Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-11
NEWARK FACTORIES HIT AS RESULT OF
WAR CUTTING RAW MATERIAL SUPPLY
Complete Shut Down Seems Imminent in Several Instances
Heller Merz Have Good Luck With Nitrates-Nam Plant
Partly Cripped-Weston Foreign Branches Suffer

local force 20 per cent. and we can
do nothing to remedy the situation.
We simply have to wait.
I'VE shall probably lose some good
accounts. / believe, though, that
whatever we lose now we will make
up later, as the war will create e
great demand for our goods. 1 hope
that this disturbance will be the last.
The most direct loss we have suf-
fered came when q ship carrying a
consignment of our goods was cap
tured by British cruiser. She was
a German vessel, and therefore a
prize of war"
Tin Supply Is Large.
At the Central Stamping Company,
manufacturers of tinware, on lower
Ferry street, it was said today that
the war would have no effect on their
output, at least for the present. They
obtain their block tin from Wales,
and, although the British government
had placed an embargo on the ship
ment of the metal as a war measure,
the concern has q sufficient supply
for months to come.
Within the last few weeks many
hundred tons of tin have been re.
ceived in the New York port, and of
this the Central Company has re-.
ceiyed its share. 1t was added that
there had been no diminution of or,
ders for their output and there would
be no shutdown of the factory unless
the war lasted for many months.
The Fertilizer Industry.
That manufacturers of artificial
fertilizers are soon to feel the effect
of the worldwide disturbance is af-
firm cd in Some floaoo o,aA 1aniaa In
others. There has been a sudden in
crease in the price of nitrate of soda
which is brought from Chile. Al
present 1t is said that there is a
good supply in the United States
but how long it will last is prob
lematical. Potash is another element
necessary in the composition Of fer
tilizers, and practically the entire
worlds output comes from mines
controlled entirely by the German
government.
John +. Kehoe, president of the
Lister Agricultural Chemical Works
which has large plant in this city
said today that he did not believe
that his company would be affected
by the war.
1--WE have a plentiful supply of nj
trate Of soda" he said, land I d.
not lnlnk Inat IL VIII be leSSened
OF course, the German government
controls the potash mines and w,
may have to get along with les
than we formerly used, But potash
is not absolutely necessary. 1 d.
not believe that We will go shy Of
our supply of nitrates If the Ger.
man and British ships disappear W,
can get American vessels"
On the other hand, T. ]. Schwarz
of the Schwarz Brothers Company
| dealers in hides, skins and carcasses
of Kearny, said today that the prize
Of nitrate of soda had increased be
yond all reason within the last week
His firm does not make fertilizer
but supplies part of the raw materia
! to concerns that do.
Without any doubt, the war ha!
affected every kind of raw material,
said Mr.. Schwarz. "Hides and skim
have risen from 20 to So cents each
or from 10 to 30 per cent. Russi;
has been sending the biggest sup
ply of calf skins here. These ship
ments have ceased and, of course.
scarcity has struck the market. Ant
the price is going higher"