The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-26
IRISH MANUFACTURE
ING WAR MUNITIONS
III Firms are Now Engaged in the Work
Dublin and Belfast Have Gone
Seriously Into the Business.

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now at work ON large scale in the
manufacture of munitions of war.
| For several years past there has been
only one large Irish factory of war
material, Kynoch's in County Wicklow.
1t is an off-shoot Of the Birmingham
firm of which Arthur CHAMBERLAIN,
brother of the famous English states
man, was the head. But the necessities
of the war have in Ireland, as in Eng
land, turned other trades into the mu-
nitions business. When the demand was
made in Great Britain for a great extern
sion of the manufacture of all sorts of
war materials, Mr. Redmond saw to it
that Ireland should have share in the
scheme. Representatives of Mr.. Lloyd
Georges new department came over to
Ireland and got into touch with leading
business men in Dublin and throughout
the country. The Dublin chamber of
commerce gave active assistance and
formed special munition committee.
The work is now well in hand and no
less than one hundred and seventy firms
in Ireland are engaged in it. Large or
ders have been placed in Dublin, and
one firm has got an order for twenty
thousand pounds, a small figure on the
general scale of this war, but good
deal of money for a city where EN-
ployment is scarce and industry back
ward. Mr.. Lloyd George has established
in Dublin branch office which is ex-
pected to ensure not only the execution
of war contracts but a continuance OF
government work after the war. A
central arsenal is being constructed and
equipped with special machinery Ev-
cry available machine is being pressed
into service, even those used in the city
of Dublin technical schools for the train
ing of pupils. The employees at the new
works are TO be divided into five classes.
skilled and unskilled men, skilled and
unskilled women and auxiliaries who
will work at times when the regular
hands are resting as at week ends. EN-
ployment is not to be restricted to men
outside of military age, the idea being
that the munitions worker is as useful
as the soldier.
Belfast whose main activity in the
war interest has been the increase in
the output of shipping from its famous
yards has also gone seriously into the
munitions business. Cork and Limerick,
and even some of the smaller towns
throughout the country are also employ
ing all the machinery they can COM
mand in making shells or parts of shells.
Munitions are not the only branch
of war trade of which Ireland has de-
manded and received a share. Some OF
the textile factories have had good or
ders for clothing. Ireland has never
in the past secured fair share of gov
eminent expenditure, and at the begin
ming OF the war was greatly hampered
in competing for contracts by the fact
that the depots for examining and re-
ceiving goods we're in London. Agita-
tion, however led 90 the establishment
OF depot in Dublin where certain
classes Of goods of Irish manufacture are
dealt with But there are still restric-
tions limiting the classes Of goods, and
an effort is being made TO widen the
utility OF the depot by admitting 10
il all the goods produced in Ireland which
are required for military and other gov
eminent services.
Ireland's chief industry i and must
remain agriculture, and one Of the most
indispensable Of war munitions Is food.
A vigorous campaign has been instituted
under government auspices 70 increase
the output Of food products in ireland.
She used 60 be- told that her function
was 70 BE- the fruitful mother Of hocks
and herds. Nov the cry Is al for Gil.
lage. The difficulty l. that the grazing
ranch system which belongs to- the old
theory has not been abolished. and the
people have net complete access % the
land. They are puzzled by the two voices
with which they Are addressed on their
duty IN the war On the one hand
they are told il IL The duty Of the farm I
err % enlist. that the state has done
3 good deal for the lrish farmer and
that his time has come D. show his graf
iiude 81 shoulderinr 3 rife In the new
armies. Comment il freely made on the
fact that the farmers and the farmers
sons have not enlisted IN the same pro
portion a. other classes. The complaint
Is true - regards farmers 81 Al parts
- Ireland and az an parties and creeds.
Il IL true If English farmers asWells But
now there BE- The nee campaign Tor ~.
creased food prohibition whirh cannot D.
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