Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-05-22
selling ALLIES
Billions AYEha'
IN HUHII.0lls
Great Stream Of 8ucne5s F'eeN3
Into United States as h2-
suit of War.
PLANTS TAXED TO uT.i3oss7
Most of the Contracts for Supplies
Run for Two Years or Lc1-sr-
Goods Sold for Delivery Here
shipment at Buyers R...S.


New York-A common estimate .
the wars length is three years III
the first six months of the conflict
the United States sold about 9l09-
100000 in war supplies, net takias
Into consideration foodstulfs dealsaef
for civilian populations. BY August
our trade will reach $i,GO0,009 COS, aea
unless something occurs to check this
phenomenal business S9,90e,D9o 9o0
will have poured into the United
States before the treaty OF peaee Is
signed
Even If the war should stop right
now our trade in the materials Of var
would soon reach a billion, for most
of the great contracts are written to
be fulfilled without regard 10 The
course of the war and run for tSo
years, or even longer.
Our gain would be oven larger
could we supply both sides. As II IS
almost nothing is going TO tho Teu-
tonic allies
The United States government Of
ficials are unable to give a9vfhiag
like correct figures of the trade II
war supplies. A large proportion
how large it is impossible to say,
goes to Canada first and is shipnNa
from there to England, France, Rus
STA or one of their allies
There is no penalty for nisb'llnp
exports. Much gunpowder is going
out in cases marked sugar or ealt es-
pecially through Pacific ports to Rus
STA by way of Vladivostok.
In the most authoritative circles Il
is estimated that the principal items
in the four millions of dollars worth
ordered here in the first six months
were: Motor cars, s2S.t00000; arms.
explosives and the like, s105. 01n.9c0:
iron and steel. s65,OoO,OO0: uniforms.
socks, sweaters, etc., sg0,o00.0nl,
chemicals and hospital supplies. Sc,
100000; soldiers shoes, harness and
other leather products, $1S090,0 ono.
miscellaneous, including food sup
plies known to have gone to tho
aluleSs lDu,UUU,UUD.
Plants Run Night and DaY,
It can be said without fear OF cen
tradictiGn that the allies have not
contracted for the entire output Of
the arms and ammunition factories &C
ele United States, while scores of
concerns are charging their plaGts
and running three shifts a Cay to full
ill their foreign contracts.
Many of these companies Go not
know they are turning out goods fer
a foreign power. They may surmsa
it, but they do not care. They dealt
only through broker or agent and
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 masr
ufacturers surround their plants with
high fences and troops of armed
guards in order net only to COOPER,
ate with the buyers in maintaining
secrecy, but also to prevent meddlins
by agents Of governments hostile to
the buyers.
The Is firearm and ammunition
factories in the United States ordi-
narily employ 10000 persons. Now
their forces number $4,000 and are
increasing.
The enormous demand for high ex.
plosives has forced prices to high
levels. Picric acid. used in making
explosives, has risen from 25 cents TO
$3.50 a pound and the entire supply
on hand has been bought up. Those
who still have guncotton on hand
which can be delivered within so
days are asking IS cents pound.
The usual price is 20 to 25 cents, In
February the French government
tried to buy 100000 pounds of gun.
cotton, offering Go cents. 1t was un.
obtainable, so contracts were placed
with number of mills running over
two years.
More than 10000 automobile trucks
have been shipped to England and
France since August /. but from the
way new orders are coming in. this
branch of trade is only just begin,
ming. The French war authorities
figure the average life of an auto
truck is only seven days.
Thousands of Buyers.
There are thousands OF buying
agents for the foreign governments
all over the country, but the two
largest blocks of contracts are CON.
ing through Charles Schwab Oh the
bethlehem Steel company and J. Pier,
pont Morgan, head of the great bank,
ing hrm
Sohwsb has made two visits to Flu.
rope since the war began and has oD.
tanned contracts amounting to more
than s50,0o0.000. His bethlehem
works are making even 12.inch guns
for the allies. but in addition to what
Is turned out here he has sublat or
ders in dozen different cities. Nor.
gan is now the general purchasing
agent OF the British government and
all orders so through his firm.