Show FOREIGN TRADE WILL PAY PHY THE EMERGENCY WAR TAX U. U S With Europe's Struggling Armies Looking to America for Food and Clothing Our Mills Rushed With Orders NEW YORK Oct 22 Foreign Foreign business coming to the United States in the shape of huge orders for army supplies will pay the emergency tax which it is now necessary to levy to assure the United States treasury an ample working balance many times over This strict neutrality of this country enforced by President President President dent Wilson enables the American manufacturers and laborers to reap the benefits of this opportunity As summarized by the New Y York Journal of Commerce this is the situation 0 In Investigation in several leading trade lines shows that within tho the past month there has been a most encouraging encouraging encouraging ing flow of new and ani extensive orders for such important articles from out our American mills as blankets cotton goods leather and steel Tho The war according ac ac- ac cording to recent indication has brought to man many of our largest corporate cor cor- manufacturing organizations not nota a few fow orders for their pro products which will keep them bu busy y i in operations for some timo time at nt least an and in one ono or two instances establish now records for amounts of materials required to fill single orders Trade Trado Brings Confidence The Tho increasing activity of agents or buying contractors representing foreign countries both neutral and belligerent according to some Bomo trado trade leaders has induced a a. feeling of the greatest confidence con conS for the immediate and near future fu ture of our industrial operations which in turn cannot help but exert a beneficial beneficial bene bene- influence tow toward r bringing about g general improvement of business in in tho the United States Adv Advices ces received from l West Vest cities show that large largo orders havo have been placed by some somo of the tho European belligerent belligerent bellig bellig- erent nations for leather in in large quantities quantities quan quan- and shoes The confirmation of rumors concerning the competitive race which is on at tho the plant of the Bethlehem Bethlehem Bethle Bethle- hem Steel company among manufacturers ers of automobile trucks to win in tho record roe roc ord orders for such trucks about to bo be placed through that company for the French and Russian governments ha hag baa been beon but bat one ono of the many indications of a real boom in export buying which practically e every branch of our American Amer Amer- scan ican automobile and auxiliary trades now has be begun The heavy foreign for for- eign purchasing it is stated furthermore furthermore further further- more moro will not end wj with h the tho close of hostilities in Europe according to those now participating bt nut may ma- easily be expected to continue in oven o far greater great great- er proportion after tho the war than is now being realized According to one optimistic estimate of tho the increase in export trade trado which our d domestic me Uc manufacturers ers of automobiles will realize after war concludes the output of our plants will be quadrupled over the present ca ca- ca Textile Industry Boomed Tho Thu textile industries ba havo o also come comein comein comein in for a good share of the extra foreign business already necessitated by war far abroad Several cral largo large K New ow York lork state underwear mills that have hare been closed because of tho the slowness of trado in this country are now running full and overtime o in some cases on or or- ders tiers received from irom foreign governments for use of the armies at war in Europe In addition to tho orders already reported re ro- ro ported on wool underwear it was 1 learned on ou Saturday that oo g-oo good sized contracts of this kind hare havo been placed for mens men's cotton fleece lined under I wear Tho amount is not divulged di but I it is known to bo be large and enough to to koop keep mills buy busy for some somo time Sweater coat manufacturers have also put in iu bids for orders of garments gar gar- merits ments each cach from the English and French governments go Orders are aro expected ex cx- on this business durin during this week Coats costing from 1650 to 18 15 a n dozen arc aro wanted Khaki color is preferred but gray will bo be taken it is said taitI Orders of such soch size of course cannot bo handled by one OM or two mills in the delivery time that is wanted so the business is expected to bo parceled out among a number r of mills Additional orders for dozen cotton sheets fo for export are arc bein hem being fi figured fig fig- me tired on n by br mills As previously iou re re- re ported orders from f foreign n governments govern govern- g merits ments have hare already been received on dozen cotton sheets I France Wants Automobiles Tho The stimulating ng effect of ot the tha war upon local industries is clearly indicated indi in many other wat ways Sharon Pa reported on Saturday that tho the Seabury Brigs Ordnance company which for the tho past two vears years has been manufacturing automobile frames and bodies bodieu has received cd an order said to bo from the tho French go government for 2500 auto frames to bo be delivered with in th tho shortest possible time The Tho order or or- der er was placed through tho the a agent ent of a big Now ow York c exporting house and und was ma made e contingent on delivery of ot a cottam cor cot tam tain number of frames f within sixty I days lays The Tho plant has been heen running at full capacity for several oral months past I but hall hal practically reached the conclusion on ln sion tion of it its operations under tinder old con eon I tracts when ben i it received tho the present order or or- der from foreign sources I |