New Britain herald., 1917-06-29
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Further Consolidation of Coun-
 tries Resources to Be Affected

1 tries Resources to Be Affected l ton of the United States government, negotiations are now in progress for
 further consolidation of interests in
 America and England, pr. Christo- pher Addison. minister of munitions, said late yesterday. The results of these negotiations, If successful, will be of enormous value not only in en- abling tho American government to place tts great resources more readily l and effectively at the disposal of the Allies but in promoting economy in purchase. pr. Addison said these l arrangements had been facilitated
 greatly by the work of the Balfour
 mission in the United States. The Munitions Ministry. pr. Addi- son continued. had an interest in l nearly 1,600,0e0 tons of shipments
 monthly. The submarine campaign
 bad as it was, did not provide much
 comfort for the, enemy when he knew. for example. that of the shell com ponents shipped from North America the total loss since the beginning of unrestricted submarine warfare had been only 6.9 per cent. of the amount l shipped.
 Mir. Addison said that before the
 war the production of spelter in this country was only one-third of the | national requirements. but that he ! hoped the capacity would be doubled before the end of the year Part of l the plan involved, the working of Australian zinc concenerate, which formerly was under German control. Some time ago steps were taken to obtain control of the Wolfram ores of the empire, with view to regu-s
 lating the stock of tungsten for the I production of steel and If the prices at Sheneld were compared with those in New York. 1t would be found that
 the country had profited enormously by the enterprise.
 Arrangements were lin hand, the minister continued, which would in- crease the home production of alum 1 mum by 46 per cent. while con- mittee of experts was considering de- velopment of copper and other n1in-
 eral resources of the United King dom.
 American Engineer Praised. Mr. Addison was speaking in the 14Ouo0 OA SO1AulOu0 Ou tIS cSIlIIAL0S for the Ministry of Munitions. He gave striking account of the work of the department since 1t started a little more than two years ago, and l incidentally paid tribute. to Kenneth Quinan, California engineer, who designed and equipped the new fac- l tories.
 | He Is not the only American citizen who has assisted the Ministry of Mu- nitions throughout its career,'' said the minister. ''but in the great work at Queensferry, Gretna and other places we become possessed through his genius of factories. which to a very large extent will be of perma- nent value to peace industries" MT. Addison said that some con- ception of the magnitude of the pro- | duction of explosives might be formed
 from the fact that in March, 1917, the capacity for the production of high explosives was more than four times that of March, 1915.
 The ministry had recently reached such a state of production with re- spect to gun ammunition that it was | able to divert certain national fac I tories to assisting other sections of the munitions program. He mentioned the discovery of 6 component of new type which possessed great advantages
 for certain purposes. A large supply of this had been produced in a short | time and was proving the greatest l value in facilitating the advance at l the front and in saving life. The requirements regarding the ac- | communication of a great reserve of I field gun ammunition would be met
 in good time. and despite the enor- nous expenditure in the first nine I weeks of the offensive. the stock of Il filled shells had only fallen off per
 cent. Field Marshal Haig had en- 1 Enthusiastically reported on the ac-
 curacy and fine detonating quality of the ammunition, whether it was
 used for wire cutting, barrage or other purposes.
 Canada to Send Railroad.
 The output of machine guns and
 rifles was fully equal to the demands.
 while for railway purposes tracks
 pulled up in England, Australia, and
 Canada had been utilized. Canada
 had arranged to pull up 800 miles of
 track an ship 1t complete when want
 ed. More than 1000 miles of track
 had already been supplied in complete [ condition, and nearly 1000 locomo- ,l tives, apart from hundreds supplied i, by the railways.
 The supplies of the new, design tanks were coming forward excellent ,i ly, and, continued the minister. "the end of the story is not yet, for the ,. enthusiasm of Colonel Stern, the in-
 ventor of the tanks. and his colleagues
 know no nmits."
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