Bisbee daily review., 1916-07-29
Saturday Morning, July 29, 1916.
ARIZONA FIRST

ARIZONA FIRST
 How the engineers of this country, directed by the Committee of Industrial Preparedness the Naval Con- sulting Board time peace mobized Americas manufacturers told report just completed by Chairman Howard E. Coffin. Genuine satisfaction will be felt throughout this because of the follow ing reference the report to the admirable work of John c. Greenway:
 The work in Arizona is practically finished. Chair man John C. Greenway that he and his associates have met with splendid cooperation and support from all sides The plan for manufactures to accept minimum annual educational for munitions in time of peace is regarded with great favor thereabout Arizona was the fsrt state to make complete returns"
 Congress has practically completed legislation that will carry out the entire program of the Committee on Industrial Preparedness to establish firm and endur ing foundation the nations defense There will also be incorporated into law the committees carefully worked plans American manufacturers now, in time peace through annual educational orders how to turn out munitions and all other military and naval supplies when needed It likewise seems probable that legislation be passed adopting the mees measure for industrial that in time of war the skilled mechanic shall be kept at home on the job where his services are needed feed the firing line
 This legislation during the closing days of the committees remarkable three-months campaign made with volunteer, unpaid organization of business men and engineers. It has been epochmaking work and marks definitely of the engineer in the pre- servation of national government
 Although the Committees great industrial inventory had making excellent progress national conditions recently became such that Chairman Howard E. Coffin sent urgent telegrams the charmen of the commit tees state boards directing them make all possible gather the industrial information vital the army navy of the United States. At the time Secretary Baker detailed five officers of the regu lar army service two them members of the general Staff. to committees offices in the Engineering So Building. assist in rushing the work to and gain immediate benefit for the meEt of the large amount of data already obtained
 AS result of the increased vgor of the work of the great army of engineers and chemists under Chairman Coffin and Supervising Director w S. Giford reports are coming in from the greater quantity than before The engineers chemists members of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American In stitute Of Mining Engineers the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Institute of Eectr cal Engineers and American Chemical Society The committee is invenoryihg of thousands of plants to know exactly how each of them adapt its equipment produce the thousands of things, from shaving brushes necessary for the governments in a national emergency.
 There are more than 3O,OOO manufacturing concerns in the United States doing business of $1OOOO0 year. and all of these being nventoried, to say nothing of many smaller plans with equipment peculiarly suited to turn material for the fighting line
 Only a few business have refused to give the desired information usually yield fuller explana tion of the committees purpose and the countrys need