Foreign News: The Industrialists

The New York Globe published a series of articles describing Germany under the rule of a new mailed fist— that of the iron and coal kings.

Herr Hugo Stinnes is singled out as the greatest of all the German industrialists. He is omnipotent in German economic and political life. A general idea of his power is given: " From his own properties Stinnes can light and build my house and supply me with all the utensils I use in it. He can provide me with reading matter, whether daily news or weekly jokes or improving...

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