The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-30
SELLING ALLIES
BILLIONS AyEAR
IN MUNITIONS
Great Stream of Business Flows
Into United States as Re-
suit of War.
PLANTS TAXED TO UTMOST
Most of the Contracts for Supplies
Run for Two Years or Longer
Goods Sold for Delivery Here
Shipment at Buyers Risk.

New York.-A common estimate Oh
the wars length is three years. In
the first six months of the conflict
the United States sold about $4OO,-
100000 in war supplies, not taking
into consideration foodstuffs designed
for civilian populations. BY August l
our trade will reach $1,000 100000; and
unless something occurs to check this
phenomenal business $4,000. 100000
will have poured into the United
States before the treaty OF peace Is
signed.
Even il the war should stop right
now our trade in the materials OF war
would soon reach billion, for most
of the great contracts are written to
be fulfilled without regard to the
course of the war and run for two
years, or even longer.
Our gain would be even larger
could we supply both sides. AS 1t 49,
almost nothing is going to the Teu-
tonic allies
The United States government Of
ficials are unable to give anything
like correct figures of the trade In
war supplies A large proportion
how large 1t is impossible to say
goes to Canada first and is shipped
from there to England, France, Rus
STA or one of their allies.
There is no penalty for misbilline
exports. Much gunpowder is going
out in cases marked sugar or salt. es
pecially through Pacific ports to Rus
STA by way Of Vladivostok.
In the most authoritative circles II
is estimated that the principal items
in the four millions of dollars wortf
ordered here in the first six months
were: Motor cars, $25,000,oO0; arms
explosives and the like, $105O00,OOO
iron and steel, s65,000,00O: uniforms
socks, sweaters, etc. S3OOO0,0Oo
chemicals and hospital supplies. So,
100000; soldiers shoes, harness ant
other leather products. $1S,O00,OoO
miscellaneous, including food sup
niles known to have gone to thu
armies, $1G0,000000.
Plants Run Night and Day.
It can be said without fear of con
tradiction that the allies have no
contracted for the entire output o
) the arms and ammunition factories o
the United States, while scores 0
concerns are enlargng their plant
and running three shifts a day to full
fill their foreign contracts.
Many of these companies do no
know they are turning out goods TO
foreign power They may surmis
it but they do not care. They deal
; only through a broker or agent ant
with great secrecy.
Goods are sold for delivery here
and shipment is at the buyers risk
The buyer enforces secrecy. because
the goods are contraband. The man
ufacturers surround their plants witt
high fences and troops of arme'
. guards in order not only to cooper
> ate with the buyers in maintainini
secrecy, but also to prevent meddlin
by agents of governments hostile t
the buyers.
The IS firearm and ammunition
factories in the United States ord
narily employ 10000 persons. NOV
their forces number $4,000 and ar
increasing
The enormous demand for high e>
plosives has forced prices to higI
levels. Pierre acid. used in making
J explosives, has risen from % cents t
$3.50 a pound and the entire suppl
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