Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-02-13 | Page 20 | May Need No Embargo on Munitions after All

May Need No Embargo on on Munitions Munitions- After All The Tho million who signed the petition to congress for an embargo on destructive destructive de de- de munitions of war may nay get all they want without action of our congress con con- gress ress after all From Prom all reports the allies ailles are rapidly nearing the point when they wont won't need American made rifles rines shells powder and cannon In fact their own preparedness during the past sl six sis months has been going forward at an amazIng S Ing p c The Th cabled news very strangely has not noted the remarkable success of LloYd LloYd-Gc Lloyd George rge as minister of munitions A year ago or so he took over that 1 30 sob Job b. b S F For r the first few months months' the work was slow glow But last November about factories in England were turning out war munitions In December the number had been increased to over 2000 In January In 2500 plants were at w work r on I shell powder rifles rifle's and nd cannon All AlI this in England alone But the work was was' going on just as s fast in France under M. M Albert Thomas S 'S minister of munitions who had only to draw v on his English credit to get the money ho lie needed The same happened in Italy A And d in Canada plants were turning out out munitions on the first of Feb mary S In the tie meanwhile Japan had been rapidly building immense works and turning big and little factories into arms and shell plants For sever several l months Japan has been shipping huge quantities s of war goods over to Russia and re receiving in return tens of millions a month in pay payment nent As As' As Asa a r result tt it-tt times nes are flush in Japan and every man with a factory or even a black black- smi shop is getting rich Wall street saw the handwriting on the wall two months ago The boom o jon o w war r stocks has long since halted because Wall street knew kev that money for munitions will flow How into this country In less and less quantities quantities' for th the the war S