El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-24
NEW ENGLAND ARSENAL OF NATION; Frank G. Carpenter
ITS PLANTS MAKE MANY SUPPLIES 4sssa ca8~%
Thky Scattered Big Gun
Plants; Shoe and Clothing Plentiful.


, in this section produces annually a
product worth 81 more than any other
! similar acres in Illinois OF Iowa The
value OF farm lands is Increasing II
Z has risen Is percent within ten years
and the increase continues.
J According to the 1910 census the
farm crops of New England were
worth s141.000,000, and il excelled all
I other divisions in its average yield
per acre Of corn. wheat, vegetables
and tobacco. Much Of the tobacco
l crop OF Connecticut sells for $3.50 a
pound, and the product Of the state
averages about $500 per acre Some
Of the tobacco is grown under tents,
and il is this kind that brings the
high prices. Connecticut tobacco is
smoked in the trenches, and 1t is so
important to the soldiers that it is
served as a part Of their army ration.
Waste Produces Wool.
Some one has said that when God
finished making America he dumped
the waste near the Canadian line and
called IL Vermont. That waste is now
producing mutton and wool for the
soldiers Its merinO sheep are famous
all over the world, and they are even
sent to Australia to improve the
breeds there. Some Of our best war
horses came from Vermont. The farm
CTS nave laid out campaign Of prac-
teal food production. They have a
state market bureau and farm labor
agencies.
Maine has enrolled about 1000 high
school boys as a part Of its farm Ia
Dor for 1918 That state raises some
Of the best potatoes Of the world. Its
potato harvest amounts to millions Of
bushels and often runs TO value Of
$4,000, 900. The yield is from 100 bar
rels upward per acr and 800 or 400
bushels are by no means an uncOm-
mon crop
Connecticut raises a great deal Of
fruit and an enormous amount Of
garden truck for New York and other
cities Its back yards have been
plOwed up for vegetables and the
lawns are being cultivated. The store
and bank clerks are going out 10
work for tn farmers. Connecticut is
one Of the industrial beehives Of the
nation, but it comes very near feeding
itself
Making War Munitions.
Nearly every New England state
has its munitions plants and all sorts
Of factories have been turned over 10
war work More than 70 percent Of
the manufacturing in Connecticut is
now on government contracts. and the
state is egaged in making everything
from bullets TO gun carriages Brown
ing guns are being turned out at
Bridgeport, rifles at Winchester, auto
matte pistols al Hartford and projec-
tiles in different places. They are
making cartridges at Lowell, Mass;
gun parts at Attlebo-o and in the
arsenal at Watertown- They are turn
ing out heavy castings for the mounts
Of the big army guns.
saw them making rifles at Spring
field, and they are turning out gun
parts for the navy at Taunton Rhode
Island has ten big war plants which
y ork day and night, and a silver
plant there, which was the largest OF
its kind in the world, is now making
shells, shrapnel and fuses. A large
part Of its force is young girls, who
are paid from 81 10 $50 per week
Rhode Island is making machine tools
for munitions and ether war goods
for all parts Of the United States.
The same is true Of Massachusetts
Army Supplies
NASSAU husetts, in fact, makes al
most evelrything needed along the
lines Of the war. Worcester. LOWell,
FAN River and other centers have
machine works where they make
more than 100 speciaIities for the
army and navy. The Waltham Watch
company works day and night max
ing wrist watches for soldiers, and
Revere and Hudson are turn
the hundreds OF thousands for the
men in the trenches
Boston is the leather center OF the I
United States, and the tanneries OF I
New England are working overtime I
on hides for the government. There |
Is an establishment at Framingham I
which makes vast quantities Of har- I
ness and 1eggings, and boots and I
shoes are turned out by the millions
at Brockton and elsewhere Some Of /
the largest army shoe factories are I
in New Hampshire, and the shoe ma I
chinery for army repair work and (
for the army factories is made at 4
Beverly, within 20 miles Of Boston
Massachusetts, has a number Of air I
craft plants and it makes flags, tents I
and blankets
Manufactures Clothing
As to clothing, New England turns Z
out almost every hing that the soldier l
needs 1t makes stockings and gar ]
ters, hats and caps. shirts and breaches I
and various wares IN rubber and ]
cloth It makes combs. razors and (
soap. looking glasses, knives and all !