The Washington herald., 1919-01-25
WAR FACTORIES
WON'T LIE idle
Will Be Utilized for Many
Necessary Commodities,
Says Holland.


OF New York for two terms and who
has been sar1 ing as receiver for the
great Aetna Explosives Company. Is
quoted a. having said to a personal
friend that ne ha:, hs.n able already
u salt two Of thS PLANTS OF THIS
company and Is in hopes that, be-
fore many weeks have passed, four
other plants will have been dispos-
ed OF
IN this statement Is to be found
one Of the reasons for believing
that manufacturing plants which
have been bUsi!y occupied in eNecut-
ing orders PLACED by the United
States government for material that
IS servicable only for war purposes
Will not hereafter lie idle but in
stead will be used for the manu-
facture II commodities which are
OF serNi"e ir lines " peace.
Gre Gf the comments suggested
by tlte Approaching readJust'nent OF
Industrial ard Usiness conditions
has been based upon the apprehcn-
sion thut many Of these large plants
wU;i'd pass into disuse because .he
government has no lunyE,' need OF
the q rnmDdities which in war days,
were manufactured in them. That,
=
jor. for It i assumed that so great
VIII be the demand IUr various COM
modities needed in rCaCJ ful occu-
pa'ions and 50 I.,rg- will be the call
upon the Tr.jtrd SintCS Tor manu-
factureJ aIi..IeS ui which other
countrIss VIII stard in need, that
these plants Will he IEads OF avail
and will aid in Elcetin:S the heavy
demands whiC I aTe C%Iccted.
For Useful Commodities
Gov Odeu is quoted as having said
that these plants OF the Aetna Ex-
plosiyes Company, which have been
used for the manufacture Of certain
munitions Of war. will be hereafter
utilized for the manufacture Of COM
modities which are useful in peaceful
American pursuits.
There are other plants owned by this
corporation which will be maintained
because their output is to be certain
kinds OF explosives. such, for instance.
as dynamite, for which there will be
large demand for reconstruction work.
Coincidentally in point of time an
nouncement is made that the du
Points, whose manufacture OF powder
and other explosives for the govern
ment during war days constituted one
of the Greatest American war indus
tries. and who esta blished plants in
Virginia. also at a point near Will
mington and at other places, will no
longer be occupied as they were dur
ing the war days in the manufacture
of powder and kindred commodities,
because the government has no further
need Of explosives in large amounts.
But the du Points evidently do not
~, H.
ing their great plants, but instead will
devote them to the manufacture of
peaceful commodities. They are pre-
pared TO manufacture so many and
so varied commodities that the list of
them Is very large. They are much
interested in the manufacture OF dye
stuffs OF excellent quality and in the
utilization Of cotton for various peace
full Commercial purposes.
In fact, Il is presumed that by their
| output Of dyestuhs. combined with
that Of other manufacturers OF this
commodity. the United States will
find itself Independent Of Germany for
dyeing material. whereas before the
war we were almost wholly dependent
upon Germany for this commodity. .
Other Changes Similar.
So il Is likely to be all along the
line. The United States Steel Cor
poration will find itself in position
to use the large plants which dur
ing the war were almost wholly oC-
cupied with the Manufacture Of
various munitions Of war.
The Niles es-Bement-Fond Company.
who manufactured the great drilling
apparatus. which enabled Austria to
make her gigantic howitzers. and
whose various plants have been al
most exclusively occupied since the
war began in manufacturing war
material nd. before we became one
Of the belligerents. in making com
mOdities which European nations
re"ded for war purposes will, pre-
sumabIY. ind that all OF its plants.
both those in the United States ana
tho sc IN Canada. will speedily te
wholly utilized in the manufacture
of he kind Ct product with which
Ibis corporation was occupied before
tho war.
The best opinion seems to be that
We are likely 10 have achieved sat
.sfCctory Teadjustment conditions
more speedily than was at one time
fxneCted. and that all of the plants
which WCre occupied in the manu-
'aCture OF war material will. within
4 few months. be driven to their
capaCitiCs-in making and marketing
commodities that are of need IN ET-
rope and iE this country for peace
'ul purposes.
Bernard Buruch's Message.
Barnard Baruch. who is now in
Europe for the purpose of making
careful Investigation into certain
industrial and trade conditions. has
informed some Of the Washington
authorities that the United States
will not get a pound OF potash from
Alsace for at least tV o or three
years. All the potash that can be
taken frOIn these mines for the
next two or three years will be
needed b. France.
For that reason France will not
permit airy potash to be exported.
So it is assumed that a. high tariff
will not be needed in rrder to pro-
tect the infant American industry.
now rapidly growing, by means OF
which our own natural resources
In potash may be utilized so that
ultimately We may. as in the case
Of dye stuffs, be independent of the
world.
Since the armistice was signed
information has come from Europe.
probably information which Mr.
3aruch himself has gained, that
Germany counted upon restraining
he United states from entering the
var because our farmers and our
Industries were completely de-
pendent upon the German potash