Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-13

nesium, widely adopted in the United
States at present, is the lowest cost proc
ess in the world, and provides a stable
export surplus.
Canada has invested a billion dol
lars in industrial plants and 500 600, 900
in machine tools. To find a parallel
to this growth of industrial capacity,
one must turn to the Russian five-year
plans for comparison. With a new
billion-d dollar industrial plant and a
million trained industrial workers, two
thirds of whom never worked in fac
tory before, Canada will occupy new
position in the world after the war, Mr..
Howe said
Accepting a prediction by Gen. SHUTS
that, If all goes we'll, the war may end
in 1914, Mr.. Howe promised that how
ever long the struggle, the machinery
OF Canada's expanded war industry will
roll on until the end
Peak Seen In Early '43.
Top directors Of Canada's munitions
program have set the early months of
1943 as the date of peak production.
Harry j. Carmichael, former production
chief Of General Motors Of Canada now
co-ordinator Of production in the de-
partment OF munitions and supply, fore
casts Canadian production will achieve
a total of $4,000 900 900 during 1912, not
including metals, foodstuffs and other
materials valued at $3.50 100000 being
exported to the United States, Britain
and other Allies this year.
Since the pre-War net value OF Cana
dian manufacturers was less than 81 $780,
100000, the war production figures issued
by Mr.. Carmichael indicated that
Canada, In achieving place as No. 3
war producer among the democracies,
had more than doubled its entire pro-
duction.
Canadian munitions production in l941
was valued at 81 200 900 ,000 a figure then
regarded as high since there was vir-
tually no war production in Canada
before the war started in 1899. Descrb-
ing the rate of production achieved by
Canada in 1912 as staggering" Mr..
Carmichael predicted: This figure will
be still further expanded in 1943'
Singing out small arms ammunition,
Mr.. Carmichael said that the peak Cana
dian production in this line in the last
war was l5O,0oO,0OO rounds of small arms
ammunition in one month.
Secret Devices Produced.
Another Canadian achievement, Mr.
Carmichael reported, is the production
of secret devices Of many types. includ-
ing radiolocators. Canada made secret
equipment is now in use by Canadian
forces and many Allied forces They
include : navigating instruments for
planes, ships and fighting vehicles" he
said. intricate fire control instruments
for the Navy, range finders and optical
instruments of all classes and all kinds.
With Canada well on the way to add
ing 100000 tons of merchant shipping
to Allied ship reserves in 1912, the rate
of cargo vessel production in this country
has reached one new ship every three
days. This production is standardized
in two types-big 10000-tonners and
4,700-ton cargo ships.
Best Canadian records in building
ships are being established on the Pacific
coast of British Columbia, where ship
yards are operating, like those of Oregon,
on a seven-day round the clock basis
This is only part of Canadas contribu-
ton to the battle of shipping. since this
country has built and put into service
more than 200 naval ships, of corvette,
minesweeper and patrol types. "A new
combat ship is being launched every few
days in Canada now" it is stated off,
cially.