Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-17
People OF SHEFFIELD ARE
GETTING AFTER BUSINESS
Furnaces Begin TO Roar When Guns
of War Cease Their
Barking.
DIN OF COUNTLESS HAMMERS
Machinery Designed to Wreak De-
struction Now Turning Wheels 20
Make Plowsharcs and Other Me.
chanfcal Appliances.
BY II. NJ. FORBES.

news L9Np coms March IA hi, ls;.aardly has the
brochure. the Ration Book. than we
near near OF the immense program upon
Pts s gsSd o PfeG gns,s of shsied
VA IN the roar Of shsaield's fur nj sns
mers, the rattle Of It's wen enGs nam me-
fi En- nnS1, contriyances. the clangor Of
1t is calculated that no less than az
ptSeib s cent en- .S OF the production activity Of
re eee aexo, s.sei 10 center Vas
az and 10. Of war goods. To-day the ~ho1e
ployedlin this way is actively " enea emi
N work Of a happier character. It'ia
She She efR RsG%shar'' not the sword, in which
itself It is true the armistiea eame
as 80. distinct surprise as much to this
6 Sirds1 co1 Ge2ter as as to any. otner in the
a .iahils complete plans and incom plete
sGneme .s OF reconstruction. already
s6ueat things have been done to turn a
peace one. q ""ishty
HAVE ORDERS AHEAD
FOR FOUR YEARS
enc t5 I'M is EHieulated tina: in spite of the
shop shop space. engineering parks. II 0 Viii
9 %itS r re Hy greatly Increased labor
lHCreascd supplies OF ma
GIitheIy that the orders at present
WITH VIII the greatest of Sheffield's firms
I'll m,il De completed during the next
The question OF wages. with the ~.
, cnn one Of prices, need hardly be
zone into in this place. but it must
by the reconstruction Of metal wort q ;
nome and on the Continent: the 70
Pacing Pa OF DEPRECATED machinery and
battle shattered war area EnrIsn 60 4.
,inighty steel ccnters will receive an
ali ,hs;, such ; as even in war time, with
never enjoyed. 'tes 'ney
All things considered it is really
in awi,ch,r now little time has been lost
20 those OF peace. in addition to their
old manufactures. quite a number a.,
.,Ims are already engaged in tasks
cneHlE new to them. with a view to
some Of those industries. which. prior
10 the war were virtually a CONT
mental monopoly. In one place ac-
eommodation is being found for hun
dreds OF tons OF only partially com
pleted munitions
All kinds OF material are to be seen
IN TINS place and semi-eompleted pro-
leotiles, epaulment plates. 'buzzers,'
eullet-proof protection plates. trench
periscopes, rifle barrels and magazines.
scores OF aeroplane accessories and
heaven only knows what To what
use or uses this VolumnouS collection
is going to be put, no one can posi-
bly, say at the moment; but it will
DOUBTLESS provide a pretty problem for
! those imaginative mechanical Eeniuses
+. without whose aid during our four
years struggle with the Hun, we
would certainly have been in a bad
way. 49,.
AGRICULTURALIsT WILL
RECEIVE CONSIDERATION
Those who made such handsom e
| profits during the war in the manu-
facture OF small sets Of garden tools,
must now prepare to face distinctly
new situation. It is not the amateur
but the. professional AEriculturist
whose claims. are TO receive paramount
consideration. Orders for farm and
garden tools are pouring in as they
have not done for years past The
reason of this is not difficult TO ap.
preciate. Infinitely more land Is bein &
devoted to agricultural pursuits OF
course than was the case prior TO the
war; in addition to which thousands
OF men ordinarily employed in asri-
culture have just been freed from
military service. AS far az one can
Judge, there is also the greatest short
age OF farming implern ents on the
Continent. Everything points. in fact,
to the rolling mills in Sheffield being
busy for many days. to come. The
Gun-cotton gangs OF the Hun, i'm
measurable mischief as they caused