El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-24
by
Frank G. Carpenter
Copyright. 1918, by
Frank c. Carpenterl.


. Of the little accessories for the sol
} der and sailor
The biggest Of our cotton mills are
: here in New England and the most of
I them are working day and night on
l goods for the government. In Rhode
/ Island alone 10000 men and women
! are working on cotton and khaki for
I army supplies and $4,000 more are
] employed in other textile war plants,
Z including cotton duck for tents and
/ flying machines. That state has 1000
men making guncOtron IN single
plant Textile and factory workers
get from 26 TO IS cents per hour and
labor as many hours as they please
Many Of the skilled mechanics have
] gone elsewhere, where they receive
better wages. One man who was
working in a Rhode Island factory at
$3.50 a day recently went 10 the Hog
Island shipyards, where he earned
$500 in nine weeks
Boston is making candy for the SOL
diers- 1t sends off chocolate and other
sweets by the hundreds Of tons. 1t
also makes chewing gum for the
army and navy; I am told that the
men chew more gum than tobacco.
Train Sailors for Sea.
As to the new shipping program
this part OF the United States is doing
more than its share New England sea
captains are training the sailors for
the new merchant marine There are
shipyards all the way from Bath. Ne,
TO New London, Conn, and they are
making vessels OF steel, wood and
even concrete. The timber OF New
England is especially good for wooden
shius and the Maine yards are max
ing all sorts OF craft from tugboats
to six masters. The industry is so
great there that the government has
TO put up barracks TO accommodate
the men
New Hampshire has two shipyards
and Connecticut five n the latter
state two Of the largest yards are for
building steel ships. They expect TO
turn out "a ships in one year At
NOank there are six ways and 1000
men at work; and at New London
$500 men are employed At East
Stratford on the HousatOnic they are
making wooden ships, and there are
other yards at Gildersleeve and StOn-
ington- One OF the biggest shipyards
Of the United States is at quincy. near
Boston It is known at Fore River,
and near it is the great Victory plant
at Squantum, especially equipped for
making destroyers. The Squantum
plant was begun last fail, and il has
now 40 acres OF buildings on a firm
foundation in the midst OF a swamp
on the edge Of the sea In these two
plants about 10000 men are employed
Boston is now building one OF the
largest terminal warehouses Of the
country on behalf OF the war. II
viii cost S25,0O000o, be half a mile
long and IL viii have so acres OF floor
space Six or more ships can be
handled at one time, and II VIII have
daily capacity Of 5000 tons OF in
ward and outward bound freight
Within five minutes after its COM
pletion the first big -essel viii start
loading for England
The Spirit Most Important.
But more important than all this
work in the factories is the spirit
behind it. The best thing in New
England is the sturdy patriotism OF
its people. The Yankees are not
afflicted with wishbones where their
backbones should be. The most Of
them wanted TO fight. and some Of the
states began their preparedness be-
fore war was declared.
Nassac husetts gave S1,O0O,000 10
clOthe and equip her own troops and
Vermont appropriated 100000 for
public defence six days before the
war began. Connecticut organized d
the first home guard OF the country, ;
and Maine was on its feet when presi- ]
dent Wilson broke relations with Ger I
many. II is not safe 10 say anything 4
here against the army and navy, and /
the chronic critic has to keep his /
mouth shut
IN TINS same connection is s-Eu j
which has been displayed near the /
station in the staid old town 1
OF Springfield, Mass. The lines are I
60 feet long and the letters two feet !
in height They give a definition Of .
the ware knocker and war booster ]
reading as follows:
Some one has said that when the I
CT Gator had made all the good things.
there still remained some work to Go;
so he formed beasts and reptiles and ]
poisonous insects Whel he had fin ]
ished there were some scraps left: i
so he put All these together, covered ]
IL with suspicion, marked IL with I
yellow streak and called IL a knocker.
This product was so fearful 10 4
that the Lord had to 4
make something &c counterfeit it. So
he took a sunbeam and put into &. \
the neart OF a chic and the brains
Of a man lie wrapped these in civic \
pride. covered II with brotherly love
gave it a mask Of velvet and a grasp {
Of steel called Il a booster"