The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-19

lin "Lokal Anzeiger'' puts the number al 30O,00O It says that the women are not only doing mems work with mems zeal but that they are doing 1t also with mems skill with great speed, says the Anzieger, women have trained them selves to master the delicate technical processes and to observe the minute meas urement standards which are necessary in munition production. They are prov ing that they are equal to men, The war. it adds, could not be carried or without women. If all the women in tomorrow, the war would come to an end.
 Women Keep Germany Alive
 Women are the chief cause why Ger man industry Is in existence during overseas supplies. keeps economically alive. This Is the surprise factor Of the war. Jean de Bloch, the Polish econ omist and author of The War of the Future" predicted that a great wal would come to an end within three months as result of the diversion of all productive labor to the armies The factories would be closed agri- culture would be neglected; and all the civil population, deprived of food and clothing, would rise in revolt and compel the conclusion of peace. Many experts held that Bloch's prophecy would come true. Today, after a year of war there is no sign of economic pressure influencing the policy of any belligercnt state. Largely, the reason Is, that women are producing the nec- essaries which were formerly produced by men. This is most true of Germany With all her men at the front. Ger many would be brought to her knees V n nj nf fnnA md hxyu ny o.t raf o,,l- factured goods if the women had not rushed to the factories. Germany s food Is being abundantly supplied by women farm hands, and her clothing and manufactured goods are being abundantly supplied by women factory hands. How many women are working in the fields no one knows; there are 10 statistics, because German women work in the fields in peace. But the German factories now employ 5000 o00 more women than they employed a year ago. All these women are replac- ing the millions of men called to the colors. Tn numbers they almost wholly replace them. Germany has in the field and under arms at most 1000, ,000 men or these SO0,000 were in the active army when war broke out 80 that about S.200.000 have been taken out ot civil life. Three million women fill the gap. In quantity the production ol these women Is below the production o1 the lost men, but since Germany's ex- port trade has ceased, the production Is sufficient to supply the nation with all that 1t wants. Statistics show that in some manufactures Germany has row bigger stores in reserve than she had year ago. A report to the Land tag of Westphalia province shows that women are engaged in many branches from which they were partly or alto Rether excluded In the days of peace iron and metallurgical industries. type writer making. electro-technical in dustry, optical industries. the machine tool and agricultural machinery indus tries Many thousa nds are working as street car drivers and conductors and as clerks in offices. Immediately wal troke Berlin, st 1000 women learning street car work. The Deutsche bank took on HOO women clerks. This is the way in all trades. After the war, these women. who will have be- come skilled will not go back to do- nestle life. They will not want to be- come farm servants or domestic serv- ants. At first. men will not want to send them back. They will appeal for more and more women. By the time the ravages of the war are repaired and the reserves of goods brought up to normal peace level. women will have solidly established themselves: and II the labor market Is crowded they will