Kven if there are sonw delays the
United States doubtless will profit on
many of its eales. No agreement
rould be reached with tho firm which
held a contract to deliver to the
American army about 200 huge gaso
line tanks for use in France. Delivery
in continuing but it Is not worrying
quartermaster officers as the army
already has been offered more than
the contract price for the lot. With
pome other material tho same situa- !
tlon obtains. j
The work of settling unfinished '
contracts is progressing but I'ritish
officials are unwilling for a huge
amount of the material to be sudden- ',
ly on the market notwithstanding ;
there is an Insistent demand for;
some of It at inflated prices. British !
officials say there is no desire what- I
ever to deprive Americans of an ad- ;
vantageous market but they argue
that they also must consider tho dls- !
posal of the enormous amount ot
British, army supplies stored in Eng-j
land. '
The American Red Cross had no j
agreement with the British govern- ,
merit and recently disposed of a lot j
of motor transport equipment for ap- j
. proximately $27,550. The purchase j
price was $24,500 and the equipment j
had been n: use a year. Any kind of
a motor is in great demand in Eng
land. No record ha been kept of the
total amount of rontracts allotted for
1he American army in Great Britain
but. like everything in the war, it was
measured in hiigo figures. It is es
timated, however, that the ordnance
contracts alone amounted to about
$.".00,000,000. Much of this, of
course, will not bring as good returns
as the materials coming under Juris
diction of the quartermaster's department.
