Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-10-22
FOREIGN BUSINESS
JAMS AMERICAN MILLS
Emope's Struggling Armies Look to the
United States for Food and Clothing

Nssiness coming to the United States
in the shape of huge orders for army
supplies viii pay the emergency tax.
which it is now necessary to levy
TO assure the U. S. Treasury an
ample working balance, many times
over. This strict neutrality of this
country enforced by President Will
son enables the American manufac-
lures and laborers to reap the bene-
fits of this opportunity.
AS summarized by the New York
Journal of Commerce, this is the
situation:
Investigation in several leading
trade lines shows that within the
past month there has been most
encouraging flow of new and ex-
tensive orders for such important
articles from our American mills as
blankets, cotton goods, leather and
steel. The war, according to recent
indication, has brought to many
Of our largest corporate manufactnr-
ing organizations not few orders
for their products, which will keep
them busy in operations for some
time at least and in one or two in
stances establish new records fer
amounts of materials required to fill
single orders.
The increasing activity OF agents
or buying contractors representing
foreign countries. both neutral and
beligerent, according to some trade
leaders, has induced a feeling OF the
greatest confidence for the immedi-
ate and near future of our industrial
operations, which, in turn, cannot
help but exert a beneficial influence
toward bringing about general I'M
provement of business in the United
States.
Advices received from Middle
West cities show that large orders
have been placed by some OF the
European beligerent nations for
leather in large quantities and shoes.
The confirmation of rumors concern
ing the competitive race which is on
at the plant Of the Bethlehem Steel
Co. among manufacturers of auto
mobile trucks to win the record or
ders for such trucks about to be
placed through sthat company Tor
the French and Russian governments
has been but one Of the many indica-
tons of real boom in export buying
which practically every branch OF
our American automobile and auxil-
larry trades now believe has begun.
The heavy foreign purchasing, it is
stated, furthermore, will not end
with the close of hostilities in Eur
ope, according to those now partici
pating, but may easily be expected
to continue in even far greater pro-
portion after the war than is now be-
ing realized. According to one op-
timistic estimate of the increase in
export trade which our domestic
manufacturers Of automobiles will
realize after war concludes, the out
put of our plants will be quadrupled
over the present capacity.
The textile industries have also
come in for a good share of the ex-
ira foreign business already necess-
itated by war operations abroad.
Several large New York State under
wear mills that have been closed be-
cause of the slowness of trade in this
country, are now running full and
over time. in some cases, on orders
received from foreign governments
for use Of the armies at war in Eu-
rope. In addition to~the orders al
Ieady reported on wool underwear,
it was learned on Saturday that good
ked contracts Of this kind have
zen placed for mems cotton fleece
lined underwear The amount is
not divulged, but it is known to be
large, and enough to keep mills
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