The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-22

ciety. The response shows almost unanimous desire on the part of these business men, many of them of inter national reputation. to support the work of the committee, and a sum mary of their letters discloses in the more interesting and graphic way how the industries of the Empire State could adjust themselves to the needs of conflict, if-and, Supervising Di- rector Clifford says, "It is a very inn 1 perative ''if''-eficient1y mObi1ized in time of peace.
 | A large capacity sash-chain maker, for example, believed he could with little difficulty produce cartridge clips for rifles and machine guns, and a manufa cturer of threshing machinery was sure he could make 500 six-inch shells per day
 | A maker of underwear declared he could turn out bandages and other knit goods for the army and navy and Red Cross services, button maker thought his machines could be used for small munition work, and com pauy manufacturing drugs stated that it could turn a considerable portion of it's rroduct into an adjunct for ma king cordite for shells.
 One well. known foundry not many miles from Bowling Green said it was we'll equipped to turn out tools and machinery for small arms and ammu- milton, a maker of belting even sug- gested that he could produce webbing with which to fasten equipment on 1 soldiers, and a famous producer of condensed milk thought he could be of use to his government in time of war.
 On the theory that an army is as good as the feet of it's men, boot-ma- kers were queried and showed great | interest, even enthusiasm, and a smart Lclothier of the metropolis saw no req son why he, too, could not help Uncle Sam with equipment at the proper time.
 l A leading Buffalo manufacturer wrote: sFWe look upon it as a pa triotic duty to fill out the blank for warded to us;'' the president of great railroad wrote at length analysing the i situation in . most sympathetic way, and a maker of pocket-knives volun- teered to produce various lines of mu- milton supplies.
 i New York automobile manufacturers have offered every assistance in their power several, optical makers have l pointed out where they could be of practical aid to armies in the field, and a crushed stone company saw where it could play a large part in maintaining good roads against the wear and tear of nodery military transportation. An extensive tailoring concern emphasized that the produc- l ed, one of the worlds leading makers I of printing presses placed himself wholly at the command of the state board, and perhaps the greatest nu- nicipa1 transportation system in the i United States appointed it's chief en- gineer to serve the committees pur- pose.
 The head of a great woo1en mill wrote: '"The constructive policy of the committee is surely the only means i by which true preparedness can be l rrived at,'' the leading American man ufacturers of farm materials prompt ] ly offered to find out what military utilization could be made of it's plants in day of need, and maker of choc- plates, which are so important to mod ern armie son the march, had very definite views.
 ! One concern, with it's firm members bearing German names, wrote: we would be delighted, as American citi- zens, to do whatever we can do to take part in any industrial preparedness which may be planned; one of the largest printing establishments in the 1 state offered the services of its finely