Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-10-21
EURORE LOOKS TO
j. 5. FOR FOOD
Foreign Business Jams the
American Mills, and Great
err Demand Expected.

New York, Oct. 20.-Foreign business
coming to the United States in the
shape of huge orders for army sup
plies will 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 Wilson enables
the American manufacturers and lab
-orers to reap the benefits of this OPP
portunity.
As summarized by the New York
Journal of Commerce, this is the stu
atom
Investigation in several leading
trade lines shows that within the
past month there has been a most en-
,couraging flow of new and extensive
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
corporatez manufacturing organiza-
lions not few orders for their pro-
ducts, which will keep them busy. in
operations for some time at least and
in one or two instances establish new
records for amounts of materials re-
.uuired to fill single orders.
Contractors Busy.
The increasing activity OF agents or
buying contractors representing Tor
ej.n countries, both neutral and bel
{ ligcrent. according to some trade lead
crs, has induced feeling Of the great
est confidence for the immediate and
near future of our industrial opera
lions. which. In turn. cannot help but
exert beneficial influence toward
bringing about general improvement
of business in the United States
Advices received from Middle West
cities show that large orders have
been placed by some OF the European
belligerent nations for leather In large
c.,antities and shoes. The conflrma-
fion Of rumors concerning the com
j. petitiye race which is on at the plant
of the Bethlehem Steel company
among manufacturers of automobile
4 trucks to win the record orders for
!. such trucks about to be placed
through that company for the French
and Russian governments has been
bvt one OF the many indications of a
real boom in export buying which
practically every branch of our Amer
lean automobile and auxiliary trades
/. now. believe has begun. The heaVy
foreign purchasing. it is stated. fur
: thermore. will not end with the close
III hos Ties iii Europe, according te
those now participating. but may cas-
ily he expected to continue in even
far greater proportion after the wal
than is now being realized. Accord
ing to one optimistic estimate of the
increase in export trade which our
domestic manufacturers of automo.
biies will realize, after war concludes
4eh output of our plants will be quad
rupled over the present capacity.
Textiles Active.
The textile industries have also
come in for good share of the extra
foreign business already necessitateo
by war operations abroad. Several
large New York state underwear mills
that have been closed because 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 i'm Europe. In addition
to the orders already reported or
wool underwear. it was learned or
Saturday that gOodsized contracts o.
this kind have been placed for mems
cotton fleece-lined underwear The
amount is not divulged. but 1t Il
known to be large, and enough tt
keep mills busy for some time.
Sweater coat manufacturers have
also put in bids for orders OF oOO.O0l
garments each from the English ant
French governments. Orders are ex
pected ON this business during this
week. Coats costing from $3.50 tt
SIS a dozen are wanted. Khaki solol
is preferred. but gray will be taken
it is said. Orders of such size, O.
course, can not be handled by one OF
two mills in the delivery time that is
wanted. SO the business is expected
Ia be divided up between various mills