Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-05
OUTLOOK
FOR INDUSTRIES
IN WEST HUDSON
European War May Wipe Out
Competition and Thus In
crease Demand Here.


Though unable to do any importing
or exporting, because of the present
war situation in Europe. a number of
manufacturers in the West Hudson
towns are optimistic, especially
where they have previously en-
countered foreign competition in the
sale of their products. The general
opinion among the trans-Passaic
manufacturers is that they will
handle considerable new business be-
cause Of the inability of foreign COM
petitors to export goods.
This condition of affairs exists
especially in the case OF the Airing
ton Company, of Arlington. This con-
Germ manufactures pyralin, which rs
material resembling celluloid. Of
flcials of this company today declared
they expect their domestic business
to increase materially.
I'VE have an idea" said the official,
that the general industry of our
country will be helped. At our plant
We have suffered a slight depression,
but things look at last to be coming
our way, and, while we do not like
to say we will benefit through the
misfortune of another, it seems a fact
that the war will have beneficial eff
feet on us from a business stand
point.
our present depression has existed
since the new tariff bill went into
effect, and we think the war situation
might tend to counterfeit our busi-
ness" The only article imported by
the Arlington Company is chemical,
which comes from Germany, and 1T
was said the company could secure
the material in this country at, pos
sibly, an increased cost. At the
present time there is a good supply
of chemical on hand in the Arlington
plant, it was said.
Mr.. Drivers View.
Frank L. Driver, of the Driver
Harris Wire Company of Harrison, is
another who sees a benefit to Ameri
can industries because of the failure
of foreign manufacturers to export.
with the competition from foreign
sources eliminated there will be a
chance for American manufacturers
to step forward. OF course, we will
have a certain percentage Of gain
and loss, but think, in the long run,
we will profit greatly"
Mr.. Driver declared his concern i'm
ports several lines of raw material
from Germany, and at the present
time the company has several orders
placed in Germany. He said he
cabled twice within the last few days
to learn whether or not the material
would be shipped. He received no
answer to his queries, he said. The
company has large office in Man
chester, England, where there is a
good supply of finished material Gus
toners in Europe, over a hundred in
number, can be supplied for time
from the Manchester agency. At the
Harrison plant there is sufficient
manufacturing material to permit
the company to carry on business for
several months.
The Nairn Linoleum Company, at
Kearny, may be affected by the war
situation, all the burlap used in the
manufacture of linoleum being ex-
ported from Dundee. Scotland. The
| material is costly and for this reason,
1t is said. 1T is impossible to keep a
large store on hand. The company
expects, however, to see an increase
in domestic trade.
No Foreign Orders.
At the plant of the Crucible Steel
Company, Harrison, there Is a large
consignment of material ready for ex-
portation. The company will not at
tempt to send out the material, how
ever. At the present time there are
no orders at the plant from foreign
countries for guns or cannons, nor
have there been in some time, it was
stated.
The officials of the Marshall Thread
Works, Kearny, are congratulating
themselves on their fortune in having
at least a years supply of hemp and
fax on hand. The latter is exported
directly from the seat of the war
trouble-on the border line of France
and Belgium and from Germany and
Russia. The hemp comes from Italy.
At the Hyatt Roller Bearing Works,
Harrison, it was stated that while the
concern makes importations from the
continent, there is a good supply of
necessary material ON hand, and the
bulk of the business is done in this
country 1t was also said that Euro
pean agents of the company are well
supplied with stock.
Little injury to trade is anticipated
by the officials of the plant of I'm
derwood & Underwood, of Arlington,
manufacturers of photographs. Paper
used at the Arlington factory is i'm
ported from Europe. The present
supply at the plant will last for six
or seven months. 1t was said the
company does a large exporting bust
ness, but temporarily the European
customers can be handled by the
branch in London. The men en-
ployed at the New York office of the
company, where illustrating is done,
are working day and night in an eff
fort to keep up with the domestic
work.
The plant of Lowell Company, in
Arlington, will be seriously affected
by the war. Considerable of the ma
terial used there is imported from
abroad and much of the output of the
company is shipped to the West In
dies. There are several large orders
on hand now and supply of material
is becoming depleted. The company
manufactures electrical work and
glass fixtures used in warships and
other large vessels. A patented lamp
is another product of the concern.
The officials of the International
Steam Pump Works, Harrison, expect
boom in domestic business. Little
exporting is done by the concern.
There are a few orders ready now for
shipment to points abroad, but these
will be held up.
At the office of the Clark Thread
Company, East Newark, 1t was de-
clared the business would be practl-
eally unaffected. except for possible
increase in this country. Similar
views were expressed by officials at
the plant of the General Electric
Lamp Works Harrison.