Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-05-12
NEW INDUSTRIES
CLAIM ATTENTION
Or DUTCH PEOPLE
Steps to Prevent Repetition Of
Present Business Conditions
Taken by Business Men Of
the Netherlands,
tAssocIaiea rress correspondsneeJ


the possibility of creating new lnhus.
tries in this country and by this means
rendering the Netherlands more inue-
pendent Of other countries in event
in the future of a similar Crisis arising
to that brought about by the present
European wnr~ Numbers Of indnstrmll
men have taken the subject under
consideration, but nothing definite mas
vet been proposed. The Dutch people
IN most Instances are unaware ~ the
possibilities In the way OF investment
In their own country ana generally
place their capital abroad Instead or
uniting In an effort 70 Keep their
money home, where with proper or
ganizati0n the returns would DE Just
az high as those they receive from
foreign investments, while the start
ing of home industries would be use
fui In providing work for their fellow.
cOuntfymen, who are sorely MT ny n
crisis such as that now prevailing.
owing TO Hollands dependence on.
materials from outside several OF the
national Industries have for the timei
being been ruined and those employed
In them have been thrown out % work.
For Instance, the sugar factories ana
refincries, OF which there are thirty
in Holland had been badly affected IN.
the first place by the prohibition OF
the export OF sugar Deet from Ger.
many Austria Hungary and Belgium
and IN the second place by the refusal
Of England To permit imports OF sugar
from Holland owing to fears that Ger.
man sugar might come into the Brit,
ish Isles in that way.
The Netherlands government nlsol
forbade the export OF sugar for a tme.4
but later decided Ia raise the prOhibi-
ton and permitted the sugar manu-
facturers and refiners to export eight-H
cen per cent In the raw state and ior-
ty-two per cent refined, while retain-I
ing the other forty per cent OF the
total In tho country for home con-l
sumption England also raised the
ban on Dutch sugar after receivlng1
assurances that no sugar from Ger-I
many should be sent ever the channell
as Dutch.
The lack OF imported beets, how
yer, caused many of the factories and
refineries to close down or reduce
he number of their employees, who in
all total 10000 This state of affairs
in the sugar trade also affected other
branches directly connected with it,
such as sack and packing ease makers.
many internal waterways Of lollandl
over which the beets and the manu-
featured sugar are carried TO meet
the eventuality OF such conditions
arising again in future, II has been
decided TO cultivate at least double
the quantity Of sugar beet In Holland
and some Of the men thrown out OF
work have been employed In planting
the seed for the next harvest As
rule the Dutch sugar factories deliver
several hundred thousand tons Of raw
sugar yearly. From 20 to rs per
cent of Il is sent in this condition to
England. the remainder being refined
In Holland together with the large
quantities of raw sugar generally inn
ported from. the other continental
countries, England also takes about
100000 tons Of refined sugar from
Holland every year.
Another group OF trades which has
suffered enormously through the war
Is that composed of gold and silver
smiths and diamond workers. II was
found impossible tn procure the ne
cessary metals for the fabrication of
the innumerable souvenir articles SO
much sought after by tourists, while
those countries which are the best GUS
Germany ana the scandinavian ma
tions showed no desire to purchase
what are generally considered luXur-
leg, and there has besides been lack
or tourists since the war began. Some
Of the factories found employment for
part of their men In making brass
buttons for soldiers uniform for
which there has been an extraordln-
airy demand owing 20 the calling out
OF the Dutch army Some of the mans
ufacturers, however, felt themselves
unable TO put the Decessary capital
into the requirement OF the machin-
cry required for this temporary work
and consequently the men were
thrown into the ranks OF the unem-
ployed. The diamond settlers and
pollshers are entirely idle
The building trades have probably
boon hurt more than any other branch
OF industry hy the war, l.ricklayers
and their lahorcrs. carpenters, masOns,
painters, plumbers and riveters can
find nothing to do The contractors
have been prevented from carrying
out their contracts partly by the diff
iicullN of obtaining materials, but the
chief reason Of the slackncss Is the
hesitation Of would-bc house owners
4 60 give orders for the erection of res
/ licences, SOME OF the building sOcie-
! ties, founded on the cooperative ba-
Sis have continued the building Of
houses for their members, and muni-
1 palities have not ceased to carry out
i the construction of workers dwellings
Tor renting 70 the poorer classes. This
activity has not, however, been suf-
/ tlcient 60 stem the rising tide of un-
/ employment, The lack Of timber
1 drawn chiefly from Riga and Arch
angel and freestonc and cement, from
i belgium, is greatly felt. Granite.
much of il imported from Bavaria an
Norway Is mol ohtamahle or, II IL can
/ be got costs very high transportation
rates, while Belgium and Italy have
ceased sending marble and very lit
j tie OF this stone is to be had from Ger
many. Construction iron from Lor~
raine, Westphala and the Rhine Is
stun 70 be had, but 1t takes double the
usual length of time for transporta-
ftion, while The formalitlcs and papers
necessary 20 obtain permission for im-
/ ports form constant source OF am
noyanee and expense.
i NO UNDERSTANDING WITH
Japan RY GREAT BRITAIN