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Show Opportunity Knocks for U. S. Manufacturer By An American Manufacturer It's up to the manufacturer to mnke tho "Mado In U. S. A." campaign a success. And they havo six months In which to make good. The shortage of foreign made goods will not be vitally felt until next spring, ns tho winter supply was obtained by America before tho war began. From now until then the factories have a chance to do all experimenting they need to learn how to produce the tilings for which good American dollars havo been going abroad. ' Surely tho example of the agricultural agricul-tural Implement manufacturers should bo enough for them. With their usual conservation and sensitiveness sensit-iveness to political changes these peoplo found thomaelvea totally unprepared un-prepared for tho gigantic influx of business occasioned by the enormous crop. That's tho way the exports declare, American manufacturers will find themselves when tho foreign goods In the United States aro exhausted. ex-hausted. American manufacturers of leather goods aro being swamped with orders. or-ders. Of course, tho bulk of this Is for saddles and harness for tho warring war-ring armies In Europo, but there Is a great demand for. leather novelties which herotoforo havo been mndo abroad. America Is not prepared to take advantage ot this business. Glovo makers aro ot tho belief that spring business will bo entirely confined con-fined to the silk kind which are manufactured man-ufactured almost exclusively in America. Am-erica. However, there Is no movement move-ment to moot tho shortage ot leather leath-er gloves which will Inevitably ro-sult. ro-sult. The war Is likely to make New York, Instead of London, tho fur market of tho world. As Canada produces a great bulk of the world's furs, Now York la the logical mar-, ket for them. Heretofore the pelts have been shipped abroad for tanning, tan-ning, and Americans had to rcshlp them here for manufacture. Manufacturers of upholstery, tho trade exports claim, nroi thoroughly unprepared to handle oven the domestic do-mestic business, although there la a demand from abroad that will havo to bo satisfied when tho war ends. As far ns toys aro concerned the only thing thnt America cannot produce pro-duce at a profit aro dolls. Homo orders or-ders this year aro almost double thOBo of last year, and this business offers a wonderful argument for "Made In America." American chemists nro now working work-ing on porfumorles with tho Idea of taking this business away from Franco. Mills In Franco being retarded. China nnd Japan will export to the United Stntcs great quantities of raw silk which will bo converted Into ribbon here and boost this Amcrlcau business. The United States produces only 10 per cent of Its lace and embroidery. embroid-ery. Another opportunity. Tho list of business that mlsht bo boomed is endless, but it behooves tho United Stat.es to produce all Us silk, woolen nnd cotton goods if "Mado In America" Is going to count for real prosperity. Tho lack of aniline- dyes, which como from Germany, Ger-many, has retarded toxtllea, hut when exports declare thousands of dollars' worth of theso dyes -50 u& in smoke from tho coal chimneys of our factories It may be seen thnt here Is a problem easily salved. American manufacturers had better adopt confidence and patriotism Instead In-stead of timidity and overcautlnn a,B thoir governing characteristics. |