Semi-weekly herald., 1915-07-08
WAR ORDERS ARE
STILL DOMINANT

Special Correspondence.
WASHINGTON, d. c., July g.
With a persistcncy that is extremely
embarrassing td the administration,
orders for war material continue to
maintain n position Of first import
ance in reports Of industrial activity.
The situation is embarrassing, not be-
cause the business is undesired but
because the department Of commerce
had endeavored to give the impress
sion that "A partial return of good
times is not due to purchases of sup
plies for the warning nations of Eu-
rope. The effort to persuade the
American people that Democratic poll
cies had started the wheels of factor
les, has failed in the face Of facts.
Some few days ago, when an order
was give, by a large company for
few new cars, far less in number than
were ordered last year, the Demo-
cratic publicity bureau made a great
stir over the event and paraded it MS
conclusive evidence of return of nor
NAL business conditions. But now 1t
develops that large part of the con-
tracts made by car and locomotive
builders are for delivery in Russia,
where new equipment is absolutely
necessary in order to move supplies
across Asia to the field Of operations
in Europe.
An instance of this kind was not
ed few days ago by the Christian
Science Monitor, which said that "the
Pressed Steel Car company has receiv-
ed orders for 1000 cars from Russia.
The railroads of the United States are
not buying much equipment, but the
foreign countries are doing so. Take
the foreign orders out and the equip
ment buying of this country shows
little Improvement"
That statement in the columns of a
paper that is non-partisan and friend
ly to the administration, reveals an
entirely new phase of the restored
prosperity" plea of the administration.
Everybody is rejoicing over each ad-
ditional transaction thaA helps get
this country out of the industrial de-
preston into which it was thrown by
Democratic economic policies, but no.
body wants to be deceived as to the
agencies which bring about the
change. More facts along the same
line are given by the same paper when
it says:
"But the equipment companies
have found that they can adapt their
plants to the making of shells and
ammunition and both machinery and
men are now actively occupied in this
line of manufacture, which promises
to be very profitable" Not only the
car companies, but the locomotive
builders are getting share Of this
war business. The Baldwin Locomo-
tive company and the American Lo-
comotive company have both gone
after the war orders. The Baldwin
Locomotive company will manufacture
rifles in separate plant, and under
a separate name, but when the con-
tract has been completed the plant
will become the property of the To-
comotive company, and in the mean
time the ompany receives royalty
Of 81 each on the rifles. "No one
should be surprised if war orders wipe
out the floating debt of the American
Locomotive company" says the re-
port The debt is in the neighbor-
hood of si,Ooo,Ooo.
The success of the German tor
pedoes in sinking merchant ships has
made it evident that there is bood
business ahead for new ships, and
American ship yards are showing
more activity than ever before. Ship
builders in Philadelphia. Camden and
Wilmington announce that their plants
will be busy for many months to
come. Some of the contracts are for
ships for companies that heretofore
placed orders in England.
Because of the urgency of their
needs. European countries are willing
"a pay large prices and the orders
soon run into big money. Accord
ing to estimates. the allies and their
have established credits in this
country TO the amount of nearly ST.
500, 100000. Great Britain and Russia
expect to cxpcnd in this country this
year about s5oo,ooo,o 900 each. making
billion. dollars of businesS from
these two countries alone.
FOR HAY FEVER OR ASTHMA.
MANY persons dread july on account