The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-08-15
Says
WAR WILL HELP
UNITED STATES
Department Store Man, Back
from New York, Points Out
Immediate Benefits to In.
dustry in this Country.
MEANS NEW INDUSTRIES
FOR LABOR

FUR AMERICAN LABOR
Nobody wants war: as a deslruc-
tive force u is bound to be harmful
In the long run, but in New York
financial and Industrial interests see
In the European conflict material and
immediate benefits FOR the United
states OF a far reaching nature"
This was the summary OF the effect
OF the European war on the United
states made by s. L. Rosenwald. of
the Rosenwald brothers department
store. who returned last night from "A
stay OF six weeks In New York City
where he has been buying goods.
"of course everybody regrets the
European conflict" said Mr.. Rosen.
wald this morning. but business
esest aHa ssg.Ss! IL Ssw YORK CITY
sees In u enormous benefits for the
United States. II is certain to result
In the establishment OF industries In
this country to supply demands here
tofore supplied from Germany and
Austria and France and which Ameri-
ans must have. / could cite a great
many lines OF manufacture. but |
think nothing could illustrate what
] mean better than the matter OF toys.
our arm was one Of the very few In
the west 60 place orders a year ago
for German manufactured toys, for
which we have a large demand. The
manufacture OF high grade mechan-
zeal tops Is confined almost entirely
10 Germany and Austria. Our supply
OF toys for the Christmas trade ar
Il .NuHAN l. - 49, ..N -. ~.
war began. But for that we would
have had to pay double for the i'm
ported toys, n We could have secur-
ed them at al. There will be very
few German and Austrian toys on
the market this year. outside of hold
W. stock. II the war Is long con-
tlBued next year will see none Of
these imported toys at all But our
people must have mechanical toys.
The children demand them. What
American children demand they get.
The result is plain; we will begin
manufacturing toys and hundreds
and hundreds OF people will md m
ployment In making them.
II was shown a manufacturing
plant for wax flowers for bridau and
burial wreaths ana other decorative
purposes. II was a small plant, start
ed the week war was declared. The
demands on II are so great that WAS
assured IL would be a huge industry
In New York within a month. These
wax flowers heretofore have been
made exclusively In Austria. They
can be made here just as well; we
simply hadn't done il. the foreigners
having established the market.
Take the matter Of dyes, We can
make as good silks In this country as
they can make In Germany ana
France. for the raw materials come
from Japan. But VIC cannot dye
them as the French and Germans do
and therefore our women demand I'M
ported silks. Heretofore ali the tine
dyes have been made and used abroad.
We Will now make and use them at
home, because we have TO.
These are just instances OF man
ufacturing needs heretofore supplied
from European markets which We
will supply ourselves II the war II
long continued. I mention them De.
cause they are In lines with which
am familiar. In steel products. Ger
tain kinds OF machinery and hundredi
OF other llaes. we will have to supply
ourselves and every item In this Ions
list means a new industry.
ION the other hand 1 am assured
by business men in New York tina
the demand for our products, toos
and manufactures will be 50 grea'
abroad that We can scli them almos
nj our " price. This alone woul'
mean enormous benefit. The develop
ment OF a merchant marine 10 bound
10 follow a long continued war. a.
we'll as the establishment Of trad
l~relations with the South Americai
countries heretofore supplied Z
Germany. England and France"
}, "Exoltement In New York ran his
1 Immediately after the declaration Q
war. Germans paraded the street
demanding fair treatment and TAI
/. Judgment for Germany. Other nation
/. paraded and for a time the eatherin
4 reservisls were permitted TO mare
D around. But this was soon stopped
: IN Herald sauare one night a derma
A reservlst who grew too on'husias
4 In hia patriotism was shot and kile
! bv someone In the crowd. The clo'
= OF tue htoth tNN
a ~ruinous paalc. Now. while the q
. change remains closed, business COZ
4 dltions have settled down almost
normal and prompt action on cut
: rency and the protective measures
the big banks has saved h situation
The general feeling In New York no
J. il one OF greatest confidence an
4 optimism. There h a rush 10 buy ~
4 ported g0odn. Buyers are taini
Is over each other 10 get In before =
Il market goes farther up. The rais
Include almost everything In seneF
y merchandise and the increases a
nj from ten per cent up. ] employed a
le slstants 90 aid me In doine ouyll
- which I ordinarily DO alone. a.
" while I got 20 New YORK Wen peio
war was declared and had done me
OF my buying before the cxeiteme
IN .t.~t.a - an exciting nnish.'