Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-18
IOWA MANUFACTURERS DOING
MORE THAN THEIR "BlT" IN
AIDING GOVERNMENT.
WRiGHTMAN INTERVIEWS
OFFICIALS At WASHINGTON
Tells Men in Capital Iowa Factories
Are Ready to Cooperate in Every
Particular-Sevsral Plants Now Busy
With Munitions and Equipment Or
ders-Not Seeking Large Profits.
Special to T,mes-Republican.

SSpGCldl 10
Washington, June 1s.-1owa's part IN
equipping the armies to be raised by
the United States is to be as great as
that of any other state and perhaps
greater, if the enterprise Of George
wrightman, secretary-treasurer OF the
Iowa State Manufacturers Association
counts for anything. During the past
week, Wrightman has been extremely
busy interviewing every offlclaI Ill
charge of the supplying of the United
States armies. Before each one he mas
placed information about how far Iowa
manufac turing plants can be depended
on to furnish materials essential 10 the
clothing. rationing and Quitting OF the
American soldiers. He Informed All
the officials of the action taken recent
ly at the annual convention of the
Iowa manufa ctureTs 10 the effect thal
profits are 10 be forgotten about in
manufacturing sBoods for the United
States government, and that the maxi
mum capabilities of the Iowa plants
will be at the disposal of the army I'M
til the war with Germany ends.
several Large SoTltdSeS
Iowa manufacturers already have
large eoyernen, contracts Mr..
wriyhtman said, and they are in the
minds Of purchasing officials OF the
army for more business. The Hart
pa-- COMPANY. of Charles City. which
has an order for 100000 nine-inch
shells for the allies, Is prepared to MI
munition orders for the American
forces; the Des Moines Tent and AVN
ing Company already has orders Tor
tentage and is prepared 70 furnish
more: the Huiskamp Shoe Company, OF
Keokuk. recently was given an order
for shoes for the army, and leggin
manufacturers and all the other plants
of Iowa have been placed at the dis
posal of the government. The Iowa
manufacturers not only have waved
profit on materials manufactured Tor
this government, but offer TO the allies
the same concessions that are readily
advanced to the United states army.
Ii was a patriotic act of the Iowa
rca-,ri.a q urers and they intend to stand
by Il To the extent Of their capacities
until the war with Germany ends vic
toriously for the United States and our
allies"
Mr.. wrghtman is on tour OF the
country in behalf Of the Iowa manufac-
/ turers. He is visiting all the supply
,depots Of the army. going from here
Ito philadelphia and New York and
thence will return home stopping at
Chicago and Rock Island. He has VS.
lifted Omaha, st. Louis, JeffersonTille,
lind, and other middle western supply
stations, presenting to the command ding
/ officer. Of each an outline Of what Iowa
could be depended on in Quitting the
iarmy. He intends to publish book
! upon his return home. presenting the
availability of Iowa manufacturers as
war outfitters, copies Of which will be
forwarded to all army officers con-
cerned in the equipment Of the Amer
lean troops
New Iowa Postmasters.
The postmaster general has forward
ed to Maud Mitchell, at Gardiner. Iowa.
and Ulysses S. Chacey. at Pekin. Iowa.
their commissions as fourth class post
masters. Bertha NJ. Ramey, of Florls,
and William Foerstner. of High, have
been designated as acting postmasters,
and Frank B. Downs relieves Joseph
Fuller resigned. as postmaster al
Owasa. The proposal Of s. C. Johnston
TO lease quarters for postoffice pur-
poses at Knoxville has been accepted,
to become effective Aug. IS, 1917.