The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1914-10-23
FOREIGN BUSINESS
JAMS AMERICAN
MILLS
Europe's Struggling Armies Look to
the United States for Food and
Clothing.
LARGER DEMAND TO COME.
Orders for Underwear, Cotton Sheets,
Sweater Coats, Blankets, Shoes,
Harness, Auto Frames and Trucks
Are Showered Onto United States
Manufacturers-WiII Pay the War
Tax Many Times Over.

New York, Oct. 19-Foreign business
coming into 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 la
bors to reap the benefits of this oppor-
tunity.
AS summarized by the New York
Journal of Commerce, this is the stu
alton:
Investigation in several leading
trade lines shows that within the past
month there has been a most encour-
aging flow of new and extensive or
ders for such important articles from
our American mills as blankets, cot
ton goods, leather and steel. The
war, according to recent indication,
has brought to many of our largest
corporate manufacturing organizations
not a few orders for their products,
which will keep them busy in opera
tions for some time at least and in
one or two instances establish new
records for amounts of materials re-
quired to fill single orders.
The increasing activity of agents or
buying contractors representing for
eign countries, both neutral and
belligerent, according to some trade
leaders, has induced feeling of the
greatest confidence for the immediate
and near future of our industrial opera
tions, which, in turn, cannot help but
exert a 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
quantities and shoes. The confirma-
ton of rumors concerning the COM
petitive race which is on at the plant
of the Bethlehem Steel Co. among
manufacturers of automobile trucks
to win the record orders for such
trucks about to be placed through that
company for the French and Russian
governments has been but one of the
many indications of real boom in
export buying which practically every
branch of our American automobile
and auxiliary trades now believe has
begun. The heavy foreign purchas-
ing. it is stated, furthermore, will not
end with the close of hostilities in
Europe, according TO those now parti-
cipating, but may easily be expected
to continue in even far greater pro-
ing realized. According to one opti-
mistic estimate of the increase in ex-
port trade which our domestic manu-
facturers of automobiles will realize
after war concludes, the output of our
plants will be quadrupled over the
present capacity.
The textile industries have also
come in for good share of the extra
foreign business already necessitated
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large New York State underwear mills |
that have been closed because of the |
slcwness of trade in this county, are
now running full and over time, in |
some cases, on orders received from !
foreign governments for use of the |
armies at war in Europe. In addition |
to the orders already reported on wool !
underwear, it was learned on Saturday |
that good sized contracts of this kind I
have been placed for mems cotton
feece-lined underwear. The amount /
large, and enough to keep mills busy +
for some time.
Sweater coat manufacturers have i
also put in bids for orders of 1000 il
garments each from the English and 4
French governments. Orders are ex-
pected on this business during this |,
week. Coats costing from SIG. so to /
S19 dozen are wanted. Khako color
is preferred, but gray will be taken,
it is said. Orders of such size of /
course, can not be handled by one or |,
TWO mills in the delivery time that is
wanted, so the business is expected to
be parcelled out among a number of
Mills
Additional orders for 100000 dozen
cotton sheets for export are being :
igured on by mills. A previously
orders from foreign govern
nents have already been received on
10 900 dozen cotton sheets.
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