The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
US. TO BOOM
AFTER PEACE
Holland Declares Business
Leaders Foresee Era Of
Great Prosperity.

arations for carrying on the war.
some Of the foremost men OF large
affairs are also at this time greatly
occupied In considering what prep
arations should now be made for
meeting the conditions which will
develop Immediately after peace
comes.
For instance. Joseph h Emory.
who Is esteemed one OF the highest
authorities upon the textile indus
try of the United States, Is per-
suaded that II due preparation II
made at this time, not in antago-
nIsm to war industries but supple
menting them, for the maintenance
Of the textile industry, the United
States can contemplate with salts
faction the certainty that after the
war is ended the textile industry
in this country will be independent,
Germany having lost its prestige
and its ability to dominate, in eeAr
tain lines, the American textile
market.
Leading Opinions.
So also Reid B. Kathan, who Is es-
teemed a very high authority in the
silk industry Of the United States is
persuaded that, II reasonable prepa-
\ ration is now underway and Is con-
tinued until the war ends, the United
States will be able to manufacture
AZ home substantially all Of the silks
which are needed by the people.
The senior partner Of the firm Of
Richardson -Boynton and Company,
who is an industrial leader. widely
known and recognized as the director
Of a very important manufacting in
dustry, whose plant alone covers more
than fifty acres, is giving a great deal
of thought to the question, what can
now be best done in order that we
may be well prepared to meet COM
mercial trade and manufacturing con-
ditions which will arise at the close
of the war.
Many others are thus occupied and
in the Office of one of the executive
managers of the United States Steel
corporations ther appears upon the
wall a motto attractively framed. in
these words. In Time Of War Pre-
pare for Peace"
Extensive as is the war work now
under way for the government in the
plants Of the United States Steel Cor
poration. nevertheless the managers
are attempting, as far as possible, so
to organize or so to direct their op-
erations that the steel industry may
be well prepared for the very impor-
tant conditions, especially those as
sociated with the world trade, which
we shall stand face to face with when
the treaty of peace is signed.
1t is within a comparatively few
years that the electro-chemical in
dustry of the United States has
been so developed as now to make
it certain that it is about to estab-
lish a new era in American industry
and in the utilization OF our natu-
raj resources.
In 1881 Faraday discovered induc-
tive electricity. The world of
science was amazed at this revela-
tion of one of the secrets of nature.
Not until 35 years later did it occur
TO any Industrial leader that Fara-
days discovery could be well uti-
lized for Industrial or commercial
purposes.
There followed the invention of
the dynamo. an apparatus which
speedily began to revolutionize
some forms of industry. without
it the incandescent light, the utili-
zation Of electric power upon high
way tTolley+s or for railroads whose
trains were formerly operated by
steam, and various other industries
would have been unthought of.
Out of it has come in great meas
ure the development of the electro
chemical industry and that is to
play a most important part in main
tanning the prosperity of the United
States after the war and in fact
greatly increasing it. For this rea-
son the decision of the American
slectro-chemical society to hold its
meeting in the spring in the South
is of great significance.
The meetings will not be held in
any one place exclusively. The
members of the society purpose Wis
itinE Kingsport, Tenn, also Knox
Vile and Chattanooga as well as
Muscle Shoals and also to make ex-
haustive investigation of the amaz-
ing industries which are centered
at Birmingham. Alabama.
Niagara Falls to South.
Hitherto the greatest development
of electro-chemical plants is that
which has been made possible by the
utilization of the water power OF
Niagara Falls. There, with prophitic
eye and with an enthusiasm which
caused him to be oblivious to AL else
even to the scenic grandeurs Of the
vieinity-Lord Kelvin, in 1897, pointed
out the inevitable effect upon the in
dustrial growth OF the United States
OF the establishment OF the electro
chemical industries
He was persuaded that in due time
great waterpowers, that he had heard
were in the South and the Far West,
would be utilized as the water power
of the Niagara Falls had begun to
be utilized. There is a limit, however,
to the utilization. of Niagara's water
pOUar and fharafOra orraok
are now contemplating the utilization
of other water powers some of which
will be visited by the members of the
Electro-Chemical Society at the April
and May meeting
Unless there can be provided ade-
Guate water power energy I'm other
parts Of the country than the Niagara
section, manufacturers, after the war,
will be compelled to establish plants
in Canada as, in fact, already one
large American industry has done, to
supplement its plant in Niagara Fails.
The manufacturers may even go to
Norway and Sweden where there Is
abundant water power.
After the war is ended the electro
chemical Industry of the United States
IS sure 20 be vastly expanded. 1t is to
open UP new era in our industries,
possibly even in agriculture, for Il is
to show the way by which all the fer
tilizerS the farmers need can be Sc
cured.
The visit of the American Electro
chemical Society TO the South in the
last days OF April and the first days of
May Is certain to be followed by
recommendations which will refer to
the economic value for our industries