The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-30

manufacturing is large feature OF
business is benefiting from war or
ders. although these orders IN many
cases are not large enough to onset
the depression in domestic trade.
MANY orders are from governments
which never before bought in the
American market and American pusl-
ness men believe they can hold this
trade after the war is over Ihey
argue that much of the work no"
being done here for Great Britain, TO
take an instance, has previously been
done in Germany, and that the pltter
feeling after the war will preclude
it's being done there again.
A Philadelphia factory is making
swords for the British army. Sucn
a. contract had never before been re-
ceived in this country. In the past
British swords have been made IN
Germany -,
In the Pittsburgh district, when
includes Bethlehem many Germans
who formerly worked for the krupps
are employed. They are now making
war material for the allies, although,
of course, they do not know TINS
definitely. The men in the factory.
are not informed for whom a partlcu-
lar six-inch shrapnel shell is being
made.
Some odd items are reported. The
French government has paid New
England manufacturers 100000 for
snowshoes. One concern in Phlla'
delphia is turning out folding saw
with wooden handles for cutting wire
entanglements When the war started
the armies used steel pliers for this
work. with the result that many men
were shocked to death by high volt
age electricity
Factories turned to New Uses.
All sorts of factories have been
pressed into commission to make
things useful in war; A company IN
Bridgeport, Conn, which usually
makes cemetery monuments OF
bronze, is now turning out forgings
for an auto truck concern which has
a large order from the allied coun
tries. Bridgeport, by the way, is en-
joying huge prosperity because most
of its industrial concerns are working
on war orders.
All through Massachusetts ant
Connecticut war orders are helping te
overcome the depression Of the first
few months of the war The Fore
River Shipbuilding company is very
busy. 1t is generally reported it il
making ten submarines for the Brit
ish navy. these to be delivered at the
end of the war In addition, it l!
making about 25 other submarines.
Demand for many particular ar
!, ticles has been so great that the al
lied governments have signed con
tracts at prices most attractive fo
the manufacturers. In addition, 1t Il
pretty we'll established that middle
: men, brokers and agents are gather
ing in millions in commissions, SOM
, of which are exhorbitant.
1t is said by a Chicago merchant
for instance that there is wellor
ganzed band of extortionists will
agents in all the big cities on boil
sides of the Atlantic and headquarter
in New York, which is eXacting tol
!. of from Is to 90 per cent on practical
. ly every shipment of war supple
9 that leaves the country.
. In general the agents OF each GOV
. eminent maintain that their natiol
is buying right, while stating belle
that other nations are being tleecec
=, A well-known Russian exporter o
=. New York city says the Russian GOV
eminent is suffering the most heavil
:. of all. He has sent over report TO
!, wide publication in Russia in whic
: he says that already, S20,000000 ha
been lost through the exploitation G
. American commissioners and brokers