The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-21
New Industries Are Starting All
Over the Country.
VIII Carry United States Into
an Era of Prosperity.
REPORTS FROM "a STATE!
Show Nation on Eve of $1,000
Times" Now.
Men Are Being Cared for as
They Come Back.

New York, Dec. 21.-Resumption of
peace time pursuits with the addition
Of new industries. such as dye making.
and the boom expected in the building
trades, will carry the United States at
once into a period Of great prosperity,
according to reports gathered today by
the United Press.
are fully raised and the need for
| manufactured and raw materials In
Europe becomes keenly felt, business
depression which may result from the
stopping of war work will be rapidly
overcome, tits believed.
Representatives of industry in thir-
ty-four states. just concluding a con-
ference of the advisory committee OF
the national council for industrial de-
tense here, declare the nation is on
the eve of good times" with jobs
aplsnty for returning soldiers and men
and women thrown out OF work in
munition plants.
Plenty OF Work for All.
Thomas McCusker. manager Of the
Industrial Association OF Oregon, de-
clared women were good enough for
war work and they will be good
enough for peace pursuits. They will
not be dropped now that men are re-
turning, he said, and added that every
man returning from the army or navy
"Our section of the country has
raised no war babies" said ]. c. H.
Reynolds, secretary of the Employers
Association Of the Inland Empire,
Spokane, WASH. ''and therefore we
are not affected by the loss Of war
road work to catch up with and that
alone will give employment to hun
dreds.
washington and Idaho alone COW
ering a territory greater than France,
possess vast natural resources and
gigantic opportunities"
Similar optimism was expressed by
B. K. Stroud, manager of the Alabama
Manufacturers association. Birming-
ham, Ala; Fred Boegie, secretary OF
the California Manufacturers associa-
ton. Oakland. Cal; Carl M. Hinton.
Manufacturers association, Denver,
and Frank I. Ringer, commissioner of
the Nebraska Manufacturers associa-
ton. Lincoln, Neb.
| Make q Quick Change.
Reports from Pennsylvania, Con-
nectfcut. Delaware. New Jersey. Viz
ginia, Ohio and other war industries
centers showed remarkable speed in
| the transmission from munition manu-
facture to peaceable pursuits. Dye
factories of huge dimensions have
been built by the Du Pont interests to
take place of the monster shell and ex-
plosfve producing plants which made
new cities in several sections.
Philadelphia reported q surplus of
| jobs with returning soldiers and NUM-
ton makers being greedily snapped
up. Steel plants at Harrisburg, Pitts
burgh and other centers are being
rapidly returned to manufacture of
| building, bridge and other non-war
steel.
Wisconsin's plants are being shut
down for the most part, but about Is
per cent of them have been trans
| formed into dye works.
Indiana Is turning back to the build
ing of automobiles.
Detroit, industrial center of Michi-
gan. ID gradually returning to old time
pursuits. with automobile manufactur-
ing leading.
Ohio reported a surplus Of men, but
at least fifty returning soldiers are
bein;; put to work each day in Cleve-
land.
Absorb Those Returning.
New England and New York are alb
sorbing returning soldiers and dis
charged munition workers with no Diff
ficulty.
About one-sixth the normal number
OF persons are now employed at the
huge plants at Hopewel11 Seven Points
and Penniman, Va.
The big United States nitrate plant
lat Muscle Shoals, Ala. will continue
in operation and the surplus nitrates
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