Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-01
coNNEcrIcuT's INDUSTRIES
 IN THE WAR
Over Half the Small Arms and An1r1u : milton of the Country Are Manufae- tured Here.

tured Here. W
 The Efanufacturers' Association of Connecticut has prepared an article dealing with the value of Connecti- cuts industries in the prosecution of the war and urging that: workers in those, industries be retained in their present valuable service by the ere serve, enrolment in which will sat isfy 9, mans conscience as to the fil- dllnent of his patriotic duty.
 ''sThose who have studied the his- gigantic struggle which Is now con vulsing Europe are quite familiar with the fact that. judged by the course of events at that time. Ger of industry in modern war. There is little evidence that the mechanics of her factories or men essential to other industries were withdrawn service at the front But how diff ferent was the experience in France and in England! The main idea there seemed. to be to mobilize vast less of the effect. of such nnobifiza- ton upon the industries which a lit- tle later would be vital to the mill itary organization itself,
 "The experienced men were withdrawn from these industries and ss rapidly as possible sent tozthe firing lirf9 After d few tragic weeks of endeavor to stem the German tide it became apparent that these same men Cor as many of them as were left) were necessary behind the lines in Q. desperate attempt to reorganize the industries which already were failing in their. part of the war. viz. the supply of munitions, food, facilities for the use of the military forces.
 Tn spite of this hurried attempt to correct the terrible mistake which seriously crippled. Many men sent to the. front never came back. The army, because of the shortage of munitions and other supplies. was forces. backed as they were by the most efficient industrial organization in the world. Indeed. there is little doubt that had the industrial or gauizations of France and England been held Intact at the start Of the war the tide of the German inva- sicn would have been turned back more completely following the his- toric battle of the Marne.
 Connecticut. Share.
 Connecticut has every reason to be proud Of the record which her citizens have made under the Stars and Stripes during the previous wars
  Statistics show that in practical Fly every case erlistnents from the state of Connecticut have been larger in proportion to population than from Connecticut in those days did her. part and cid it noblys but economic con- ditions have changed very mat terially since our state was last called upon to render assistance in 3 national crisis.
 Tn recent years the trend in Con necticut ha been more and more to- wards industrial development, Be tween 1904 and 1909 the value of the manufacturers of this state in creased approximately 8 per cent. thirty first among the states of the union in population. was twelfth in value of manufactured products. In that year, the population of United States was divided 46.3 per cent, UT ban as against 5S.7 per cent. rural. At the same time, the population of Connecticut was divided S9.T per cent. urban and 1o.3 per cent. rural These figures show conclus1veIy that a large part of the population was gathered in the manufacturing centers.
 Tn 1910. the estimated value of farm land in the state Of Connecti- the manufactured products Of the hand. but in 1914. their value amounted to S545,472.1oo. In other words. it is fair 70 assume. that the m 1arI1factured products in 1914 were at least three times more valuable than the total farm land of the state. It is hardly necessary to state that, owing principally to the great in crease in munitions production, the values of Connecticut's n1anufac- tured products for the years 1915 and 1916. are very much above the figures for 1914
 Thus it will be seen that the bur l. 41, state of Connecticut in the present var must be first of all the burden of supply. Considering the Eery inn portant position which Connecticut holds with. respect to the n1anufac- lures of the country and especially manufacture, Uncle Sam has a right to expect of us: highly efficient service along these lines, but if Connecticut is to be really efficient in this work for which she is best fitted it is obvious that the men. on whom tEe industries of the state depend must be available for this service.
 Munitions Supply.
 "Regarding the capacity of. the nut meg state for the supply of the mate rials required at the firing line, it is doubtful whether. any other section of equal area. or population in the coun- try is so important to the govern ment. of the United States. The gov eTnOr or Ene SCaIe conn eCClcuC mas recently made the statement that 55 per cent. of the small arms and ar11nnu- milton Of the country is n1aIaIfa ctured in this state.
 Among the more important con cerns nd products which may be mentioned are the following:
 Artillery - American and British Manufacturing Co. (n1ountain, field and naval guns).
 Automatic Pistols and Revolvers- Colt Firearms Co. (equipnnent of army and navy).
 Air Craft Connecticut Air Craft Co
 Brass for Use in Cartridges, Shells. Cases. etc. American Brass Co. Bridgeport Brass Co, Bristol Brass Co, Chase Metal works. ScoTEl Manu- featuring Co, Stamford Rolling Mill Co.,. Winchester Repeating Arms Co.
 Cannon Cases-Bridgeport Projectile Co., Winchester Repeating Arms Co, Derby Ordnance Co.,. Remington Arms Union Metallic Cartridge Go.
 Cannon Primers-Ya ale & foune Manufacturing O., Winchester. Re