The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-27
JERSEY PROSPERS
FROM EUROPE'S WAR
Red Bank Factory Employs
1000 Hands Making Uni
forms for the Allies.
WEEKLY PAYROLL LARGE

RED BANK. y. j., Sept. 26.-Storles Of
hard times and men out Of work are not
heard in Red Bank. or for that matter
in Freehold. Long Branch, South Am
boy or a dozen other towns scattered
throughout northern New Jersey. As a
matter OF fact these towns are simply
exuding prosperity. Rents are paid
promptly, grocers and butchers are
smiling, while BARRIERS. confectioners,
restaurant owners. ice cream soda and
cigar shop keepers are happy,
The reason for this cheerful outlook
on life Is easy to grasp. Take almost
any settled village of from 5000 to
5000 or even 5000 population, offer
work there to any reliable. capable man
and woman who wants work In this
way distribute extra wages running into
several thousand dollars a week start
that tide OF real money flowing in Octo-
Der and keep adding tn its volume until
in midsummer 1t becomes a golden flood
mounting AS high AS $4,000 TO 100000
a mont In some of the little communi-
ties-hgure on this and one can under
stand the smiles and che~erfulness and
contentment.
Now that is what has been happening
In the New Jersey towns mentioned.
As far as may be gathered II Is likely
to continue to happen as long as the
European war goes on. II Is necessity
in the way OF overcoats for fighting men.
trousers. shirts. coats and other gar
ments that has brought prosperity to
Red Bank and the other communities.
Large Factory IL Kept Busy.
To-day a single uniform manufacturer
in Red Bank il cutting and sewing to-
gether ach working day 30.0 600 yards
OF woollen goods-and that means 3d.
600 linear feet. or approximately
eighteen miles Of olive drab cloth. Day
after day the cloth Is received from
mills. tested, sponged. cut sewed. fin
ished, pressed, inspected by agents OF
foreign Governments. packed into huge
cases and rushed TO New York by train.
boat or motor truck and delivered on
steamship piers. Then it starts across
the water to be- distributed to the ar
mics Of England. Belgium and Italy.
The manufacturer who Is providing
uniforms for some armies of the Allies
IL a quiet man OF 80 years, who ann
from Newark to Red Bank some three
decades ago and started TO make mems
clothing m a small scale. Sigmund
Eisner Is his name. 1t Ia SALE In Red
Han that he began with a factory
equipment of two sewing machines. plus
an Astounding faith in himself and In the
quality OF goods he was turning out.
BEFORE many years passed he began
10 make uniforms for the United States
army. Quickly he perceived what the
BOY scout movement might become and
as soon as that organization was COM
pleted he became its official outftter.
From this II may be inferred that Mr..
Eisner does not lack Imagination that
with all of his practical Judgment In
matters of business he can see into the
future.
when Mr.. Eisner read In his news
paper that momentous day In August.
1914, that Germany had set her army
in motion. he lost no time In sending
for the manage OF his Red Bank fac
tory. 10 whom he said, in effect
MAX up so. 600 Boy Scout uniforms
at once, all sizes, and put them In cases.
We nay need more factory facilities
han we've got for other orders before
long"
Foresaw Need of Europe.
When Russia started to mobilize her
forces. Mr.. Eiper quietly got IN touch
with woollen mills and with many a
manufacturer OF clothing in northern
New Jersey. He knew that the armies
of Europe would need uniforms by the
million II worst came to worst. And
when England threw herself into the
COMMON cause with Belgium. France
and Russia, Slgmund Eisner OF Red
Bank was ready for business. Almost
before the situation could he realized he
had obtained orders for uniforms. Az
soon as these orders were finished he
took over the entire product OF fifty or
sixty woollen mills for as long a time
as the war should last.
Two clothing factories he already had
in Red Bank. two others In South Am
hoy and two in Freehold were made
ready for the sudden increase In bust
ness, as was one In Long Branch Since
then. II II said. he has taken over Az
teen others. Month by month through
the winter and spring the contracts
poured in directly from representatives
Of the English. Belgian and Italian Gov
ernments. II is admitted that Mr.. Els
ner already has contracts totalling 500
900, 900. and that this is a 'conserva-
tive estimate" 1t IL not impossible that
the contracts from the beginning OF the
war down to the present may total S25.-
900. 900 or even more
How much profit does this represent?
only 4 very few know. but one who Is
tonversant with the general situation
estimates that the manufacturer has
cleared not less than $1,000 900 thus
far. Two OF Mr.. Eisner's sons are in
business with him. Lester and II.
Raymond Eisner-both Harvard grad
yates. When Lester Eisner was asked
about the profits he said thai while he
knew OF no reason for keeping them
secret, yet in his ather's absence from
Red Bank he did not have authority 10
make the profits a matter OF public
knowledge.
NO Mystery About Business.
I'VE are simply carrying on business
as manufacturers OF uniforms" he
added. land we are filling orders for
foreign Governments as we would MI
other large orders from any responsible
source. There Is no mystery about the
business, My father is Off at one of
our other factories. but I would he glad
To answer any questions for readers OF
THE Sun that ! am able TO answer"
at H. reported that you have received
contracts for not less than $50, O0o, 900
worth OF uniforms"
THAT IL "A conservative estimate. As
TO profits IL must he remembered that
W. take heavy risks, For example.
some months ago we had to finish A
large contract by midnight of n certain
day, II We did not deliver the last
item In that contract by midnight we
would incur n heavy penalty"
Lester Eisner did not offer 10 max,
public the amount OF that penalty. but
in Red Bank some of those familiar with
conditions say II was $4,000 a day for
each day after that midnight hour had