favor the measure, and secure its passage. pas-sage. That piece of old scrap iron in your garage, that battered toy shows. Japan, preparing for war m China, received more than half. Italy and England, pocketing for mastery of England, together received almost a third, while the remainder went to other nations. Senator Schwellenbach believes that cutting down our scrap iron export will act as somewhat of a brake on European and oriental orien-tal armament programs. A century ago traders gave' the Indians iron knives and muskets for piles of beaver skin. Many a trader's scalp was lifted by one of these same American-made knives. There's a comparison to be made there with this scrap iron sale. only a casual thing until the last few years. But today it is more than 10 times greater than in 1932. The rearmament race in Europe ' and Asia began in 1933, and Am- Tons 1932 '. . 287,000 1937 (9 months) . 3,335,194 Three nations get 85 per cent of our scrap export, as the accompanying ac-companying chart of last year |