New Britain herald., 1916-07-31
REPUBLICAN CLUBS
 PLANNED FOR CONN.
Will Take Active Part in Coming
 Fall Campaign
Especial to the Herald.)


 Washington, July 31.-Rcpublican politicians are planning an extensive
 organization in Connecticut to assist 1 in the national campaign. One fea- ture of this will be the organization
 of a number of political clubs under the auspices of the national league of republican clubs of which John Hays Hammond, the noted mining millionaire and engineer, is president.
 Henry M. Camp of Washington,
 formerly of Norwalk, Conn.,, is vice president of the league. He is plan
 ming to return to Connecticut prob
 club organization scheme. He says
 that there are about forty Conncc-
 ticut clubs in the league, but he hopes
 their number and membership will
 be considerably increased.
 Some time in September he says,
 there will be a state convention of the league of republican clubs in Connecticut, probably held in Hart ford. At that time and thereafter Camp and his cohorts are planning
 to whoop things up for Hughes and
 Fairbanks and the republican con- gressmen and state ticket. There will be speakers, parades, red ire and quieter organization work.
 The republican club league mana gers say that with their organization they expect to reach many men who wish to participate actively in poli- Jl11t to get places on the state, district and local republican committees. It is aimed to land a number of first voters for the republican ticket by this means.
 Judge w. F. TIenney of Hartford, republican national committeeman for Connecticut. is president of the Connecticut state league of repubi- can clubs, which is part of the na- tional league. It is stated that the state league and it's units will CO., operate with the republican national and state committees in the campaign this fall. It will not work inde- pendently. as it has some times in the past. 1t is announced.
 Higl: prices due to the increased demand caused by rhc war has re- suited in an increase in the produce ton of American tungsten, a metal that Is used extensively in the manu- facture of high speed tools. Connec- ticut is one of a few states produc- ing tungsten, says the geological sur vev. "Significant quantities. arc mined there, it is stated officially. The mineral in Connecticut takes the form of scheelite It was produced during the recent fiscal year at Long Hill, 8 miles north of Trumbull, Conn. The survey reports, however, that the mill on the Long Hill property was burned and operations ceased for a time.
 The production of woolen carpets and rugs is confined to six states Tn this country, says a recent united States census report on the census of manufactures taken last year. Con- rccticut was one of these states, oth- CTS being New York, Massa chusetts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and h. diana. Three establishments in this line were reported upon in Connect- cut. The total value of carpets and rugs produced In the country in 1914 was s69,12S,00o.
 Fortv-six Connecticut establish ments were engaged in the manufac- ture of electrical machinery, appar- atus and supplies in 1914, according to the census report just out. Few states exceeded that number. The total value of the products of this character in 1914 was S359, ,412.OOO, compared with $24O,OOO.000 in 1909.