The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-25
NEW ENGLAND AND THE WAE2-By Frank c. Carpenter

gun parts at Attleboro and in the ar senal at Watertown. They are turn ing out heavy castings for the mouths of the big army guns. I saw them msk ing rifles at Springfield. and they are turing out gun parts for the navy ct Taunton. Rhode Island has 10 big war plants which work day and night. and silver plant there, which was the largest of it's kind in the world, is now making shells, shrapnel and fuses. A large part of it's force is young girls who are paid from $11 to $50 per week Rhode Island is making machine tocIs for munitions and other war goods for all parts of the United States. The same is true of Massachusetts.
 Massachusetts, in fact, makes almost everything needed along the lines of the war. Worcester, Lowell, Fall River and other centers have machine works where they make more than 100 specialties for the army and navy. The Waltham Watch company works day and night making wrist watches for soldiers, and Maiden, Revere and Hudson are turning out rubber boots and ponchos by the hundreds of thousands for the men in the trenches.
 Boston Is the leather center of the United States, and the tanneries of New England are working overtime on hides for the government. There is an estab- hshment at Birmingham which makes vast quantities of harness and leggins, and boots and shoes are turned out by the millions at Brockton and elsewhere Some of the largest army shoe factories are in New Hampshire, and the shoe ma chinery for army repair work and for the army factories is made at Beverly, within 20 miles of Boston.
 ssachusetts has a number of air craft plants and it makes flags, tents and blankets.
 As to clothing, New England turns out almost everything that the soldier needs. It makes stockings and garters, hats and caps, shirts and trousers and various , wares in rubber cloth. It makes combs razors and soap. looking glasses. knives and all of the little accessories for the | soldier and sailor
 | The biggest of our cotton mills are | here in New England and the most oi | them are working day and night on goods | alone 20,000 men and women are working on cotton and khaki for army supplies and 25000 more are employed in other textile war plants, including cotton ducl l for tents and flying machines That state l has 1000 men making guncotton in single plant Textile and factory worker. get from 26 to 56 cents per hour and labol
 
 of the skilled mechanics have gone else where, where they receive better wages One man who was working at $50 day recently went to the Hog Island ship yards, where he earned $500 in min, weeks.
 Boston is making candy for the sol diers It sends off chocolate and othe sweets by the hundreds of tons. It alst makes chewing gum for the army an, navy. I am told that the men chew nor gum than tobacco.
 As to the new shipping programm this part of the United States is doinl more than its share. New England set
 captains are training the sailors fo the new merchant marine. There ar shipyards all the way from Bath, Me
 to New London, Conn.,, and they ar making vessels of steel, wood and evel concrete. The timber of New Englan
 is especially good for wooden ships and ths Maine yards are making al
 sorts of craft from tugboats to six
 masters. The industry is so great ther that the government has to put up bar racks to accommodate the men. New Hampshire has two shipyard and Connecticut five. In the latte
 state two oe the largest yards are fo
 building steel ships. They expect to tur
 out "A ships in one year. At Moan