When the special report I had prepared and published reached France I was favored with a number of letters from prominent people in that country, containing comments on the same. There were probably one hundred of these letters, from among which I have selected the following as of sufficient interest, either because of their comments or the prominence of the writers, to make them worthy of reproduction here:
French Republic.
Mr. J. G. Butler, Jr., Youngstown, O.
Dear Sir:—
I thank you for the interesting data which you kindly sent me on the development of the French Steel Industry during the war.
My compatriots cannot be otherwise than sensible of the praise which you have given them.
They will find in your report an authorized opinion of the efforts which they have made to make secure the National defense.
Yours very truly,
A. MIRMAN,
Minister of Commerce and Industry.