The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-14
OUR ..WARn pRospERIrY.

That the European war has brought
big prices and an active market for
farm products was shown pretty con-
clusively by Senator Curtis in speech
he delivered in the senate a few days
ago. The figures demonstrating
those facts have already been widely
published.
And that prosperity has also been
brought to the farmers by the indi-
rect influence of the European war In
restoring activity to the manufactur-
ing Industries was another important
and interesting fact brought out by
Senator Curtis.
Here are some of the racts regard
ing the effect of the European war
upon American factories:
In the year of peace before the war
we sold to Europe wooden goods 70
the value of $4.753.00o. In the year
of war we sold to Europe wooden
goods to the value of $32,057,0 a
gain of STA per cent. Is any further
demonstration needed as to the cause
of the present condition of the wooden
mills?
The leather industry, they inform
US, is no longer depressed as it was
before the war. Let statistics give
the answer.
In the year of peace we sold 20
Europe mems shoes to the value of
$9,6O3,O0O. In the year of war We
sold to Europe mems shoes to the
value of $22, 900, a gain of 267 per
cent.
In the year of peace we sold to Eu-
rope goods manufactured from leather
to the value of $4s,ss0,ooo. In the
manufactured from leather to the
value of s9O.S04.OOo. a gain of 100 per
cent
In the year of peace we sold to
Europe harness and saddlery to the
value of $793.0oO. In the year of war
we sold to Europe harness and sad
diery to the value of $1s,434,00O, a
gain of 2.223 per cent.
Is there anything mysterious about
the increased activity in the leather
industry?
In the steel industry there has been
great activity also. Steel is the one
thing that enters more directly into
the manufacture of munitions of war
than perhaps any other. Look at the
figures in regard to this industry.
In the year of peace we sold to Eu-
rope steel bars and billets to the value
of $7,590,000. In the year of war we
sold to Europe of the same products
to the value of $21,74s,oo0, a gam of
1872 per cent.
In the year of peace we sold to
Europe barbed and other wire to the
value of $7,472,000. In the year of
var we sold to Europe barbed and
other wire to the value of s1s.s82, 600,
a gain of 153 per cent.
In the year of peace we sold to Eu-
rope firearms to the value of s3,17I,-
900. In the year of war we sold to
Europe firearms to the value of $II,-
$4,000, a gain of 265 per cent.
In the year of peace we sold to Eu-
rope explosives to the value of
$6,244,o00. In the year of war we
sold to Europe explosives to the value
of $71,S06,o00, a gain of 1850 per
cent.
In the year of peace we sold to Eu-
rope medical appliances to the value
of $1,571,000. In the year of war we
sold to Europe medical appliances to
the value of s5.21s,00o, a gain of
231 per cent.
In the year of peace we sold to Eu-
rope machine tools to the value of
$12,536,000. In the year of war we
sold to Europe machine tools to the
value of $34,55o.oOO, a gain of IT'S
per cent.
During the year of peace we sold to
Europe automobiles and automobile
tires to the value of $34, COG.
During the year of war we sold to Eu-
rope automobiles and automobile tires
to the value of ss2.OoO.Ooo a gain of
10 per cent