The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-09-13
Effect of the War
On American Visitors.

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The blow IN the face received by
American industries through cOndi-
lions brought about by the European
war has acted as tonic, has forced
the nation to create new branches
and enlarge the scope Of existing
phases of manufacture, opened the
way to utilize, on q vast scale, great
natural resources Of the United
States, and induced manufacturers
and merchants to expand their mar
kets into foreign fields with pros
poets Of permanent results, says the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce, Of the Department of
Commerce, IN forecast Of the effect
Of the war on the industrial future
of the country.
American ingenuity has been APP
piled with success to the making of
articles previously imported. and
among those who have shown con-
spicuous ability in meeting the situa-
ton, an important place is given to-
Thomas A. Edison, Americas scien-
tific wizard" who has had great
part in the enterprise and initiative
required to build, at moments mo-
tice, some Of the new American
manufactures required by the ener-
gency.
A review Of the chief industries
nninistering particularly to the temp
orary needs of the belligerents across
the Atlantic shows that the final OUT
come win be very material addition
to the manufacturing plant of the
United States. Part of this plant
viii be simply anticipatory Of the
normal growth of the cOuntry's me-
chanical equipment; part must lie
idle in time Of peace, but is dis
tinct asset IN the national prepara-
ton for an adequate defence against
attack; the remainder furnishes at
once products needed in the healthy
expansion Of the chemical industry
Of the country.
Less conspicuous and spectacular,
but Of far greater permanent value,
is the impulse given to the manufac-
ture on American soil, with Amer
Jean raw materials, Of variety of
articles for which we have hitherto
been dependent upon foreign skill and
enterprise. IN a more or less I'M
comfortable way, we have suddenly
been brought TO recognize the unwis-
dom, the folly, Of shipping vast
amounts of the crude material Of our
farms, forests. and mines 5000 miles
across the ocean, and buying it back
in q manufactured form, at vastly
enhanced price. We have likewise
come to recognize the absurdity Of
allowing many natural products Of
the tropics, of South America, of the
Far East, to find their way to Europe
and Of paying foreign intelligence
and skill to transform them into
articles of daily need in our lives.
American ingenuity, adaptation, in.
ventive talent, scientific attainments
and general enterprise have prompt
" rallied to meet widespread de
mands, and establish on our own sol
the permanent manufacture of {
number wares, some of minor, Others
Of major importance. The return o.
peace win see them well rooted anC
able to Withstand foreign competi
ton.
The Bureau Of Foreign and Domes
tic Commerce points to the cours,
Of events that followed the cuttins
on by war of the aniline imports from
Germany and the supply of potasl
from the same source, with the re
sulting tremendous impulse given t,
the expansion Of domestic manufac
ture. It also calls attention to tn,
fact that, side by side with the in
creased production of artificial colors
has come the realization by dyers o
textiles that the possibilities of tn
natural dyestuffs have been neglecte,
during the past few decades.
The facility and exactness wit
which the coal tar colOrs can be EN-