The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-16

business there too Is proceeding as II
no cloud eve had rested on 1t. In
deed there is practically no part OF the
country that Ia not to-day At the
height Of prosperity. with only here
and there probably a weak spot. here
and there an industry or trade that
still is suffering from the effects Of
the war.
Property Doe TO War.
And. curiously enough. the great
prosperity that il sweeping over the
country from one end to the other is,
In large part, due to this very war
which at first cast the business and
/! financial worlds of the United States
into such deep gloom, causing all the
stock exchanges to he closed indefi-
nitely, importations from and expor-
tations to all parts of the world to
he fraught with great risk, II not to
be stopped altogether: manufactures
to be curiously handicapped or inter-
rupted for lack OF the raw materials
which could moi he obtained from
abroad; banking to be perplexed and
| the money market to be d~isarranged.
FToNN btIne II Tuinpus IdCtOI tic
war turned To be extraordinarily help
full 10 business here by reason prin-
cipally Of the vast amount OF arms
and ammunition, military equipments
of all sorts. foodstuffs and horses.
for which this country found itself
practically the only adequate source
of supply not only for the warning
nations. but also for the neighborins
countries. which had to mobilize and
otherwise prepare themselves for the
ever threatening ~eventuality Of being
drawn into the seething vortex.
Thus activity arose and rapidly
grew into the present enormous pro-
portions in the manufacturing Sec
lions Of the country-New England for
shoes and other leather articles. and
what not; Pennsylvania and there
abouts for the vast quantities Of
war materials into which iron and
steel enter: the South for its cotton
when at last II could be move and for
its great variety Of cloth for uni
forms and for other purposes; the
West for its fiour. meats. wheat. horses,
and 80 on; the Northwest for its
copper, and 40 on and SO on, not Ia
mention the various ports of shipment
and New York city, which not only
handles all the orders. arranges for
their payment, receives n large por-
ton OF the goods, stores them and
at last dispatches them oversee to
their final destination, all these opera
lions meaning employment for hun.
dreds and thousands OF persons, but
also does a vast amount of the manu-
featuring of the war materials within
It's limits.
bushes. with N~eutraIs.
However. the war material bust
ness. which has mounted into hun
dreds OF millions Of dollars alread,
and cannot help but be duplicated, |
not multiplied. many more times. since
war materials are among the mos
I. p~erishable of goods and must be re
plenished again n again II the Wal
!, lasts, IL moi the only cause Of tn,
[ country's great Industrial, commercial
. and fnanciH, revival. Another yer.
, impor'lnt one Is the increased amour
: Of l,u.iness with neutral nations whicl
. the belligerent nations no longer ar,
. able to serve either as buyers Of thei
products or sellers Of manufacture,
wares.
Products of American field and fac
tory are going in increasing quantitie
20 all parts OF the world In these day
I to take the place Of German, Belgian
British, French nj other wares. s
4 huge Is the movement that the coun
\ try's exports are calculated now b
the statistlcians of the Government "A
= the rate of SO, 900, 600, 900 for the veal
= q figure which no one would have bee
bold enough ever to imagine as pos
y sible except for many years hence.
On the other hand this country ha
been a buyer IN place Of the countrle
which the war mas embarrassed q
n estopped from overseas trading. Ham
burg and Havre. for instance, not I
multiply the examples too great.
" that used to be such big receivers an
= distributors OF the coffee, rubbe
cacao and numerous other produc,
e OF South me Central America and tn
West Indies, now are silent or nearl
10 SO az TO that gigantic trade which
% in process OF being transferred I
II United States ports. Custom nous
Il statistics are telling the story froi
le week TO week and month to mont
Il They are showing that never befor
In the history Of the country has ther
p been such n large reshipment fro
United States ports OF foreign i'm
portations. Those foreign imports
Is lions hat are going out again frOl
here are the rubber. cacao, coffee an
30 forth Of Latin America that can n
"a longer find their way to Europea
+ ports on account OF the war and wi
= not all he diverted hack there sfte
ID the war.
!. Domestic Trade Dement'S.
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