Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-30
VIRGINIA CAN Do ITS
PART IN Time OF WAR
industrial Survey Shows Enormous
Resources OF States AIanufac-
turing Plants.
SHOES FOR 100000 MEN
Chairman Myers Furnishes Reports
on 900 Industries in Virginia Ca
Fable OF Rendering Real Assistance
in Time OF National Emergency.

one Virginia manufacturing concern
alone is capable Of supplying an army
of 100000 men with shoes should this
country be confronted with the grim
necessity Of war, according to the sur
vcy made by Il. u. u. Myers. Jr, an
engineer OF this city, who has charge
Ia this State OF the inventory of in
is'r!al resources being made by the
Committee on industrial preparedness
Of the Naval Consulting Board Of the
( nited States
That firm Is a well-known shoe manu-
i"cturing corporation of LynchburG, the
Yearly output of which IL something
llko 100000 pairs. enough to shoe
more men than the United States has
Ter gathered together in an army.
another company operating alkali
works at Saltville. valued at $1,000
$50. would be able TO render invaluable
assistance in the manufacturing OF am
munition and powder.
Inventories have been taken by Mr..
Myers Of 200 firms doing business in
Virginia, disclosing most satisfactory
conditions. from the standpoint of in
tuhtrial preparedness. The inventory
las received hearty support from the
Manufacturers and the public press In
virginia, and the work is we'll In hand.
u has been demonstrated to the salts
action Of those who have undertaken
The task that Virginia could do well
her part in caring FOR the men who go
out to fight tho battles OF tho coun-
try.
MARSHALING OF NATIONS
INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES
The story of the mobilization OF Vir-
sinia's manufacturers for war is the
story of the marshalinE OF tho nations
industrial resources There has been
sympathy with the work on every hand.
Conditions have been found highly sat
Lave refused to give the desired in
formation. usually TO yield on a fuller
explanation of the committees pur-
pose and the country's needs.
There are more than $4,000 manu-
featuring concerns in the United States
doing a business of over 100000
year, according TO a report OF the com
mittec, and all of these are being in
vcntor!ed, TO say nothing OF many
smaller plants with equipment pc
| culiarly suited to turn out material for
the fighting line.
Although the committees great in
dustrial inventory has been making
excellent progress" says the report,
national conditions recently became
such that Chairman Howard T.. Coffin
sent urgent kilograms to the chair
Sacn Of tho committees State boards
directing them TO make all possible
haste TO gather the Industrial infor-
nation SO vital 10 the army and navy
III the United States. AT the same time,
iccrctary OF War Baker detailed five
pfficers Of the regular army service.
'wo of them members of the general
STAFF. to the committees offices in
the Engineering Societies Building,
New York. 10 assist in rushing the
work to the limit and TO gain immc-
diate benefit for tho government Of
he large amount OF data already OBJ
aimed.
THOUSANDS or PLANTS
HAVE MADE REPORTS
AS a result OF the increased vigor
III the work of the great army OF en-
cheers and chemists under Chairman
'offn and Supervising Director w :.
clifford, reports coming in from
he field in even greater quantity than
before. The engineers and chemists
IRE members of the American Society
" Civil Engineers. the American In
titute of Mining Engineers. the
American Society OF Mechanical En-
.inecrs. the American Institute OF
Electrical Engineers, and tho American
Shernical Society. The committee is
nventoryiHH scores OF thousands OF
plants TO know exactly how each of
hem can adapt Its equipment TO pro-
luce the thousands OF things, from
shells 10 shaving brushes. necessary for
The governments use in n national
Emergency"
Reports from every State that has
egun the survey are highly sa,lsfac-
tory. In some instances. there is slight
pposition, which is quickly overcome
hen the nature of the work is fully